Pregnancy Checkin 2/10

[luvboston]

@ketchup 8w
pinkmickey24 23w
Run20K 20w
fightersince83 24w
turquoisequeen 33w
nutmeg8484 7 weeks
@tweetykicks 34w
dashuria 9w

Q: when you travel do you like to camp, glam or go to the ritz?

[pinkmickey24]

I'm 25 weeks 4 days and starting to feel on the larger side. Nothing new going on at this point. Just trucking along until my next OB appointment in two weeks.

[turquoisequeen]

The true countdown is on. Will be 37w this weekend and induction is next week. Been having some contractions but nothing regular. Hoping to progress a little more before induction. Very excited to meet baby girl but also sad pregnancy is coming to an end because who know if this is the last time I may be pregnant and feel kicks etc. I just got a lot of feels right now.

QOTW: when traveling I'm a fan of vrbo and the like... usually more space for a good price and feel a little more like a local

[Run20K]

Thanks for the check in!

I'm 23 weeks today, so 1 week away from v-day!

Things are going well but I'm starting to feel big. Sleep is getting harder. Walking around can make me short of breath. But I'm thankful for how far we've come.

Q-similar to turquoise queen - we like to stay where the locals are, usually in trendy parts of town. For example, we'll find a nice hotel in TriBeCa when visiting Manhattan, etc

[dashuria]

turquoisequeen, wow, so fast! Hoping everything goes well next week and that baby girl keeps cooking until your induction date.

I'm 11wks1dy and feeling like I have more energy this week. Unfortunately the nausea has been super bad and some days all I can eat are crackers and carrot sticks. Major meat aversions. I'm thinking about emailing my Dr to ask if I can take something (she offered when I saw her last but I turned it down) - I've tried to hold out but its making me pretty miserable. The weird thing is that with my last pregnancy I vomited everyday until 18wks. This time I have only actually vomited twice (a couple weeks ago) but I feel WAY more sick. Must be the higher hormones with twins I guess. I keep telling myself this is a good thing and I know I would be worried if I didn't have sickness (since that is my only symptom right now).

On a cuter note, DS (16months tomorrow) now lifts up my shirt and points to my belly when we ask "where are the babies??" I know he doesn't understand what that really means but its still super cute.

QOTW: We tend to do VRBO or a hotel. I like camping but we haven't been in a couple of years!

[carsaidyes]

::waves, Hids face in hands and begins to freak out::

Hello wonderful ladies. Can I please be added to the check in? DH and I decided we would start trying when R turned one, which was in December. Booked an appt with the RE. Canx the appt because I wasn't 100% sure so we continued to live life... yesterday I was at Disney and felt sick as a dog. Started thinking and realized I never get motion sickness... tested today and it's was a BFP (faint) but a line is a line right? I hope you'll have me here again because as you may remember it's my actual pregnancy that's kinda... ok super complicated. I called my OB to see if he'll monitor me for a few weeks or to see if he'd rather me see the RE since I'm going to need crinone 8% and lots of blood work for the Factor 5. I suspect I'm about 3w3d which means I'll have my cerclage placed in about 10 weeks. Given I've had a few loses I'm super freaked the eff out. Please hug me and tell me it'll be okay!

QOTW- the only place I want to camp is at the Hilton! Haha

[luvboston]

carsaidyes this is the best news ever! Hugs lady you will be ok. You know how to do this now so just follow what you did to get rainbow #1. I have everything crossed for you!

[nutmeg8484]

carsaidyes, Congratulations! I'm so excited for you!

I turned the corner into second tri last Friday. I'm now 14+4 and still dealing with all day nausea. We got our NIPT results in last week and everything came back low risk. We found out that we are team BLUE this time! I'm excited to have a boy, but also kinda sad that I wont get to use most of Molly's adorable clothes. They are going to be off to a new home soon since I don't think I ever want to be pregnant again. Can someone remind me how miserable I am in about 2 years please?

[carsaidyes]

nutmeg8484 luvboston thanks ladies. I'm excited! What a wonderful valentines present!!

nutmeg8484 yay for team blue!! Boys are so fun!

[katemonster]

Knock knock, can I join too?

FET #1 was a success and I'm just over 8w. We saw a lovely little heart beat last week and I'm hoping very much to ween off PIO next week after my next blood draw. So far I'm feeling "pregnant" - nauseous, tired, hormonal and excited.

QOTW: I love renovated B&Bs with private bathrooms and all-inclusive resorts.

[turquoisequeen]

Yay carsaidyes and katemonster! Congrats!

nutmeg8484 boys are awesome. Full of energy and lots of fun and love their mamas! You will save $ on clothes too.

[dashuria]

carsaidyes & katemonster, congratulations to you both! So exciting!

[turquoisequeen]

Hey!! Baby girl turquoisequeen arrived yesterday 😊 There's a short birth story on paif if anyone wants to see it. I'll still be stalking these pregnancy posts though for all of your babies arrivals.

[carsaidyes]

Hey guys so...Had my first beta yesterday it was 42, which is higher than they thought it would be given I am not even 4 weeks yet. Here is where I panic. P4 was 8.8 which is in range I believe but like hardly in range...they put me on crinone 8% again. I am just hoping I didn't start the meds too late in the game. Also, has any one been on this expensive ass medicine before? I was on it with both of my boys but I cant for the life of me remember if I am suppose to lay down after I insert it or just continue on with my day. I think a good portion leaked out today ay work so of course that has me sweating too.... Another p4 and beta on Monday and again on Wednesday.

[turquoisequeen]

carsaidyes yes I was on that with DS. This time I did PIO instead. For the crinone my nurse always said walking around after was fine because that actually helped it absorb better than just laying right down. So even when I took a dose before bed I'd walk around the house for 10 min after before laying down.

ETA: I do think that's a great beta for so early. FX your progesterone goes up nicely too.

[Amelia]

Lurker...

carsaidyes,I was on Crinone through multiple IUIs and my successful FET. Neither my nurse nor my RE ever told me to lay down or restrict movement after insertion. I asked them at one point, because I was afraid it wasn't being absorbed properly (cue the corresponding investment in pantyliners), but they indicated it wasn't a problem. I think you're good.

Also, huge congrats to you!!

[carsaidyes]

Feb 17, 2017 13:29:38 GMT -5 Amelia said:

Lurker...

carsaidyes ,I was on Crinone through multiple IUIs and my successful FET. Neither my nurse nor my RE ever told me to lay down or restrict movement after insertion. I asked them at one point, because I was afraid it wasn't being absorbed properly (cue the corresponding investment in pantyliners), but they indicated it wasn't a problem. I think you're good.

Also, huge congrats to you!!

Thank you! It feels like its been so long and I have forgotten about all these fears. I feel like such a newb. lol.

[mrspotatohead91]

Lurking to say huge congrats to you, carsaidyes !!

[kaf7]

carsaidyes I was told to have my feet up for 20min after each dose.

[fightersince83]

Congrats carsaidyes & katemonster

AFM I'm 27+3. I'm not going to rehash the details from a couple weeks ago, but for those that don't know you can lurk on Parents of Multiples. I'm in the hospital on essentially strict bed rest & magnesium. This is the plan until delivery. The goal is to get me to 32 weeks- possibly 34 now but we'll see. I'm still getting contractions on the meds, and I guess they came awfully close to delivering me about a week and a half ago, but we're still here so that's good. This is pretty rough on both me and DH. And even harder since we don't get to see each other often and can't really support each other like we would if we were both home. My parents are helping but DH is feeling like it's more like "helping" than actual help right now. I know my parents and their limitations and a lot of the things he's describing are frustrations I've had with them myself. He's parenting and coping and working all on his own (mostly) and without a break and I worry about him but he's been amazing trying to juggle it all. I'm going with things as they come because I really have no other choice.

QOTW: we kinda do middle of the road travel. Like Air BnB or a small pensione rather than a swanky hotel usually.

[carsaidyes]

fightersince83 hang in there. I know it can be frustrating and overwhelming. I'm glad your H is doing a good job at juggling everything.

[turquoisequeen]

fightersince83 so glad your H is a trooper. Hope you can make it as long as possible. I am sure being on bed rest is frustrating.

[luvboston]

fightersince83 keep your head up your a rockstar! Cuddos to your husband for keeping it together. Have you thought of setting up a meal train for him with your friends?

[fightersince83]

Feb 23, 2017 8:31:54 GMT -5 luvboston said:

fightersince83 keep your head up your a rockstar! Cuddos to your husband for keeping it together. Have you thought of setting up a meal train for him with your friends?

I was thinking about this. I do think it would be helpful, he's so damn picky though that it might be a little tricky for people to think up foods that would work. I guess I can throw it out there and see what happens

[dashuria]

Oh fightersince83, this sounds so tough. You and your DH are both so strong. I can't imagine how hard this is! Thinking of you!

A note on the meal train idea...you could put in the comments section his favorite meals or take out places and also his dislikes. Don't be afraid to be specific. I'm sure your friends want to help out!