Tuesdays are for Grads!

[wildflower810]

Bumps, babies, updates.... don't make us stalk you.

[daisy818]

I see you grads in the Newbie thread!! Come give us updates!

[mrsjene]

Hi everyone! I'm 24w 4d today. I would say baby girl is a gymnast or a soccer player but if she's anything like me, she's really just tripping all over herself in there. Sunday night was the first night that I've had trouble falling asleep because she just wouldn't settle down. I'm loving every minute of it though. She's my buddy.

My next appointment is in three weeks for my glucose test. I'm also starting to freak out because we've done absolutely nothing about the nursery yet.

Anyway...bump pic!

[ellabee]

Hi! I'm 7w2d.

We just had an early scan yesterday which showed our little peanut measuring a few days ahead with a good strong heartbeat of 141. DH and I are finally allowing ourselves to feel some optimism and excitement!!

No bump to share yet, obv.

[youdontsay]

Hey everyone!

Nothing much going on, just hanging out at 29+2. Have an OB appointment this week and next weekend I have my all day childbirth class! It feels like it was so long ago when we scheduled it!

Here's a pic from last week, I had a cocktail party I was invited to and it has been my only chance to dress up during my pregnancy.

[pismoduo]

Hello hello!

25w5d here and just chugging along. Much like mrsjene's little girl, ours is quite the kicker. I've started jokingly referring to her as the karate kid.

Last week one of my mom's co-workers brought her a huge Nordstrom bag full of baby girl clothes. Apparently his wife used to work at Nordstroms and bought a ton of clothes from there for their two daughters. Now that they've decided not to have anymore little ones, they decided to give my mom a bunch of the clothes. So later this month she and I are getting together for our birthdays (mine is the day after hers) to go through it all and sort it. Very excited!

H and I have decided that with this little one on the way, and planning to start trying for #2 in short order, plus MIL needing a place to stay for a while, we're going to rapidly run out of space here at our house. Particularly with me needing a dedicated office space to work from home. So, this week we're taking the plunge and putting in an offer on a piece of land here in our lovely, dysfunctional little HOA. Our plan is to buy the land outright this summer, and then spend fall/winter/spring getting our current house ready to sell and our permits and plans lined up for the new house. We'll probably have a gap between when the current house sells and the new house is move-in ready, but we're OK with renting for a few months while we get it all finished. The builder we're hoping to work with has a reputation for start to finish build in about 4 months, so even if our house sells immediately after we start building, we'll only need a short term rental.

No bump pic this week, but it's not looking too much different from last week. I feel like I'm obviously pregnant, but H says it's only obvious to people who know me, and a random stranger would probably not be able to immediately tell I'm pregnant and just not pudgy. All this came about because I was ranting about a woman who sat on a bench right next to me last week and lit up a cigarette.

Oh, and I got my first random belly touch last night. One of the older folks that we regularly see at the HOA meetings asked me how I was feeling and patted my belly. Oy.

[Deleted]

3w tomorrow! Last night we had our first full night of cluster feeding. So that was fun. She no longer has to be woken up to be fed every three hours because she's gained enough weight, and her bilirubin levels are down to a healthy level, so no more blood draws! Pretty good week.

[mugster]

I'm 35 weeks, and decided to make life interesting with an overnight in the hospital Sunday -> Monday. On Sunday, I got nervous about pre-eclampsia after my hands, feet, and face suddenly got puffy, and I had sharp pain under my right rib, which Dr. Google suggested could be a symptom. I tried the blood pressure cuff at CVS and got 138/78 and was not really reassured because that is the high end of normal, and much higher than my blood pressure has been this pregnancy. So I stopped by the hospital, just hoping they would check me out and tell me all was fine. Well, all was fine, but it took almost 24 hours to determine that. My first blood pressure reading at the hospital was 144... but then every succeeding one was okay (in the 120-135 range). My labs came back fine, but the ultrasound on my liver showed a spot? And I was apparently contracting every four minutes, and running a low grade fever... So, they put me on IV fluids, admitted me, ordered a 24 hour urine catch and set up a consult with GI. The IV fluids took care of the contractions pretty quickly, and GI was like the spot that we are talking about is the size of a pencil eraser... you should totally follow up with us, after you have the baby, but for now, we aren't worried. So I'm home and taking it easy. I feel kind of stupid for going into the hospital at all, but oh well, abundance of caution and all that.

Otherwise things are good. Lil Muggy moved constantly on the monitors. One of the nurses commented, "that is one happy baby you've got there." I'm not sure if he is happy, but he is certainly energetic.

ETA: Oh wait, I have a bump picture for this week too:

[bex15]

She's perfect @led

[aprilz81]

I'm 8+1 today!

We saw (and heard) the heartbeat last Wednesday and then Thursday had a bleeding scare. Turns out I have a Subcorionic Hematoma (SCH). It wasn't too big and we still have a heartbeat. I'm on pelvic rest (no sex or exercise) at least until our appointment next week.

We are starting to get to the point where we will go public (family and close friends know now) but after the SCH scare we will probably wait until 13-14 weeks to be on the safe side.

I would expect to be released from the RE if everything looks good on Tuesday.

[billyhorrible]

I missed Rama's tag last week because I started a new job, so I'm a lot more limited on internet time. But I'll jump in this week quickly.

My little guy will be 1 on Thursday! (And I will be much much older than 1)

He came down with Hand Foot and Mouth on Thursday and has been miserable.



And from last week when he wasn't so sick.

[peaseblossom55]

I am 9 weeks and change. I was released from my RE yesterday, the babies are both looking great. Baby A was actually waving at us in the u/s. Next week I have an OB appointment and in less than 3 weeks the NT scan. I feel like crap all the time in some way shape or form. My regular clothes don't fit, but I am so incredibly grateful for every minute of it. No bump and my u/s pics are at home.

[teraiin]

Hi GKU!

DS is one month old! I can't believe how fast time is going!

Here are two of my fav. of the 74765 one month photos I took.

PDQ!

*poof*

*poof*

[Rama]

billyhorrible congrats on the new job! I hope the little guy gets better soon. :(

[butlerfan]

@led, can I love this a million times!!!!

mugster, how scary but going to the doctor helped calm the fears down so it was worth it to go. Otherwise it would be Dr. Google still going through your head.

[Ray]

Jun 7, 2016 12:36:33 GMT -5 @led said:

3w tomorrow! Last night we had our first full night of cluster feeding. So that was fun. She no longer has to be woken up to be fed every three hours because she's gained enough weight, and her bilirubin levels are down to a healthy level, so no more blood draws! Pretty good week

Holy crap @led she is absolutely precious. Like seriously dude, you made a cute kid.

Very happy to hear she is doing well!!

[Ray]

Glad to hear that things have stabilized mugster!

aprilz81 - I also had a SCH at the end of Jan/early Feb. Although absolutely terrifying to wake up to bleeding, it has completely petered off in a couple days, had stabilized internally within a couple weeks of bedrest, and had completely resolved itself a couple weeks after that. No issues since! FX yours does the same - just wanted to share an overall positive experience with you! I'm

[doodler]

Jun 7, 2016 11:54:29 GMT -5 ellabee said:

Hi! I'm 7w2d.

We just had an early scan yesterday which showed our little peanut measuring a few days ahead with a good strong heartbeat of 141. DH and I are finally allowing ourselves to feel some optimism and excitement!!

No bump to share yet, obv.

I'm so excited to see this update from you!  

[Ray]

34 weeks today!!!

Other than constant BHX since Saturday and some discomfort from those I'm feeling great!!

We had an u/s yesterday and though Flint is sitting very low cervix is still long and closed so it will probably be at least a few weeks yet (though everyone tells me I look imminent lol)

Also, Apparently Flint is growing like a champ! He is 7lbs already which puts him in the 93rd percentile! Yikes!

Still lots of hiccups and wiggles in there but he is definitely running out of room. I got absolutely spoiled at my shower this past weekend - we have pretty much everything we need for him at this point so I'm feeling ready!

Here are some shitty quality pictures of some cute outfits we got and our finished nursery

No bump shot because I'm laZy lol

Love and miss yous!!!! FX for more BFPs!!

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[caz1221]

LOVE the stuffed animal, teraiin! I can't remember - is the whole nursery HP themed?

AFM, I'm at 24w 6d, and I think the nausea is finally gone (knock on wood). It's been replaced by heartburn/reflux, but other than that, I'm feeling pretty good. I know the summer is going to fly by, so I'm starting to stress a bit about getting the house ready for #2. We need to order new furniture for DD so we can move her set to the nursery. She's still very happy in her crib, though, so baby may get the PNP until DD is ready for a big girl bed!

[dashook]

ellabee, squeee so excited for you! So glad you got to see that little heart beating away
@ismellbooks, happy anniversary! I love that you got that family pic in the same spot--what a great idea!
mugster, that is scary; really glad everything is okay.
teraiin, I can't believe he's already one month! He's so cute!

[expatmama11]

Hey Everyone! It's been awhile since I last checked in but I am still always lurking here. Cam is almost 7 months old and is so much fun. I am really enjoying this age. My guy is such a happy, smiley baby and I am so in love with him. No teeth yet and he is working on crawling. So happy to see all of the updates today!!

Wishing all of you ladies the best of luck in your ttc journeys!

[dashook]

Hi ladies!

16+5 today and feeling great. Not many symptoms to speak of, though my appetite has really kicked up a notch this week.

I've been feeling some teeny baby movements here and there, but nothing consistent yet. I have an OB appointment tomorrow where I'm looking forward to hearing the HB for some extra reassurance. Then next week I have my anatomy scan--I can't believe it's so soon already!

Here is my bump today (I feel like it actually looks a bit smaller than last week because my bloat has receded quite a bit!):


Miss and love you all!

[kleigh]

peaseblossom55 Congratulations on your graduation! I'm so glad to hear the twins are doing H just perfectly!

@ismellbooks So cute!! And happy anniversary!

aprilz81 I'm sorry you had a scare, I hope all is cleared soon!

mugster You too, geez, I'm sorry you had a rough week with the overnight I'm glad everything is ok though!

@led What a perfect cutie!

[jags8]

Hey friends! DS will be two months old on Friday, and had his appointment today. He is up to 12lb 14oz (that's a total gain of 4lb 5oz since birth)! Oh man he is growing like a weed! Sadly he had his first shots today. He turned bright red, screamed, then cried and cried. He even just sat there crying with my boob in his mouth when I tried nursing to comfort him. My poor dude.

Here he was after being weighed, before the shots
*poof*

And here are some pics of him smiling on his play mat! He is smiling and cooing so much now, it's amazing!
*poof*

Much love to you all!

[pismoduo]

@led, that face! So adorable. Just want to squish the cheeks!!

[dashook]

Jun 7, 2016 15:14:41 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Hi friends! Hope you are all doing well. I miss you (BTW what's the board vibe on Grads playing in threads nowadays?).

I am also interested in this topic.

[penguin129]

Hi al! I'm 19 weeks. Almost halfway! Our housewarming was a huge success except that I overdid it and was in so much pain Saturday night and all of Sunday. I should've waited it out until Monday, but ended up calling my insurance nurse line only to be told I should go to the ER. It ended up being sciatica, which I thought, and they weren't able to do anything to treat it. I did end up with a referral from my midwife for physical therapy when I followed up with them on Monday. That way if it happens again I'll know some ways to get relief. Thankfully I feel better now since I've been taking it easy for me. I still feel really dumb for going to the ER and need to just let it go.

Lurking and rooting for BFPs.

[icedtea]

Love seeing all these pictures!

I like when the grads play.

[pibblemom]

I'm still pretty boring and chilling at 5w5d. Fairly boring so far (thankfully) but PgAL brain is making it very exciting in my head. Heading back tomorrow for last betas and hopefully will schedule 1st appt.