*** 2nd trimester check-in 02/02 ***

[sunshinedaisies]

Happy Monday to everyone! 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 include:

    - EDD (and team if you know - or team green if you aren't finding out)
    - How far along you are
    - Any appointments or other updates?

QOTW: Happy Groundhog’s Day!! What’s the weather forecast in your area? Are you in for more winter or an early spring???


LAST WEEK!!!
amshark – April 29 (boy/girl twins) (are you sure you don’t want to check in ONE.LAST.TIME??? You haven’t officially hit 28 weeks yet!)
lo95 - May 1 (girl) – LAST WEEK!! Have you had your glucose test and RH shot yet?
gsancho - May 2 (girl) – LAST WEEK!! I had to laugh at your story about DH putting his hand on you to feel her move and then…nothing. I swear that happens to DH and me too! I hope your work has slowed down a bit for you and you can have some more free time to relax! It’s your last month at your job after all!!

MAY
rella22 – May 5 (girl) – So close to third tri! Sorry I think you have to join us for another week How’s the headaches / exhaustion?
sugar4bri - May 7 (boy/girl twins) – Thanks for reminding me about team/twins! Have you rescheduled your glucose test? I’m not looking forward to mine
lolasky - May 15 (boy) – Any news this week? Are you still having nausea?
sunshinedaisies - May 16 (boy) – that’s me!
hollberry – May 21 (boy) – Congrats on hitting V-Day!! Are you feeling kicks more frequently now? Sorry you have to go back for another fetal echo! Sounds like he’s at a great weight and right on track!
viola - May 25 (team green) – Happy V-Day to you! Have you figured out the pelvic rest thing? Best you can do is like you said, take it easy. It sucks, but at least then you know you are doing everything you can for LO.
ky29 - May 28 (boy) – Sounds like you and YH have been making great progress on LO’s room. Pics when you finish? Happy V-Day to you this week!
IFinTN - May 31 (boy) – Happy V-Day this weekend!!! How’s the anxiety going? That must be tough not being able to be on your meds – especially since PAIF is already stressful enough. Don’t get down on yourself for choosing between meds and breastfeeding, the way I see it, you have to take care of YOU to be able to take care of LO. And there is nothing wrong with formula, lots of people do it by choice or because they have to and have perfectly healthy babies.
sweetpotato123 - May 31 (b/b twins) – didn’t see you check in last week, how are things going??

JUNE
turquoisequeen - June 3 (boy) – Glad to hear you are feeling him move more and more. It always amazes me every single day!
daydreamernyc – June 8 (girl) – I’ve added you to the list! Hopefully my math was correct for your EDD?? How are the weekly scans going?
bears1011 - June 10 (girl) – How’s the bleeding going? Hopefully all is looking good right now for you. Take it easy and rest up!
sunnyb - June 11 (twins – Team Green) – So impressed you stayed team green. A few more weeks until your next appointment, any updates otherwise?
purpledaisy923 - June 12 (b/g twins) – How did your most recent appointment go?
@jimbobcooter - June 14 (boy) – How’s everything going? Anything coming up soon? Glad you are feeling him move regularly, it’s such a stress reliever!
jessimi06 - June 16 (b/g twins) – thinking of you a ton this week! How’s the bed rest going? Are things getting better?
hbanana18 - June 18 (girl) – Thanks for the cute pic of your adorable little girl! I’m glad the repeat u/s showed it’s most likely nothing.
beachbum913 - June 19 (boy!!!) – Isn’t your a/s today?? Do you have a team now?? I hope you get good news both today and on Wednesday and maybe no more bed rest??
erbear – June 24 (girl) – Hi and welcome!! Congrats on team PINK, that’s so exciting!! Any other updates?

JULY
katemonster - July 7 – didn’t see you check in, how are things going?
nutmeg8484 – July 28 (??) – Welcome to 2nd tri!! Do you have an appointment this week? Update us when you can! Hopefully as you get more into 2nd tri, all of those lovely 1st tri symptoms go away!

[amshark]

Alright, I'm strangely awake, so I'll join for my last check-in.

Once again, I am impressed with your ability to keep up with every member of this check-in sunshinedaisies - you are a model for all check-in leaders to follow. (But also, don't expect me to follow if I bring the FTM check-in here, b/c, seriously, I barely get that thing out on a weekly basis as is. You must be an organized person. What's that like?

IFinTN - Happy V-day! Reaching V-day was one of the happiest moments of my pregnancy so far. I hope you are enjoying it just as much.
jessimi06 - Shout out to my bed rest sista! May our club stay small and exclusive, but all be worth it in the end. (also, shout out to bears1011 and beachbum913 - if you are both also still on bed rest).

AFM - One of the residents at the hospital recently mentioned that I'll be taking my glucose test soon. I guess I should be celebrating that I made it this far, but for some reason, I thought maybe I would get out of it (don't ask me why). Who knows, maybe I'll be that odd person who actually likes the drink - but probably not.

Last week, my MFM noticed several decels, or drops below normal in baby A's heartbeat during some of the monitoring sessions. (I believe decel is short for deceleration - but it sounded like D-cell, as in batteries, when I first heard him say it). So, I now get monitored 3x per day (about every 8 hours) for contractions and baby heart rates, instead of 2x per day. My MFM advised that there is no particular amount of decels that he's looking for in order to determine that something must be done, and like most of medicine, its a judgement call. I started the 3-a-day scans on Thursday, and last night was the first time that baby A showed another decel, so that seems promising to me.

I've also had a return of the pink spotting, but other than that, things seem overall stable, and pretty good. I'm looking forward to hitting 28 weeks on Wednesday, and I'm still really hoping to make it to 30 and more steroids (yippee!)


QOTW: Funny you should ask. It was snowing as I was first falling asleep, but now that I'm awake, it looks like it may have turned to rain. I'm assuming it's a nasty, freezing rain though. I'm so happy that I won't be commuting in the morning.

And here's a semi-related PSA for any ladies in the teaching profession. Thank you for the hard work you do, and for the care you put into teaching and caring for our children. But, when you get a "snow day," please be sensitive to your non-teaching friends, and refrain from celebrating it on facebook like its the end of a great war. The same goes for your count downs to Christmas vacation, spring break and summer vacation. It's not that we don't love you and aren't happy for you, but we cannot be blamed if one day, you are hit in the face with a snow shovel by a dear friend who must get up extra early to dig out her car, and drive through an especially crappy commute, because snow days don't exist for most people over the age of 18.
I am saying this with peace and love, peace & love!

** ETA - typing in the wee hours & skipping key words **

[daydreamernyc]

Sunshinedaisies. Thanks. I didn't realize I hadn't included the actual date but your math is correct! On my way this morning to this week's scan. Hopefully there will be nothing new to report

Amshark, I wouldn't worry about the decels, especially since it's very few. One thing you have to take with a grain of salt is that you are being monitored non stop. I'm sure that if you were to take any of us and monitor us the same way they will find something that would have otherwise gone undetected and would be harmless. Over monitoring comes with risks from that perspective. I'm telling myself that as well given my weekly scans.

QOTW.... I'm in NYC so we just got a bit of snow over night. Nothing major, just enough to make everything slushy. I love it when the snow first falls and everything is white. But then a few hours later when everything is all black snow (dirty city) then I can do without it (especially when taking our dogs for a walk).

PS how do I tag?

[Deleted]

21 weeks, team blue!

No appointments for another couple of weeks and not much to report. I've started barfing daily in the evenings. It's as if my body will only digest a set amount of food during the day and I think I hit that quota by 3 pm. Anything I eat after that just sits and comes back up later. Oh hooray! On a happier note, this little man is proving to be quite the little ninja. Last night he was all over my ute going nuts. I feel like I'm finally starting to bond to the pregnancy as a result!

QOTW: Yesterday we woke up to 8 inches of snow. It all melted off the streets during the day. And today it will be in the mid 50's and sunny. Typical Colorado weather mood swings.


amshark I can't believe you have made it to 3rd tri now!   You and those babies are warriors!!   Good luck with your scans.  I hope they continue to cook a little longer.

[jessimi06]

Hello ladies!

Thanks for the wonderful check in sunshinedaisies!

amshark- Aw, thanks! I'm hoping the club stays very small lol. Congrats on graduating to 3rd tri!! You've come SO far and are doing a great job! I'm sorry you're bleeding again- I know how annoying it is.

daydreamernyc - the same way as the dump- the @ symbol then the name.

@jimbobcooter - Ugh, I'm sorry you're still in the puking stage.

AFM- I'm not sure that I updated here the last time so I'll try to do a quick recap. I'm still spotting/passing clots and am on modified home bed rest. The latest u/s showed that I have a slow active bleed from the previa (they think)that has pooled into a giant clot above my cervix and that's where it's coming from (they also think it's helping to prevent the 'dam from bursting' again). If it doesn't get better, then I'll have a planned c section at 34 weeks (if there's no more major bleeds- if there are, it'll be sooner), if it does (as in the previa moves and I'm not bleeding) then I'll have a planned c section at 37 weeks.

QOTW- Our two groundhogs are at a standstill- chuck says spring, phil says 6 more weeks of winter.

[amshark]

daydreamernyc - You can tag people by typing "@username" (note: usernames and screen names may not match here, but you can confirm a user name by hovering over the screen name, just above the poster's avatar). You can also use the 6th button from the right - it looks like a person next to a "@" symbol.

Now, can someone tell me how to add a ticker to my signature here. Or direct me to a thread with instructions.

[lolasky]

sunshinedaisies - so sweet of you to keep up with everyone like that! Thank you for the check-in!

Nothing much to report here. Loving the crazy kicks, but starting to have some serious evening discomfort.... I think I should be eating less in single sittings, but I haven't mastered the "stop eating now" thing. Last night, I gorged on Super Bowl food items and really paid for it later: heartburn and bloat that was pressing uncomfortably on my ribs (( and, of course, this meant I slept terribly last night, too. Oh yeah, and my ninja cat decided it would be fun to scare me as I walked back to bed from one of my night pee trips.... lol kinda!

QOTW: Some snow flurries here but nothing too crazy! At work....

[beachbum913]

sunshinedaisies your organizational skills are seriously impressive. Thanks for the check in!

amshark you have come such a long way! Congrats, aND GL on the glucose test.

@jimbobcooter awesome that your little man is moving so much!

jessimi06 My fingers are crossed that you have no more heavy bleeds. I'll keep you in my prayers.

AFM: A/S was this morning. Everything looks good! We caught a yawn and were able to get a (blurry) picture if it but it was so cute! The two tears that were keeping me in bedrest are gone, according to the tech, so I follow up with the OB Wednesday, and I'm assuming he will be sending me back to work. Wahooo!

Oh, and you can add that we are team BLUE! So excited!

ETA: QOTW: it's raining here. It was snowing when I went to bed last night and the roads were a bit slushy this morning, but not too bad. I heard that damn groundhog saw his shadow though. I loathe winter and desperately need to move away from NJ

[sunshinedaisies]

Love reading all of the updates!

@jimbobcooter, that sounds horrible! I definitely have trouble if I eat too much (discomfort and all) but not throwing up.

beachbum913, yay! Hopefully you are off bedrest!! And congrats on Team BLUE!!

Not much going on with me - 25w2d today. After a wonderful week with DH last week, I'm all alone again. I hate complaining b/c I did choose this, but sometimes it still really sucks. I have an OB check up tomorrow, nothing exciting, and I'm doing the glucose test next Monday. My LO loves kicking and squirming and I swear it never gets old. Otherwise, heartburn made its lovely appearance and it is not very fun.

QOTW: Well...it's sunny and warm here so I'm sure the groundhog saw his shadow...but it's always sunny and warm here, so I'm expecting an early spring

[jessimi06]

Feb 2, 2015 10:50:09 GMT -5 amshark said:

daydreamernyc - You can tag people by typing "@username" (note: usernames and screen names may not match here, but you can confirm a user name by hovering over the screen name, just above the poster's avatar). You can also use the 6th button from the right - it looks like a person next to a "@" symbol.

Now, can someone tell me how to add a ticker to my signature here. Or direct me to a thread with instructions.

amshark I used lilypie.com/Pregnancy.php to create my ticket and just copied the pseudo html/UBB code they provided into my siggy. Make sure you have enough characters left in your Siggy to fit the whole code. I didn't and couldn't figure out why it wasn't saving/showing right lol.

[notelsie]

Hello Ladies Looks like I go here now.

EDD August 5th
- 13w5d (I hope it's ok I post here a couple days early.)
- Hoping to find out the sex on the 20th at 16w2d!

QOTW: Happy Groundhog’s Day!! What’s the weather forecast in your area? Are you in for more winter or an early spring???

We have been having crazy weather lately! It's been between the 60s and 70s, and we just got some snow this weekend. It is supposed to be warm again until Wednesday.. very unusual for CO.

[erbear]

Hello! I'm 19 weeks 5 days today. Super stoked to be almost half baked!

Regular checkup is Wednesday. Excited to hear baby girl's heartbeat!

Qotw: I wish it was an early spring! I hate winter! Especially since I'm s teacher and we've only had one snow day!

[erbear]

amshark if you go to profile, you should be able to edit your profile from there! Use the BB code link if you use tinypic for a picture or a ticker.

[IFinTN]

sunshinedaisies you really do rock this check in!

AFM-counting down the days to Sunday, which is V-Day! I had a repeat a/s to look at heart and spine today and little Baby Dennis is looking good. I'm so glad I got to see him today as I woke up dry heaving....the u/s makes the misery all worth while.

I asked about the end game and OB says she won't let me go past 38 weeks due to my chronic hypertension issues and AMA (placenta starts to break down sometimes in older gals). So I'm in the home stretch with 14 1/2 weeks to go at the most!

amshark I can't believe you're headed to 3rd tri already, you've done an amazing job keeping those little ones baking. I'm so incredibly happy for you and hope you make it to 30 weeks+. I have a friend on FB who just made it from 27 weeks to 34 weeks on hospital bedrest with her twins and is now at home waiting for her water to break and have the c-section. I hope this is how things go down for you and your babies:)

daydreamernyc I hope things are going well for you with the monitoring based on your RH- sensitivity.

@jimbobcooter I also have to "front load" my food for the day. After around 4p.m. I just can't eat. It sucks.

jessimi06 I hope things remain stable so you can get your c-section at 37 weeks!

beachbum913 that's great news that the tears have resolved, yay for a great a/s!

QOTW: You never know in TN. It was snow flurries today but it could easily be in the 70's by the end of the week. We are in that weird middle section of the country that is at the mercy of the jet stream.

[gsancho]

Hi! DH has finally felt her kick and even saw her kick once! Can't wait to see her at our appointment Friday.

Like I said at the other place, I don't feel mentally prepped for 3rd tri, yet!! I mean, the last stage of 3rd tri is birth. The thought of labor and those last few weeks is overwhelming for me, still.

And today is not a good workday...work has been so busy the last 2 weeks, they are discussing extending my contract again. I would say yes b/c it's extra money...and I feel ungrateful complaining, since I should be happy to be employed. But I am seriously hating work. The long hours and travel when pregnant sucks. So it may not be my last month after all, like you noted - time will tell.

[nutmeg8484]

amshark Woo Hoo for making it to 3rd tri.!!

I'm still just hanging around waiting for my appointment on Thursday. I'm hopeful to finally hear the heartbeat this week since we have yet to be able to due to an anterior placenta. We got a couple extra peeks at baby though so I'm okay with it. We will also be scheduling the A/S at my appt and I can't wait. I'm so impatient to find out what team we are going to be so I can start really planning what we are going to be doing for the nursery and can get a registry going. I have no idea how all you team green people do it.

QOTW: We got about 14 inches of snow today so I would say that our winter is still going strong and will probably continue for a while. Also, I love groundhogs day(Which is pretty weird) and I sing the Groundhogs day song from the animated "Jack Frost" movie to everyone I know. You all are lucky that you don't have to deal with me in IRL. lol

[ky29]

Hello!

So we took the day off today and went to look at a couple day cares. Of course, I like the expensive one. DH likes the cheaper one, and it was one he suggested. And I'm trying to figure out a nice way to tell him I don't like it. Yes, I cried on the way home. This is a hard decision to make!

I can't believe I'm almost to V-day! But I don't think I'll every get the bad thoughts out of my head though. And I'm sure that worrying won't ever go away, even when he's here. Just all different types of worrying.

QOTW: We've got some cold weather coming up.. and I think there's more snow in the forecast. I'm ready for spring.. when I can start wearing flip flops that don't involve bending over to put on, ha!

[katemonster]

Hi ladies - love reading all the updates! Thanks for the check-in, Sunshine.

I'm in week 18 and feeling pretty good, aside from some pretty bad hemmorhoids. Sorry for tmi - I won't go into details...

A/S is two weeks from today, and I think we will be team green. It just feels more right to me. I may change my mind though.

QOTW - our winter lasts through march on a good year; a bad year, it can snow in May. Really hoping for an "early" spring!

[daydreamernyc]

Love reading the updates.

@jimbobcooter sorry to hear about your nausea. Is there a trigger food or does to happen regardless?

IFinTN my scan today was a success. No signs of anemia which is awesome!

[hbanana18]

@sunshinedasies - thank you for the amazing check in! GL on your glucose test!

Congrats to those moving on to third tri - especially amshark !! Woot woot!! I had to do the glucose test while going to RE for my PCOS - honestly, drink wasn't that terrible - like children's orange triminic(spelling?). I wish I could have had water to rinse my mouth after though, and 2-3 hrs after I felt terrible from the sugar crash.

AFM, hit halfway - so excited about that. Went to BRU with my friend Saturday and did a majority of my registry. That was fun. MH finally felt one or two little kicks externally which was exciting for him. She is definitely becoming more nocturnal. Not to the point where she wakes me, but I will get up to pee or move and her movement will keep me up. I don't mind yet though because I'm still relishing in feeling her.

QOTW - well I am in CT and seems like winter just made an appearance this past week with the blizzard last week and a nasty snow/ice storm last night into today. I believe the local groundhog said spring is on its way. I don't mind the snow though, it is a pain but it is pretty. I love all the seasons I get.

[amshark]

jessimi06 Thank you! The pseudo html/UBB code did the trick. I am now tickered.

[sugar4bri]

sunshinedaisies thanks for the check in! I was able to reschedule my appointment for the next day. The drink wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and I checked my patient portal to see if I passed and I did (it was 102).

I'm 26w5d today, so that means only one more check in here, then it's off to 3rd tri! Crazy! When I was at my appointment last week, the dr made a comment that I needed to eat more. I've only gained 11lbs. So I've been trying to eat more protein, but I get full so quickly no matter what I eat! And the more I eat, the worse my acid reflux (and nausea) gets.

Oh, and DH has the flu (even with the flu shot) so I'm praying that I don't get it!

QOTW: I feel like winter is never leaving! We had snow/sleet yesterday, and more snow on the way for Thursday and Monday!

[purpledaisy923]

amshark - I'm so glad that you have made it to 3rd tri! Keep growing, babies!

sunshinedaisies - Good luck at your glucose test! FYI, I will only be checking in on this board, so you can take me off of the check-in at the "other place".

AFM- I am 21w4d today and I have an appointment with my MFM next Tuesday. I had an appointment with my OB last week and she went over my a/s results. The babies are perfect!

My feet and ankles have been swollen in the evenings, no matter if I keep my feet up during the day or not. It's uncomfortable, but it could be worse. I might need to buy bigger shoes lol.

The babies have been kicking like crazy the past few days. I love it! DH took a nap using my bump as a pillow the other day and he felt a thump to his cheek. He was so excited!

QOTW: It has been cold here, but no snow at all. I love winter, so I really wish it would snow already!

[sunnyb]

You're an amazing check in leader, sunshinedaisies ! Thanks for all your hard work.
Love seeing all your updates ladies!
sugar4bri I hope you don't get the flu

I'm currently 19w5d. My next appointment is for an U/S on Feb 19.

I'm freaking out today because my DH is sick as hell. He was sick every two hours throughout the night and morning. He's now in urgent care because he has a fever to go along with it. For anyone that remembers me from IF, I have horrible OCD and serious germophobia. This is terrifying me. I'm SO afraid that I will get what he has and it will harm my babies. I'm trying not to spaz about it but I'm dealing with a lot of anxiety about it. On top of that, I don't want to touch anything in my house!!! Last night we were listening to the babies on the doppler, holding hands, etc. I feel like I'm doomed.

Thanks for letting me put this here.

[rella22]

I'm soooooo very close to the 3rd tri!!  27 weeks today and feeling pretty good!  Have the headaches under control, and go for my 1 hour glucose test tomorrow, OB appt. on Thursday which starts my every 2 week appts.!!  

QOTW:  Snow, ice and coldness!!

[cwuredhot]

Hi!! May I join?? Slowly coming over from TB. I just dont sit down at a computer very much so not on here as often as I would like but trying to pop in more!

EDD July 26th (We will find out in probably March the gender)
I am currently 15w 2d
I don't have my next appt for another two weeks.

QOTW: Happy Groundhog’s Day!! What’s the weather forecast in your area? Are you in for more winter or an early spring??? We are rainy but mild. Our mountains are hurting for snow so unless we get something soon, our summer is going to be rough.

[viola]

sunshinedaisies Thanks for the check-in and acknowledging my V-day!
I celebrated briefly and explained what it was to DH. It was the milestone I was waiting for to buy some things so, yay for shopping!

amshark Congrats on making it this far! FX for many more weeks to come.
jessimi06 You're in my thoughts! FX the bleed doesn't progress and you make it nice and far with those babies.
sugar4bri Oh no! I hope you don't get sick and that your H feels better soon.

AFM: I'm doing horrible with my restrictions. At first I was afraid to sneeze and now sometimes I forget I even have restrictions and carry on as if everything is normal. My next appointment is the 12th and I am going to ask about (and write down) some real "rules" to follow. I think I distracted the MW with questions when she was initially telling me about the previa before she could elaborate. Of course I was distracted as well and now can't remember a lot of what she said. Luckily, I still haven't had any bleeding or spotting and no bad cramping to speak of. I may request another scan to check placenta location before 32 weeks. Anyone that has placenta previa experience with insight on this? Is it better to just wait longer to see if it moved? I want an earlier scan because I will have to change care providers/delivery locations if it doesn't move.


QOTW: It's been cold in my part of FL. Of course my heat is broken so I'm suffering through low 60s in my house. It can't last very long though. I should be seeing signs of spring by March regardless.

[julie216]

sunshinedaisies, thank you for doing this. Can I be added? I'm 16w5d. Due 7/20/15. 2 babes. Don't know the sex of them yet. 2/23 is my anatomy
scan Hope they cooperate and we find out then!

Had a cervical check on Tuesday. All looks good! m/s has finally left the building, thank God! Feeling out of breath a lot. DD is getting harder to pick up and carry around.

amshark.....So happy those lil one's have stayed put... hopefully the bleeding/spotting will subside and they will stay there another 6-8 weeks!

QOTW: Snowing on the east coast again. I'm in the Boston area and they are forecasting another 12-18 inches when all is said and done, which will be Tuesday morning. Groundhog says 6 more weeks of winter....I don't believe we will see the grass till May!