AMA Check-in 4/21

[manderslvt]

Hi all!

Welcome to our weekly check-in for those of us who are pregnant at an Advanced Maternal Age, generally 35 and over.


How far along are you?

How are you feeling?

Any appointments this week?

Rants/raves?

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above?

[manderslvt]

How far along are you? 8w1d

How are you feeling? A little less terrible today.  The past few days have been rough...nausea, exhaustion, dizziness, moodiness.  My poor husband!

Any appointments this week? Last u/s with the RE on Friday before I am released to my OB. My u/s last Friday was good...baby is measuring right on schedule.

Rants/raves? Thank God for feeling a little better today!

GTKY: I'm a cat person, although as a vet tech, I suppose I'm really an "all" person!

[LanE]

How far along are you?
7 weeks 2 days

How are you feeling?
Yesterday I had my first bout of MS. Today's not looking to good either. I am having a really hard time sleeping. I am running on empty.


Any appointments this week?
I have my first US on Monday. Looking forward to seeing "magoo"

Rants/raves?
I wish I had the ability to sleep through DD MOTN wake up fits. DH can sleep through anything but the slightest peep from her I am up and can't fall back to sleep for hours, add growing a human and I am beat. I usually pass out about 730 watching TV with my daughter he puts her to bed. 430 am comes way too early everyday.

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above?
We have 5 barn cats, 5 dogs, 2 Rottweilers, 2 Treeing Walker Coonhounds, 1 Mountain Cur, 18 laying chickens, 1 rooster, 1 turkey and waiting on 24 meat pullets (baby chickens)

I think we a an animal friendly farm.
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[rmpar29]

Hi manderslvt! I'm going to be joining you here if that's OK.

How far along are you? 4W1D

How are you feeling? Exhausted. The crampiness has gone away a bit so that's good.

Any appointments this week?No. I emailed my doc on Saturday and have yet to hear back. I think I will give her until mid-day and then will email another doc at the practice. I want to know if they feel I should come in for betas and progesterone check.

Rants/raves? Umm...kind of covered that above.

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above? I like both, but I'm more of a dog person. I like that they want to cuddle and play for hours, while cats can be very aloof and tend to want to be left alone sometimes.

[meredithcarole]

How far along are you?

6w,3d

How are you feeling?

Paranoid. My ultrasound is tomorrow and I woke up today slightly panicked because I don't recall having to pee in the middle of the night and my boobs don't feel as sore right now. I do have a headache, but not sure if that is related. Tomorrow needs to come quickly.

Any appointments this week?

Yes, see above

Rants/raves?

I hate PgAL brain.

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above?

Both, but I would take a golden retriever over a cat any day of the week.

[murrt]

How far along are you? 8 weeks

How are you feeling? SO tired. Constipated. Food aversions.

Any appointments this week?Nope. Not until 10 weeks

Rants/raves? So tired. Selling our condo so that's stressing me out because we don't have an offer yet. Trying to hire someone but she has a competitive offer from elsewhere so that's stressful because it took us 5 months to get to a candidate.

GTKY: i like dogs, but don't have one. My DH isn't high on having pets and I don't care enough about it either.

[Unknown]

How far along are you? 4w6d

How are you feeling? Good. I was really exhausted and a little lightheaded over the weekend, but it seems to have passed at the moment

Any appointments this week? Nope

Rants/raves? I am 20dpo and this morning I took a Clearblue Weeks Estimator and it now says 3+, so I feel better knowing my beta's are increasing. I know it doesn't mean anything really, but it's all I can do. I'm done peeing on things now.

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above? We are dog people. DH and I bought our dog after we got married and moved into our first home. He was the best dog we could have asked for. Sadly, two months ago we had to put him down. It was believed he had a brain tumor and his rapid decline ended w/ him being paralyzed. He was 10

[obscurereference]

Thanks for the check-in!

How far along are you? 4w5d

How are you feeling? Alarmingly good.

Any appointments this week? I had my intake appointment yesterday. The nurse said the line on the pregnancy test was light so I took my own again this morning and it was super dark. Thanks for messing with me, nurse.

Rants/raves? Everyone in the house is well after 2 weeks of fevers and sinus infections. Finally!!!!

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above? I'd say both. But I hate having them together. Cannot deal with cat box + cat-poop-eating dog. We're down to 1 cat now and I'm really enjoying the lack of hair and poop and vomit. I told H I can only deal with cleaning up one species of poop at a time so no more pets until everyone is out of diapers! I do love them though

[belou]

How far along are you? 6w5d

How are you feeling? I'm exhausted most of the time. Mornings are best for me though.

Any appointments this week? had ultrasound on Monday and will have another next Monday

Rants/raves? Nothing that I haven't already covered...mostly worried about my second empty sac and what will happen.

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above? Dogs all the way. I am a CRAZY dog person and will slow my car down to get a good look as I pass by. Creeps a LOT of people out, I'm sure.

[anonymouseliza]

How far along are you?

5w5d

How are you feeling?

Like death. Yay! Symptoms! But death. The allergies on top of fatigue, stress, increasingly bad nausea and food aversions is awful.

Any appointments this week?

Nope. Got official word this morning that the doc thinks my numbers look fine and does not feel I need progesterone supplementation and am good to keep my original appt at 8w1d. I am still going to try to reschedule for earlier in the week though.

Rants/raves?

Fuck pollen/grass/mold/whatever seems to be personally intent on invading my sinuses and trying to make my head explode from within.

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above?

Cat, definitely. I like dogs, and I love *my* dog, but in general I choose cats over dogs.

[BeachBum678]

How far along are you?
6w 2d.

How are you feeling?
Woke up super nauseous and with the worst heartburn I've had in months. I had a few Tums for breakfast.

Any appointments this week?
April 27. Only 6 days to go!

Rants/Raves
DD woke up somewhere around 3 am and wanted a glass of water. Kept asking us for 2 or 3 minutes straight. When I finally left the room to go and get her one, she started screaming at the top of her lungs. I gave her the water, she took a sip, said, "It's cold"....and then fell right back to sleep. Ah, toddlers.

GTKY: Are you a cats person or dogs person? Or "other" person?
Dogz 4 lyfe!

[RoLoMa]

Good morning ladies!

How far along are you? 7w2d

How are you feeling? I feel great. I have a bionic nose, sore boobs, and some nausea if I don't eat but everything is pretty mild. I am keeping my fingers crossed it stays this way!

Any appointments this week? I had my first OB Scan yesterday. Baby was measuring dead on and had a HB of 154. Healthy little sucker. We did have an additional empty sac which the nurse said could result in some spotting as it is reabsorbed. I hope it doesn't, even though I would know where it was coming from, it would still freak me out.

Rants/raves? I don't think it qualifies as a rant or a rave but I am sad I will be leaving my RE's office in two weeks. They kept talking about how the next scan would be my last appointment there while I was checking out yesterday. I know it is a good thing that I am "graduating" but I just love them so much. I don't want a new doctor!

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above? Dog person all the way. I don't care for cats much. Dogs are great and I would have a house full of dogs if my husband would let me.


eta: how far along...typing is hard today

[manderslvt]

LanE, MH is the same way...he could sleep through the end of the world, but I wake up to a pin dropping.

rmpar29, welcome! Any luck getting ahold of your doctor?

meredithcarole, I hate PgAL brain too. I had another dream that I was bleeding last night. Fingers crossed for a great u/s tomorrow!

[manderslvt]

murrt, you've got a lot going on...I'd be stressed out and tired too!

Unknown, I peed on things until I ran out of things to pee on. That's really the only reason I stopped!

obscurereference, yay for everyone finally feeling well!

[manderslvt]

belou, fingers crossed for your u/s on Monday!

anonymouseliza, I'm sorry you're feeling so crappy! Today is my first day of feeling ok after 3 or 4 days of feeling like death! I can't decide whether to be happy or nervous.

BeachBum678, ah toddlers indeed! Mine is going through a biting phase. He only bites Mommy. Great.

RoLoMa, I'm feeling the same way about leaving my RE! Everyone there is so great!

[rmpar29]

Apr 21, 2015 11:12:16 GMT -5 manderslvt said:

LanE, MH is the same way...he could sleep through the end of the world, but I wake up to a pin dropping.

rmpar29, welcome! Any luck getting ahold of your doctor?

meredithcarole, I hate PgAL brain too. I had another dream that I was bleeding last night. Fingers crossed for a great u/s tomorrow!

manderslvt - Thanks for asking! Ugh...she finally emailed back and said that since I have no history of early losses that beta and progesterone checks are not needed. So, I have to call and make an appointment for 8 weeks. They will only go off LMP until an u/s so I will really only be 7 weeks. A week earlier is fine with me.

[boobacat]

Hi all!

Welcome to our weekly check-in for those of us who are pregnant at an Advanced Maternal Age, generally 35 and over.


How far along are you? 5 weeks 2 days

How are you feeling? I have no symptoms, which is weird to me but this was true for my last pregnancy.

Any appointments this week? Had a 3rd (and final) beta draw and numbers continued to look good. I have decided to discontinue with the RE as we conceived on a natural cycle. So no appointments until into May.

Rants/raves? I really liked the RE office. My OB is great too but the customer service (or patient care I suppose ), lack of wait times, general upbeat staff could not be beat.

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above? Crazy cat lady!

Thank you for the check in manderslvt!

[manderslvt]

boobacat, that's how my RE's office is too. They once apologized to me for bringing me to the exam room five minutes after my appointment time! There are so many medical offices that could learn a thing or two from them!

[HennyPenny]

Hi ladies, I'm going to jump in here too

How far along are you? 4wks 5days

How are you feeling? Pretty good physically. Emotionally I am on pins and needles. PgAL brain is hard to ignore.

Any appointments this week? not until next week.

Rants/raves? Today is DS's birthday! He turned 4 today...so much for having kids close in age :/ Out of my control, but makes me a little sad.

GTKY: Are you a cat person, dog person, or "other" person? Or none of the above? I am highly allergic to all animals, but I love cats. If we could, I would get one in a heartbeat.