Grad Thread 4/19

[cocobellaf]

Still battling anytime-sickness and throwing up. BP is a little more steady, although I had a high reading this morning. I'll try again after work. Baby K is definitely growing but my weight gain seems to be slowing down, THANK GOD. The baby belly has grown too large for some of my non-stretchy maternity clothes, so I am limited to just stretchy stuff for the next 90 days or so.

27w+1, FTM!

[goldenlove3]

Hi GKU! I'm 10w6d today and things are going pretty good. The nausea seems to be decreasing lately but food aversions are still horrible. I've gotten to the point where I told H to stop asking me about dinner and just put something in front of me. If I think about it, I get grossed out. Besides that, I require a lot of naps but rarely get to take them. Most of our friends now know the news and we're getting close to letting extended family know as well. Not much else going on.

Always rooting for you ladies!!

[singingsea]

Good morning guys! I'm officially half baked! Chilling at 20w+4.

Movement has become pretty regular now. He's more active in the mornings and evening. Can't wait till H and DS can feel the baby!

We have a name picked out and a general idea for the nursery. Just waiting for H to finish a couple projects and then we can get started.

Here's me in my lovely work clothes. Sorry, another toilet pic. I don't have a lot of options

[Daikoku]

Hi there. I'm 17w2d and the nausea hasn't subsided yet. I also still can't even look at carrots. *Hurk*

I saw the midwife last week and baby's heartbeat is still strong and healthy. There's really nothing else to report and my bump doesn't look like a bump today. It just looks like I ate a lot. Nothing worth showing off.

I love seeing this thread every week. I will be stalking all day to check in on more of you.

[youdontsay]

Hey everybody!

Nothing much to report just hanging out at 22+1, I have my fetal echocardiogram Friday morning.

Haven't felt much movement unless I'm laying still. Yesterday I was outside reading and felt a couple of good kicks so maybe I'll feel more further along, I'm not worried because I know this happens with an anterior placenta and if I get freaked out I just whip out the Doppler, she's big enough now it doesn't take long for me to find her.

Still haven't done much with the nursery, I'm hoping this weekend H moves stuff to the basement.

Always lurking and rooting for those BFPs!

[housecarder]

Hey everyone! I will be 29 weeks tomorrow, only 8 to go. Still having regular contractions that aren't doing anything but my OB wrote me off work so DS and I have been taking it easy at home. After my shower last Sunday I got the nursery pretty much set up, although I need to hang the artwork and decorative stuff. DD asked to fold and put away all the baby clothes. She is so excited for her sisters to arrive.

Always lurking (or not lurking and adding you to Facebook) and hoping for more BFPs!
Oh and I'll leave more kitten pics.

[cnf2013]

Hi GKU. Ellie turned 5 months old on Saturday.

She's doing great at working on sitting unassisted and is finally giving us loads of giggles.

Yesterday I had the extreme pleasure of learning how to dismantle and wash the care seat because she had a massive poopsplosion in it. Fun times.







Lurking always for bfps

[Deleted]

Hey! I'll be 35w tomorrow!!! Not much going on. I had my baby shower Saturday and it was amazing. Appointments tomorrow. I've been trying to go through and figure out what all we still need to buy so I can get that out of the way since we're kind of running out of time to put stuff off.

Bonus bump pic from Friday. Still measuring about 10w ahead.

[jubilantsquirrel]

Heyyy!

I'm 8 weeks today and hanging in there! The nausea is pretty much constant, but I haven't been sick yet so I'm thankful for that. I seem to finally be over my 2 week long cold, so another thing to be thankful for.

I have my first appointment on Thursday and I'm so excited! We still haven't told anyone so hopefully we'll be able to announce to our families this weekend!

I'm still lurking and have everything crossed for all of you wonderful ladies!

[caz1221]

Hi, everyone! Not much news here either - I'll be 18 weeks tomorrow and have my A/S on Friday. Still trying to find somewhat healthy stuff to eat that doesn't totally turn me off. We have another few weeks of work going on at our house (painting, carpet, new furniture, window blinds, lighting), and I'm excited to see it when it's all done. Lurking often and hoping for more BFPs!

[longhornwino0907]

Hey guys! 12+5 here, and finally feeling pretty good. H even got some sexy time over the weekend – lucky him!!

Our NT scan was last Friday. Girls are measuring great (A was measuring 12+4 on Friday, and B was measuring 11+5 but she was scrunched up so they couldn't get a great measurement). Heartbeats were 164 and 163 respectively. Mommy and Daddy are in love:


Baby A (on the left) is Ol.ivia Ade.le and Baby B (on the right) is Cathe.rine Sop.hia

Always lurking

[teraiin]

Hi guys! 37w4d. Last Friday was my last day of work. They threw me a 'farewell' party with a cake. The cake said "Happy "Birth" day on it. It was cute.

I'm feeling large and ready to meet our baby boy. Doesn't help that all the doctors and midwives keep saying I won't make it to May.

Nothing else really to report...

Here's my bump shot from last week:

[teraiin]

longhornwino0907, lovelovelove the names!!!

cnf2013, she is sooooo cute!

@moonandback141, that's such a cute picture! Also she looks like she's tall, but that might be the angle of the picture!

[adorebel]

Hi everyone! I don't think I've checked in since my hospital squish pics! Life has been busy but wonderful over here.

I. is now 7 weeks old, and time is flying by! I'm already back at work, which is crazy.

She's very alert and smiling a lot. She's truly a wonderful baby. These are pics from the last 2 weeks.

Rooting for you all! xo

[PDQ pics; will poof later]

[RajahMD]

@led, how are you already 35w? I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!

I can't wait to meet baby LED!

[Rama]

queenofcats bibliothecary Fearsy powerofbacon frankenboom MauiBliss mrsrexmanning joy GoBigOrGoGnome hobbesgal TrickyJedi

[housecarder]

Apr 19, 2016 11:30:34 GMT -5 Rama said:

queenofcats bibliothecary Fearsy powerofbacon frankenboom MauiBliss mrsrexmanning joy GoBigOrGoGnome hobbesgal TrickyJedi

Bacon hasn't been on much, I know she had been re-admitted to the hospital because of her pre-e but I think she is back home now. Last I heard V was doing great though.

[wanderingheart]

Hi! I'm 34w2d and in the final countdown! I have 4 more weeks at the most to go before I get induced at 38 weeks. But honestly, I can go any time between now and then, although I hope Hashtwins stay in for two more weeks. I had about three hours straight of BH contractions yesterday morning and started getting paranoid that this was it. It wasn't. I have weekly biophysical scans on the babes to monitor their growth discordance. It's basically like an NST and they have 30 minutes to move. Friday was my first one, and Hashbrown was being super stubborn. She was refusing to move until the last two minutes. MH and I were both talking to her to try to coax her into moving, I had started contracting because of all the jabbing and pushing my tech was doing to try to get her to move...it was an intense 30 minutes. We would have had to go to the hospital if we failed, so I was really relieved when she moved. I have my next scan Friday again, and I'm just perpetually worried about her until she comes out. Hashtag is doing great, so that is good.

In other news, we just had our last shower. I'm on leave now, because my body really couldn't handle it anymore. Now I'm just finishing up the nursery with last minute touches and making sure we have everything we need before they get here. Packed my diaper bag and hospital bag last night, so that's getting real. MH has been told to keep his phone on him at all times at work now, so I guess you could say we are on "baby watch"!

Here's my bump! We didn't get many pictures of them last Friday since it was so tense in there, so my bump will have to do. I get the lovely pleasure of carrying like I'm 42 weeks pregnant. #thestruggleisreal



and for funsies...same shirt when I was 27 weeks. I thought I was huge then, HA. #nowImreallyhuge

[wanderingheart]

Also tagging helloerrbody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RajahMD]

W, don't you go here now?

[teraiin]

Sparkly icequeen pippacricket

[valie]

Hi GKU,

Baby #1 is 22 months now and Baby #2 is 3 months tonight. They're wonderful. I'm hanging in there. I've got a PMAD diagnosis and recently started medication. I'm looking forward to it kicking in - my anxiety is extreme. DS's new thing is wanting to be independent and doing things "by myself!" DD is a happy tiny chatty little thing. She gave me an almost-laugh yesterday. It won't be long now!

Here's a photo of us from a couple weeks ago:


Best!

[Rama]

Apr 19, 2016 11:35:38 GMT -5 housecarder said:

Apr 19, 2016 11:30:34 GMT -5 Rama said:

queenofcats bibliothecary Fearsy powerofbacon frankenboom MauiBliss mrsrexmanning joy GoBigOrGoGnome hobbesgal TrickyJedi

Bacon hasn't been on much, I know she had been re-admitted to the hospital because of her pre-e but I think she is back home now. Last I heard V was doing great though.

I know. :) I asked her yesterday if I could tag her.

[teraiin]

Apr 19, 2016 12:21:53 GMT -5 Rama said:

Apr 19, 2016 11:35:38 GMT -5 housecarder said:

Bacon hasn't been on much, I know she had been re-admitted to the hospital because of her pre-e but I think she is back home now. Last I heard V was doing great though.

I know. I asked her yesterday if I could tag her.

Aww Rama, you are so sweet. 

[onesweetworld]

[Rama]

Apr 19, 2016 12:31:16 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Apr 19, 2016 12:21:53 GMT -5 Rama said:

I know. :) I asked her yesterday if I could tag her.

Aww Rama, you are so sweet. 

no u

[teraiin]

Apr 19, 2016 12:43:59 GMT -5 Rama said:

Apr 19, 2016 12:31:16 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Aww Rama , you are so sweet. 

no u

Someone send help, I'm spiraling on gifs (about how awesome Rama is)

[renbee]

Hi!! 39 weeks 2 days here, feeling huge and ready. I'm still working, and this is me every day:



Like for real people, yes I'm still here. And no I have no idea when he is coming out!

I have an appointment tomorrow and I'm hoping I might have progressed a little since last week when I was 1 cm and 30% effaced. I'm not holding my breath though because I haven't had many contractions at all. Guess this little boy is comfy in there! Doesn't he know how ready and excited we are to meet him??

PGAL brain has been rearing its head - he had a few quieter days with not much movement and I was completely freaked out. It doesn't help that we discovered our first loss almost exactly 2 years ago. It's just such a mix of emotions and anxiety right now, and I'm having a hard time being patient.

Hugs to you all and I'm hoping for more BFPs soon!!

[Ray]

Hiya!!! I am 27 weeks today but measuring a fundal height of 30 weeks - apparently Flint is a tank of a kid. Feeling pretty good for the most part though calf cramps at night are very annoying. My hips have been bugging me the past couple days but I think it's because I did too much on the weekend.

I had an appointment with my OB this afternoon and he doesn't want me working past 30 weeks because my students are assholes basically lol. I may try to push it a bit more though - we'll see.

Currently waiting at the lab for another Rhogam shot. My blood tested +ve for antibodies but he thinks it's more likely from my last shot than from my bleeding in February. Also - baby is head down!!! Woot!!

Love and miss you all!!! Congrats to the recent bfps!!

ETA: had my first BH contraction Sunday - it was weird lol

[Sammich_Cat]

Hi! 3 weeks until my C-section!
We had an ultrasound last week to check position and growth. DS2 is still head up-hence the scheduled c-section - and now weighs as much as DS1 did when he was born!

I've picked up the cold my son has been struggling with for the past two weeks, so that's fun. I'm sure H will be next. Hope we can all recover before the baby gets here!

Randomly: my cat who hates when I'm pregnant has suddenly become very affectionate again. Wonder if she knows I'm close!