Pregnant & TTC Weekly Update - 4/24/15

[direy25]

Hi ladies,

I'll be taking over the weekly check-in for now for @jemomma, hopefully I'll remember to post weekly!


CURRENTLY PREGNANT:


jnetx -due 7/29/15. Preemie was born at 34+3 after 4 weeks of hospital bed rest due to pprom some time before 30 weeks. 17 days in the NICU, mostly as a feeder grower. Last cervical check was 3.5, so it has shrunk about 1 cm over the course of 8 weeks, but doctor said anything above 2.5 is normal. GD test coming up. Back pain is increasing and lots of RLP.


runningmommy519- Due 8/19 - DS was born at 35 weeks due to severe IUGR and pre-eclampsia. He was classified as a feeder/grower and spent 21 days in the NICU. Everything looked great at Anatomy Scan & feeling lots of movement!


paradebegone- Due 7/10- Team Blue. DD was born via CS on May 24, 2013 at 33w 4d due to pPROM. She spent 24 days in the hospital. Not much to report.... which is awesome! General sleeplessness, aches, pains, irritability continues but all within "normal" range. P17 continues and haven't been too bad. Passed glucose test, yay!  Had GD wit DD which was not fun.



brummy14- Due 7/29- Claire (2lbs 8.9oz) and Paige (2lbs 10oz) arrive at 29w3d due to PTL and pPROM at 28w5d. CL weekly check good again. Plenty of length well above the cerclage, so all signs point to this little lady camping out for a while. BH come and go, but nothing like the twins -- which came on at 22w and NEVER stopped. Ever.


jemomma- Due 6/25 withDD2. DS born full term at 40 weeks 1 day, DD born at 29 weeks, 6 days due to unexplained PTL. Very busy trying to sell a house, build a house and keep two toddlers entertained and due date is coming up!


tngrl3- Due 9/11/15- DS born at 34 weeks due to IUGR and cord flow issues. Spent 2 weeks in the NICU. M/c in August. Anatomy scan coming up and battling a bad case of bronchitis and am hoping the medicines kick in soon.

direy25 – Due 8/23 with a girl! DS Griffin was born at 27w3d due to an infection/chorio, he spent 68 days in the NICU. Also high risk due to stage 3 kidney disease. Found a compounding pharmacy for the P17 shots so much cheaper than Makena.  Great anatomy scan and cervical length holding strong at 4 which was longer than it ever was with Griffin's pregnancy



CURRENTLY TTC:


jense927 – 14 days into the new cycle and just waiting to ovulate. Heading to Florida for vacation at the end of the month so it will be nice to enjoy that.  Won't be testing until the end of the trip. 

pinotgrigio – This is her 3rd round of IVF (previous rounds never made it to egg retrieval/transfer due to poor response to meds).  Last IVF was a BFN, moving on to see a different RE.  


CURRENTLY THINKING OF TTC:

[direy25]

Had a check-up today just to hear heartbeat & measure fundal height, everything still looking good. I've been monitoring my BP at home and it's been a little higher than normal so my kidney doc has put me back on BP meds. Staying under control so far so hopefully that continues. I find myself completely exhausted this time around, waiting for labs to come back to see if I might be anemic.

[tngrl3]

Finally feeling better after a long week of my body deciding it hated me. I had to reschedule my anatomy scan because I ended up in the ER with a kidney stone on the day I was supposed to have my appointment. We did get a quick peak at baby in the ER and He/she was moving around and looking good. My new scan is scheduled for Monday afternoon. I'm nervous/excited for my appointment.

[tngrl3]

Apr 26, 2015 7:25:30 GMT -5 jnetx said:

Apr 25, 2015 22:50:05 GMT -5 tngrl3 said:

Finally feeling better after a long week of my body deciding it hated me. I had to reschedule my anatomy scan because I ended up in the ER with a kidney stone on the day I was supposed to have my appointment. We did get a quick peak at baby in the ER and He/she was moving around and looking good. My new scan is scheduled for Monday afternoon. I'm nervous/excited for my appointment.

I'm so sorry you had to go through that, especially while pregnant. My mom had a kidney stone when she was staying with me one time--I've never seen her in so much pain. She said she would give birth naturally (and she knows what that's like) any day before going through that again! Hope you're feeling better now.

Thanks! I think I've passed it and hopefully won't have any more trouble. I have had them before and even had to have surgery for them, but this was one of the worst!

[jense927]

direy25, thank you for taking over! Not sure what to report yet. We got back from our trip (It was sooo nice to get away!!) I tested at 10DPO and BFN Tested again today at 11 DPO and there may be a squinter but I am not sure. I will try testing again tomorrow. I feel pregnant, my boobs are sore and I am exhausted. I am hoping it happens this month because I don't think we are going to actively try next month. Next month the timing would line up exactly the same as my preemie pregnancy and I just think that would be too stressful and emotional to deal with.

[jense927]

May 1, 2015 19:24:21 GMT -5 paradebegone said:

May 1, 2015 5:27:54 GMT -5 jense927 said:

direy25, thank you for taking over! Not sure what to report yet. We got back from our trip (It was sooo nice to get away!!) I tested at 10DPO and BFN Tested again today at 11 DPO and there may be a squinter but I am not sure. I will try testing again tomorrow. I feel pregnant, my boobs are sore and I am exhausted. I am hoping it happens this month because I don't think we are going to actively try next month. Next month the timing would line up exactly the same as my preemie pregnancy and I just think that would be too stressful and emotional to deal with.

My pregnancy lines up exactly with my DD. Their due dates are just 2 days apart. It is impossible not to compare. Luckily, this pregnancy has been a breeze in comparison. So far, so good at least.

Good luck with your test tomorrow. Come back and update us! Fingers crossed!

It was a BFN and I started spotting last night so I am pretty bummed. Turns out there was a stomach bug going around. I am still not sure how to approach this cycle. DH thinks we should go for it and that this pregnancy will be different and I will be seeing ab MFM so that will be somewhat reassuring. We shall see. Good to hear your insight about having the pregnancies line up though, thanks!

[direy25]

jense927 - agree with jnetx, honestly it's stressful & emotional no matter what. I'm due 5 weeks later with this baby and I still stress out at the actual gestational age / milestones when everything started happening. Like realizing I'm only about 3.5 weeks away from when I had DS (gestationally).

ETA - obviously suffering from pregnancy brain because I'm due about 3 weeks earlier, not 5 weeks later. Math is hard.