July 2017 Rainbows (13 Rainbows-4 pink -1 blue- 2 yellow- 2 angels)

[sil]

We just got donuts this morning too, and I kid you not before today I haven't had a donut in probably 4 'months!! How funny. Craving of the day I guess.

Thank you girls for helping me feel better and less alone with my tiredness.

The nausea is worse here at nights too. Mornings aren't terrible but it starts hitting in the afternoon and night.

 

[lesondemavie]

Hah I had a craving for a donut a few weeks ago and made DH drive all over to find the perfect one. It was glorious, but that's before the nausea hit. Nights are the worst for me too. I feel nauseated all day long, but I only vomit at night. Sometimes I'll even wake up in the middle of the night and run off to throw up. Typically though it's brushing my teeth or taking my vitamins that will trigger it. I don't mind the vomiting so much, but I really miss enjoying food. I was such a foodie before, but now my diet mostly consists of chips, bread, and cheese 😞. Ugh I fought so hard to get this so I feel like I can't complain, but I'll definitely be happy when this lifts.

 

[confuzion]

I've finally updated the front page and a welcome to londongirl and lesondemavie

Time for our Monday check-in ladies!

How far along are you? Size of baby?

What are your symptoms this week?

Do you have any appointments this week?

How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?

What are your holiday plans this year?

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?

 

[confuzion]

How far along are you? Size of baby?

6+6, or 7+2. So sweet pea or blueberry.

What are your symptoms this week?

More of the same. Lots of food aversions. Nausea mostly triggered by smells or thinking about food--no vomiting. Pretty intense hunger but can't really eat much due to food aversions...

Do you have any appointments this week?

Over 3 weeks left ugh.

How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?

Seems like he's mostly ignoring it? Lol. We have been busy. And I'm guilty of this too. I just try not to think about it too much because until I have my scan I'm afraid to get my hopes up.

What are your holiday plans this year?

Christmas Eve with in-laws. Christmas Day at home. Nothing special lol.

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?

Not yet but I've got tons of stuff from DD. We bought mostly gender neutral clothes so I think we're set for the first year no matter what we're hopefully having. We will need a second crib but we probably won't buy that until sometime between 20-30 weeks. And I think I had more to say but I have to run because my kid just took her diaper off.

 

[blessedmomma]

How far along are you? Size of baby?
8 weeks today raspberry

What are your symptoms this week?
Nausea, food aversion, exhaustion. I pretty much go between starving to sick all day long.

Do you have any appointments this week?
Not until next week.

How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?
He is excited and says something about the baby in our prayers with the kids every night. He has listened to the Doppler with me a couple times but I've been unable to hear anything yet. His company doesn't have paternity leave so he has to start saving up his vacation time for July.

What are your holiday plans this year?
Opening presents with the kids and probably eating Chinese in Christmas haha. In July we moved from Kansas to Indiana so won't be visiting our usual family. We figure it's easier to order Chinese to be delivered than to cook and clean on Christmas. We did the traditional thanksgiving so my kids are looking forward to Chinese lol which sounds silly on Christmas to me, but hey

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?
I haven't had a summer baby for nearly 10 years so I'm out of my element as to what to put on them. Onesies maybe for a first purchase? We have tons of boy and girl clothes since we have 8 children, but we are always donating and buying new. I'm sure as soon as we find out the gender we will buy something!

 

[Girly922]

How far along are you? Size of baby?
6+5 sweet pea this week

What are your symptoms this week?
Short temper, some slight food aversions, constant hunger. I feel like I'm getting some energy back though.

Do you have any appointments this week?
I have my first midwife appt on Wednesday

How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?
He's completely doting on me. He works away a lot but when he's home over the weekends he's cooking, grabbing anything I'm craving at that moment in time. He still says he's finding it difficult for it to really sink in but that was the same with DD and it all became real at the scan so he believes it'll be the same this time.

What are your holiday plans this year?
We have Christmas Eve in our pjs with a Christmas basket of goodies and films, Christmas Day at home. Boxing Day is spent at my parents with all my side of the family. We then spend new year with the in laws. Not sure if we'll announce to family at Christmas or not yet.

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?
We were at Disney when we first started ttc and I bought a little nightmare before Christmas vest. We stayed team yellow with DD (as we will with this one) so have lots of neutral newborn clothes etc.

 

[sil]

How far along are you? Size of baby?
10wk by my dates, 10+3 by ultrasound. Baby is the size of a green olive.

What are your symptoms this week?
Exhaustion. Pure exhaustion. I'm still wanting to collapse by 7 pm. My nausea is subsiding some and it's nice to be able to eat again without feeling sick (as long as I don't eat too much I do ok).

Do you have any appointments this week?
None this week

How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?
He's excited and already looking at baby names. It's funny, this third pregnancy is the one he was least sure about trying for, but now that it's happened it is the one he is most excited preparing for. We told my 3 year old son last night and got the cutest reaction from him.

What are your holiday plans this year?
Christmas Eve we will spend at my in laws. They're making us dinner. Christmas morning we will open our presents from santa with the boys and that night we will travel down to see my parents about 4 hours away and stay for a few days.

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?
Not yet. Both of my boys were summer babies (June 18 and July 17), so if this baby is a boy too we will really be set for seasonally appropriate clothes and toys. I am sure I will buy the baby it's own special items to have too so it's not all hand me downs. If it's a girl then we have to get shopping!! Haha

 

[blessedmomma]

Has anyone had phenergan for morning sickness? My ob prescribed me some in case I need it. He said it would probably make me tired so I'm thinking of taking it at night and my zofran for daytime. I also think I may not be able to take my unisom at night with it though so hopefully it works just as good since it's cheaper with insurance than the unisom.

 

[baseball_mom]

How far along are you? Size of baby?
6w0d...poppy is the size of a sweat pea or blueberry

What are your symptoms this week?
No real symptoms to speak of. A little nauseous here and there. But since I just don't FEEL pregnant I took another pregnancy test again today. It was blazingly positive which helped.

Do you have any appointments this week?
No appointments this week. I'm actually flying out tomorrow to spend the week with family due to my nephew being in the hospital. My first scan is on the 22nd.

How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?
My SO is over the moon but also caustically optimistic as he has had miscarriages before with his first wife so he just wants everything to be ok. I think after the first scan he will feel better.

What are your holiday plans this year?
My kids are with their father for Christmas Eve so I won't get them until around 7:30pm. My SO and I will go out to a nice dinner before they get home just in time to put them in their matching pajamas and get ready for Santa even though my daughter doesn't believe anymore she is a great big sister and plays along for my son. Christmas day will just be spent opening presents and relaxing and eating!

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?
I did buy a little onies for my SO that said My Dad is Rad and gave that to him as part of his birthday present. Since my kids are 14 and 9, we literally have nothing for a baby. Hopefully we will have a baby shower or two!

 

[lesondemavie]

How far along are you? Size of baby?
Per the RE's first guess, 9 weeks. I think I'm going to stick with that. Baby is measuring 9+1/9+2, so per my baking size comparison the size of a canapé

What are your symptoms this week?
Worsening morning sickness...along with the usual constipation, fatigue, and sore boobs. We just upped my dose of diclegis, but the cold I have right now is just making everything worse 😷. I throw up 1-2 times a day now even on the medication, and have several ever-changing food aversions. Could be worse but still no fun.

Do you have any appointments this week?
Just got back from our weekly ultrasound. We saw the baby kicking and wiggling 😍.



How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?
He's amazing. He's right there with me every time I throw up. He brings me whatever I need. He gets so attached so quick. He wants to put his cold hands on my tummy where the baby is all the time. This is our first, and after everything we've been through we just can't wait to be parents!

What are your holiday plans this year?
Going up to see his parents just three days including travel. We did the bigger trip for thanksgiving with my family this year.

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?
Absolutely nothing. I need to make it safely to second tri first. I already have ideas for the nursery, so something to go on the wall for my theme will probably be my first purchase.

 

[blessedmomma]

8+1 today and I heard the baby's heartbeat on the Doppler tonight. So absolutely precious!

 

[sil]

So excited for you blessed! I love my Doppler. It's such a wonderful reassurance hearing the heart beat away. Congrats

 

[blessedmomma]

Thanks Sil! Definitely was very reassuring. I can see it being addictive too, I didn't want to put it down haha. I decided I would wait until this weekend to listen again, and it's so hard not to use it today

 

[sil]

This isn't related to pregnancy, but I needed to come for a bit of a moan. My DH is sick with some kind of infection making it hard for him to breathe and he has lost his voice and coughing. My DS2 has been sick for 8 days with first croup and then a cold. Then this morning my DS1 woke up, went down one step, and then threw up down the entire flight of stairs. Everyone is so sick and I feel like I am dealing with 3 separate plagues here and bound to catch something. I just want to sleep but instead I'm running wild administering medications, cleaning up vomit, and trying to take care of everyone.

 

[lesondemavie]

SIL that sounds like the cold I'm fighting off right now . My voice is almost completely gone, and the coughing hurts so bad. Hope I can fight it off soon. It's no fun being sick in first tri.

 

[rainbowsun]

So...for the second time, I had this super-vivid miscarriage dream. I know it's just me worrying about this and manifesting itself in my dreams, but I really can't handle it. The worst part is that in the dream itself, I get incredibly sad, and can't shake that feeling for the rest of the day. Help!

 

[blessedmomma]

Praying for you sil! Sick family is no fun. I hope you don't get anything!

Rainbow- I've been having terrible dreams about miscarrying. Definitely not nice! The hard part for me is that my last baby I lost at 15 weeks. We had already seen he was healthy with a good heartbeat and everything. Had just seen him on ultrasound a couple weeks before and everything was fine. So there really is no amount of reassurance this time for me. It's not like I'll feel relieved if baby is ok today. I already know how quickly things can change. I'm just praying this baby is ok!

 

[Mrs Dragonfly]

Hey ladies! I had final exams this week so it's been a bit crazy. DD turned 2 on Tuesday, we went out to breakfast then sent her to Nanna and Grandpa's for the day for me to go take my exams. Saturday is her party, she's going to have a blast

Sil - I'm so sorry there's so much sickness in your house! Praying you don't catch any of it and everyone gets healthy soon!!

How far along are you? Size of baby?
8+5

What are your symptoms this week?

Beyond tired, awful rot taste in my mouth, nausea

Do you have any appointments this week?
I did on Monday! After answering lots of questions we got to peak at bubs on the ultrasound, but the darn machine kept fuzzing a black screen and another midwife called out sick so ours couldn't take the time to get another machine so no pictures. But we saw bubs heartbeat so I'm happy!

How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?
Eh, he's not an outwardly excited person. He's not being very helpful, he says he has "sympathy tiredness" and it's annoying.

What are your holiday plans this year?
Christmas Eve with my side of the family, Christmas day with DH's

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?
Not yet, first purchase will probably be for DD. I've been looking at big sister shirts and books. I probably wont go shopping until we know the gender. DD's nursery theme is woodland creatures so it's gender neutral. Not that DD ever used the nursery lol

 

[sil]

Thanks for the encouragement ladies. Apparently today is not my day. This morning I got in a car accident. The kids were with me and thankfully everyone is ok but my car is not and will take one week to repair.

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

I'm a little late!!!


How far along are you? Size of baby?
8w2d, wild strawberry

What are your symptoms this week?
Very tender breasts, constipation, and joint pain are the worst. MS has eased off a bit.

Do you have any appointments this week?

Had my first scan Wednesday.. I'll attach a picture at the bottom.. Also have to go to the lab and get my first trimester bloodwork.

How is your SO dealing regarding your pregnancy?
Doing well. He's been ultra protective of me, it's really cute. He is really missing sex though and I have no want for it.. I feel awful about it.

What are your holiday plans this year?

We are all over the place this year. Christmas Eve is at dh cousin's and then grandmother's. Christmas day is at my mil and then over to our best friends.

Have you bought anything for baby yet? If not, when will you make your first purchase, and what will it likely be?

No and no idea tbh. Right now focusing on getting to second tri.