PGAL Check-In 8/24

[azurestar]

This is the weekly check-in for March moms who have experienced pregnancy loss before this pregnancy. I'm sorry you have to be here, but let's get each other through the next 9 months.

If this if your first check-in, Welcome! Please share the following in your post:

Pregnancy Loss Background (if you feel comfortable) :


How far along are you (weeks/fruit):


How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?


Upcoming Appointments or Milestones:


Any questions or concerns?


QOTW: Who knows you are pregnant? When do you plan on announcing your pregnancy to family, friends, work, Facebook? If you already have, tell us when/how you did.

[arbe]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 13 weeks


How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Tired/ OK, told DD and the first hing she asked is if this baby will die I hate that that was the first thing to come to her mind.


Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: 4 week til next appt, but I think I'm now in 2nd tri so thats exciting


Any questions or concerns?


QOTW: Who knows you are pregnant? When do you plan on announcing your pregnancy to family, friends, work, Facebook? If you already have, tell us when/how you did. Just DH, DD, trainer at the gym, and a coworker. Telling parents this week, avoiding a public announcement until 20w or so.

[azurestar]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 9w1d by ultrasound, grape


How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? I'm still feeling really tired and I take lots of naps. I'm not usually a crier but some chick flicks have been making me get teary eyed lately.


Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: Ultrasound this Friday. I really love my new OB. She has been very understanding of my PGAL brain. It was around 8 weeks last time things stopped developing so she is having me come in for another ultrasound this Friday. This will be a big milestone.


Any questions or concerns? I also mentioned to my OB I was worried I haven't really had any m/s this time but I did a lot with my MMC. I know every pregnancy is different. I am grateful not to have it, but at the same time darn PGAL brain drives you crazy sometimes. I'm starting to get some noticeable bloat but luckily I wear scrubs to work so I can still hide it.


QOTW: Who knows you are pregnant? When do you plan on announcing your pregnancy to family, friends, work, Facebook? If you already have, tell us when/how you did.
So far only MH, my parents, my sister, MH's sister, and 2 of my close friends at work know. We will tell the rest of our family and friends after our 12 week NT scan, and then I will tell work. Facebook will be later, maybe after the A/S and we can announce the sex then too.

[jtizzay]

Hi ladies I check in3 places Monday's. Hooray.

12 weeks.

I've been real sick. Exhausted. I'm better today.

None for 3 weeks. Want my bw chromosomal results back.

Can't wait for another 10 days until 2nd tri

I told work. Told some friends. I don't do public announcements. No reason why

arbe I'm so sorry that hurts my heart

[sunshineshades]

9 weeks 4 days.

I am still having a lot of nausea. For the most part I am great when I wake up and through the day. By 4 though I am sick, I have thrown up dinner that past 2 nights, and my night time snack last night. That's ON diclectin. Sigh. I think I just can't eat real dinners, I had the same thing for lunch and dinner last night, great for lunch, not dinner.
Really tired and sore boobs.

Emotionally. I feel guilty that I am kind of hating pregnancy so far. I mean, I hated it with DD too. I just thought this time I wouldn't care I was sick because yayyyy for a healthy baby! But, the constant nausea just makes me want to cry.

I go to my OB tomorrow. Not sure if he will try for a heart beat with the doppler or not. On the 10th I go for my 12 week ultrasound, the equivalent to the USA NT scan.

So far, my sister, SIL & BIL know, and a few close friends. Not sure when we'll tell our parents, possibly this week if a heart beat is found on the doppler, otherwise after my ultrasound on the 10th. People beyond that, not sure. Same with announcing on facebook, I may not do that at all, but then I have to worry about someone else outing me instead before I can tell anyone who should know.

[readinglove]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 10+3 - prune/Lego man

How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Physically, the nausea is enough to bring me to tears at night. I haven't puked at all, but I feel so awful that I just want to curl up into a ball and sleep for the next 3-4 weeks. Emotionally I'm scared shitless right now because...

Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I have an appointment this afternoon/evening. Doppler check (or U/S if Doppler doesn't pick up the heartbeat...please work Doppler...) and physical - pap and all that fabulous stuff. I've been doing okay staying busy at work and not thinking about it, but I'm starting to freak a bit. Deep breaths, repeating the mantras.

Any questions or concerns? Nope.

QOTW: Who knows you are pregnant? When do you plan on announcing your pregnancy to family, friends, work, Facebook? If you already have, tell us when/how you did. My parents and brother, DH's mom and sister, 2 of my best friends, 2 family friends, and a co-worker (had to make sure she would be okay covering my class if I have to leave early for appointments). We'll start telling family and friends after 12 weeks, and announce on social media around 13/14 weeks, or when all the people we want to personally tell have been told.

[DanaScullyX]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 11 Weeks today! Lime.


How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Last week was really tough. I felt different and was sure something was wrong. I actually made myself sick worrying. I feel fine physically, except my allergies are the worst. I can barely function through the snot. I'm normally on very strong drugs that are category C.


Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: NT scan 9/3


Any questions or concerns?
Just need a way to enjoy and calm my brain. It's a bad place and I don't need the stress.

QOTW: Who knows you are pregnant? When do you plan on announcing your pregnancy to family, friends, work, Facebook? If you already have, tell us when/how you did.

Only a few people know, especially because we are doing this is such a weird way. I don't think I'll announce on Facebook, but I will have a lot of phone calls to very surprised people to make in September.