AMA Check In

[shoogars]

Stolen from December 2015!

Welcome to our weekly check-in for those of us who are pregnant at an Advanced Maternal Age, generally 35 and over.


How far along are you?

How are you feeling?

Any appointments this week?

Rants/raves/Questions?

GTKY…What phone app can't you live without?

[shoogars]

How far along are you? 5 weeks 4 days

How are you feeling? actually pretty good, a little bloated. I'm actually looking forward to feeling sick, at least then you feel a bit reassured!

Any appointments this week? Next weds

Rants/raves/Questions? This is my first AMA pregnancy, I know I get some extra tests, but I'm wondering how else my monitoring/care will be different. This is also my first pregnancy with a hypothyroid diagnosis, so I'm wondering how that changes things too.

GTKY…What phone app can't you live without? Cartwheel - I love Target and I love saving money!

[itsmeally]

How far along are you? 4w 4d

How are you feeling? I feel fine. I don't have any symptoms yet, and I don't think they started with my last pregnancy until about 6-7 weeks.

Any appointments this week? First appointment not until June 10.

Rants/raves/Questions? I officially put my FF account on hold. I did not realize how addicted I was to charting.

GTKY…What phone app can't you live without?
Hmmm. Tough call. I would say the photo app. I use the photo stream to share pics with 15 family members, and see pics of their kids as well. I absolutely love it.

[itsmeally]

May 5, 2015 14:49:18 GMT -5 shoogars said:

How far along are you? 5 weeks 4 days

How are you feeling? actually pretty good, a little bloated. I'm actually looking forward to feeling sick, at least then you feel a bit reassured!

Any appointments this week? Next weds

Rants/raves/Questions? This is my first AMA pregnancy, I know I get some extra tests, but I'm wondering how else my monitoring/care will be different. This is also my first pregnancy with a hypothyroid diagnosis, so I'm wondering how that changes things too.

GTKY…What phone app can't you live without? Cartwheel - I love Target and I love saving money!

FWIW, I'm hypothyroid also. For my last pregnancy, my OB wrote a standing script for my TSH to be drawn every 6 weeks. It didn't change enough to warrant a synthroid change at all.

[peaseblossom55]

How far along are you? 5 weeks and change

How are you feeling? It varies day to day, I'm tired and bloated every day, some days I get pretty dizzy and other days the nausea can be bad. Today it was bad and I was completely hormonal most of the day.

Any appointments this week? on Friday to check for a heartbeat w/ my RE

Rants/raves/Questions? This is my first pregnancy so I wonder how it differs being AMA. I believe a genetics test is done, I'm not sure when.

GTKY…What phone app can't you live without? I love candy crush

[rnmommy]

How far along are you? 5 weeks 4 days

How are you feeling? Tired, my nipples are really sensitive, occasional nausea, occasional headaches, increased appetite, thirst and urination. Overall, not bad.

Any appointments this week?Nope. I had a "telephone appointment" with a nurse on Monday, but that was just to set up my first appointment with the doctor on May 18.

Rants/raves/Questions? I kind of wish my 17 month old would wean already. My nipples hurt and his mouth full of teeth and nursing gymnastics aren't helping. I also wish he'd sleep through the night. I'm tired.

GTKY…What phone app can't you live without?I really don't know.

[hoopoe]

How far along are you? 5 weeks, 4 days? Or something like that.

How are you feeling? Nausea seems to be intensifying a bit, sore breasts and a bloated mess.

Any appointments this week? I get betas drawn again this Friday. I'll be 27 dpo.

Rants/raves/Questions? I think my breasts are actually bigger. This is a big deal to me, as I'm barely a B-cup! Too bad I feel too bad to actually enjoy them!

GTKY…What phone app can't you live without? This is random, but it's called Press, Play, Go. My second job is group fitness, and it's a great app that helps run and organize my classes.

[sconnie2015]

This is me!  I will say that I hate the thought of being AMA (mid-late 30s isn't old!!), but it is what it is. 

How far along are you? 4w 2days

How are you feeling? Dizzy.  Last pregnancy that was my only symptom in all of 1st tri.  I would love history to repeat itself but I know every pregnancy is unique. 

Any appointments this week? Nope.  1st appointment isn't until 8 weeks, which will be the 1st week of June

Rants/raves/Questions?  Not really.  At this point the fact that I'm actually pregnant is still sinking in. 

GTKY…What phone app can't you live without? Sadly, Instagram.  I follow a ton of food blogs (it's my version of porn).