when the "30 yo ttc#1" ladies get their bfp's

[PDReggie]

I want to work as long as possible. The only reason the Dr. said not after due date is because of the commute. If I could work from home she would have been fine with it. Unfortunately, that is not an option at my job. I am just tired at this point. It is starting to get hard to move around. I was in the office bathroom and turned and looked in the mirror from the side and now I'm convinced that I am actually baking Godzilla. The belly is just HUGE. I will try and attach a pic. but we will see since I don't really know how.

 

[curiousowl]

No, PD, you look gorgeous! You look like you're about to pop but I clicked on the picture before I read the message and thought, "Oh wow, she looks great for someone due so soon."

AFM, I had my 8 week appointment today. It was perfect! After all the uncertainty and all the drama it was so nice to just feel like everything was good. I measured right on track so my due date is definitely my birthday. HB was 177 and we got to hear it My doctor's office offers the early blood test to test for chromosomal issues so I'll be having that at my next (12 week) appointment. So we should know the sex in early Nov! This makes the constant nausea all worth it.

 

[treeroot]

No, PD, you look gorgeous! You look like you're about to pop but I clicked on the picture before I read the message and thought, "Oh wow, she looks great for someone due so soon."

AFM, I had my 8 week appointment today. It was perfect! After all the uncertainty and all the drama it was so nice to just feel like everything was good. I measured right on track so my due date is definitely my birthday. HB was 177 and we got to hear it My doctor's office offers the early blood test to test for chromosomal issues so I'll be having that at my next (12 week) appointment. So we should know the sex in early Nov! This makes the constant nausea all worth it.

That's great to hear curious! Glad everything went so well

 

[PDReggie]

Curious, that's fantastic! That's first appt is awesome when you can hear the heart beat and see the little bean.

 

[JCM]

PD you look great!
Ohhhh Curious, yay!!!! How exciting! When did your nausea start?

 

[MgreenM]

Curious - that's great!

PD - I totally hear you on the being tired and getting hard to move around! Hang in there! You are almost done!

I slept almost all day (between feedings). I am starting to feel better but still not great. Took Josie to the pediatrician for her 1 week check up. She is up to 7lbs 5oz! They are very pleased with her growth. Although today, she has been throwing up a fair amount...The doctor seemed to think she is just going through a gassy period and said we didn't need to be worried as she is growing really well. I am doing on demand feeding and she goes on average about 3 hours. I had my first real postpartum anxiety attack and it had nothing to do with the baby. It had to do with me and the postpartum discharge/bleeding. Once I spoke with my doctor and he told me not to worry, and explained a few things that weren't explained before I left the hospital, I was able to calm down. Which is good because I really can't take the xanax (or anything like it) while breastfeeding. DH has been great today and really been taking care of both me and the baby.

 

[curiousowl]

Thanks guys! I'm so freaking excited!

When did your nausea start?

I had mild morning nausea starting at 15dpo. It got bad around 5 weeks and worse at 6 weeks. These days it's 24/7 but I am pushing through. 32 days to 2nd tri!

I slept almost all day (between feedings). I am starting to feel better but still not great. Took Josie to the pediatrician for her 1 week check up. She is up to 7lbs 5oz! They are very pleased with her growth. Although today, she has been throwing up a fair amount...The doctor seemed to think she is just going through a gassy period and said we didn't need to be worried as she is growing really well. I am doing on demand feeding and she goes on average about 3 hours. I had my first real postpartum anxiety attack and it had nothing to do with the baby. It had to do with me and the postpartum discharge/bleeding. Once I spoke with my doctor and he told me not to worry, and explained a few things that weren't explained before I left the hospital, I was able to calm down. Which is good because I really can't take the xanax (or anything like it) while breastfeeding. DH has been great today and really been taking care of both me and the baby.

Yay for good growth! That's great. You're doing amazing with her. Just take good care of yourself. You can totally do this. And feel free to vent whenever you need to.

 

[MgreenM]

Thanks guys! I'm so freaking excited!

I slept almost all day (between feedings). I am starting to feel better but still not great. Took Josie to the pediatrician for her 1 week check up. She is up to 7lbs 5oz! They are very pleased with her growth. Although today, she has been throwing up a fair amount...The doctor seemed to think she is just going through a gassy period and said we didn't need to be worried as she is growing really well. I am doing on demand feeding and she goes on average about 3 hours. I had my first real postpartum anxiety attack and it had nothing to do with the baby. It had to do with me and the postpartum discharge/bleeding. Once I spoke with my doctor and he told me not to worry, and explained a few things that weren't explained before I left the hospital, I was able to calm down. Which is good because I really can't take the xanax (or anything like it) while breastfeeding. DH has been great today and really been taking care of both me and the baby.

Yay for good growth! That's great. You're doing amazing with her. Just take good care of yourself. You can totally do this. And feel free to vent whenever you need to.

Thanks Curious. I am trying. We actually cancelled dinner with my brother tonight because I felt so awful ad just needed to sleep. Looks like Josie may have caught my cold....it's been a long night already. I am doing okay though; probably because I slept so much during the day. I just want tofeel better so I can go back to sleeping in bed with DH. I have been sleeping in the baby's room with the baby because we have a futon that can act like a chaise and have the head up which helps with my congestion. I don't know about you ladies, but I sleep better when I am with DH. I guess I just feel more secure (not that I have anything to be afraid of or insecure about.

 

[treeroot]

Thanks Curious. I am trying. We actually cancelled dinner with my brother tonight because I felt so awful ad just needed to sleep. Looks like Josie may have caught my cold....it's been a long night already. I am doing okay though; probably because I slept so much during the day. I just want tofeel better so I can go back to sleeping in bed with DH. I have been sleeping in the baby's room with the baby because we have a futon that can act like a chaise and have the head up which helps with my congestion. I don't know about you ladies, but I sleep better when I am with DH. I guess I just feel more secure (not that I have anything to be afraid of or insecure about.

I'm the same way, it's totally a comfort thing.
I hope you're better soon.

 

[PDReggie]

Oh m, I hope you feel better soon. We are spending the day trying to get the house clean and the last of baby stuff finished. My dh was like don't try too hard and start nesting. No reason to go into labor on my day off. We should totally wait for a work day. I just laughed at him. I promised that I have as little desire to clean as usual. Hope everyone is having a good weekend

 

[treeroot]

Oh m, I hope you feel better soon. We are spending the day trying to get the house clean and the last of baby stuff finished. My dh was like don't try too hard and start nesting. No reason to go into labor on my day off. We should totally wait for a work day. I just laughed at him. I promised that I have as little desire to clean as usual. Hope everyone is having a good weekend

Our cleaning plans haven't worked out that well...but they're getting there. Though we're just trying to get the place presentable, I'm in no head space to try and figure out baby space yet.

And ya, cleaning after work is pretty much a no-go for me.


When did everyone start buying baby stuff? I'm not a huge consumer, but the day I found out we went and bought a pair of scratch mittens from a baby store in town. I just wanted that feeling that it was real. I'm not sure if it worked but I like having them all the same

 

[MrsKChicago]

I think my first purchase was around 8 weeks. I bought some clothes at a neighbor's garage sale. And I've been buying bits and pieces of art I like at craft fairs and such all summer. I didn't buy much after that until after our gender scan at fifteen weeks. I'm picking things out, but trying not to buy too much until after my shower.

 

[treeroot]

I think my first purchase was around 8 weeks. I bought some clothes at a neighbor's garage sale. And I've been buying bits and pieces of art I like at craft fairs and such all summer. I didn't buy much after that until after our gender scan at fifteen weeks. I'm picking things out, but trying not to buy too much until after my shower.

I don't think I'll be buying anything after this, at least not until 2nd Tri.
We're also hoping to move, but I'm not really sure what the best plan is. It wouldn't be until the spring but my due date is mid June so this might be tricky.

We only have one bedroom right now because we rent out the top floor of our place. Our bedroom is huge though, so it will definitely fit everything we need for baby. But it's not a long term solution.


I should probably hit up the experienced moms on here to see if anyone had to balance a house move while pregnant or within one year afterward.

 

[MrsKChicago]

I'd move before the baby comes so I wouldn't have to do all the hard work

 

[ladders]

I'm battling through a house move right now and to be honest it isn't the actual act of moving that's the problem it's all the paperwork and the stress, we have had two buyers pull out, one quite far in and now due to exchange with the new buyers but she has gone out of the country for health reasons so starting to worry that it will all fall through so iv spent the last week in tears. My advice would be do it as soon as you possibly can because it takes so so much longer than you expect. We started the process when I get was pregnant with the one I lost and I'm now 22 weeks into my new pregnancy so you get the idea of time scale!
Hoping it's all sorted out soon because all of the stress is really overshadowing my pregnancy and I would be enjoying and concentrating on it much more if wasn't trying to move too, but it's got to be easier than with a baby so I'm plugging on

 

[treeroot]

I'd move before the baby comes so I wouldn't have to do all the hard work

Lol, I like your thinking

I'm battling through a house move right now and to be honest it isn't the actual act of moving that's the problem it's all the paperwork and the stress, we have had two buyers pull out, one quite far in and now due to exchange with the new buyers but she has gone out of the country for health reasons so starting to worry that it will all fall through so iv spent the last week in tears. My advice would be do it as soon as you possibly can because it takes so so much longer than you expect. We started the process when I get was pregnant with the one I lost and I'm now 22 weeks into my new pregnancy so you get the idea of time scale!
Hoping it's all sorted out soon because all of the stress is really overshadowing my pregnancy and I would be enjoying and concentrating on it much more if wasn't trying to move too, but it's got to be easier than with a baby so I'm plugging on

Thanks for sharing ladders. Moving is such a huge stress, nothing ever seems to go smoothly from my experience. I hope things get sorted out for you soon too

Our moving is going to completely depend on finding the right place. And we're fine looking for two years to find it. Ugh. I don't know, I guess now that we've got a baby coming everything's changed, we're not quite as flexible as we were before. Oh boy, this will not be easy. (My worry level just incrementally increased with each sentence I wrote lol)

 

[MgreenM]

moving is rough! That's why the last time we moved, I told DH we are going to buy something because I didn't want to move again in another year. Also, we were looking for something that would grow with us. So we got a 4br 2.5 bath house.

Overnight, I had to put Josie into warmer PJs because her hands and feet were cold. I woke up this morning and was really cold and her hands and feet were STILL cold. Then I took a look and it is 39F outside! No wonder! I put the heat on, so it's getting warmer in the house...but, gee whiz! It got cold!

 

[SoonToBePreg]

I didn't really start buying baby stuff until after my gender scan at 20 weeks. Before that I bought one or two things here and there.

We moved from an apt to a town home (both are rented) when I was about 15-ish weeks. We had wanted to move once our apt lease expired coz we just needed more space, but with the pregnancy, it made the move a must. It was stressful...the usual packing and boxes sucks. Once we had all our stuff in boxes, we got two movers to do the actual moving so that helped a lot. DH was very protective and didn't want me lifting much.

 

[treeroot]

We've talked generally about our moving options now that I'm preggers, but it's still so early so no plans have been made.

We have a lot of things to figure out and no matter what we decide it's going to be stressful. *sigh*


Things have warmed up this week, but it was really cold last week. I know know there's more to come though.

 

[curiousowl]

Yeah, moving sucks no matter when you do it. We're finally in our own home after 3 moves in 3 years, including 2 out of state. It's been hard. Although obviously I wanted my first pregnancy so bad it was nice that for this last one a couple months ago I wasn't in the throes of morning sickness like I am now. I couldn't even imagine trying to move right now. Good luck tree, I hope it all works out for you guys.

I haven't bought anything yet. I won't for at least another month. I told the grandmothers if they bought anything they had to keep it for now. I'm cautious.

M, it was cold this morning! I turned on the heat too. Brrr.