*Weekly All CAR Check In 9/26*

[grneyes]

Thanks for the check-in renegadewhit , will you add me please? EDD is 5/26/17. I hope all goes smoothly with your move!


How far along are you? 5+3, peppercorn

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Physically I feel like a nauseous zombie the majority of the time. Sleep hasn't been fun. But at least the symptoms are reassuring. Emotionally, I'm doing okay overall. PGAL rears its ugly head every now and then. I think I'll feel much better once I'm past loss milestones.

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? None so far.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? I had my first ultrasound today. We saw one gestational sac and yolk sac! HCG and progesterone were also nice and high. I go back next Tuesday to check for the HB.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? That this baby has a healthy HB!

QOTW: We have two cats. They are ridiculous and act like divas, but we spoil them I have a bajillion pics of them on my phone, but not so many on the computer. This is an older one when Ella was still a kitten:

[sfazar]

renegadewhit, how exciting (and stressful!) to move--are you going far? Your pup and feline are adorable! I am always in awe at dogs and cats that get along. Eager to hear if it's a little boy or girl!

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable. 12 weeks today--meyer lemon--is that even possible? it seems so big!

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Physically fine although I had had a little nausea--more than earlier.

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? We started picking out paint colors for our 3rd floor and lots of rooms in the house. Finishing the 3rd floor is a big step toward getting the house ready for the new baby because the guest room has to shift upstairs!

Upcoming milestones or appointments? Friday is my first visit with my OB. We had an ultrasound with a tech, but now we have the appt, and I have so many questions--like how can I ensure that the baby isn't born on the freeway to the hospital 50 minutes away?! I also will have blood tests. I hope they will be reassuring.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? No, thank you.

QOTW: tell me about your furbabies! Bonus points for pics! If you don't currently have any, would you consider getting an animal, and what kind? We have an adorable pointador (lab-pointer mix) from Louisiana. She is 4 years old and the absolute best--just a real sweetheart and a wonderful bed buddy. Spunky but gentle and calm. She keeps me walking 3-5 miles/ day. You can see Q in my profile pic. All of my others have DD in them

[chknma]

renegadewhit , good luck with the move!

grneyes , yay for a great first scan!

sfazar , a lemon does seem big! yay!


How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable.
8w1d wild strawberry

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)?
nausea, fatigue, weird stretching pains and bloating

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc?
More of a question....is freecell DNA the right one like harmony/panorama? my office referred me to labcorp for informaseq even though I will go to the lab affiliated with my hospital (obviously I'll call to sed which test they use) or I'll ask at my NT scan at the MFM office. I just want to make sure I didn't misunderstand which test they offered

Upcoming milestones or appointments?
had our first appointment today. our little blob was measuring perfect, HR of 173!!! such a sigh of relief! received lots of orders for blood work, NT scan, glucose testing supplies (GD history) and DNA testing

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? today is a great day, no thank yoU!

QOTW: we have 1 dog (rescued mixed medium sized hound looking) and 1 cat. we also have chickens. we let a few of our hens go broody this summer and picked up 4 other young pullets. we have about 24 now---chickens are by far the best pets we've both had...and we're dog people :-)

[grneyes]

sfazar, GL with the house projects and for your apt on Friday!

chknma, Yay for a great HB! The free cell DNA testing is the companies like Harmony etc. It sounds like the Informaseq is similar but I think you have to request the sex chromosomes if you want to know if it's a boy or a girl.

[glb30]

Hi, all!

renegadewhit yay for moving week!

grneyes I'm glad symptoms are providing some reassurance.

sfazar yay on hitting the 12 wk. milestone.

chknma free cell DNA is harmony. (I'm not sure about panorama) Congrats on the great appointment!

HeyMrsPotter have fun decorating the nursery!

AFM:

-14 weeks, 2 days, lemon.

-Physically, I'm still vomiting and still dealing with the migraines. My aversions have also gotten stronger, and finding stuff to eat has been hard. I do have more energy though! Emotionally, I've been really anxious the last 2 weeks waiting for my OB appointment tomorrow. It's FINALLY almost here. I'm scared of having it now though...

Other updates? Not really. We haven't really started any baby prep or anything.

Thoughts or prayers? I'm okay this week, thanks.

QOTW: My fur baby is a 3 year old golden retriever. He's real chill and super sweet. Afraid of everything though!

[oldbaylover1024]

Good luck with the move, renegadewhit! The PNW is so beautiful!

grneyes - Congrats! Glad the u/s went well today. And all the T&Ps for a great appointment on Tuesday!

sfazar - Have fun getting the house ready!

chknma - I don't know if free cell DNA is the same as panorama. We had the panorama testing - it's what our OB offers now - and it was just a blood sample given at the office and a follow up u/s after the results came back.

HeyMrsPotter - Feeling movement is so fun! I can only imagine what two must feel like!

glb30 - I'm sorry you're still feeling cruddy. FX that passes soon.

[oldbaylover1024]

AFM...

19w3d

I'm feeling alright. Actually no... I feel crappy. I have a stomach virus. I thought it was morning sickness, which has returned, but I can't keep anything down and was in denial. Ugh. Emotionally just ready for our a/s next Tuesday 10/4. So close yet so far!

We have his room all cleared. Just need to clean and do some decorating and closet organizing. So weird to think this is happening... and we're half way there!

Milestone on Friday - 20w! Whaaaat?!?!

No prayers today/this week I'll save my requests for next week LOL

QOTW: MH and I both grew up surrounded by animals and pets so it's odd that we don't have any. But with our work schedules, now isn't the time for a dog. It'd be so irresponsible of us. But my ILs have a sweet hound mix, and my parent have an adorable golden retriever. The golden is so protective (in all the sweetest ways) of J. She normally sleeps in her kennel by choice, but when we spend the night, the golden sleeps outside J's room all night. Precious

[glb30]

oldbaylover1024 yay for being so close to 20 weeks!

[shandorfml2]

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable. 7w5d dice

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Ok. Anxiety comes and goes. Work has been pretty overwhelming

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? nah

Upcoming milestones or appointments? Oct 6th first OB apt. Looking forward to it! Will also get an ultrasound. Have to do the 1 hour GTT because my glucose came back high on my bloodwork. It's hard to find the time to get over there and do that, but trying today.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? nope

QOTW: I have a guinea pig. She's pretty awesome. Her name is Ginny.

*edited to include GD testing

[chknma]

oldbaylover1024, 20 weeks!! awesome!!

[chknma]

shandorfml2, good luck with the GTT.

Did you mention that you had a GD pregnancy on May17? Hope that the random glucose was a fluke and that you can hold on to your carbs for a while!

I'm skipping all GD testing this time because of 2 GD pregnancies. My MW was agreeable to just letting me do self monitoring with the GD diet. They are actually pretty flexible and didn't insist that I monitor all numbers last pregnancy once my after-meal numbers were well controlled. I've struggled with fasting numbers the most in the past....nausea is not helping me stick to the diet during first tri

[LaRomana]

renegadewhit, I think I'm finally ready to be added to the check-in EDD is 4/18/17. Thanks!
Renegade is sooooo pretty!!! Pancho's cute too, but I'm a total cat person

grneyes, I'm so happy to see your US update! Keeping everything crossed for a nice, strong heartbeat next week.

sfazar, 50 minutes is a long way! The 30 minute drive to the hospital with DD felt like the longest drive ever. But if you are conservative with when you head in (i.e. don't wait until cx are 2 min apart like I did!) then I'm sure you'll be fine

chknma, Yay for a perfect little blob!

HeyMrsPotter, Yay for movement X2

glb30, Sorry you're not feeling well. GL at your OB appointment!!!

oldbaylover1024, I hope you feel better soon. Almost halfway there, so exciting!!!

shandorfml2, GL with your OB appt and your GTT!

[LaRomana]

AFM...

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable. 11 weeks: lime

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Exhausted and hungry, and hungry and exhausted. But nausea has calmed down, so that's nice.

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? Just trying to get through a couple more weeks before outing myself to everyone at work, while finding it increasingly hard to hide my belly!

Upcoming milestones or appointments? NT scan next week.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Not this week. Next week will be another story.

QOTW: tell me about your furbabies! Bonus points for pics! If you don't currently have any, would you consider getting an animal, and what kind? I have an adorable and demanding cat named Fray. IDK how to put pics on here. Will work on it...

[peaseblossom55]

Everyone has such cute furbabies!!

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable. 25 weeks 3 days/ cauliflower

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Just sore, heart burn, lots of bathroom trips

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? I agreed to let my sister throw me a baby shower. We started our registry this past weekend and will hopefully finish it this weekend. We purchased our glider too. I feel like it's too good to be true sometimes.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? MFM appointment tomorrow morning for a u/s. I haven't seen Duck in 5 weeks, I'm so excited.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? None

QOTW: tell me about your furbabies! Bonus points for pics! If you don't currently have any, would you consider getting an animal, and what kind? No pics right now I'm at work. We have 3 cats, we used to have 4, H & I had 2 cats before we met. Mine are Bailey & Cosmo, his is named Darling.

[shandorfml2]

Sept 27, 2016 9:46:36 GMT -5 chknma said:

shandorfml2 , good luck with the GTT.

Did you mention that you had a GD pregnancy on May17? Hope that the random glucose was a fluke and that you can hold on to your carbs for a while!

I'm skipping all GD testing this time because of 2 GD pregnancies. My MW was agreeable to just letting me do self monitoring with the GD diet. They are actually pretty flexible and didn't insist that I monitor all numbers last pregnancy once my after-meal numbers were well controlled. I've struggled with fasting numbers the most in the past....nausea is not helping me stick to the diet during first tri

I did have it with my first rainbow. I did the diet and my numbers were fine. I am also having a hard time with the diet during first tri! I did have a huge iced coffee before my blood work that day so hoping that was the reason! haha

[sfazar]

Congrats on the great US chknma!

glb30 thinking of you for your appt-- keep us posted!

@oldbaylover--so sorry about your sickness! But how fab that you are almost to 20 weeks!!

peaseblossom55 the glider was our best investment! Glad you got yours early.

[peaseblossom55]

sfazar, we spent a lot on ours, H & I were both very comfortable in it too. We ordered a special order color and they said it could take up to 16 weeks. I hope it doesn't!

[sfazar]

peaseblossom55. We had the same experience but ours came after only a month or a month and a half I think. Totally worth the money--you will spend a lot of time on it!

[tbonequeen13]

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable. 28 weeks- yay 3rd tri!/ coconut

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? holy hot flashes batman! also, it's become very difficult the past couple of days to sleep and stay asleep so i'm pretty tired right now

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? we've decided on a name (Harper)

Upcoming milestones or appointments? had one today- 1st growth ultrasound. She looks great- measuring in the 50%, fluid levels are great, and she's head down still

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? no, thank you

QOTW: tell me about your furbabies! Bonus points for pics! If you don't currently have any, would you consider getting an animal, and what kind? we have 2 cats- Ozzy and Sparrow. Ozzy is about 25lbs and solid black, Sparrow is smaller but still fat (maybe 15 lbs) and a gray tabby

[iheartbroccoli]

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable. 7 weeks, 3 days

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Physically, I'm ok. I had horrible nausea for awhile but it's gone away the past couple of days. I'm telling myself that it is the vb6 I am taking. Emotionally, it's up and down, but I'm getting more excited.

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc?

Upcoming milestones or appointments? I have an ultrasound on Thursday. Let's hope we can hear the heartbeat again, the baby is on track, and the SCH is gone (or at least smaller!).

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? See above.

QOTW: tell me about your furbabies! Bonus points for pics! If you don't currently have any, would you consider getting an animal, and what kind? We have 1 cat (recently had to say goodbye to the older one). I would love to have at least 1 pitbull, but MH does not like dogs. I'm working on him though. ;-)