Randoms Wk 08/24

[littlelion]

Probably not enough of us to require daily threads yet.  But what's going on with you ladies?  How are you and YH/SO handling the big news?  How did you break the news to YH/SO?

[littlelion]

I started placing milestones on my calendar. Trying to figure out appts, when 1st tri is over, etc, etc.  Otherwise, I just sort of sit back and think wow, pregnant. I am hugging and kissing my LO more this week, poor kid is going to have to share us soon.  

I told my DH MOTN that the pregnancy test was positive. I didn't make a big deal out of it (shock) and he was "no, that's not possible" and went back to sleep. I had spotted over the weekend.  It took 2 tests to convince me and he is still walking around dumbfounded. 

Congrats to all of you and hope we have a very boring and healthy 9 months!

[cbowl]

Hi! Still sinking in for us over here. It took us over a year and fertility treatments to get pregnant with my LO who is almost 2. So I thought it would certainly require help for #2. I got pregnant in February but lost that baby at almost 20 weeks which was just heartbreaking. So I was shocked that just a few months later I got pregnant again. I went in for betas so I'm hoping those are all rising okay and I'm just really trying to temper my anxiety!! Agh. But I'm so happy to be here.

[starfishy]

Um- scared as shit. I have cried everyday since I found out. My miscarriage was a bit traumatic so I hoping not to go through that again.
I told H by walking downstairs and showing him the test. No drama. I really want to fast forward this a bit. My first appointment isn't until 10/1. That seems sooooo far away.

[littlelion]

Aug 26, 2015 14:37:15 GMT -5 starfishy said:

Um- scared as shit. I have cried everyday since I found out. My miscarriage was a bit traumatic so I hoping not to go through that again.
I told H by walking downstairs and showing him the test. No drama. I really want to fast forward this a bit. My first appointment isn't until 10/1. That seems sooooo far away.

{Hugs} I know how hard emotionally that can be. After my 1st mc it took a year to get pregnant. So each month I saw bfn I was devastated. Once I got going with getting pregnant but cont MC, I had mixed emotions seeing a bfp. My last pregancy happened with no break from the previous MC. Both dh and I cried. All we can do is pray, hope and love our baby now. Feel free to PM if you feel the need to talk.

[starfishy]

Aug 26, 2015 14:56:57 GMT -5 littlelion said:

Aug 26, 2015 14:37:15 GMT -5 starfishy said:

Um- scared as shit. I have cried everyday since I found out. My miscarriage was a bit traumatic so I hoping not to go through that again.
I told H by walking downstairs and showing him the test. No drama. I really want to fast forward this a bit. My first appointment isn't until 10/1. That seems sooooo far away.

{Hugs} I know how hard emotionally that can be. After my 1st mc it took a year to get pregnant. So each month I saw bfn I was devastated. Once I got going with getting pregnant but cont MC, I had mixed emotions seeing a bfp. My last pregancy happened with no break from the previous MC. Both dh and I cried. All we can do is pray, hope and love our baby now. Feel free to PM if you feel the need to talk.

Thank you. I am so sorry for your losses. PGAL is really tough. Right now I question how strong I am and if I can do this. I just want time to go a little faster.

[cbowl]

Big hugs starfishy the anxiety of being PGAL is an absolute monster. I wish I could fast forward also and just know that everything is going to be okay. My H and I talk about how messed up it is that we can't even be excited...we are just scared.

[starfishy]

Aug 26, 2015 15:07:45 GMT -5 cbowl said:

Big hugs starfishy the anxiety of being PGAL is an absolute monster. I wish I could fast forward also and just know that everything is going to be okay. My H and I talk about how messed up it is that we can't even be excited...we are just scared.

Im so sorry for your losses as well. It really is messed up. The naivety from my first pregnancy is gone. I'm already anxious and the crazy hormones from the miscarriage just made it worse, so I'm just trying to stay grounded. And I can't even have wine. Ugh. : )

[graysweater]

Hi ladies! Sorry that y'all are having a hard time. Hopefully everything will work out fine for you!

For us it is still sinking in, well at least for me anyway. H is already looking at cribs/furniture. We are also starting some home construction stuff that we were going to put off til next year. Not looking forward to the mess!!

H has our son convinced that new baby will be a boy.

[fishbulb]

We are still processing the news here. We were planning to start TTC next month so it's a pleasant surprise to not have to stress about that but a shock all the same. MH is being quite a pill this week. I'm hoping this is just a phase.

FX for easy and uneventful pregnancies for all of us!

[littlelion]

Aug 26, 2015 18:09:02 GMT -5 moleymole said:

Happened faster than expected this time so reeling. Staring at the kid I do have wondering how I will make it all work, and debating when to inform grandparents, aunts, etc

Good luck juggling school, toddler and pregnancy!

[littlelion]

Aug 26, 2015 16:19:50 GMT -5 graysweater said:

Hi ladies! Sorry that y'all are having a hard time. Hopefully everything will work out fine for you!

For us it is still sinking in, well at least for me anyway. H is already looking at cribs/furniture. We are also starting some home construction stuff that we were going to put off til next year. Not looking forward to the mess!!

H has our son convinced that new baby will be a boy.

I'm convinced I'm gonna have a baby girl. Somewhere I read/heard that boy sperm are fast but girl sperm last longer (very unscientific terms). So based on the timing, I think girl. Also only a girl could be so determined...we were TTA this month!

[littlelion]

cbowl so sorry about your loss. That must truly have been heartbreaking. GL with your betas!

[littlelion]

fishbulb we were suppposed to start TFAS next month as well. Funny thing DH was super eager to get going while I was getting cold feet. And now I am happy and relaxed (as much as I can be) & he is still incredulous and stressing over money.

[graysweater]

Anyone else extremely exhausted?? I don't remember being this tired so early on.

[littlelion]

Aug 27, 2015 11:20:37 GMT -5 graysweater said:

Anyone else extremely exhausted?? I don't remember being this tired so early on.

Lol. In my last 2 pregnancies I was exhausted from day 1 before I even knew! Once I nodded off at work, staring at my computer and only snapped awake when I heard myself snore.

This time I am not like that (yet). But I am very woozy. I've gotten dizzy the last couple days, yesterday I swore the bldg had moved. Each time can be unique I guess.

[starfishy]

I took a nap today. Taking advantage of it while I'm still on summer break. My stomach is off today too. Starting already? Ugh.

Anyone have a pet that's all over them. My cat won't leave me the F alone! I remember him being that way with my son, but not my second pregnancy. A sign of good things to come, maybe! Anyway, can they sense the hormones?

[littlelion]

My look fwd to my morning coffee the minute I go to bed. My LO is not STTN yet. I gave up my afternoon cup of coffee.

[helloerrbody]

I've been a little bit tired, but not anything super noticeable. My biggest symptom is weird ute cramps/twinges. Apparently that's normal as the uterus is stretching, although it seems crazy that it would need to stretch so early for something so tiny. Trying to relax and not get anxious about them.

[littlelion]

Happy Friday ladies! Hope you're feeling as well as can be expected.

Any fun plans for this weekend? We're getting together with my dad and brother. I'm not holding my breathe that DH can keep quite about my pregnancy. After our 1st MC, I told him I'd like to wait to tell people when I got pregnant but he's horrible keeping secrets. We'll see what happens. I don't mind telling my immediate family (I have 3 sisters too) but definitely waited until 14 weeks to tell my extended family. I think I was more than 16 wks when I told work last time. 

[walkek85]

We are celebrating our anniversary on Saturday with a nice dinner out but that's about it. My H is a fire fighter and he is on call Sunday. littlelion, sometimes it can be hard not to say anything, especially in certain situations. We are having dinner with good friends next weekend and it would be totally obvious if I didn't have a drink. So now we have to decide if we want to tell them...they know about my previous MC so we will prob. tell them since they are supportive.

[fishbulb]

Congratulations walkek85!

I finally told my parents today. I wanted to be able to facetime to see their reactions when I told them. It took a few days for our schedules to work out.