****2nd Tri Check-in 3/16****

[nutmeg8484]

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 tag me) 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: What was the last movie you saw in theatres? how did you like it/ Would you recommend it?

Last Week!
bears1011 - June 10 (girl) – Good luck in 3rd tri! Hope your checkup went well and so glad to hear the spotting was nothing.
purpledaisy923 - June 12 (b/g twins) – Good luck in 3rd tri! So sorry to hear about your kitty. I hope that the ibuprophin works and that you are able to bulk those babies up with chocolate milkshakes.
kam10- June 14 (Boy)- Good luck in 3rd tri! Happy to hear someone who pregnancy is treating well, I hope things continue to go smooothly for you!
@jimbobcooter - June 14 (boy) – Good luck in 3rd Tri! I'm sorry pregnancy has sucked so bad for you, but you are almost there.
sunnyb - June 15 (twins – Team Green) – Good luck in 3rd tri! I hope that your sinus thing didn't turn into a full on infection. I hope your glucose test goes well this week.


JUNE
jessimi06 - June 16 (b/g twins) – So happy to hear baby's heart looks good! Did you get your GTT results yet? Good luck!
hbanana18 - June 18 (girl) – Thanks for the sleep positioning tips! I have been trying to remember to use them and I finally ordered my pillow to come in Tuesday so I'm hoping for more, better sleep!
beachbum913 - June 19 (boy) – Good luck on your GTT!
erbear – June 24 (girl) – How are you doing? Any new updates?

JULY
katemonster - July 7 (team green) – I hope things worked out with your job and that the nursery came out wonderfully.
julie216 – July 20 (twins- Girl/Girl) – I hope your MFM appt goes well today.
autumray- July 20 (??) - Welcome to the check in! How did your A/S go? Did you get a pee at the goods?
chicory - July 21 (twins – Boy/Boy) - How are things going?
cwuredhot – July 26 (Boy) – I hope that your previa will resolve soon. I have an anterior placenta too, have you noticed that it dulls any movement you might feel otherwise?
nutmeg8484 – July 28 (Stubborn baby) – Thats me!

AUGUST
runcici – August 4 (Boy) – I'm jealous that you know it's baby... I'm still guessing all the time! How is baby's heart looking?
notelsie – August 5 (Boy) – So happy that there was nothing serious going on with you. How did your anatamy scan go? I loved being able to watch baby for a while.
lebradford – August 5 (??) – How are things going? Did you find out a team?
alpcrna- August 6 (??) - Happy to hear things are still looking good!
cbnola71- August 29 (??)- Ugh, I hate when you don't get called back in a timely manner. Did you ever end up hearing back from them? I hope that the increased H2O has helped since then. I try to drink about 48oz. of water and get the rest of my fluid intake fron milk.

SEPTEMBER
bunnybun- September 3 (??) - Welcome! Glad to hear your NT scan went well.

[llm100811]

nutmeg8484 I would like to be added to 2nd tri, please!
My EDD is September 13th, so I am 14w1d and have a definite bump happening.
Right now I'd like to find out the gender, but my husband, the crazy "I need to have a plan for everything" guy has shocked the heck out of me and has stated he'd like to not find out. We will see how long this will last.....ultrasound mid to end of April will be when we can find out the gender, I'm anxious to see if he will stick to his guns or if he'll go back to his "need to know" ways! So I guess for right now we are team green.

Last movie was American Sniper. I know there is a lot of controversy surrounding the film, but I think taking the approach that this is one person's experience/viewpoint is important. I have a few friends that are soldiers that have served over in Iraq and Afghanistan and unfortunately they have very similar experiences/stories of terrorists using each other (including children) to harm US soldiers. It makes me sad, especially knowing how many people just want to live a normal life with their families in a safe environment. The people that are truly innocent must live in constant fear. I'd recommend the movie, but also the book as well. There is more detail and information about his deployments in the book, so if you just see the movie a few things might not make much sense.

[bunnybun]

nutmeg8484- yes 9/3/15.
I'm now 15 weeks 4 days...doing well...trying to not go crazy waiting for my AS in April. I do feel like my boobs have gotten a little smaller...I had porn star boobs last week and they have consistently gotten bigger throughout this pregnancy...can someone please tell me it is normal for them to go back down a little (they are still bigger than normal and sore).
I saw the new Vince Vaughn movie a few weeks ago (can't think of the name...it was about a business trip). I'm a huge VV fan but this movie was pretty terrible.

[hbanana18]

Thanks for the check in nutmeg8484! Did you schedule an elective U/S to see if you can see sex of your stubborn baby?

I hit 27 weeks this Thursday - I can't believe it.
Feeling mostly good, have my GTT next Thursday...fun is.
Started having Braxton hicks this past week, and baby girl is constantly on the move.

QOTW - St. Vincent is the last movie I saw in theaters. It was really cute. Melissa McCarthy was in a more serious role than she's done lately, but it was still good!

[julie216]

Good afternoon ladies! nutmeg8484, as always, thank you for doing this... and I have 2 anterior placentas...just started feeling the girls regularly the past week or so!

22 weeks today! It is flying by! Had my MFM appointment this morning and both girls are doing great. Baby A measured 1.1oz and Baby B 1 lb. Doctor said that was great.. so I'm happy about that!

QOTW: Last movie I saw in theaters was Hunger Games Mocking Jay. My guilty pleasure... loved the books and love the movies.. so yes, I would recommend it.. but I know its not everone's cup of tea!

[chicory]

I'll be 22 weeks tomorrow and doing well. Staying super busy, I'm not even sure I remembered to check in last week? I'm getting bigger and trying to figure out all the little conveniences it's starting to cause...tying my shoes, shaving my legs, and getting comfy in bed are all just a little more interesting than they used to be. Makes me worry for when those tasks will get much harder later! The boys have started a new thing now, they used to kick and punch, now all I feel are rolling sensations, which are weird. They're harder for DH to feel, which is a bummer, but as long as they're having fun in there, it's cool. Not much else to report. I have an OB appt in 1 week and next growth scan with MFM in 2 weeks.
QOTW: I honestly can't remember! We don't watch a ton of TV and watch movies even less often...and never go to the theater! We're just not cool like that, I guess.

[jessimi06]

Thanks for the check in nutmeg8484!

This is actually my last week as I'm 27 weeks today- my EDD is 6/15 (not sure how I didn't notice it was wrong before haha). I can't believe I'm going to be hitting 3rd tri, but at the same time I'm very excited! I failed 2/4 tests by less than 5 pts for my 3 hr GTT so I technically have GD. I meet with the nutritionist next week. My nurse said that since I barely failed that I'll hopefully be able to keep it under control with just watching what I eat.

QOTW- I can't remember the last movie we saw in theaters. I had bad morning/motion sickness until 17 weeks and started bed rest at 18 weeks, so it's been a really long time.

[sunnyb]

It's not my last week yet! My EDD is a c-section at 38w4d Actual due date is 6/25.
Thanks for the good luck! I hope I pass the glucose test. I have a scan Thursday. G-dwilling my cervix didn't shorten any further. I feel pretty anxious.

[sunnyb]

Welcome all the new 2nd tri participants!
Congratulations to all those moving onto 3rd tri!!!

[Deleted]

I cannot believe I change check ins next week! How the heck has that happened?!!?

6/14, 27w1d, team blue

Well the reflux induced vomiting reached a nasty peak this weekend and I ended up at L&D. I assumed I'd be there for a few hours to get fluids, like happened once with DS but no. I threw up four times in three hours, even with a dose of Zofran and Reglan, so they kept me over night on IV fluids. The next morning they gave me IV Reglan again and let me eat breakfast, since it's usually the one meal of the day I can trust. That stayed down so they gave me an oral dose at lunch and let me eat again. Once they were sure that was staying down they let me go home. So now I have the Reglan script to take before meals, which is supposed to help me digest everything faster. I haven't thrown up in 48 hours now so hallelujah!

Glucose test is tomorrow morning! Wish me luck on that one!

[sunnyb]

Holy moly. Glad you're ok @jimbobcooter, that sounds awful. Good luck on your GTT.

[katemonster]

nutmeg8484,thanks for the checkin!
llm100811, welcome! My DH wanted to be team green as well - guess it's more exciting for him. It's a mix of fun and torture not knowing.
bunnybun, not sure about the shrinking boobs - it might feel that way if they're less tender?
sunnyb, FX for a long cervix (that sounds sort of weird, but you know what I mean)
@jimbobcooter, sorry to hear about the ER visit, but glad things seem to be better.

24w4d and feeling pretty good. Baby is moving all the time! I kept my job last week, but a lot of friends were laid off. It's been a rough week. We did get the nursery pretty well set up though, and I love it! Now we just need window treatments.

QOTW : I want to say Gone Girl - I don't go to many movies.

[sunnyb]

katemonster it is the nicest thing anyone said to me all day! I'm sorry about so many of your friends getting laid off.

[nutmeg8484]

llm100811 We have been team green against our will for about a week and a half and we are going crazy! I don't know how people do it.
hbanana18 We have our elective scheduled for Saturday! This baby better cooperate this time!
julie216 People keep asking if I feel anything and I'm always like 'Maybe, sometimes, if I get kicked in the crotch?' ugh. I can't wait until I know for sure and DH can feel too.
jessimi06 Good luck in 3rd tri. I seriously suck at this! It's too bad about your GTT but it doesn't sound like you are too far off. Hopefully diet/exercise will keep things in check!
sunnyb Add me to the list of people hoping for a nice long cervix! We are glad to keep you around these parts a little longer!
@jimbobcooter Wow, I can't imagine how awful that must be for you but I'm glad Reglan seems to be working for you. Good luck tomorrow!
katemonster I'm glad to hear you kept your job, but sorry to hear so many of your friends didn't.

AFM: This past weekend I went with my mom to finish up the majority of the registry, which took forever. I'm glad that's one thing I can check off my list though. Most of the things I liked happened to be gender neutral too so having a stubborn kid didn't cause too many problems!
I also found out that MIL thinks we should have a co-ed shower and it turned into some hurt feeling when DH let her know in no uncertain terms that there was no way he was going to sit through the thing. If you knew him there would be no doubt in your mind that that is the last thing he would ever do, why she thought it was a good idea is something I will never figure out. Anyway, we are just anxiously awaiting Saturdays elective ultrasound and hopefully baby gives up the good this time around!

[cbnola71]

Thanks for the check-in, nutmeg8484. You're pretty awesome for this!
jessimi06, sorry for the GD diagnosis... but at least its on the lower end of the abnormal range.
@jimbobcooter, that really sucks that you had to go to L&D for vomitting! glad its resolved itself though.. hopefully you can tolerate that orange drink at your glucose test! Good luck!

AFM - 16w2d, 8/29, Team? we find out april 18th and I cannot waaaiiitttt.

We decided to have a family crawfish boil since it will be prime time for that and will also do a gender reveal at the end of it. I will have a friend of mine bake a cake and we will find out with family, which is a compromise between me and my husband. I wanted to find out at our A/S on april 14th. DH wanted to wait for the birth. He conceded if I agreed to have a gender reveal with his whole family - all 45 of them. yipee for party planning!

As for last week's tachycardia, my doctor's nurse said she never got my message when I called again on tuesday.. (i don't understand this..)
the on call doctor called me about 2 hours later and said to drink more water, go get a blood test, and referred me to a cardiologist. I went to that appt on Friday. He said the EKG was normal, and my HR/BP was normal in the office but something sounds different in my carotids. oh boy! so now I have to have a carotid ultrasound, a holter monitor, and another EKG at the hospital to do a full work up. and the soonest appt for the US is in 2 weeks! I'm reeeaallllyyy hoping its nothing too serious since I have to wait 2 weeks to find out anything!

[beachbum913]

llm100811 I'm pretty partial to your due date!

@jimbobcooter that sounds awful. I'm glad you're ok.

AFM I'm 26+3, due 6/19. I had my GTT today, now I just wait on results. They said no news is good news, but it could take until Friday for results. .ugh, so I get to stress all week about it.

So today I found out my employer changed their Fmla policy in January. When we got pregnant, my employer offered 6 weeks partial pay. Now, it's no pay. I'm pretty upset bc we have been saving and budgeting expecting to get 60 percent pay for those 6 weeks.

ETA: QOTW: mocking jay was the last movie I saw in theaters. I am a huge hunger games can do I would recommend it.
I'm upset about avengers 2 coming out in may. ..I can't sit through an entire movie now without peeing 5 times, so I definitely won't be paying to go see anything in the theater. ...but. ..avengers!

[alpcrna]

I am 19w4d. I missed last weeks check in because I was out of town. We have our anatomy scan on Friday, so we are super excited.

QOTW: The last move I saw in the theaters was Focus. I am a Will Smith fan so I was excited to see it. It was decent, but not great. I would recommend watching it, but maybe at home instead of the theater.

[sunnyb]

Beach bum, that sucks about your company ugh! I hate when that kinda stuff happens!

[purpledaisy923]

I'm 27w3d today. I have my GTT on Friday morning and my baby shower and my Birthday are on Sunday. It's really starting to feel real- I'm going to be a mommy lol! I also have a 3D ultrasound scheduled for March 23rd as a Birthday present to myself.

QOTW: American Sniper was the last movie I saw in theaters. It was a pretty good movie, but it's not my favorite. War/military movies just are not my thing. I love scary/horror movies lol!