Grad Check In (Sorry it's late)

[lickwed]

Ladies, how are you doing.  Let us know how far along you are and any upcoming appointments, milestones, and such.

QOTW:  What is the last thing you did to prepare for baby?  If you haven't done anything yet, what is the first thing on your list?

[sonpetitlapin]

I am 6w1d today. I have an appointment tomorrow for an u/s at 8:30am. I had bleeding last night when I went to the bathroom. It was pink and only during that setting. PGAL brian went into overload and freaked me out. That was midnight and I was awake until 4am constantly checking. I haven't had anymore. I called and they seem to feel it was related to intercourse SO and I had over 14 hours earlier. I have been advised no sex for 24 hours after bleeding stopped and they left the option up to me for the U/S. I feel like a crazy woman for saying I wanted to come in, especially being at that grey area of 6 weeks where they may or may not see a heartbeat. I could have waited until next Tuesday for my appointment....but I would have went nuts. Now I am completely paranoid.

QOTW: What is the last thing you did to prepare for baby? If you haven't done anything yet, what is the first thing on your list?

Nothing yet. I feel I will jinx myself if I do. I am not sure what I will do first. I am actually really not trying to think about it. I gues I don't want to get myself to invested if something happens.

[Divefrog]

sonpetitlapin, I am so sorry you are having to deal with all the worry. At least for me, also having had an early loss, I feel like I just can't be happy and excited about the whole thing until around 14weeks after I've made it past the first trimester and screenings etc. I hope you get some reasurance from the scan.FX for you!

I am 9weeks along. I had my intake appointment at a new midwife and OBGYN practice on Friday. Nothing too exciting to report, peed in a cup, gave a ton of blood and reviewed my medical history with the midwife. We talked breifly about my reasons to switch practices and desire to attempt a VBAC, requested screening test(s) etc. No physical exam as my last pap was only 6 months ago, and they weren't confirming pregnancy, plus too early to hear baby on doppler. Next appointment will be for screening tests, but not sure when as thier genetic office will call me to set things up.

QOTW: We haven't done anything sepcifically to get ready for this baby. My primary conerns are 1)Staying preganant- as it's a little early for me to think I will defintiely have a baby, and 2) If we do get to bring this baby home, my primary concern will be prepping DD for it's arrival vs getting anything ready for the baby itself. My current train of thought is that the baby could care less as long as it is warm, dry and fed...DD on the other hand is going to have her whole world turned on it's head. So we are already trying to make subtle changes that will make things easier on her, and plan to make a few more changes in the next month so that she doesn't associate them with the baby coming.

[flippinchica]

sonpetitlapin, I'm sorry for the bleeding and PGAL brain. It is so stressful.

Divefrog, there is a whole thread on parenting today about adding a second to the mix so you may want to check that out even though I know that it is early.

AFM: Nothing much here. I went to the dentist today and found out I have my first cavity but he doesn't think it is bad enough to fill it while I'm pregnant. I will be 18 weeks tomorrow and I'm counting down to my anatomy scan next tuesday and hoping to feel movement soon.

QOTW: On saturday. I went to a bag sale at a nearby thrift store where you can fill a trash bag for 10 bucks and got a bunch of baby clothes. It was a bit chaotic but it was fun.

[colinsfebmommy]

Well I think by calculations I'm only a few weeks but I did make my first appt for April 3, so I'm pretty excited for that!

I haven't done anything baby related yet but that doesn't mean I don't want to lol

[lickwed]

flippinchica, I actually found out I had a cavity when I was just barely pregnant, but they wanted me to wait until the 2nd trimester with a note from my doctor. Ended up being a moot point, but I'm glad your doctor is letting you wait until after pregnancy. I hate having cavities filled.

[Maggie0424]

Hi Everyone!

Tomorrow I have a u/s and dr appt. I will be 11 weeks tomorrow. I haven't seen the baby in a month so I'm looking forward to it but am also anxious/nervous too. If all goes well, I'll have my maternit21 test next week. I've been having some slight cramping but no bleeding. Just really hoping for a positive outcome tomorrow!

QOTW: What is the last thing you did to prepare for baby? If you haven't done anything yet, what is the first thing on your list?

I haven't really done anything to prepare. DH has done more things like getting his additional trainings he needs to do for work out the way so he won't have to worry about it once the baby comes. The first thing I will do is probably figure out sleeping arrangements. DD cosleeps but probably won't want to once the baby comes. We'll see how it all works out.

[URMySunshine77]

sonpetitlapin and Maggie0424, I hope that all goes smoothly for you both. XO

[colinsfebmommy]

Mar 10, 2015 6:31:48 GMT -5 @clgsquared said:

Mar 9, 2015 21:13:49 GMT -5 colinsfebmommy said:

Well I think by calculations I'm only a few weeks but I did make my first appt for April 3, so I'm pretty excited for that!

I haven't done anything baby related yet but that doesn't mean I don't want to lol

5 weeks and some change here and our first appt is April 3 also.
Not much to prep at this point!

Yay! Can't wait to hear your appointment news! 

[sonpetitlapin]

flippinchica, URMySunshine77, Divefrog, Thank you! The u/s went well. Measuring at 6w0d Two days behind from LMP. Yolk sac and fetal pole was seen. And I about died when I saw the flicker on the screen. A good strong heart beat of 106 bpm for this stage of gestation. I know I am not out of the woods but I do have some piece of mind.

[flyliceandcoffee]

sonpetitlapin, I'm so so so happy to hear that everything looks good!

Not much to report here, my betas looked good, the first one was approx 3000 at almost 5 weeks, and they said it rose appropriately for the next one so I'm in the clear from blood draws for a bit. We were supposed to have our dating u/s this week (just under 7 weeks now), but my parents are in town so we pushed it off until next week. I'm a little nervous about it, but have been feeling like shit every afternoon for the last week so I'm taking that as a good sign and not stressing.

[URMySunshine77]

Paging @jimbobcooter, cml112, radiantly, and beckyp005! Anyone else we are forgetting?

[Deleted]

Hey there ladies!

I'm not going nitpick over a few days here. I'm calling this one. THIRD TRIMESTER! I cannot believe how fast this pregnancy has gone. Things are starting to feel so incredibly real.   I went to lunch with my mom today and she was finally jumping out of her skin with excitement. She's been fairly quiet and reserved about it up until now.   She gave me a baby book and calendar and said there is much more on the way.

Physically, I've really hit the wall. I am so exhausted all the time, my back hurts like crazy, and I'm pretty sure I have grown a volcano in my throat. It makes it really hard to keep mentally focused but I'm doing my best. If I get good sleep I'm able to push through it. My glucose test is coming up this week. Hard to believe that this time in three months this is mostly likely all going to be behind me and we will have an outside baby. Mind blown!

[lickwed]

@jimbobcooter, So excited for you. I'm glad everything is finally coming together with your mom and the excitement is kicking in.

[radiantly]

Thanks for paging me. I had a tough week. Busy at work and some emotional still in my personal life I'm all talked out (and cried out) from therapy so I'll save you the details. It has nothin to do with my awesome husband and baby though. Just old crap and other peoples crap. Let's just say I am learning to focus on myself.

I had a scary episode weds almost fainted in the subway. Luckily my husband was with me (he had a feeling bc I wasn't feeling good when I woke up so he waited for me to leave together). We got out of the train and I just wanted to head home. A subway station in NYC at rush hour is not fun when you feel like fainting. We sat on one of those yucky benches and I was bawling. He got me home and I had to work still but only a few hours on the computer. Then it turned into the worst headache I've ever had. Lasted thru Thursday.

Today I feel great. 100%. Pregnancy is weird. I will take the lesson that I need to listen to my body

Edit mobile post fail. More to say.

So I'm leaving Sunday for my final international work trip. Panama. It will be warm. Sunny. I am hoping my team will be great and I am going to practice not being stressed. I am a corporate conference planner and I am in charge. Me. Decision maker. For a 2 day event. Only about 250 people but so many things going on.

Anyway regarding buying stuff. Haven't bought anything but we went to buy buy baby and walked thru for the registry. Have to go back for stroller discussions. Then will want to get a used one on Craigslist. I am eyeing stroller brands on the sidewalk like crazy.

That's it. Oh and today I am 16 weeks! Avocado.

Oh and I went facebook public this week. Was awesome.

[cml112]

Thanks for the page!

I am officially 12 weeks today! That sounds so crazy to say!! I have a big ol bump right now, these babies are growing a lot! It's a good thing I've told the friends and family (not FB though) now because it's really pretty obvious by looking at my belly.

I switched OB offices and I LOVE my new OB office. I feel slightly behind on appointments because they had to wait for all my records from the RE and previous OB, so my first appointment was meeting docs and nurses and going over all the previous history. This office wants me to see the MFM that is at their office along side my regular OB vs waiting till later on to get referred to the MFM. I like that.

QOTD: I haven't bought a thing yet because I want to know what the sexes are first. I'll see a cute outfit and want to buy one or two, but it would be a waste of money if it was two of the other sex. So another 6 weeks I guess.

[lucylulu]

I'm late to the party as usual.

8 weeks here. We have our second u/s this Wednesday to recheck cervical length as it was shirt the first time. I was already planning a repeat cerclage at 12-14 weeks but am hoping I can be active up until then.

Haven't bought anything for baby yet although I did but myself a few tops. Yes I know it's early and just bloat but I'm not like the way anything fits!

[sunni1]

Hey Everybody,

I finally found you guys, yay!!! Yes I had been away for a bit, from TB, when everything went down. But I found everyone. I am still using the same name. I see some familiar names. 
 
Well as you can see in my siggy I finally got my BFP!! I am 10w3d today. It has been a long hard road. 5 IUI's, 3 AI ICI's. Who would have thought the one that would do the trick was the one I did myself. All that money on the RE, I could have paid myself, Lol. I had my first u/s @7w3d. Little pumpkin was on track with a heartbeat. Second u/s @9w3d, even more beautiful site to see. Pumpkin still growing on time heartbeat still strong. Had my genetics/ gender test ( it's called Counsyl in California) this past Monday. Next appointment is next Friday. Can't wait. This is surreal.

[nikolie93]

Love all the updates! I'm thinking of you all often

[lickwed]

lucylulu, wear whatever is comfortable. Most of the ladies I know with a 2nd, where in their old maternity clothes around 8-10 weeks.

sunni1, so glad you found us and congrats! I hope the results of your genetics test come in soon and are normal.