PAIF/PGAL check in week of 3/13

[starmile]

thechickencoop, I hope you're able to get to your midwife safely tomorrow and get good news about the bleeding. FX it's just the damn crinone.

[rm2013]

thechickencoop +1 for it just being random and everything's ok!! Hope the weather cooperates tmo and you can get some reassurance.

[blackmamba]

thechickencoop,thinking of you today. Be safe traveling.

[candylandycane]

May the roads be clear and safe, thechickencoop. I hope you get there safely and the midwife tells you it was nothing and baby is a-okay.

[thechickencoop]

Thanks for the hairpats guys, sorry to hijack the check in. So far it hasn't snowed as much as we thought it would. We have about 4 to 5 inches on the ground but it's been sleeting for the last couple hours so it's kind of chipping away at that.

H let me sleep so I'm eating breakfast in bed now and am getting ready to call to see if/when we can head down today.

ETA so they're closed. 😒 I'm going to call again later. H is freaking and is like, can't we go to another ob??? Um...no? And I'm not going to the ER. Spotting turned to very light and brown overnight so, that's good I guess.

[mrstommyshelby]

thechickencoop dropping in to say that it's very encouraging it changed to light and brown! I don't know anything about the crinone (fixed that spelling) you mention but I have a ton of personal spotting experience and a change like that is a great sign! This is a special kind of torture you are being put through right now but every minute is a minute closer to the next day and things are heading in the right direction! Wishing you the fastest day ever.

[NariaDreaming]

I woke up feeling pretty good overall. I'm pretty sure it's a trap, and I'm going to pay for saying that later... but my PGAL brain is freaking out at the lack of symptoms.

Ultrasound this time tomorrow. And it can't be here soon enough.

[bootsorhearts]

thechickencoop, I hope you can get to your appointment and hopefully the bleeding is nothing serious. Hang in there.

[Cythe]

Update: weird TP issue yesterday was spotting. With all the cramping I usually have I guess I'm not surprised. I wish I had a fucking doppler.

[Rama]

Mar 14, 2017 11:16:03 GMT -5 Cythe said:

Update: weird TP issue yesterday was spotting. With all the cramping I usually have I guess I'm not surprised. I wish I had a fucking doppler.

I wish I could share mine with you. :(

[bootsorhearts]

Rama, can you use your doppler already? I have one but I never tried to use it last time until 14 or 15 weeks. I guess I was just worried about not being able to find it and then freaking out.

[Rama]

Mar 14, 2017 12:38:49 GMT -5 bootsorhearts said:

Rama , can you use your doppler already? I have one but I never tried to use it last time until 14 or 15 weeks. I guess I was just worried about not being able to find it and then freaking out.

I haven't *seriously* attempted to use it.  We played with it once last week, just to get a feel for it.

I have a feeling that even if we do try to find things tonight, we're likely to not hear/not know what to listen for, so I'm pretty lowkey about it...at the moment.

[bootsorhearts]

Mar 14, 2017 12:41:06 GMT -5 Rama said:

Mar 14, 2017 12:38:49 GMT -5 bootsorhearts said:

Rama , can you use your doppler already? I have one but I never tried to use it last time until 14 or 15 weeks. I guess I was just worried about not being able to find it and then freaking out.

I haven't *seriously* attempted to use it.  We played with it once last week, just to get a feel for it.

I have a feeling that even if we do try to find things tonight, we're likely to not hear/not know what to listen for, so I'm pretty lowkey about it...at the moment.

There's definitely an art to it. You can easily pick up your own heartbeat and it's hard to tell the difference between you and baby until you get a feel for it. Like if your pulse matches what you're hearing, that's you. Usually baby's is faster. I'm on the fence about using ours this time. Maybe I should give it away to avoid the temptation!

[Cythe]

Mar 14, 2017 12:38:49 GMT -5 bootsorhearts said:

Rama, can you use your doppler already? I have one but I never tried to use it last time until 14 or 15 weeks. I guess I was just worried about not being able to find it and then freaking out.

I've watched the YouTube videos of ladies using it at 8 weeks, more often at 9. It's not easy, but they do it.

[thechickencoop]

Mar 14, 2017 11:16:03 GMT -5 Cythe said:

Update: weird TP issue yesterday was spotting. With all the cramping I usually have I guess I'm not surprised. I wish I had a fucking doppler.

Ugh I'm sorry.

[Cythe]

Mar 14, 2017 13:53:41 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

Mar 14, 2017 11:16:03 GMT -5 Cythe said:

Update: weird TP issue yesterday was spotting. With all the cramping I usually have I guess I'm not surprised. I wish I had a fucking doppler.

Ugh I'm sorry.

At least we have each other on this miserable and stupid bench.

[Cythe]

Mar 14, 2017 12:38:49 GMT -5 bootsorhearts said:

Rama, can you use your doppler already? I have one but I never tried to use it last time until 14 or 15 weeks. I guess I was just worried about not being able to find it and then freaking out.

Sorry to quote this again lol, but my friend just sent me her doppler and it arrived today. I'm 9w3d and found the HB after a few moments of smooshing around. I'm fairly thin so I'm not sure if that matters a ton or not.

[versed2]

How are you holding up this week?

I'm ten weeks now, and I've seen the baby twice and heard the heartbeat three times now, but it still doesn't feel real. I guess all the nausea is a reminder, but that's just pregnancy vs having a baby.

Any loss moms passing loss milestones this week?

My three losses were all before six weeks, so I'm feeling a little bit of confidence here and there.

Any big appointments?

I had a quick appointment on Monday to get meds, and the NP pulled out the Doppler for me, which was a beautiful sound. Next appointment isn't until 3/29 when I'll see the OB and do the MaterniT21 testing. Once we get through that, I'll feel a lot better.

[starmile]

Mar 14, 2017 15:30:31 GMT -5 Cythe said:

Mar 14, 2017 12:38:49 GMT -5 bootsorhearts said:

Rama , can you use your doppler already? I have one but I never tried to use it last time until 14 or 15 weeks. I guess I was just worried about not being able to find it and then freaking out.

Sorry to quote this again lol, but my friend just sent me her doppler and it arrived today. I'm 9w3d and found the HB after a few moments of smooshing around. I'm fairly thin so I'm not sure if that matters a ton or not.

How far down are you pressing? Like under the pubic bone? Or further up? Also does yours give you a ton of feedback?

[Cythe]

Mar 14, 2017 19:40:30 GMT -5 starmile said:

Mar 14, 2017 15:30:31 GMT -5 Cythe said:

Sorry to quote this again lol, but my friend just sent me her doppler and it arrived today. I'm 9w3d and found the HB after a few moments of smooshing around. I'm fairly thin so I'm not sure if that matters a ton or not.

How far down are you pressing? Like under the pubic bone? Or further up? Also does yours give you a ton of feedback?

I had the wand (for lack of a better term since its a pocket doppler so the whole thing is the wand) just above my pubic hair line, and was aiming down towards lady bits/spine. I pressed pretty good, nothing so it hurt or anything, but I had probably a half inch depressed into my skin. I didnt get a ton of feedback, I was pretty surprised how singled out the heartbeat was.

I definitely spent a good amount of time listening to the placenta/my heartbeat.
*oh, and I used some aloe vera gel I had on hand.

[starmile]

Cythe, Ok thank you! That's pretty much what I was doing but I didn't do it for too terribly long. I'll give it another try in a few days.
I feel like I was getting a lot of feedback, loud and scratchy. I wonder if something is wrong with my machine or if that was user error?

[Cythe]

Mar 14, 2017 19:52:15 GMT -5 starmile said:

Cythe , Ok thank you! That's pretty much what I was doing but I didn't do it for too terribly long. I'll give it another try in a few days.
I feel like I was getting a lot of feedback, loud and scratchy. I wonder if something is wrong with my machine or if that was user error?

I did more of a move and stop method so I didnt get a lot of feedback. I'd try an area, maybe press it in a circle and then move to a different area. At this point its absolutely guessing and testing and failing. I think someone/something out there just really knew I mentally needed to get lucky today!

[thechickencoop]

Mar 14, 2017 19:43:27 GMT -5 Cythe said:

Mar 14, 2017 19:40:30 GMT -5 starmile said:

How far down are you pressing? Like under the pubic bone? Or further up? Also does yours give you a ton of feedback?

I had the wand (for lack of a better term since its a pocket doppler so the whole thing is the wand) just above my pubic hair line, and was aiming down towards lady bits/spine. I pressed pretty good, nothing so it hurt or anything, but I had probably a half inch depressed into my skin. I didnt get a ton of feedback, I was pretty surprised how singled out the heartbeat was.

I definitely spent a good amount of time listening to the placenta/my heartbeat.
*oh, and I used some aloe vera gel I had on hand.

That's great! I'm glad you got to listen today

[brittneysandra]

I'm praying that after my 12 week appointment and ultrasound on Monday, I'll finally start feeling like this pregnancy is fine, Staying positive because I did pass my loss milestone but still just so nervous and want to get out of this first trimester , I never had these feelings with DD because I had no losses before her, wishing I could be as carefree as I was with her! , maybe Monday will help me turn that corner!
*i have also tried to use my fetal Doppler with no luck yet!

[brittneysandra]

thechickencoop how's everything going? Did you get an appointment?

[thechickencoop]

Mar 15, 2017 7:23:51 GMT -5 brittneysandra said:

thechickencoop how's everything going? Did you get an appointment?

The spotting has all but stopped which I'm really hoping is a good sign but who really knows. They are able to get me in at 10:30 so I dropped DS off at daycare and am now sitting in my favorite bakery in town noshing on a chocolate croissant and drinking coffee. Just waaaaiiiiting.

[bootsorhearts]

Cythe that's great that you were able to hear it! I'm pretty fluffy so I have a feeling I will be disappointed if I try. I'm worried the OB may not even be able to find it for the same reason.

[brittneysandra]

Mar 15, 2017 7:50:32 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

Mar 15, 2017 7:23:51 GMT -5 brittneysandra said:

thechickencoop how's everything going? Did you get an appointment?

The spotting has all but stopped which I'm really hoping is a good sign but who really knows. They are able to get me in at 10:30 so I dropped DS off at daycare and am now sitting in my favorite bakery in town noshing on a chocolate croissant and drinking coffee. Just waaaaiiiiting.

Thinking of you!!!!

[Cythe]

Mar 15, 2017 7:50:32 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

Mar 15, 2017 7:23:51 GMT -5 brittneysandra said:

thechickencoop how's everything going? Did you get an appointment?

The spotting has all but stopped which I'm really hoping is a good sign but who really knows. They are able to get me in at 10:30 so I dropped DS off at daycare and am now sitting in my favorite bakery in town noshing on a chocolate croissant and drinking coffee. Just waaaaiiiiting.

Thinking of you! And I want you to know that you have EXCELLENT taste in pastries.

[versed2]

Good luck today thechickencoop.

I had bleeding with DS1 at 15w that turned out to be a cervical polyp and nothing to do with baby.