***2nd Tri Check-In 11/7/16*** New Leader Needed Soon!

[dancerspose]

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 tag me) and include:

- EDD (and team if you know - or team green if you aren't finding out?
- How far along you are?
- Upcoming appointments? Anything you’d like to share?

Take a second to add your info to this thread now that you've graduated 1st tri:

www.goodbyecb.proboards.com/thread/11024/spotting-poll-helpful-show-newbies

Everyone else: How are you doing? What’s new?

QOTW: What's your favorite Thanksgiving recipe (links welcome)?

February
tiresiastheblond 2/5 (girl)
runcici 2/8 (girl)
dancerspose 2/16 (girl)
crazycatlady6 2/23 (boy)
@wineandcupcakes 2/25 (twin girls)

March
turquoisequeen 3/5 (girl)
dukegirlsc 3/12 (boy/girl twins)
glb30 3/25 (girl)
sms2524 3/27 (girl)
. 3/28 (girl)
doves654 3/31 (girl)

April
jennykat 4/5
rslh10 4/5 (deliver 3/16, girl)
fishchicks 4/9 (twin girls)- Hope all is going well!
trytobearunner34 4/21 (girl)

As hard as it is for me to believe, we'll need a new leader soon.  I can do next week's check-in too, but after that I'll be moving on.  Any takers?  It's a pretty easy one to run!

[glb30]

. I hope the a/s is perfect, and confirms a false positive.

I'm 20+2 today, and also visiting an MFM today for my anatomy scan. I've had a lot of anxiety over the last 2 weeks about this, and am just glad it's here. Luckily, it's in the morning, so I only have a little over an hour more to wait. I think I have started feeling some movement though! Also, if today goes well, we are announcing on social media- which feels like a HUGE step for me. I honestly probably would have continued putting it off, but my husband asked me when I was going to. His excitement is allowing my excitement to outweigh the worry a bit.

Any prayers or positive vibes for a good anatomy scan would be much appreciated. I have no reason to be so worried, but I am.

[glb30]

QOTW: I don't really cook, so I have no recipe to share, but my MIL makes some amazingly sweet sweet potatoes. I wish I could eat them now! I'm also a huge fan of the basics- mashed potatoes, stuffing!

[glb30]

. my H asked for me to make it in the afternoon in case he had to be in court. I told him this was the only time they had. Hahaha.


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[tiresiastheblond]

dancerspose, Thanks for the check-in! I can't believe you're almost to third tri!
. and glb30, FX everything looks perfect at your scans today. I was a nervous wreck before mine as well--I hope after today both of you can breathe easy!

AFM, I can't believe I'm at the top of the list! In fact, I'm not totally sure I'm still supposed to be here at 27 weeks, 1 day, but either way this is my last checkin before moving on to third tri. Things are going well; lots of movement, and I'm finally over this cold/sinus infection I had for over a month. We'd delayed the 3-hour glucose test due to that, but it's definitely on for Friday now.

QOTW: We usually travel for Thanksgiving, so I haven't had much of a chance to try anything out. That's not a complaint, btw.

[doves654]

. good luck with the appt today!
glb30 I'm so excited that you're starting to feel movement! Let us know how your appt goes - I have everything crossed for you!
tiresiastheblond I'm so glad you're feeling better! BTW what is the story behind your user name?


AFM 19w3d and nothing until my anatomy scan on November 17th. No movement yet but hopefully soon!

[glb30]

The anatomy scan went really well! The baby was pretty chill through-out. She's measuring right on, and everything looks good! Feel so so so relieved.


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[dancerspose]

., hope your a/s goes well!
glb30 glad everything looked good, hope this helps ease your mind!
tiresiastheblond congrats on moving on to 3rd tri! Also, glad you're feeling better!
doves654, don't worry it's still a little early for some.
jennykat, good luck tomorrow!

AFM I'm 25w4d today and doing well. Feeling lots of movement and getting bigger. No more appointments until an OB one on 11/22. I'm off work this week and looking forward to some R&R with DH, maybe get some painting and flooring done in the nursery, and an overnight trip to NYC for our anniversary on Thursday!

[dukegirlsc]

dancerspose, thank you for the check in. Yay for lots of movement and for a week off and anniversary trip!!
., I hope everything goes well today!
glb30, I'm so glad everything went well with your scan!
tiresiastheblond, I'm glad you are feeling better! I hope the glucose test goes well!
doves654, glad all is well! My A/S is on the 17th too, it feels forever away right now!
jennykat, GL on your scan tomorrow!

[dukegirlsc]

I am 19w1d and doing pretty well. No appointments until 11/17 when we have our A/S. I'm feeling some small movements, mainly out of baby girl so I'm hoping they will both join in and get more consistent soon!

QOTD: My 2 favorite things at Thanksgiving are cranberry relish and cornbread stuffing. I think the closest recipe to my grandmothers is this one from Paula Deen www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/southern-cornbread-stuffing-recipe.html

[glb30]

dancerspose enjoy the day off!

@dukesgirlsc yay for feeling movement!

jennykat fingers crossed for a perfect scan!

tiresiastheblond glad you are feeling better!

[trytobearunner34]

dancerspose, Thanks for the checkin!

., I hope your ankle gets to feeling better soon!

glb30,  Glad your scan went well!

jennykat, Hope your scan went well...

doves654,dukegirlsc,  Hope your scans go well next week!

Today I am 16 + 4 and all is well.  The last visit with the OB we were in an out in less than 15 minutes!


QOTW: What's your favorite Thanksgiving recipe (links welcome)?  I'm a weirdo and don't really like Thanksgiving foods.  My favorite foods are ham (what I make when I am hosting Thanksgiving dinner-along with turkey) and lasagna (she makes it for me when she hosts).

[rslh10]

Hi ladies,

I'll be 19 weeks tomorrow- still can't believe it. We had our anatomy scan last Thursday and everything looked great. She did say that baby wasn't giving her some of the really good pics she needed so we go back 11/17 to have another scan.

I asked my MFM to look at K's autopsy report and hopefully she could give me a better idea as to what really happened. She said 100% that Kenley died from the blood clot in her umbilical cord. Because of this, she wanted to test me for a few more blood clotting issues. Thank god she did, because I am Protein S deficient. She immediately started me on Lovenox, and I will be on it until I deliver, + 6 weeks PP.

It absolutely terrifies me that I could have lost this baby to a random blood clot issue as well. I'm just beside myself now with more fear than I really wanted to have during this pregnancy.

[rslh10]

@wineandcupcakes I'm on 40mg of lovenox and I've been on baby aspirin since losing Kenley.

At my initial appt they ran the APS tests on me, I had like 10 vials drawn and this time I had 6. I'm not sure if it was a complete work up but I do know we're waiting on Factor V Leiden results and possibly one more.

Yeah I'm pretty pissed that I had to lose my daughter this way for someone to run it. I feel like (now that I know what it can cause) it should be a basic blood work run up after one loss. Our healthcare system needs to work better for infertility and loss couples. This should have been caught and maybe then I wouldn't have lost K. Who knows. Or fuck at least my OB should have put me on baby aspirin. My OB was a joke. Ugh.

[glb30]

@rlsh10 I'm sorry you are dealing with extra stress, but thank god your RE discovered it and steps are being taken to protect this baby. How scary! And I'm sorry for the feelings it must bring up regarding Kenley. Huge (((hugs)))