Thread: August 29th Check In!

Doing this a day early, dunno why!

Name:

EDD:

How many weeks are you?

How are you feeling?

When is your next appt and what is it for?

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy?

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying?

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it?

What was a highlight from your weekend?

Something good?

Something bad?

Name: Julie aka Jules

EDD: 12/5

How many weeks are you? 26! Woot!

How are you feeling? Beside feeling ginormous, pretty good! Walking and adjustments are helping with my back.

When is your next appt and what is it for? Sept 14. Regular check in and will do my GD test that day too.

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? That I didn't have any morning sickness! That was a huge surprise! As is the astronomical weight gain.

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? I am enjoying my thick, full hair! I will until I start going bald after the baby is born! Wish it would stick around.

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? This is a hard one for me, so I thought I would ask and see how you other ladies are doing. I try to only have a cup and a half of coffee a day and water for the rest, but I occassionally will have a soda or something.

What was a highlight from your weekend? Hmmm, just the weekend itself! It didn't go by too fast like they usually do and I had a great time hanging out with my family and friends.

Something good? I'm under 100 days now until my due date!! WOOHOO! And it is a short week as my vacation officially starts on Friday and we leave on Saturday to Florida. Looking forward to it!

Something bad? Nothing really bad right now, besides my severe lack of motivation at work. Which is probably why I'm sitting here doing this instead of working.

Name: Angie

EDD: 12-10

How many weeks are you? 25

How are you feeling? I have had a bad headache almost non stop for 5 days, other than that pretty good.

When is your next appt and what is it for? September 15th. It is for my Glucose Tolerance and another U/S to check on baby boy's size

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? No suprises

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? hmm, I dont know what to put haha

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? No, I limit it, but I still have it daily

What was a highlight from your weekend? We went on vacation with MIL and FIL

Something good? My little boy is loving school so much!

Something bad? I miss my little boy so much when he is at school lol.

Name:Carolyn

EDD: Dec 12

How many weeks are you? 25

How are you feeling? just starting to feel fat!

When is your next appt and what is it for?sept 7th midwife

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? having an anterior placenta! I was not expecting that, it never even crossed my mind.

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? umm... I can't say there's a single side effect that I'm enjoying, but I AM really excited to be a mommy again!

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? no, but i don't drink alot anyway. I drink a soda maybe 3x a year. Coffee really turns my stomach this pregnancy.

What was a highlight from your weekend? well I worked all weekend, but we did have an awesome family walk on Sunday night after the hurricane passed. We walked to see the creek and river to see the flooding. It was exciting

Something good? I'm about to make a frosted brownie ice cream cake, and I've only gained 8-10lbs so far depending on the day.

Something bad? I haven't been getting to the gym nearly as much as I'd like

Name: Jenn

EDD: 12/28

How many weeks are you? 22

How are you feeling? pretty good

When is your next appt and what is it for? Sept 12th - glucose test - FINGERS CROSSED

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? how its so different than my first

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? my boobs

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? No. I drink about 4 oz of coffee in the mornings and a soda at lunch or in the afternoon

What was a highlight from your weekend? Finishing our remodel and setting up the kids' rooms

Something good? I've started walking a mile a day - which is huge considering I stopped exercising when I found out I was pg

Something bad? I'm about 20 lbs up now - gained 2 lbs this weekend and I am having weird pains in my belly.

Name: Krystal

EDD: Dec 1

How many weeks are you? 26 weeks 4 days

How are you feeling? Alls well except the back!

When is your next appt and what is it for? Sept 12, just a monthly checkup!

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? The pregnancy was a surprise lol!

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? Is there such a thing??

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? I did limit it, I went from 5 or 6 diet cokes a day to just 1 or 2!

What was a highlight from your weekend? Well I work every weekend, so nothing really!

Something good? It's my Friday!

Something bad? I'm sick and tired of crying over every little thing every single day! I know I'm not depressed, but my hormones and emotions are out of control with this baby!

Doing this a day early, dunno why!

Name: Carrie

EDD: December 13

How many weeks are you? 25

How are you feeling? Great!

When is your next appt and what is it for? End of September...regular check up and then I have to get my GTT. Blah.

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? Just the fact that it happened. Sometimes I still can't believe that I'm having a baby.

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? I must have "the glow" because people tell me how cute/adorable I am at least 1/2 dozen times a day.

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? I didn't eliminate it...but I try to stick to one cup of coffee per day.

What was a highlight from your weekend? Even though it sucked, getting my kitchen all painted.

Something good? We're having a family picnic at our new house this weekend.

Something bad? My mom hit a deer on her way home from helping me paint yesterday

Name: Sheila

EDD: December 14

How many weeks are you? 24? Is that right?

How are you feeling? Like shipoopy. I just got home from my first day of school and it was utterly exhausting. I also have a skull crammed in my sternum and I can't slouch at all because of it, but that's kind of hard considering the other skull crammed in my pelvis.

When is your next appt and what is it for? Sept 10 checkup and orange drank test.

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? Uh ... the fact that there are TWO!!

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? Really? Ok, I'll try. Um, I guess it's pretty nice that some of my coworkers have really gone out of their way for me. Like I needed two more chairs in my room so I emailed everyone in my department and two other teachers were in my room with chairs in hand not 5 minutes later.

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? Mostly. I have a soda or an iced tea maybe once every 1-3 weeks.

What was a highlight from your weekend? I slept a bunch. My boyfriend had a job interview.

Something good? My boyfriend got the job.

Something bad? My boyfriend's new job has lower pay, a bigger commute, and far more responsibilities than are really ok. I know it's the time to just accept anything and be thankful for work, but it took a lot of stress and talking it out for him/us to decide it was best to take it. I hope it works out ok.

Name: Hilary

EDD: Dec 3

How many weeks are you? 26 wks 2 days

How are you feeling? Not bad, but I tire easily and my belly is feeling so heavy already!

When is your next appt and what is it for? Just a midwife checkup on Sept 20 (my last 4 week appt!!!!)

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? Nothing really! It's been pretty uneventful! Well, aside from finding out it's a girl when I was convinced she was a boy haha

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? Thicker hair good hair days happen much more often now!!

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? I tried to totally cut it out, but I snuck a few coffees here and there. Plus, 7-11 slurpees were sometimes the only thing I could stomach, and if they didn't have a caffeine free option I'd have a small coke. Then as I approached the second tri I really started drinking coffee again. Maybe 8 oz four or five mornings a week!

What was a highlight from your weekend? Getting our carseat!!! Sunshine Kids Radian XT on sale!

Something good? Tried prenatal yoga last night and LOVED it. Wish I had started sooner!

Something bad? I would loveeee to have my pre preg energy back just for even one day! So tired

Name: Joy

EDD: 12/14

How many weeks are you? almost 25 LOL...finally

How are you feeling? ok

When is your next appt and what is it for? hopefully I pass the Glucose and will not see her until the 22nd...normal check up

What are your biggest surprises with this pregnancy? I am so so so so so tired and huge

What pregnancy side effect are you actually enjoying? feeling him move is the only nice thing

When you found out you were pregnant, did you completely eliminate caffeine from your diet? If not, did you limit it? nooooo, I drink a cup or two of coffee a day

What was a highlight from your weekend? we bought new couches and a bunk bed for the big boys

Something good? I am so excited to almost be down to double digits in days left

Something bad? I cannot believe I am not due now I feel huge and tired.