PGAL/PAIF Check-In (11/22)

[caer]

Pregnant After Loss / Pregnant After Infertility (PGAL/PAIF) check-in is posted once a week (generally on a Monday) for those of us who have unfortunately experienced a loss or a history of infertility and are now pregnant. Anyone who participates may start the thread each week.

Out of respect to all the ladies here, please add a trigger warning or spoiler if you decide to talk about any living children.

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PGAL Mantras
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Today I am pregnant and I love my baby.



I am pregnant until someone tells me otherwise.



My past does not dictate my future. A previous m/c does not mean I will have another m/c.



Just because something sad is happening to another poster, does not mean it will happen to you. We all know m/c and complications are not contagious!



Hope does not make bad things happen" You cannot jinx your pregnancy by creating a ticker, getting excited, or telling someone. Live in the positive!



There is nothing I can do to prevent a m/c from happening. Worrying yourself sick doesn't prevent a m/c. And if (God forbid) it were to happen again, I know I will survive"

How far along are you?

How are you doing Physically/Emotionally?

Any upcoming appointments or tests?

Updates/Questions/Rants/Raves:

GTKY: What are you thankful for this year?

ETA: changed my question because it was the same one used in the weekly check-in!

[caer]

Question for all my PGAL/PAIF ladies. Now that we're all halfway and through our ultrasounds, do we want to move this to a monthly check-in? Or keep it weekly? It does seem to be frequently overlapping with the board check-in again so I could also move it to another day, too.

Let me know your thoughts!

[caer]

Bumping this up to see if anyone has any opinions. I'm inclined to change this to a monthly check-in and can post for December this week, unless anyone would prefer to stay weekly or has another option.

[callmeKD]

A monthly check in sounds good to me

[skk]

Sorry, I meant to respond earlier. I'm good with a monthly check-in too.

[mosdub]

I think monthly works for me - anyone can bump the thread if they are having a hard day too.

[glb30]

Monthly works for me!

[skk]

Just needing to get something off my chest because it's been bothering me for a bit... I went to my echo and all looked well with baby's heart. BUT they kept taking measurements and ended up telling me that baby is on the small side. The doctor asked me if I have been sick or eating properly and I left feeling so down. I haven't gained a lot this pregnancy and my OB hasn't said anything about it. I started overweight to begin with, so it's really better for me not to gain too much anyway. I haven't been able to eat as much as I normally do because of heartburn, gas, etc, but it's not like I skip any meals. Ugh, I know the measurements are not super precise and I shouldn't be letting this bother me so much...the main takeaway should've just been that the echo was clear.

[caer]

(((Hugs))) skk. I'm sorry their comments caused extra stress. Some babies are just tiny but everything is ok. DS was on the small side when he was born and measured behind during pregnancy but all was fine. I'm glad the echo went well, though.

[mosdub]

skk I'm sorry I would have dwelled on that too. I'm glad the echo went well, and I'm sure babes will be just fine, just a little smaller for now

[callmeKD]

skk chin up lady! Can you eat some more proteins and fats? G was small and is still petite. So your little lady may be the same way

[skk]

caer, mosdub, callmeKD - Thank you, ladies! It is so comforting to have a safe place to drop these worries with people who understand when others think I'm just crazy. I'm doing my best to keep a well balanced diet and have actually been able to eat more the last few days. Baby girl must've gotten the message and is trying to put my mind at ease...