Grad Check in

[kellybenelly83]

Hey its TUESDAY!

[suzysurparis]

I'm doing the grad check-in!

I've been really bad about checking-in with my work's busy season, but I'm 32w tomorrow (holy hell) and have only 6 more weeks at work then another 2 til this guy shows up! I've got this lovely pic from yesterday in the nursery with only the clothes and gifts my mom gave me. She's going a little crazy but it's fine since we've got nothing to start. Still no idea on names. The pregnancy is going surprisingly well, no complications and I've discovered that if I cut back on the gardening and house cleaning my backpain goes away. Wishing you all the best of luck!

[queenofcats]

Hey GKU!

I'm 26w6d and super excited because 3rd trimester is tomorrow! Squee! Where has the time gone? I know some books (what to expect when you are expecting) say 3rd tri starts at 28 weeks, but that one week matters. It MATTERS.

As for me I'm feeling alright. I've been having some joint pain today and my calves are still bitching at me every night and day. DH has been put on massage duty and he's already hating it after a week. Sorry, pal, you promised. I had my GD test last Wednesday as well as my 26 week visit. It was a long one since my doctor was not happy with my weight gain (again) and my blood pressure was higher than normal also. So I got a couple extra blood draws to check my thyroid and for pre-e. I haven't heard anything back yet, but no news is good news, right? I believe they were only going to call if anything was out of the ordinary.

Baby E is doing well. She flips and dances and loves to change positions throughout the day. She's a wild child already. I think she's going to be an active one.

I'm always lurking and rooting for you all! Much love to you!

Here is my bump, belly is beating the boobs again:

[nettje]

Loving the Bumps Ladies!

I'm going to be 31 weeks tomorrow and I only have 7 weeks and 2 days until I get to meet LO. Everything is going pretty well except for the heart burn and the swelling. I'm seeing the doc every two weeks and I can't believe how quickly things have gone in the last little bit.

Always rooting for you ladies and stopping by to see how you all are doing!

No pic today as I'm still in my PJs. Lol.

[fuzzylogic]

Helloooooo, ladies!

I go in for my very first appointment today. In three hours (hopefully) we'll SEE things. And maybe HEAR things. If she does an U/S which I expect her to, given the history. I'm not a new patient so at least I don't have to fill out a shitton of paperwork, right?

Otherwise, feeling okay. Still having occasional nausea, which is often brought on by gross school smells (ah, teenagers in the humid springtime) and H's driving. My boobs are definitely bigger, as H pointed out when he hugged me, because they "feel" bigger to him. I was knocking things over at the grocery store on Sunday with them, which even he noticed. Heartburn still plagues me, as well as the indecisiveness about food which comes for the first tri for so many, as I understand.

In other news, my news staff brought home some pretty cool hardware yesterday, and were told by judges that we should submit our online news site for national competition next year, once we get some of the bugs worked out of our video quality issues. We were pretty stoked. So I ordered them pizza for next hour and we're going to nom and talk about how great they are. Then it's off to my appointment. Not a bad Tuesday.

Glad to see some grads moving along! queenofcats, you look adorable!

[queenofcats]

Thank you, fuzzylogic! FX for a great first appointment!

[3houlagirl]

Hello GKU!

I am 11 weeks today, and had my first ultrasound a few weeks ago. Actually SEEING stuff quelled my anxiety for about a week. Now I'm freaking out because all the gross symptoms are abating, and I actually feel decent some days. I still hate ALL THE FOOD after 5 PM, though. Dinner used to be so awesome...

My NT scan is a week from Friday; keep your fingers crossed that this little seahorse is healthy!

It's so great to see all the recent BFPs! I hope everyone gets theirs soon.

[mynameiscarrie]

Hi friends!

I'm 7w6d today. Nausea is in full force and the only thing that sounds good right now is tomatoes. I don't have another appointment until the 21st (2 weeks from today!) and we'll probably announce to the world after that appointment, as long as everything goes well. I'm just ready for this all day nausea to go away!

I'm loving all the bumps in this thread and I cant wait to see more BFPs!


ETA: Actual heart icon

[andtheheartbreakers]

Hey all!!

I'm 16 weeks, 2 days already!!! I am still super nauseous/pukey but if I remember to take my Diclectin it's normally not too bad. It hits me worse at night time so I tend to go to bed early and not eat, which with the fatigue isn't so bad. My face has also broken out like a hormonal teenager in the past few days, so that looks hot.

I am going to book my A/S today so hopefully that will be in the next 3 weeks or so! I can't wait to see our little Sapling again, since we opted out of the NT screening I haven't seen him/her since 7 weeks! But at the same time it seems so unbelievable that it's already time for our A/S!!!!

Here's a picture of Le Bump from last week's HDBD!

[sthrncharmer]

Hey ladies!!
It's been a while since I've checked in. Remembering what day of the week it is is becoming challenging lol. I'm here chugging along at 33w2d. Although little girl has been steadily measuring ahead (dr said 3wks last apt). So we are having a growth scan on Thursday just to how big she actually is.
Getting up and down/in and out is becoming increasingly difficult and funny to those who witness. My really good friend ,who is also my photographer, was taking my maternity pictures this last week and got to witness it first hand. H was trying to get me up from the ground and all I hear from her is "turtle, turtle, turtle!" She's lucky I love her so much.
Baby girl's nursery is pretty much done and waiting for her. The cats have been wonderful quality control experts and test everything out when it comes in. I think they think it's all for them though. Turkeys.
I'm so happy to see all the recent BFPs!! So many congrats for yall! I hope they keep coming! Miss you ladies!
Here are some pics. Bump and a view of the nursery from the doorway

[frankenboom]

Hi loves! This is my first check-in.

I had my first U/S today - and I'm measuring 6w5d, which is a week behind where I *should* be, but we saw a yolk sac and fetus, and saw and heard a strong 143bpm HB, and the doctor said there's nothing to worry about...so I'm trying to stay as positive as I can.

AWing my little blob below...

[Ray]

this is the best day of the whole entire week.

[Ray]

this is the best day of the whole entire week.

[thelittleredm]

Love all these little growing babies! *settles in to see more posts*

[thelittleredm]

@imapenguin, My bump was huge early on, too, but DS came out at 6.5lbs whereas my midwife had been guessing he'd be closer to 8-8.5lbs.

[divinemsbee]

20w6d here, and feeling pretty good. Everything's been pretty quiet, I'm still not feeling movement or feeling like I have a real 'bump' which I guess is the curse of the plus sized pregnant lady. I'm hoping in about 4 weeks I'll actually pop.

Had an appointment today and the heartbeat sounds good, and hopefully at the end of the month we'll get a more definite sex determination and they'll be able to get the missing heart measurements.

I do apparently have some sort of heat rash/cyst in my boobs, both of them, which just sucks because I can feel the lumps/ducts. I go back Friday if it doesn't go away to get an u/s, so I have warm boob compresses until then.

[valie]

DS is 10mos old. When did that happen?

He loves exploring. The edge of the bed is especially enticing. This morning he decided to go over feet first for the first time and give Mommy's heart a break. I've never missed him, but still!

Here he is in the second of three Easter outfits. This one got watermelon down the front

*poof photo removed*

[flippinchica]

Hi GKU, I am now 22 weeks and doing pretty well. H and I traded in my Miata for a family car yesterday and I used that pic to go public on FB. I'm starting to feel more consistent movement which I love but also starting to get some pelvic pain which isn't so great. My sister is gung-ho about planning a shower which is super sweet. I'm going to poof this pic later so please don't quote
*poof*

[Unknown]

frankenboom, your beautiful little peanut is way bigger than what I saw at my 6w3d u/s w/ my LO#1, so that is a beautiful looking u/s to me!

@imapenguin, One of my closest friends had an almost 10lb baby naturally, so totally possible!

[fuzzylogic]

Updates! We got to see D'Floyd -- measuring 6w6d, but my OB said she was having trouble with the u/s machine because it wasn't her preferred machine ("we all have our favorites!" she said), so the date comes in just about right. We didn't get to hear a heartbeat with that u/s machine, but you could see it flickering away up at the top She said my reflux/heartburn issue was likely because my progesterone is where it needs to be, gave me some stuff to read, and I got some blood drawn and peed in a cup for some tests.

So far, we're looking good!

Gratuitous ute pic:

[ashleyinva]

I have an outside squish!

Orion Pierce was born on Saturday, April 4 at 7:37PM via C-Section at 37w3d gestation. I was induced on Friday night due to preeclampsia around 8pm, and everything was progressing well. My epidural kept wearing off, but I had been dilating about a cm every hour and a half. Dilation stalled on Saturday at 9cm for 5 hours, and the doctor recommended a C-Section. I was whisked off to the operating room. The C-Section tugging and pulling wasn't so bad, but the baby would have been stuck if I had begun pushing. The C-Section was for the best, even though this recovery process is a bitch.

I haven't really slept since Thursday, labor was a bitch, recovery is a bitch, but this kid is worth it.

[Deleted]

This thread gives me all the happy feels. Love it!

[craftytype]

Hey GKU! I'm 6w4d today. No u/s yet which has had my PGAL brain a little messed up but I'm trying to keep positive and relax.

I lurk often and root always!

[andtheheartbreakers]

ashleyinva, congratulations on your outside baby!!! He is so adorable!

[mrsberg09282013]

Hey ladies!

It is late in the day, but I remembered it's Tuesday! I haven't checked in for a couple (few?) weeks - sorry

I am 36w5d today. It has been a rough couple of weeks for me and Baby Berg.

At 34w2d (a Saturday) we got confirmation that he was frank breech. It was a huge bummer, but we made a plan with our midwife and I was confident that we would get him to turn. We started spinning babies techniques and that Monday I was supposed to call and schedule chiropractic and acupuncture appointments. If all else failed and he wasn't head down by 36 weeks, we would schedule a version with one of the local doctors to see if we could turn him manually. Well - late Sunday night/early Monday morning (34w4d) I woke up with excruciating back/side pain that was coming and going and I realized that my belly was tightening along with the back pain. This was happening less than every 10 minutes and it went on for a couple of hours. Headed in to L&D, got hooked up and found out that I was actually contracting every 3 minutes or so - I was officially in preterm labor with a breech baby. In an amazing twist of fate (or something?) it turned out that the doctor that I would have been going to in order to get the version was the doctor that was on-call that night. This doctor runs her own practice, so she doesn't do on-call in the hospital - EVER. She just happened to be taking a shift for someone as a favor that night. It was truly a miracle that she was there. She was able to perform the version and get him head down, in case we weren't able to get labor to stop. Turns out that I had kidney stones, which was the cause of the back pain, and that was irritating my uterus. While we weren't able to get the contractions to stop, there was no change in my cervix for the whole 10 hour period I was there, so I was released to go home and pass the kidney stones - pulled from week two weeks earlier than planned and put on "home rest" until I reach 37 weeks. The next week was the hardest, most painful week of my life. BUT! I made it through, passed the stones and I am feeling SO much better now. Since the stones have passed, my uterus has been much more calm, and I am just having normal BH now.

Due to our scare, we had to cancel our big baby shower, which was stressful because we still had SO much we needed. Luckily, everyone came together and got us all the essentials, so we are set now whenever he decides to make his appearance. MIL is going to change her shower to a "meet the baby" party a couple months after he is born, so we can still see everyone, get the rest of the stuff on our registries and introduce our little man to everyone.

If I can make it through tonight and tomorrow, I will officially no longer be pre-term and can safely have my home birth! I also get to return to normal functional life, which is great! At the end of the day, while the experience was scary and painful, he is still inside and he is head down, and that is what matters right now.

Here is a belly pic, and I am off to go back and lay my bum on the couch.

[bibliothecary]

23w3d here! Nothing interesting to report. Feeling movement regularly now. He's still riding low, which is fun for my bladder. And the little jerk is making me eat healthy. Made me throw up a brownie! Can you believe the nerve! No way he's my genetic material.

[queenofcats]

Congratulations, ashleyinva, he's beautiful!

[veganontuesdays]

Hey ladies!!! So happy to see so many BFP posts! Always rooting for you all!

32w4d I am feeling large and in charge and mainly just ready to meet him. Peeing 47 times a night is definitely getting old! Here is his cute little face from our 3d ultrasound.

& because I'm feeling AW-ish here's my dog practicing his big brother guard dog routine in the nursery.

[cateyes]

Congrats on an outside baby ashleyinva!!

How scary mrsberg09282013!!! I am so glad everything turned out ok and he got turned around! FX you make it a few more days!

[themrsjrd]

Delurking to say congratulations ashleyinva, your baby boy is so precious!!!