Ticker Change Week of 1/16

[yoshijo28]

Morning!! Any lurkers out there want to join us? Don't forget to add yourself to the roster too!

How far along are you?
What is baby's size?
Any appointments this week?
How are you feeling?
Vents/Questions/Concerns:

[yoshijo28]

How far along are you? 11w3d

What is baby's size? Brussel sprout

Any appointments this week? Friday for our NT scan!

How are you feeling? Great, no symptoms. I've been able to exercise.

Vents/Questions/Concerns: Can't find baby on the doppler, it's frustrating. Occasionally I'll hit a spot and the HR will be in the 160s but I don't hear a HB. Is that normal with a doppler?
In other news my niece slept over and had a stomach bug, hoping I don't catch it.

[marajadeskywalker]

yoshijo28 I'm not 100% but I think with the doppler, it can have trouble picking up the heartbeat if the baby's isn't positioned just right. So if it's back is turned at the time you are looking, it might not pick up the rhythm

[marajadeskywalker]

How far along are you? 9+2

What is baby's size? A green olive
Any appointments this week? None this week. Had an ultrasound last week and everything looked good.

How are you feeling? Exhausted and nauseous. I was given diclectin to help with the morning sickness

Vents/Questions/Concerns: I really can't stand my gp and am pushing to get a referral to an ob asap. I had a pprom with my first and he was born at 31 weeks. My gp doesn't seem overly concerned. I always feel like I'm being rushed in and out when I'm there

[Deleted]

How far along are you? 8w1d
What is baby's size? A 2x2 lego
Any appointments this week? I have a phone appointment with the nurse tomorrow to talk about nutrition, exercise, etc. It will be my 3rd time doing this appointment. I'm a little annoyed to have to do it again but apparently it's an every pregnancy requirement.

How are you feeling? Ok. We lost our first at around this point, so I'll be anxious from now til our ultrasound in 2 weeks. Bloated, nauseous but not throwing up much, exhausted. And I have a wierd pain on my left side. Not super sharp or anything, more like a dull ache. It makes me nervous of ectopic, but I'm pretty sure that would be a lot more painful?

Vents/Questions/Concerns: see above.

[Deleted]

yoshijo28 Sometimes with mine if I move it too fast, it will count the movement as a heartbeat. Just remember how little baby still is at this point. I hope time flies until your NT! That's such a cool ultrasound because they actually look like a baby instead of a gummy bear!

[maddisonrose]

How far along are you? 11 weeks

What is baby's size? A bee hummingbird

Any appointments this week? Nope.

How are you feeling? Tired. A lot less nauseous so FX thats going to be over soon!

Vents/Questions/Concern; I was saying to H that it feels like ive spent this entire pregnancy either in bed or on the couch. Ive been constantly sick since 5 weeks and have done zero exercise which makes me sad. I never had this last time so I am really praying I can hit the good feeling mark and at least go for walks on the treadmill or something

[yoshijo28]

Opps forgot a gtky!

[bsouls]

How far along are you? 9 weeks
What is baby's size? Pecan
Any appointments this week? Nope, next Tuesday
How are you feeling? The nausea or low blood sugar has been occurring more. I start gagging when I'm hungry, but if I eat something then I feel better.
Vents/Questions/Concerns: I've been feeling bummed and wondering if I made a big mistake wanting a second. I'm hoping it's weather/hormonal related and I'll even out soon. H wants to tell MIL, but I'm dreading it. She reacted poorly initially the last time and it's still so early.

[happyfeet9]

bsouls I'm with you on wanting to wait to tell family. The only person we've told is my sister because she picked up on how I was feeling and flat out asked me.

We haven't had an appointment so I want to make sure everything looks okay first, but I also dread my MIL's super judgy comments.

[cravingchocolate05]

Jan 16, 2017 10:05:26 GMT -5 @kristyw13 said:

How far along are you? 8w1d
What is baby's size? A 2x2 lego
Any appointments this week? I have a phone appointment with the nurse tomorrow to talk about nutrition, exercise, etc. It will be my 3rd time doing this appointment. I'm a little annoyed to have to do it again but apparently it's an every pregnancy requirement.

How are you feeling? Ok. We lost our first at around this point, so I'll be anxious from now til our ultrasound in 2 weeks. Bloated, nauseous but not throwing up much, exhausted. And I have a wierd pain on my left side. Not super sharp or anything, more like a dull ache. It makes me nervous of ectopic, but I'm pretty sure that would be a lot more painful?

Vents/Questions/Concerns: see above.

@kristyw13 Not sure if this helps, but I went to patient first around Christmas for a pain similar to yours, but in my right side, and the doctor said that if it were ectopic, that in the vast majority of cases, I would be doubled over in pain. I never figured out was it was, but it was not ectopic. She told me to go to the hospital if I had worse pain or any bleeding

[yoshijo28]

@kristyw13 I've had a dull ache for a lot of the pregnancy. Could it be intestinal?

[jt2378]

How far along are you? 9 weeks

What is baby's size? Pecan

Any appointments this week? Yes, first appointment finally on Wednesday.

How are you feeling? Same, just constant around the clock nausea, also the random gagging and overall cranky.

Vents/Questions/Concerns: What is your go to for the nausea as far as eating? I still can't seem to find anything that truly makes me feel better after eating except sometimes a turkey sandwich ( guess I'm not avoiding it the second time around)

[bsouls]

jt2378 I've been eating graham crackers. And, if it's meal time then I eat a meal, otherwise I snack on the crackers to keep the nausea away.

[elliecat17]

@kristyw13 my midwife told me it's gas, especially if it's on the left side. Hope that helps!

[saltandvinegar]

How far along are you? 7w5d
What is baby's size? Raspberry 
Any appointments this week? Not yet
How are you feeling? Generally ok. I generally have been feeling alright if I am active. The longer I stay still the more the nausea kicks in. 
Vents/Questions/Concerns: DH has told almost everyone at this point. The only people who don't know are my coworkers. We don't have a history of loss and I know he is just excited but I was hoping to at least make it to the first appointment to make sure that everything looks good before we started telling everyone. 

[jessa1228]

How far along are you? 10 weeks

What is baby's size? A lego person

Any appointments this week? Nope

How are you feeling? I'm actually starting to feel better, so yay! I'm still tired and lethargic though, but I also haven't been very active so that could be why.

Vents/Questions/Concerns: I'm still bummed about my weight gain. I gained another pound this week. I guess i'll see what my Dr says at my next appt. I don't know why I'm so hung up about it but I am 😔

[wanderingstar]

How far along are you? 8w5d

What is baby's size? A raspberry

Any appointments this week? Nope

How are you feeling? Finally starting to feel better. I've been sick the past 3 weeks with RSV (caught from DD) and once that went away a regular cold showed up. So now that I'm not sneezing and my brains aren't getting blown out of my nose, I can start to feel somewhat normal. I was so sick of being sick, plus nausea and exhaustion on top of that. Ugh!

Vents/Questions/Concerns: Just glad to not be sick anymore! Now just the pregnancy exhaustion and wanting to eat alllllllllllll the carbs and sugar. I'm pretty sure my ass has completely gone flat from sitting on the couch so much. Oh well.

[pennylane]

How far along are you? 9 weeks
What is baby's size? A pecan
Any appointments this week? Next week!
How are you feeling? So much nausea. Too much puke. I am eating the same things over and over bc they seem to work best. But damn, it's annoying.
Vents/Questions/Concerns: My H now has to go out of work for 3 weeks in Feb- gah! Not great timing for me. I'm just hoping the OB will give me drugs that will help the nausea. I do think my Mom is going to come for one week to help with DS, thank goodness.

[violajack]

How far along are you? 9 weeks

What is baby's size? I forget

Any appointments this week? None until my NT scan Feb 8th. (yes, I'm doing it. I realized I have to do the blood draw anyway since they order so many other tests too, and really, the NT scan is the best cause you can see the whole baby all at once, the anatomy scan isn't nearly as cute.)

How are you feeling? So So So sick. It doesn't help that a stomach bug went through my family right at the onset of symptoms for me and I had a major panic that it was going to be that bad the whole 6 weeks, but thankfully it was just one day that was really bad. Then we all got a nice strong cold/sinus infections. So I'm still working my way through that while my immune system is all compromised and crap. My voice almost held out for the full teaching day, but I lost it by the end of the last rehearsal. Luckily, no more orchestra until Saturday. Oh, and my two year old was sent from home school at the end of the day with a fever and can't go back until Friday at the earliest. Luckily my husband can stay home with him so I can still get through my afternoon teaching tomorrow.

Vents/Questions/Concerns: So sick. So sick.

[jt2378]

violajack, so sorry about being so sick. Hope you feel better soon

[therealbug]

yoshijo28, I'll move from lurking to joining

For those that don't know me: FET on 12/6 with 2 donor embryos. Due date is 8/24.

How far along are you? 9w
What is baby's size? No idea
Any appointments this week? Ultrasound on 1/17 (graduated from the RE!)
How are you feeling? Pretty good. Nausea is typically not bad and just really, really tired.
Vents/Questions/Concerns: I keep reminding myself one day at a time. Our next milestone is 20weeks. So many other normal milestones to pass before we get to that one.

[yoshijo28]

Yay therealbug!! So happy you came out of lurkdom!