Pregnancy Check-In 6/22 (Trigger Warning-- Pictures in Post

[healz413]

We're in Due Date Central! How's everyone doing?




1. General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?
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2. Appointment Updates (recent appts? ones coming up?)



3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?







PIP: If you're up for it, please share a bump picture from you, your partner, your surrogate, etc!

GTKY:

How was Father's Day for people? For folks who are fathers or are partnered to fathers, did you celebrate? How will our families without father-identified people be handling Father's Day?




@bigko - June 19

megd893 - June 22

jillc0323- June 23
kevinandjesse - July 19

twotxmommies - July 27

rosieelk - August 2

jgy - August 21

karlamo - August 28

healz413 & manada - September 8

officerofthelaw - November 11

ionaerebor - November 23

amandflo - January 16

cetcar - January 16

kh826, January 22

leftitblank - ??

[healz413]

1. General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?)

manada and I are 28w6d with Rocky 3. We're publicly team green. (We and our immediate families know the likely sex assigned at birth)


2. Appointment Updates (recent appts? ones coming up?) We had a good midwife appointment last week and our next one will be a week from tomorrow. I haven't heard anything back about my glucose screening test results. They said if I didn't hear by early this week, it meant everything was normal. So, I'll be looking out for a call today or tomorrow.


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things? My lower back has started hurting when I'm walking and my mid/upper back has started hurting when I'm sitting in a chair without a good back or lying in a weird way.

Both M and I have been able to feel more movement from Rocky, which is a lot of fun. And on Saturday evening, we got to feel hiccups for the first time.



PIP: If you're up for it, please share a bump picture from you, your partner, your surrogate, etc! Will add it from my phone after I post.

GTKY:

How was Father's Day for people? For folks who are fathers or are partnered to fathers, did you celebrate? How will
our families without father-identified people be handling Father's Day?

Father's Day was significantly easier for us than Mother's Day. While neither of us would normally be attached to Mother's Day, having lost our babies last year made this Mother's Day particularly hard. We probably won't do anything about Father's Day in our family in the future, although maybe we'll decide to split up MD and FD for our family celebrations so that each of us can have a day. I don't know. We'll see about that in the future.

PIP: this is last week at 28 weeks.

[kevinandjesse]

Questions:
1) General
36w and 1d!!! Wow! - 1st baby and He's a he

2) Appointments
This Friday we have our first weekly appointment... which is a good thing because...

3) Exciting things and stuff...

Let the games begin Had a false alarm on Friday when diarrhea and discharge in the morning followed by contractions in the evening. The contractions were confusing because they were 10min apart lasting 20seconds. After an hour they went away... but sure had us double checking our hospital bag and fidgeting nervously with the car keys. Little Sky is head down in the birth canal and ready to see the world at any moment... and our poor surrogate is sure feeling it too. Swollen feet and ankles, pregnancy carpel tunnel, hot all the time, peeing constantly, and feels like the baby is going to fall right out of her when she walks. Oy!

On the home front, DH and I spent the weekend preparing the house and nesting up a storm. Planted our garden full of baby food veggies for the fall. Landscaped. Fresh bedding in the chicken coop (our hens will start laying soon too! Exciting!)... and most exciting of all!!!!!! Our nursery is finally done!!! With the help of my best friend and MIL we got it done

We don't have bumpies (our surrogate is just not down with the bumpie thing haha) but I will post pictures of our nursery because it's super adorable and I'm proud of it!





GTKY: We didn't do much this Father's day, but next year I have no doubt we will have much to celebrate!

[kh826]

Could I please be added to the list? EDD is January 22, 2016!

1. General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?)
9wk2d today. This is our second baby (our son William is 12 months). This is my second time carrying. We do not know the sex, and we have not yet decided if we will "find out." I would like to be team green, and I am trying to convince J.

2. Appointment Updates (recent appts? ones coming up?)
Our first OB appointment is on Tuesday, July 7th, and our NT Scan is on Thursday, July 9th. We graduated from our RE already, so no activity between now and then unless something comes up (let's hope not!).

3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
My nausea comes and goes, but in the last several days it has been more consistent and stronger. While on vacation, I learned that this baby does not like eggs! This baby also does not like heat. I got sick several times one day, and I think it was due to overheating. From the moment I got pregnant my ability to sleep has gone totally in the crapper. I haven't had a good night's sleep in about 5 weeks. Last week was particularly rough since I wasn't in my own bed. Otherwise, this pregnancy so far has been pretty low-key. More so than last pregnancy actually. There have been moments where I forget that I am pregnant. Which seems crazy to me!
I am still on PIO shots and oral Estrace until 12 weeks, so that is fun. I actually didn't realize I would be on PIO until 12 weeks, b/c with my fresh transfer I was only on it until 9 weeks, but my RE said for a frozen cycle it is 12 weeks. Which is fine, and will give me reassurance a bit between now and my OB appointment, but my bum is for sure sore!

GTKY:
How was Father's Day for people? For folks who are fathers or are partnered to fathers, did you celebrate? How will
our families without father-identified people be handling Father's Day?

Myself and J both identify as mothers, so we both celebrated Mother's Day. I do not have a relationship with my father, but we are both close to J's Dad. We refer to him as Pops to William. We plan to make Father's Day about Pops for our family and celebrating his role as a grandfather and positive male role model for our kids in the future.

[healz413]

Jun 22, 2015 10:32:03 GMT -5 kevinandjesse said:

Questions:
1) General
36w and 1d!!! Wow! - 1st baby and He's a he

2) Appointments
This Friday we have our first weekly appointment... which is a good thing because...

3) Exciting things and stuff...

Let the games begin Had a false alarm on Friday when diarrhea and discharge in the morning followed by contractions in the evening. The contractions were confusing because they were 10min apart lasting 20seconds. After an hour they went away... but sure had us double checking our hospital bag and fidgeting nervously with the car keys. Little Sky is head down in the birth canal and ready to see the world at any moment... and our poor surrogate is sure feeling it too. Swollen feet and ankles, pregnancy carpel tunnel, hot all the time, peeing constantly, and feels like the baby is going to fall right out of her when she walks. Oy!

On the home front, DH and I spent the weekend preparing the house and nesting up a storm. Planted our garden full of baby food veggies for the fall. Landscaped. Fresh bedding in the chicken coop (our hens will start laying soon too! Exciting!)... and most exciting of all!!!!!! Our nursery is finally done!!! With the help of my best friend and MIL we got it done

We don't have bumpies (our surrogate is just not down with the bumpie thing haha) but I will post pictures of our nursery because it's super adorable and I'm proud of it!





GTKY: We didn't do much this Father's day, but next year I have no doubt we will have much to celebrate!

OMG! Your nursery is way better than a baby bump pic. SOOOOO adorable!

[healz413]

Jun 22, 2015 10:33:59 GMT -5 kh826 said:

Could I please be added to the list? EDD is January 22, 2016!

1. General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?)
9wk2d today. This is our second baby (our son William is 12 months). This is my second time carrying. We do not know the sex, and we have not yet decided if we will "find out." I would like to be team green, and I am trying to convince J.



3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
My nausea comes and goes, but in the last several days it has been more consistent and stronger. While on vacation, I learned that this baby does not like eggs! 

Added you! (apologies for the oversight; I just copied and pasted from last week's.) 

Rocky 3 did not like eggs in first tri either! They came back up way more than other breakfasts. 

[kevinandjesse]

Jun 22, 2015 10:35:59 GMT -5 healz413 said:

Jun 22, 2015 10:32:03 GMT -5 kevinandjesse said:

Questions:
1) General
36w and 1d!!! Wow! - 1st baby and He's a he

2) Appointments
This Friday we have our first weekly appointment... which is a good thing because...

3) Exciting things and stuff...

Let the games begin Had a false alarm on Friday when diarrhea and discharge in the morning followed by contractions in the evening. The contractions were confusing because they were 10min apart lasting 20seconds. After an hour they went away... but sure had us double checking our hospital bag and fidgeting nervously with the car keys. Little Sky is head down in the birth canal and ready to see the world at any moment... and our poor surrogate is sure feeling it too. Swollen feet and ankles, pregnancy carpel tunnel, hot all the time, peeing constantly, and feels like the baby is going to fall right out of her when she walks. Oy!

On the home front, DH and I spent the weekend preparing the house and nesting up a storm. Planted our garden full of baby food veggies for the fall. Landscaped. Fresh bedding in the chicken coop (our hens will start laying soon too! Exciting!)... and most exciting of all!!!!!! Our nursery is finally done!!! With the help of my best friend and MIL we got it done

We don't have bumpies (our surrogate is just not down with the bumpie thing haha) but I will post pictures of our nursery because it's super adorable and I'm proud of it!





GTKY: We didn't do much this Father's day, but next year I have no doubt we will have much to celebrate!

OMG! Your nursery is way better than a baby bump pic. SOOOOO adorable!

Awww thank you, but I don't think better! I love fawning over adorable bumpies and healz413 you and your baby bump are adorable Pregnancy looks fabulous on ya *gay snaps* haha

[ionaerebor]

1. General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?) I'm 18 weeks pregnant with my first baby who is a girl!
2. Appointment Updates (recent appts? ones coming up?) I have an anomaly ultrasound a week on Wednesday, but nothing until then.
3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things? I'm feeling okay. I've been really tired this past week, but other than that I'm feeling pretty normal. I've still not felt any movement, and I still have no bump, but apparently that's normal for a first pregnancy. Non-pregnancy related things, I've sold my half on the house to A, and I'm currently looking at another flat. The flat I'm in now is fine for now, but I want somewhere with a garden and a second bedroom for when the baby comes.

GTKY:How was Father's Day for people? For folks who are fathers or are partnered to fathers, did you celebrate? How will our families without father-identified people be handling Father's Day? I skyped my dad on Father's Day, but that was all. Sometimes I also do something for my mum since for a long time she was the only 'father' I had. I do identify as a mother though, and so does A, for now, so I don't plan on doing anything for me or her on Father's Day.

[karlamo]

healz413, 28 weeks! Congrats on making it to another huge milestone!

kevinandjesse, Cute nursery! How far away are you and your surrogate from each other?

kh826, Welcome to the group! I was wondering if you were going to be officialy team green this time around or be unofficial.

Am I the only one wondering about the state of megd893 cervix??? I must say I do enjoy a good State of the Vag update!



1. General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?
First time pregnant. My wife carried our 16 month old son. We are team green again.


2. Appointment Updates (recent appts? ones coming up?)
I had my 3 hour glucose last Thursday. I found out I failed 1/4 draws. New research shows if you fail 1/4 then it's now considered a pass. Old school is to eat a special diet then retest in 1 month. It seems like the nurse wanted me to get retested. Depending on the number that I failed by I may opt out of the retest and just plan to eat healthier. By the time I would retest I would be 35 weeks, which is ridiculous. I'm planning on speaking to my MW and come up with a plan. Otherwise, I had my regular visit last week and all is well. Back at again next week for another 2 weeker check up.

3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things? I'm getting slow(er) these days. I can still bend down and pick up R so that's my barometer for how well I'm doing. Speaking of R, I think he smells my milk coming in. For the past 2 weeks he has been giving my boobs googly eyes and has tried to nurse twice. For those who don't know, I induced lacation with him and was able to nurse him for the first 8 months before I got pregnanat with Moka. He hasn't latched on and I'm not sure how I will handle it if he does. I plan on nursing him again once I deliver and I certainly don't want to send mixed messages to him that now it's not ok but in 2 months it is.

QOTW: R was sick with a cold and it was raining horrible yesterday so we stayed home and it was wonderful to have no plans for once. We FaceTimed with both of our fathers so R could "see" them and that was it for our Father's Day.

[kh826]

karlamo - first of all, YES! I am very curious about megd893 & her cervix! I hope we get an update soon...

Secondly, we have been having the "will we or won't we find out" debate since before we even had our FET. I don't think either of us will trust the results of an anatomy scan this time. At this point, I am looking at it as something exciting and special about "number 2" to in fact NOT know the sex (or think we know) and have a fun surprise to look forward to. J thinks she will go crazy not "knowing," but she also sees my perspective. She is having a hard time committing to being team green though. I told her I want us to have a definitive decision about team green or not by our first OB appointment in 2 weeks. We shall see.... Honestly, we are fully prepared either way. We have all of William's things, and we have 8 bins of girl things in the basement. If we do have a girl, the name will be the name we had selected for William when we thought he was a girl. If we have another boy, we have a first and middle name ready to go as well. So really, the only reason to "find out" is curiosity, and at this point I think I would rather wait. I think I will feel more connected to the baby and less to the idea of what I think the baby will be if we don't know.

With all of that being said, I am already feeling girl vibes b/c this pregnancy feels different so far than my first. Which could be totally baseless. I will note, that I was convinced in early pregnancy last time that William was a boy, and I was SHOCKED when our anatomy scan "revealed" otherwise. I had no reason to believe they were wrong, so from 20 weeks on, I truly thought I was carrying a girl, but up until that point I really thought he was a boy. Who knows...

[karlamo]

kh826, I vote team green. Having been through it once it was so AWESOME to find out the sex at his birth after waiting 9 months. I got to be the one who announced that we had a son. I know some people say they want to know the sex so they can bond with the baby. I never found it hard at all to bond with him or with baby Moka. In fact we have lots of fun asking Moka to kick once for a girl or twice for a boy.

As for nursery decor and getting clothes ready, well we are not ones to hold firm to gender clothing color or nursery decor so none of that mattered to us.

[kh826]

Jun 22, 2015 13:24:40 GMT -5 karlamo said:

kh826, I vote team green. Having been through it once it was so AWESOME to find out the sex at his birth after waiting 9 months. I got to be the one who announced that we had a son. I know some people say they want to know the sex so they can bond with the baby. I never found it hard at all to bond with him or with baby Moka. In fact we have lots of fun asking Moka to kick once for a girl or twice for a boy.

As for nursery decor and getting clothes ready, well we are not ones to hold firm to gender clothing color or nursery decor so none of that mattered to us.

We also aren't big on gender conformative décor, and most of our gear is neutral anyway. We won't be doing a new nursery for Dosey. He/She will be in with us for probably the first 6+ months (William stayed with us til 10.5 months!), and then Dosey will room share with William. We don't have space in our current home for a second nursery, so the kids will just have to snuggle up until we move!

There is literally no "reason" to "know" in advance for us. The only thing we really plan to buy is a double stroller. The only new clothes needed will be a home from the hospital outfit that is specially bought for Dosey's arrival, and that can certainly be neutral.

We don't like a lot of the stereotypical pink and blue stuff, and most everything that William has (with the exception of some of his clothes) are totally gender neutral.

Anyway, I am with you, and being team green is super appealing at this point. However, if J decides she feels strongly about "knowing" then I probably won't push the issue. I will keep you all updated for sure!

[kevinandjesse]

Jun 22, 2015 11:56:06 GMT -5 karlamo said:

kevinandjesse, Cute nursery! How far away are you and your surrogate from each other?

Only about 30min

[karlamo]

Jun 23, 2015 7:17:10 GMT -5 kevinandjesse said:

Jun 22, 2015 11:56:06 GMT -5 karlamo said:

kevinandjesse, Cute nursery! How far away are you and your surrogate from each other?

Only about 30min

Close which is good:)

[twotxmommies]

1. General overview
35W 1D, ITS A BOY!


2. Appointment Updates
WE HAVE A NST, SONO AND CHECK-UP THURSDAY... EVERY WEEK FROM HERE ON.


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
CONTRACTIONS ALL DAY EVERYDAY AND CRAMPING HAS BECOME SO MUCH THAT I AM WORRIED I WONT RECOGNIZE REAL LABOR SIGNS! NOT SLEEPING VERY WELL HAS GOT ME ALL MOODY (I KNOW ITS BAD WHEN I THINK IM A BITCH, LOL).

GTKY:
How was Father's Day for people? For folks who are fathers or are partnered to fathers, did you celebrate? How will
our families without father-identified people be handling Father's Day?

WE MAKE FATHERS DAY ABOUT MY DW DAD. MY FATHER PAST YEARS AGO, SO HE IS REALLY THE ONLY MALE/DAD IN OUR LIVES. ITS A GOOD THING HE IS SUCH AN AMAZING MAN!

[healz413]

twotxmommies, you're getting so close!!
I'm sorry you're so uncomfortable and not sleeping well. Boo!

[megd893]

Morning! Well, I am in full blown labour. I'll post a long version later but epi is in and we're waiting for me to have the push urge!
He's on his way folks!

[wittyandwaiting]

(I don't go here but......woo hoo megd893! Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and hoping for a happy and healthy pair of mamas and baby!)

[ionaerebor]

Yay megd893! I'll be thinking of you today.

[healz413]

Yay megd893! So exciting! I hope it all goes smoothly and easily. I don't know if you'll see this, but if you do, is it okay for me to start a new thread with your news since some may choose not to read this thread but will want to know you're in labour?

[kh826]

Yay megd893!!! I can't wait to hear more news. Here is to a fast and easy labor and lots of wonderful snuggles and bonding time with your little bundle! Can't wait to "meet" him after his arrival. Big hugs and lots of support your way!!!

[kevinandjesse]

Yayyyyy megd893

[cetcar]

How exciting, megd893! We'll be thinking of you!!

healz413, Cute bump picture!

kevinandjesse, Love the nursery- looks very inviting.


1. General overview
It's still early, just over 10 weeks, pregnant with our first.


2. Appointment Updates
Right now we have two appointments next week. On Tuesday we are meeting with an OB our RE recommended for the first time. Think they will do an ultrasound and we'll talk about what blood tests we want to do. There are a few other OBs we are thinking about calling but we plan to start with this one and see how we like him. I read a review that said he tries to deliver all of his patients and his office said he has worked with IVF patients, which I like, since my ovaries still look nothing like normal and same sex couples. Then on Thursday we have our last appointment for now with our RE. We'll miss them. We are thinking of getting a gc for a mani/pedi for our sonographer and our phlebotomist and a gc to a restaurant for our coordinator.


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
No new symptoms at the moment. Still off and on queasy, I have to eat fairly regularly, disrupted sleep, and tired. I've done a few (3) run/walks (2-3 mile) in the last week which is exciting. Our coordinator isn't 100% on board but says it's fine as long as it doesn't hurt. I did learn that I can't go two days in a row.

GTKY:
How was Father's Day for people? For folks who are fathers or are partnered to fathers, did you celebrate? How will our families without father-identified people be handling Father's Day?
I live across the country from my father, so the last few years it has just been a phone call and a few texts throughout the day. My mom typically takes him out to celebrate. We haven't talked about what we plan to do in the future.


I could post of 'bump' picture but it would basically just be my enlarged ovaries....

[amandflo]

1. General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?) I'm 10wks/5d pregnant with boy/girl twins, who will be kiddies 3 & 4.
2. Appointment Updates (recent appts? ones coming up?) I've got no appointments for another week and a half, when I'll have an ultrasound and graduate from my RE.
3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things? I'm feeling much better than I had been a couple of weeks ago. I was put on an antihistamine a to stop me from having such bad morning sickness and I finally feel like a functioning human being again. I'm so nervous about leaving my RE and go to my regular doctor since it means I'll only get two more ultrasounds and only get check ups once a month. I'm so worried something will go wrong and I won't know about it until ages afterwards, or won't have a chance to help.
GTKY: How was Father's Day for people? For folks who are fathers or are partnered to fathers, did you celebrate? How will our families without father-identified people be handling Father's Day? We don't do anything for father's day, since both DW and I identify as mothers, DW has next to no relationship with her father and my own father died five years ago. So it's just another day for us.

[megd893]

Thanks for all the awesome well wishes! I took Healz' advice and started a thread on the Hp.
You guys are the best! Xo

[healz413]

amandflo, it is very scary to go from the frequent care and guidance of an RE to less frequent care from an OB. I hope that your OB with be reassuring and will give you all the attention you need.
Are you sure you will have only two more ultrasounds? When we were pregnant with twins, the standard of care was for more frequent ultrasounds than with a singleton. Is your OB a twins specialist? If not, is there one with whom you can get a second opinion? Among other things, you may want to request that they do a transvaginal ultrasound at your ultrasounds to assess cervix length because even folks with no other cervical problems can deal with cervical shortening during a twins pregnancy. If caught early enough, it can be dealt with.
I don't know how the multiples board is on Then Comes Family, but when we were on TB, it was a good, supportive, knowledgeable community.
Having twins is amazing. And it's overwhelming. But there are lots of medical and social resources available.
Sending best wishes!!

[officerofthelaw]

General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?
) 20 weeks 1 day, first baby, it's a boy



2. Appointment Updates (recent appts? ones coming up?)
I had a sonogram last Thursday and the baby is face down, they said if he does not turn in the next four months, I will have to get a C-section. He is measuring a week ahead right now.



3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
I am still throwing up, but it is getting better. I am not in the mood to each much of anything these days.

[amandflo]

Jun 25, 2015 6:35:14 GMT -5 healz413 said:

amandflo, it is very scary to go from the frequent care and guidance of an RE to less frequent care from an OB. I hope that your OB with be reassuring and will give you all the attention you need.
Are you sure you will have only two more ultrasounds? When we were pregnant with twins, the standard of care was for more frequent ultrasounds than with a singleton. Is your OB a twins specialist? If not, is there one with whom you can get a second opinion? Among other things, you may want to request that they do a transvaginal ultrasound at your ultrasounds to assess cervix length because even folks with no other cervical problems can deal with cervical shortening during a twins pregnancy. If caught early enough, it can be dealt with.
I don't know how the multiples board is on Then Comes Family, but when we were on TB, it was a good, supportive, knowledgeable community.
Having twins is amazing. And it's overwhelming. But there are lots of medical and social resources available.
Sending best wishes!!

Because we're in the UK, we go to a general GP and a twins specialist midwife rather than an OB, unless something goes wrong. And again, since we're in the UK, we are getting our care from the NHS who restrict you to having two ultrasounds, if we want more, we have to go private and pay for them, but we may go and get one of those later on. But I will make sure I get a tansvaginal ultrasound.

[healz413]

Jun 25, 2015 8:41:01 GMT -5 amandflo said:

Jun 25, 2015 6:35:14 GMT -5 healz413 said:

amandflo, it is very scary to go from the frequent care and guidance of an RE to less frequent care from an OB. I hope that your OB with be reassuring and will give you all the attention you need.
Are you sure you will have only two more ultrasounds? When we were pregnant with twins, the standard of care was for more frequent ultrasounds than with a singleton. Is your OB a twins specialist? If not, is there one with whom you can get a second opinion? Among other things, you may want to request that they do a transvaginal ultrasound at your ultrasounds to assess cervix length because even folks with no other cervical problems can deal with cervical shortening during a twins pregnancy. If caught early enough, it can be dealt with.
I don't know how the multiples board is on Then Comes Family, but when we were on TB, it was a good, supportive, knowledgeable community.
Having twins is amazing. And it's overwhelming. But there are lots of medical and social resources available.
Sending best wishes!!

Because we're in the UK, we go to a general GP and a twins specialist midwife rather than an OB, unless something goes wrong. And again, since we're in the UK, we are getting our care from the NHS who restrict you to having two ultrasounds, if we want more, we have to go private and pay for them, but we may go and get one of those later on. But I will make sure I get a tansvaginal ultrasound.

Oh! That makes sense. Sorry for being all North America-centric.

[jgy]

Late again here, what else is new?

kevinandjesse, the nursery looks awesome! You must feel great about finally getting that done.

ionaerebor, I continue to send hugs as you navigate so many things on your own. You're a strong one!

1. General overview (examples--answer what you like): How many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?)
31w6d with baby boy #2!


2. Appointment Updates (recent appts? ones coming up?)
I have (yet another) anatomy scan today due to our CMV diagnosis. If this one is still clear, I can't image they'll order another. But I guess I just won't know until I get in there. Because I had an allergic reaction to the Cytogam infusion that we did a few weeks back (the only prenatal treaement, and experimental at that, for congenital CMV), they refuse to order any more. We are at peace with that decision. I have a prenatal tomorrow, and then I start my twice weekly appointments. Seriously. From 32 weeks on, I have to go in twice a freakin' week. Damn old lady having a baby!


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
Continued general stress of the cCMV diagnosis, along with growing concern about our ability to parent 2 humans at once. I've had a few really difficult weeks with G and I'm fearing that the introduction of another life who will require lots of attention is going to send us into complete chaos. I know we will figure it out, but I'm still worried.

Other than that, I'm not sleeping well but that's nothing new. Everything else is pretty good! I had a coworker come up and tell me that she couldn't concentrate in a meeting yesterday because she was completely distracted by watching my baby rolling around in my belly. From across the room! Hilarious.


GTKY:

How was Father's Day for people? For folks who are fathers or are partnered to fathers, did you celebrate? How will our families without father-identified people be handling Father's Day?

My FIL was in town and while we didn't do a ton to specifically celebrate him, we did give him cards and wish him a Happy Father's Day. I called my Dad (across the country). I think we will continue to focus on the important men in our kids' lives on Father's Day. Hopefully they will be around for a while!