PGAL Check in 7/13

[arbe]

Hey mommas, how are you guys doing?  

I know there are more of us now then our first check in so if anyone wants to share their story you are welcome to do that here.

What week are you?

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally?

Rants/Raves?

[adorebel]

Hi arbe!

What week are you? 5+4

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally? Nauseated and tired and just trying not to get anxious about the CVS test & first ultrasound, which is one month from today.

Rants/Raves? Nada

[rnmommy]

My doctor ordered a couple betas last week beacuse I haven't had a period since my loss. I wasn't able to get in to have the first one drawn until today. I'm freaking though because I started spotting on Saturday night.

[readinglove]

Hi everyone! I'm going to do a P&R, because I have an appointment with the OB and have to finish getting ready to go. If you don't know me, this is pregnancy #3. Our first ended due to a BO at about 8 weeks in July '14. The second was a CP that ended at about 5 1/2 weeks in October '14.

What week are you? 4+3

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally? Physically, the fatigue is on its A-game. Oof. Thank God for summer and being able to take naps. The boobs hurt off and on, and I get queasy every now and then. There's been cramping, which sends PgAL brain into overdrive, despite knowing that it's normal at this point. Emotionally, I'm doing okay. Nervous, obviously, but also very hopeful.

Rants/Raves? Not too much here. Embracing all of the symptoms, and thankful for each day I'm pregnant.

[arbe]

rnmommy, FXFY. I hope getting results back will be reassuring for you.

[blackbird]

Hi ladies! I recognize some lovely faces from CAL. (((hugs)))

Brief overview of my TTC journey.
We've been trying since Sept 2012. Suffered an mc 5/01/13 before my first appt. I wasn't charting yet then & hadn't had a period for like 5-6months. I then found charting, & it changed my world. In this same time period, I was DX with PCOS. I had 3 med cycles in the fall 2013 but had very poor/no results due to thin lining. So we continued trying on our own but with my mostly AO cycles it wasn't really trying. I was basically taking Provera ever 60+days to get AF. Then last summer out of the blue I O'd on my own and bam! BFP. We were overjoyed and when we made it to our u/s appt at 9+wks, I thought we were out of the woods. Nope. We found the baby had stopped growing at 6w4d. I had a D&C later that week. After AF returned, something strange happened. My body started working and regulating. I O'd relatively consistently and had 4 cycles in a 6 month span. So here I am with so much hope that this is our rainbow. As we were approaching the 3yr mark of ttc, I was actually supposed to have my yearly with my OB in June & had planned on discussing going back on BCP, but I had my dates wrong & missed it.


What week are you? 4+5

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally? Emotionally...I feel very hopeful and am trying to stay positive. First pg, I was totally unaware of the loss possibility; second time I was just scared/worried shitless the entire time. I know I can't control the outcome, but I can control my attitude so I'm choosing to be positive. Physically....ugh. The queasiness is getting worse by the day. Car trips are not my friend. And twinges/cramps are hard on PGAL brain, which I know you ladies can understand.

Rants/Raves?
I feel like H is more scared this time than I am. He's not much of an emotional sharer...strong silent type. But it's like this pg is the "elephant in the room". He doesn't want to talk about it. That literally was his response when I told him. "We aren't going to talk about this anymore...for at least a month." Wow what a great approach; lets bury our head in the sand. Meanwhile I feel completely alone in this. I know he'll come around & is just trying to protect his heart. And honestly I think he's mostly worried about how I'll handle a possible 3rd loss. I had an understandably hard time with both previous losses.

[arbe]

Welcome blackbird, keep up that positivity! MH had a hard time at first too but he's come around after seeing u/s and betas go up, that's when it becomes more real for him.

[arbe]

Look at that I never posted mine:

What week are you? 7 weeks today

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally? morning /all day sickness has take over my life no energy for emotions, so I guess that's a good thing

Rants/Raves? DH gets annoyed at me being tired all the time, we've been through this before dude, I can't help it I'll get back to sexy time soon enough but for now I'm tired leave me alone.

[readinglove]

Jul 13, 2015 14:12:26 GMT -5 blackbird said:

Hi ladies! I recognize some lovely faces from CAL. (((hugs)))

Brief overview of my TTC journey.
We've been trying since Sept 2012. Suffered an mc 5/01/13 before my first appt. I wasn't charting yet then & hadn't had a period for like 5-6months. I then found charting, & it changed my world. In this same time period, I was DX with PCOS. I had 3 med cycles in the fall 2013 but had very poor/no results due to thin lining. So we continued trying on our own but with my mostly AO cycles it wasn't really trying. I was basically taking Provera ever 60+days to get AF. Then last summer out of the blue I O'd on my own and bam! BFP. We were overjoyed and when we made it to our u/s appt at 9+wks, I thought we were out of the woods. Nope. We found the baby had stopped growing at 6w4d. I had a D&C later that week. After AF returned, something strange happened. My body started working and regulating. I O'd relatively consistently and had 4 cycles in a 6 month span. So here I am with so much hope that this is our rainbow. As we were approaching the 3yr mark of ttc, I was actually supposed to have my yearly with my OB in June & had planned on discussing going back on BCP, but I had my dates wrong & missed it.


What week are you? 4+5

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally? Emotionally...I feel very hopeful and am trying to stay positive. First pg, I was totally unaware of the loss possibility; second time I was just scared/worried shitless the entire time. I know I can't control the outcome, but I can control my attitude so I'm choosing to be positive. Physically....ugh. The queasiness is getting worse by the day. Car trips are not my friend. And twinges/cramps are hard on PGAL brain, which I know you ladies can understand.

Rants/Raves?
I feel like H is more scared this time than I am. He's not much of an emotional sharer...strong silent type. But it's like this pg is the "elephant in the room". He doesn't want to talk about it. That literally was his response when I told him. "We aren't going to talk about this anymore...for at least a month." Wow what a great approach; lets bury our head in the sand. Meanwhile I feel completely alone in this. I know he'll come around & is just trying to protect his heart. And honestly I think he's mostly worried about how I'll handle a possible 3rd loss. I had an understandably hard time with both previous losses.

I completely am with you on the bolded part. DH has been very distant and hasn't really acknowledged this pregnancy. Today after our appointment, he finally said, "I feel like I can finally say you're pregnant." Not that we had a super exciting appointment or anything, but I think going in helped him realize that yes, this is happening a 3rd time. I know he's terrified of the "what ifs" and how he'll take care of me in case things go badly. 

PS, SO EXCITED to have you over here!!!!

[blackbird]

Thanks arbe and readinglove for making me feel better about H's reaction. Well maybe not better but at least feel like I'm not the only one. *sigh* I guess it's just one other thing that loss has robbed from us & our partners.

[nitecheese]

Jul 13, 2015 12:37:08 GMT -5 rnmommy said:

My doctor ordered a couple betas last week beacuse I haven't had a period since my loss. I wasn't able to get in to have the first one drawn until today. I'm freaking though because I started spotting on Saturday night.

I'm in the same boat, but my doc didn't order betas. So, I'm sitting here flipping out until 7/28. I hope you get good news!

[mlgnumbers]

Hello, everyone. I'm mlg. After several early losses (the latest in March), I'm doing my best to keep PGAL brain in check right now. Thanks for staying this check-in. It helps to know I'm not alone.

What week are you? 4 weeks

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally? Physically - good. Very slight nausea, but that's comforting right now. Emotionally - still in shock, waiting for the boot to drop at any moment. :/

Rants/Raves? BFP was darker this morning, so YAY! I've got five more Wondfos, so I'll probably test for the next five days...

[jtizzay]

Hi ladies. I go here officially now. As you can tell I am so excited.

6 weeks

Super hungover feeling. Taking unisom and b6 and also taking progesterone so exhausted.

I want to be less tired. I thought I could convince myself but I can't.

[rosetyler72]

What week are you? 7 1/2 wks! Wahoo! This is the furthest I've made it.

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally? Good and good. We had a spotting/cramping scare early on so my OB did betas and an early ultrasound. Things looked good so I've just been trying to stay positive since.

Rants/Raves? None, just excited about our u/s next Monday. I want to see a heartbeat, we've never made it that far before.

blackbird, totally understand about your H. Mine is supportive but didn't seem to really get excited until after my 2nd beta came back looking good. We've had 2 losses also, so this 3rd time we were understandably more tentative about the excitement. I think your H will come around eventually, he just has his own form of PGAL brain.

readinglove, I'm with you on the naps. Best thing ever!

[mlgnumbers]

Stupid Wondfo HPTs. Even after turning a *clear* BFP on FRER and a digi, it's still showing just a faint line. It's making me all crazy and nervous.

Stupid me. I should have just done the first test, then stopped. But I have this whole leftover stash and it seems like a waste to just throw them away!! Grrr... PGAL Brain is in full force for some reason today. I haven't eaten anything yet, because the nausea is comforting.

[adorebel]

Jul 15, 2015 7:44:32 GMT -5 mlgnumbers said:

Stupid Wondfo HPTs. Even after turning a *clear* BFP on FRER and a digi, it's still showing just a faint line. It's making me all crazy and nervous.

Stupid me. I should have just done the first test, then stopped. But I have this whole leftover stash and it seems like a waste to just throw them away!! Grrr... PGAL Brain is in full force for some reason today. I haven't eaten anything yet, because the nausea is comforting.

I did this too! I turned a digi and then peed on wondfos every other day for 10 days, until the lines matched EXACTLY. So I understand. But just remember - today you are pregnant and you love your baby. And do yourself a favor and eat something!

[Missy0483]

What week are you? 4 weeks today!

How are you feeling physically/emotionally? Physically, pretty normal. I don't get morning sickness or any of that stuff. I've had high blood pressure during the last trimester-ish for both prior pregnancies. I'm not sure how my blood pressure is now, I haven't scheduled my first appt yet. I feel a little more hungry, I didn't always eat breakfast before, but I'm starving in the mornings now. Emotionally, well I'm not really worried about pregnancy, it's when our baby is born is when my freaking out begins. I am however having a millions emotions ranging from extremely excited to "omg what did we do". I'm scared that we can't handle two kids at once...I'm also scared to fall in love with another baby.

Rants/Raves? I hate working. That is all!

[Missy0483]

I may have missed it. Do we have PGAL pics (I forget the correct term for them) made up for the siggys?

[arbe]

Jul 15, 2015 8:48:43 GMT -5 Missy0483 said:

I may have missed it. Do we have PGAL pics (I forget the correct term for them) made up for the siggys?

Thats up to you, I chose not to but others have.

And I hate working too,  trying to work on my part time business so I don't have to return to work after this baby (a girl can dream)

[sunshineshades]

I'm going to jump in and introduce myself:
loss history: I haven't updated my siggy but I had a mmc in June 2014 @ 8 weeks, baby measured 5-6 weeks, followed by a d&c in July. My second loss was October 2014 at 5 weeks. Then 2 CP one in February 2015 then April 2015.

How far along are you: 4 weeks and 3 days

Feeling: physically, I think I'm getting a cold. I also have a hot feeling going on in my lower back that freaks me out because I remember it from a previous loss. But I did poas again tonight and there was still a line! Emotionally, I flip flop back and forth from fine to a mess. Today is particularly hard because I was exactly this far along when I started bleeding with my last 2 losses.

Hopefully this time I'm around to stay!

[jtizzay]

Hi ladies

I'm 6w5d. Excited for some reason to hit 7 weeks.

Just wanted to say hi!!!

[blackbird]

Hi **waves** sunshineshades!! Great to see you here!!

[rlpointer86]

What week are you? 7 weeks today

How are are you feeling physically/emotionally? I'm queasy all the time. I'm worn out with a constant headache. I pretty much just want to nap all the time. Emotionally I feel much better about how this pregnancy is going especially since Monday I had an ultrasound and everything looked perfect.

Rants/Raves? I'm just tired and I told my husband that I Just need some help with my daughter on the weekends since I'm so worn out and I stay home with her during the week and I don't get a break. He then proceeded to just sit and look at his phone. I think I forgot how frustrated I get with my husband while pregnant.

[sunshineshades]

Jul 18, 2015 8:38:03 GMT -5 blackbird said:

Hi **waves** sunshineshades!! Great to see you here!!

Hi blackbird! I saw your intro on CAR congrats!