***2nd Tri Check-In 10/31/16 Happy Halloween***

[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: Not a question, but if you're wearing a costume today, please share a pic!  As a question, what's your favorite Halloween candy?

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

rslh10 4/5 (deliver 3/16, girl)
fishchicks 4/9 (twin girls)

trytobearunner34 4/21 (girl)

[doves654]

Thank you for the check in, dancerspose! All is going well here, round ligament pains but that's about it.

I am excited for the trick or treators tonight - we get about 250 of them!

[sms2524]

Hey ladies!
19 weeks today! Can't wait for my anatomy scan on Friday! Been feeling really good, baby girl moving quite a bit, anxious about Friday but ready to be at the 1/2 way point!

Here's me and DH at a Halloween party on Sat. Proud of my DIY mummy costume!

[crazycatlady6]

I am 23w4d today. V-day is 3 days away!!!!! I'm finally dealing with a lot less nausea and lots of kicks from the little guy so I am a happy gal. Next appointment is next week for the fetal heart echo.

QOTW: no costume, but here is my Halloween shirt that I wore to work.

[trytobearunner34]

dancerspose,  Thanks for the check in!

doves654, Holy candy Batman! I would totally be handing out pennies or really lame candy if I lived on your street:).

jennykat,sms2524, Great Costumes!

crazycatlady6, Love the shirt!

AFM 15 + 3 today.  Go to the OB on Thursday for our regular November appointment.

I did not dress up today, but here is my costume from Book Character Day last Friday.  Ok I'm not smart enough to figure out how to add my image, so this is what I did with a blue wig:)






 

[dukegirlsc]

dancerspose, thank you for the check in!
doves654, oh my goodness at all the candy you must have buy!
jennykat, Yay for not throwing up and movement!! Love the costume
sms2524, GL on Friday, I love the mummy costume, so cute!
crazycatlady6, I'm jealous of all the kicks! Yay for V-Day
trytobearunner34, that shirt is adorable!

[dukegirlsc]

AFM: 18w1d, still having intermittent nausea and now sciatic pain. Our 16 week scan went great and we were able to see both babies gender clearly as well as measure brains, femur, stomach, bladder, cord blood flow...it was a relief to hear everything looks perfect! And we finally announced to everyone and on social media so I don't have to hide out anymore!

[dancerspose]

doves654 holy crap 250! That's insane!
jennykat great costume! Yay for starting to feel movement!
sms2524 love your mummy costume and peeking eyes! Good luck Friday!
crazycatlady6 cute shirt! Woohoo for V-day being so close!
trytobearunner34 that is an adorable shirt!
dukegirlsc sorry you're still having some nausea and pain, but yay for announcing, congrats!

AFM - 24w5d today. I didn't dress up yesterday because for the first time in the 8 years I've been here we weren't allowed to (yay new leadership). By the time I got home from work I barely had enough time to get the candy set up and all that so now costume. I had wanted to dress the dog up, but the costume I bought him was too small. Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good. Definitely feeling lots of movement now. I'm still really tired though. Poor DH can not handle me this lazy our last few months of being just the two of us. Tomorrow is our fetal echo so FX for that!

[fishchicks]

Oh my gosh, I love all the costumes!

Not sure if I need a warning on this, but I definitely need prayers/good thoughts/juju, etc. Sunday morning at 7:00 am, Baby B's water broke. I was admitted to the hospital for 24 hours. Both girls had heartbeats and were moving on the ultrasound, but B, Zoe, had no fluid left. After consultation with the MFM, we've agreed that I'll be on home bedrest until 23 weeks, when I'll go into the hospital until delivery. The most critical thing is avoiding infection. If I can avoid that, the girls both have a shot, although there is concern about Zoe's lung development if I can't maintain some fluid in her sac.

I am so scared right now. If anyone has good thoughts or prayers, DH, Zoe, Alexis (Baby A) and I would be so grateful.

[dancerspose]

fishchicks I am so incredibly sorry! I'm so glad you have two strong heartbeats and moving babies right now. It sounds like little Zoe is a fighter. I will keep you, YH, and both girls in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep us updated as you feel comfortable.

[Evelyn3]

26+4 I guess this is my last check-in here! I can't believe it.

Finally feeling better, after a night in the hospital on thursday and finding out I seem to have pneumonia. Baby is doing good throughout all of it, still lots of movement.

I didn't dress up since the past two weeks I've been dealing with being sick, but we do our house pretty neat every year and get about 400 kids, so we did it anyways, my brothers, and my dad came and helped my H since I couldn't do it with him. I'll share a photo of that but please don't quote since I'll delete later. And sorry if it's huge.

*poof*

[sms2524]

fishchicks how scary!!!! Tons of prayers for you and your LOs, hope they stay put and fluid stays where it needs to be.

[dancerspose]

Evelyn3 I'm so sorry about the pneumonia and hospital visit, but glad baby is doing well and you're finally on the mend! Also, you're Halloween decorations are AMAZING, very impressive!

[callmeKD]

fishchicks - sending T&Ps your way for a healthy and safe delivery

[Evelyn3]

fishchicks all the positive thoughts and prayers. So sorry you have to go through this

[glb30]

Hi, all!

doves654 that's a lot of trick or treaters! We had...2. We are a corner lot, and the house next to us is under construction so I think people didn't make the journey down.

jennykat cute costume!

sms2524 I hope the a/s goes well! Like your costume! The eyes crack me up!

crazycatlady6 yay for vday!

@dukesgirlsc congrats on an awesome scan!

dancerspose I hope the fetal echo went well!

fishchicks oh my gosh! So many prayers being sent your way and for baby Zoe!

Evelyn3 congrats on 3rd tri! I'm sorry you had to deal with pneumonia!

I'm 19w3d. I've been struggling with bad anxiety this week. My anatomy scan is Monday, 11/7. I don't feel movement yet, and it's freaking me out. I can't shake the feeling that something bad is going to be found at the a/s. (In addition to PGAIF, I am PGAL and I think it's messing with my head.)

[Evelyn3]

doves654 sorry about rlp. Glad you have a lot of trick or treaters it's fun when there are a bunch

jennykat great costume!

sms2524 love the mummy outfit

crazycatlady6 yay for kicks! That shirt is cute!

trytobearunner34 I love that shirt

@dukesgirlsc sorry about the sciatic pain and nausea, but glad to hear all looked good!

dancerspose yay for more movement! Fx for fetal echo hope it goes well

glb30 sorry about the anxiety I hope the 7th comes quickly to make it a little easier

[dukegirlsc]

fishchicks I'm sending T&P your way for you and your little ones!

[dancerspose]

glb30 I'm so sorry for all the anxiety, and we all completely understand. I know it won't really make you feel better, but know that I did not feel what I could confidently identify as movement until at least 21w maybe even 22w. The nurses at my OB kept making me feel crazy because I would call with a question and they'd ask when the last time I felt the baby kick was. I kept trying to explain that I wasn't sure. All that's to say, deep breaths!

My fetal echo went well this morning. Little nugget was very uncooperative with the poor tech making her work for every view, but of course when the doctor came in to review everything she was giving them a beautiful view of her heart. It sounds like this was my last real ultrasound unless anything comes up. Does anyone know if at some point they switch from Doppler to ultrasound at the regular OB checks?

[doves654]

jennykat, sms2524, amazing costumes!
fishchicks I am so sorry! How incredibly stressful. I'm keeping you all in my thoughts.
@evelyn3 I'm so sorry you've been so sick! congrats on the third trimester!
dancerspose I am so glad your fetal echo went well!
glb30 I am not feeling movement yet either, and am trying to stay calm too. Hang in there!

[glb30]

dancerspose thanks for the anecdote. It does make me feel better. Actually, what brought this on was that I feel like I'm the ONLY ONE who hasn't felt movement. I called my doc today, and they said it's nothing to worry about. And doves654 thanks for sharing also!

dancerspose I'm glad the fetal echo test went well! No clue on later ultrasounds.

[dancerspose]

glb30 you're definitely not alone! Do you have an anterior placenta? That also makes it more difficult to feel early movement. BUT, either way, it's totally normal!

[glb30]

dancerspose not sure! My anatomy scan is Monday so I will find out then. My guess is yes.

[crazycatlady6]

fishchicks - all the prayers being sent out to you, DH, and the little ones. 💖💖

[fishchicks]

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. At a moment when I feel so completely helpless, they mean everything.

We had an ultrasound yesterday. Both girls have great heartbeats. We've been told Zoe needs at least 2cm of fluid to allow lung development, and she only has .66 cm. Her fluid will continue to replenish, but it also keeps leaking.

As for me, no fever or contractions which is the best news I can hope for. Unfortunately all this has given me horrific internal hemorroids, which the doctors can do nothing about. I'm in the worst pain of my life and it's unrelenting. I may not be online much, because sitting up to type is agony - so please know that while I haven't tagged today, I've been reading and thinking of all of you. So happy for those ladies reaching viability and the 3rd tri.

[dancerspose]

Nov 3, 2016 12:02:41 GMT -5 fishchicks said:

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. At a moment when I feel so completely helpless, they mean everything.

We had an ultrasound yesterday. Both girls have great heartbeats. We've been told Zoe needs at least 2cm of fluid to allow lung development, and she only has .66 cm. Her fluid will continue to replenish, but it also keeps leaking.

As for me, no fever or contractions which is the best news I can hope for. Unfortunately all this has given me horrific internal hemorroids, which the doctors can do nothing about. I'm in the worst pain of my life and it's unrelenting. I may not be online much, because sitting up to type is agony - so please know that while I haven't tagged today, I've been reading and thinking of all of you. So happy for those ladies reaching viability and the 3rd tri.

Sony thoughts, prayers, and positive vibes being sent your way fishchicks. Don't feel badly about not being here, just keep us posted as you feel up to it.

[trytobearunner34]

fishchicks, Sending thoughts and prayers to you, your husband and your baby girls!

[Evelyn3]

. sorry for the crazy week
Hope you get some answers from MFM soon