***2nd Tri Check-In 10/24/16***

[dancerspose]

This is a weekly check-in for PAIF members in their second trimester. Feel free to join at 14 weeks and we will bid you an excited farewell on your way to 3rd tri after 27 weeks.

If there are any newcomers that would like to be added to the list, post below (and tag me) and include:

- EDD (and team if you know - or team green if you aren't finding out?
- How far along you are?
- Upcoming appointments? Anything you’d like to share?

Take a second to add your info to this thread now that you've graduated 1st tri:

www.goodbyecb.proboards.com/thread/11024/spotting-poll-helpful-show-newbies

Everyone else: How are you doing? What’s new?

QOTW: What's the weirdest/most inappropriate thing someone has said or done since finding out you were pregnant?

February
Evelyn3 2/3 (boy)
tiresiastheblond 2/5 (girl)
runcici 2/8 (girl)
dancerspose 2/16 (girl)
crazycatlady6 2/23 (boy)
@wineandcupcakes 2/25 (twin girls)

March
turquoisequeen 3/5 (girl)
dukegirlsc 3/12 (boy/girl twins)
glb30 3/25 (girl)
sms2524 3/27 (girl)
. 3/28 (girl)
doves654 3/31 (girl)

April
jennykat 4/5
fishchicks 4/9 (twin girls)

[rslh10]

dancerspose can you add me here?

EDD- 4/5 but will be delivered at 37 weeks which is 3/16.

How far along are you?- I'm 16+5 today already. Can't believe it. ETA- having one little lady.

Upcoming appointments- we have our anatomy scan on 11/3, and our fetal echocardiogram on 12/13. Will be seen/have ultrasound every 2 weeks after the anatomy scan until 32 weeks when I will go for weekly NSTs and scans.

Anything you'd like to share? I probably won't be around much, but I wanted to join in case I wanted to lurk

[doves654]

Welcome over, rslh10!

AFM I am 17w3d today. My next OB appt is this Wednesday for a routine check up, but I almost wish they'd move it to today because I am really dizzy. They think it's blood sugar, but I've also had vertigo in the past, and have low blood pressure so I'm not convinced. Any tips from anyone?

[rslh10]

doves654 drink lots of water, and eat something! I hope the dizziness goes away, that is just an awful feeling. If you're really concerned about it I would call the OB or head to an urgent care or someplace that can check you out

[sms2524]

Hey ladies! Back to work today after our 2 week cruise so the day is dragging, first day back after vaca is never fun....

Welcome rslh10, glad all is still going well!

jennykat I CANNOT believe you still have ms! I am so sorry and I reeeeaaaallllyyy hope it stops soon!!!!

doves654 sorry to hear about the dizziness, I agree on making sure you drink a ton of water and try to do small snacks throughout the day. Also be careful/take it slow when you go from laying to sitting or sitting to standing in case the low bp is to blame.

I'm 18 weeks today!!! Looking forward to my a/s on 11/4 and almost being at the half way point in this pregnancy!!!

[glb30]

Hi, @rlsh10!! 👋

doves654 oh! I hope it's not vertigo. I usually drink OJ when my blood sugar is low. (I'm not sure this is good advice though- just kind of what helps me.) Lie down if you can!

sms2524 I hope your vacay is fun!!!

AFM- 18w2d. Not much new. I do have a little bump now, and my H and I went to window shop a little this weekend. Regular OB appointment tomorrow, and then a/s on 11/7. I'm real nervous about the a/s, and hoping the next 2 weeks fly by. I'm still getting sick.

jennykat I am sorry you are still getting sick!

[doves654]

Thank you for the tips everyone! I am doing all of the peeing from drinking all of the water

jennykat, I'm so sorry you felt so bad over the weekend!
sms2524, I want to hear about the cruise too!

[Evelyn3]

25+3

Not doing too great this week. This cough will not go away, and I'm having a bunch of abdominal and shoulder pain and I'm not sure the cause. I think it's indigestion/gas pains, but perhaps it's muscle from all the coughing.
I feel miserable

rslh10 welcome! Anatomy scan is right around the corner! Exciting!

doves654 when I get vertigo I keep my head elevated to sleep and try not to sleep on my side, which is difficult at this stage... for me sudden movements make it worse.

jennykat so sorry you still have MS hopefully it goes away really soon

sms2524 a cruise sounds lovely! Where'd you go?

glb30 I hope the next 2 weeks fly by for you

@wineandcupcakes I was thinking the same thing about February! I'm next on the list! I can't believe it.
Feeling him when I was standing was a change for me too, I wasn't expecting it when it happened either I jumped slightly lol


Edit: forgot QOTW

Weirdest thing was the person who said "you can spare us the details of the "night" it all went down, we don't need to know about that" when we announced. I ignored him, he's really not too with it sometimes.

[sms2524]

Vaca was great! It was a 2 week transatlantic cruise, so we started in Rome and ended in Lauderdale. We had stops in Florence/Pisa Italy, Cassis France (where we honeymooned), Barcelona Spain, and St Miguel Portugal (island off Portugal where my family is from). My Dad suprised us and met us in Portugal so he could show us around and go see all the family, I had no idea and he lives in MA while we're in FL, queue ugly crying for me at the port lol but it was the best day! Majority of last week was the cruise back in the Atlantic, it was nice to be forced to relax. Gained a few more lbs then I should've but all in all a great time, thanks for asking!

[dancerspose]

rslh10 welcome to second tri!
doves654 I hope your dizziness subsides, were you able to get your appointment moved up?
jennykat I am so sorry your morning sickness was back with a vengeance with weekend. I'm crossing everything for you that it goes away for good soon!
sms2524 uh that trip sounds absolutely amazing, I am SO jealous! What a great surprise from your dad too!
glb30 hope you can fight off the sickness, and I hope the next two weeks fly by for you.
@wineandcupcakes I had a totally weird experience with a next door neighbor too. These people moved in next to us at least 3 years ago, and in that time we've never exchanged more than general pleasantries. They had a baby about a year and a half ago. When the husband inquired to DH about my new car he said it was because we were expecting. Then randomly last Friday when I got home from work the wife came over and started this whole conversation with me about baby stuff - saying she was going to stalk my registry, asking all these questions, giving me her phone number. It was so weird...it's like now that we're having a baby too we can hang out all of a sudden whereas before we couldn't.
Evelyn3 I'm so sorry you're still sick. I really hope you get some relief soon.

AFM - 23w5d...I can't believe viability is just a few days away. I had my 24 week appointment this morning, and everything was fine. For the first time I had my bump measured, uh ok. Apparently my 22cm is in normal range. We have our fetal echo next week, which the OB assured me was more precaution than anything else, and that the docs who review the anatomy scans are just really cautious. I'm fine with it, it means we get another look at our nugget. We FINALLY got the new shed on Friday and spent the weekend doing a massive cleanout so the room that will be the nursery is finally empty. I think I picked out a paint color, but now we have to decide if DH is going to do the floor in there too. I'm definitely feeling more movement, mostly in the morning and at night so that's awesome.

QOTW - I definitely look pregnant now (or like I've really let myself go), and I work in a pretty large organization, over 1000 employees total. A lot of people know me by sight or name, though, because I am a pretty visible person. I am not one to make a big deal about my private business. I have a coworker who is about three weeks ahead of me, and she made sure EVERYONE knew she was pregnant right away. Anyway, so now that I'm visibly pregnant and word is starting to spread people will come up to me and go "I didn't know you were pregnant, congratulations!" Maybe I'm being sensitive or picky, but I almost always respond with, "why would you have known?" What is it about pregnancy that people always feel entitled to be "in the know." I told people who I felt it important to personally relay the information to, everyone else can know or not, doesn't matter to me. There's just something about that I didn't know thing that rubs me the wrong way.

[Evelyn3]

dancerspose , I hope so too thanks
I'm not big on telling all these work acquaintances either, I told my direct office and that's it. Then as people notice same thing as you "oh I didn't know" as if I would be hurt or insulted or something. I'm just not big on spreading my private life around to everyone, I keep a lot to myself. I find it weird everyone expects to know or be told too.

[tiresiastheblond]

dancerspose, Almost to viability--how exciting!
Evelyn3, I'm sick too--it's the worst when you can't take anything. Feel better!
@wineandcupcakes, Yay for 22 weeks and lots of movement. It does seem unreal that February is at the top of the list.
glb30, Sending all kinds of good thoughts for you a/s!
sms2524, The cruise sounds awesome! So jealous.
jennykat, So sorry you're still dealing with m/s. I hope it takes off soon!
doves654, I hope your appointment goes well, and that the dizziness subsides.
rslh10, Welcome--so happy to see you here!

AFM, I'm actually starting to lose track of the days and weeks but think I'm 25 +2. I'm STILL sick with a hacking cough/sinus infection that I've had for going on a month, now, so I knuckled under today, saw my PCP, and got a prescription for amoxicillin. I hope it kicks in soon. We've put off/tabled the 3-hour glucose test after all, because my blood sugar has been kind of screwy since I've been sick (I hope that's the reason, at least).

QOTW: Actually, nothing. This sounds super ungrateful, but the worst thing has probably been people being so so so so so so so so happy for us. Most people who know about the pregnancy know at least part of what we went through to get here, so it kind of feels like pity. Yes, I know that's dumb.

[trytobearunner34]

dancerspose, Hi!  Do you mind adding me?

- EDD (and team if you know - or team green if you aren't finding out?  4/21/2017-Team Pink
- How far along you are? 14 weeks and 4 days
- Upcoming appointments? Anything you’d like to share?  OBGYN 11/3

QOTW: What's the weirdest/most inappropriate thing someone has said or done since finding out you were pregnant?   We've gotten lucky in this department-nothing crazy yet!

[turquoisequeen]

Hi! 21w4d and not much new. Feeling some good kicks lately. Go next week for another cervical length check so hopefully that is good.

QOTW: when I was in first tri and at the beach a relative remarked, oh, you are still wearing a bikini. At the time I was hardly even showing at all so it was a tad irritating. And even if I did have a baby bump in a bikini... so what.

[turquoisequeen]

Oct 24, 2016 10:58:14 GMT -5 doves654 said:

Welcome over, rslh10 !

AFM I am 17w3d today. My next OB appt is this Wednesday for a routine check up, but I almost wish they'd move it to today because I am really dizzy. They think it's blood sugar, but I've also had vertigo in the past, and have low blood pressure so I'm not convinced. Any tips from anyone?

Does it happen more often in the morning? I used to have this happen to me and it was from low blood pressure. My dr recommended having a little salt in the morning like a few crackers because blood pressure is lowest in the morning. 

[doves654]

Oct 27, 2016 22:14:16 GMT -5 turquoisequeen said:

Oct 24, 2016 10:58:14 GMT -5 doves654 said:

Welcome over, rslh10 !

AFM I am 17w3d today. My next OB appt is this Wednesday for a routine check up, but I almost wish they'd move it to today because I am really dizzy. They think it's blood sugar, but I've also had vertigo in the past, and have low blood pressure so I'm not convinced. Any tips from anyone?

Does it happen more often in the morning? I used to have this happen to me and it was from low blood pressure. My dr recommended having a little salt in the morning like a few crackers because blood pressure is lowest in the morning. 

That's a great idea - I'm going to try that!