Weekly check in - 11/23 - 11/29

[babyzebra]

How far along are you? 9w5d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Green olive

Any fun symptoms going on? Nausea, vomiting, migraines, lots of bloating, huge boobs

Any appointments this week? Nope

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I'm at my latest loss milestone today. I thought it was going to be a really tough day, but honestly, I'm relieved and I feel very hopeful today!

GTKY: Have you bought/been gifted anything for baby yet? Nope, but I hope to buy DS a big brother shirt to wear after our anatomy scan.

[GOmamab15]

How far along are you? 10 weeks today!

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Kumquat!

Any fun symptoms going on? Tired, bloated, irritated, some boob and abdominal pain when moving around.

Any appointments this week? No, 1 next week though.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? So happy it's Thanksgiving! I've been suffering with allergies though, and I'm so tired of blowing my nose! I'm done already!

GTKY: for me:I bought my first 2 pairs of maternity pants this week. So much more comfortable! I should have done it last week. For baby: my dear friend gave me a TY beanie baby dog for "baby's first stuffed animal" when I told her. Other than that we've been given hand me downs from DHs siblings kids for years & there's more coming soon. Need to organize!

[growingbelly051515]

How far along are you? 9wk+2

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Green olive

Any fun symptoms going on? So emotional, I even cried during the Folgers commercial today! It was the baby's first Christmas one and my son will be celebrating his first christmas this year! Also, nausea and vommiting (not too fun).

Any appointments this week? Had my first appointment and everything looks great. I had a c-section with my first in April of this year and I was excited because my doctor says I can try for a vbac!

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?

GTKY: Have you bought/been gifted anything for baby yet? Nope, especially since we just had our first in April. But, we will be buying baby a christmas gift like we did when I was pregnant with our son last year! I'm

[Deleted]

How far along are you? 9 weeks 3 days

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? southern pecan

Any fun symptoms going on? Morning sickness/all day sickness showed up this week. It started around 6 weeks with my daughter so I thought I was escaping it this time. I got a prescription for Diclegis but am struggling with the drowsiness.

Any appointments this week? No, not for a few more weeks.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I can't wait for the second trimester when the morning sickness hopefully disappears.

GTKY: Have you bought/been gifted anything for baby yet? No, but not that many people know, just our immediate family.

[mladerri]

How far along are you? 12w1d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Macaron

Any fun symptoms going on? I think I'm finally over the 1st trimester shitty feeling! I'm definitely starting to show though.

Any appointments this week? I had my nt on Wednesday and I have my first ob appt next week.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Everyone on both sides of the family want me to have a girl. I'm feeling so much pressure to "make it a girl." I know I can't do anything about it but I feel like people will honestly be disappointed if it's another boy.

GTKY: Have you bought/been gifted anything for baby yet? No, but this is #2. Well wait till we find out the gender. I have started looking into double strollers.

[mladerri]

Nov 24, 2015 14:16:32 GMT -5 frecklesnbrains said:

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? With normal MaterniT21 results back yesterday I feel somewhat reassured that I can start telling people and really plan for this baby (boy!) to be in our lives. I don't know why I'm so cautious... I'm not even PgAL, but it's just my nature I guess. Also my work brings me in contact every day with people who've had complicated pregnancies, miscarriages, birth defects, etc. I'm sure that's part of it. I wouldn't say that I'm anxious or pessimistic, but now I find myself feeling like I need the 18 week anatomy scan to be really confident, but I know once that is done then I'll start worrying about premature delivery, and then even with a healthy baby in my arms it will be time to consider the possibility of developmental delays, autism, etc. It's always going to be something. But every day I feel a bit more excited, and I've always said that these are the risks we take and accept when we choose to have a child - the rewards are so powerful that it all has to be worth it!

My husband is really good about making me switch my thinking on this... He always says why don't we worry about those things if it presents itself. No need in getting yourself worried when most likely everything will be just fine! I'm passing on his advice even though I know it's hard to be optimistic when it comes to a baby. There's so many opportunities for things to not go right, but get through those steps and celebrate each one instead of dreading what's next. You'll enjoy your pregnancy more.

[frecklesnbrains]

Nov 27, 2015 7:28:22 GMT -5 mladerri said:

Nov 24, 2015 14:16:32 GMT -5 frecklesnbrains said:

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? With normal MaterniT21 results back yesterday I feel somewhat reassured that I can start telling people and really plan for this baby (boy!) to be in our lives. I don't know why I'm so cautious... I'm not even PgAL, but it's just my nature I guess. Also my work brings me in contact every day with people who've had complicated pregnancies, miscarriages, birth defects, etc. I'm sure that's part of it. I wouldn't say that I'm anxious or pessimistic, but now I find myself feeling like I need the 18 week anatomy scan to be really confident, but I know once that is done then I'll start worrying about premature delivery, and then even with a healthy baby in my arms it will be time to consider the possibility of developmental delays, autism, etc. It's always going to be something. But every day I feel a bit more excited, and I've always said that these are the risks we take and accept when we choose to have a child - the rewards are so powerful that it all has to be worth it!

My husband is really good about making me switch my thinking on this... He always says why don't we worry about those things if it presents itself. No need in getting yourself worried when most likely everything will be just fine! I'm passing on his advice even though I know it's hard to be optimistic when it comes to a baby. There's so many opportunities for things to not go right, but get through those steps and celebrate each one instead of dreading what's next. You'll enjoy your pregnancy more.

Wise advice - thanks! The other thing that I've found is that now that I'm starting to tell people it's easier to be excited because everyone else is! And I don't get so caught up in my own head. I'm somewhat regretting the fact that I didn't tell more (close) people earlier. My DH is sort of a cautious worrier-type too, which doesn't help.