PGAL Check-in 11/12

[vivela]

If this is your first post, and you're comfortable, feel free to share your loss history. If you've posted before, on to the check in!





How far along are you (weeks/fruit):





How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?





Upcoming Appointments or Milestones:





GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy.

[vivela]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit):
9 weeks



How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?

Physically it varies. Sometimes my symptoms are very light, other times I have trouble getting off the couch. 
Emotionally I'm trying to stay positive! It is hard to wait so many weeks between ultrasounds or hearing a heartbeat. I will have had an ultrasound at 7 weeks, and then not again until probably 11 weeks or so. 




Upcoming Appointments or Milestones:
My next appt is the day after Thanksgiving. Hopefully they'll do a doppler! 



GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy.
Pregnant women produce 50% more blood. This makes me feel better about being bloated. It isn't just carbs! 

[txmommy14]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 11 weeks 1 day


How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Physically, pretty sick. Emotionally, great after my appointment this morning. I cried again-told the doctor how different it was seeing life after a loss-so beautiful.


Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: Had an appt today and my due date got changed to 6/1.


GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy. Hmmmm....not sure, I'll come back to this one.

[soultrane]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit):
9w2d (yay for finally having solid dates!)

How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?
Physically - mostly ok. All over the place emotionally this week. Thrilled that everything is going well, but still really anxious about tomorrow. I feel like anticipating my EDD is worse than it will actually be. I also went a week early with my son, so it's been a weird feeling that I would have most likely had a newborn right now.

Upcoming Appointments or Milestones:
I need to schedule my NT scan, and I go back to my OB on 12/14. I passed my loss milestone last week and have my EDD looming tomorrow.

GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy.
Hmm, I can't think of a specific fact but I have to say that due to my loss I've paid so much more attention to the details this time around. I always felt like I was pretty informed when I was pregnant with DS but looking back, I was pretty oblivious because I never had a reason to worry. I'm so much more focused on measurements and heart rates and hormone levels this time around and have learned so much from the ladies on CAL and CAR.

[littleducky]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 7w2d


How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Physically pretty crappy. I am insanely exhausted and feel nauseated most of the time. I'm also much more emotional. The pilot light on our hot water heater went out and we had no hot water this morning and I cried because I couldn't take a shower. Emotionally, I'm feeling ok about things pregnancy related, but I'm just a hormonal ball of emotions at the same time.

Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I had my first ultrasound yesterday and measured on track and saw the teeny weeny flickering heartbeat at 144 bmp! Feeling good about that. I got blood drawn today to recheck progesterone. As of now, my first OB appointment is scheduled for next Friday 11/20, when I'll be 8w3d, but I'm thinking about asking her to push it back to the next Tuesday 11/24 (9w0d) or after Thanksgiving around Monday 11/30 (9w6d) and asking to schedule an ultrasound along with the appointment. My last loss the baby stopped growing at 8w3d and I need some reassurance about getting past that milestone instead of waiting until my NT scan at 11 weeks before I see what's going on again.

GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy. Hmmm, I'm not really sure. I don't think I can answer that question without saying something depressing and loss-related, so I think I'm going to skip it!

[teggy20]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 8w0d

How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Physically, not great. Not throwing up, thankfully, but very nauseous and not much sounds good to eat. Emotionally, so much better after an awesome appointment this morning. Our doc said that we're in the 1% miscarriage rate now, so that's good news!

Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: Great appointment this morning; we saw our little bean in there wiggling around with a 171 BPM heartbeat! I'm still having a hard time being peaceful and excited about everything, even in spite of the great news we've gotten. I guess I've just continually heard statistics and then been in the losing end of them, and I feel jaded. I've been in the 5% that miscarries after seeing a heartbeat and have been totally blindsided. I'm in the 1% of women my age who have low egg reserve. I need to just get to a peaceful place and let myself be excited and happy.

GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy. Oh man... like soultrane, I've learned how blissfully naive I was about DS. I took my doc's word as the gospel and didn't live on Dr. Google, and it was glorious.

I'm trying to think of something specific I've learned that's related to actual pregnancy and not TRYING to get pregnant or loss! I'll have to think more about it...

[shoogars]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 11 weeks

How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?

Nausea seems to have gone away, for the most part. Still very bloated and exhausted. I have now passed all of my loss milestones. But I won't feel confident until I feel baby move everyday. I love baby moves:)

Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I have my NT scan and old lady blood test next Friday...can't wait:)

GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy.

Well, I never knew that carpal tunnel was a symptom of pregnancy. With my first, I had it so badly I could barely move my hands, especially in the mornings. It was awful, I didn't think I could care for a newborn with my non functional hands. However, within hours of giving birth it was relieved by 50% and by the time I left the hospital it was completely gone. Interestingly, I did not have it at all with number 2.

[soultrane]

shoogars, I didn't have carpal tunnel issues but I remember the distinct difference in my heartburn after DS was born. I had terrible heartburn with him and it just disappeared immediately. It was wild!

[txmommy14]

Nov 12, 2015 13:56:43 GMT -5 soultrane said:

How far along are you (weeks/fruit):
9w2d (yay for finally having solid dates!)

How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?
Physically - mostly ok. All over the place emotionally this week. Thrilled that everything is going well, but still really anxious about tomorrow. I feel like anticipating my EDD is worse than it will actually be. I also went a week early with my son, so it's been a weird feeling that I would have most likely had a newborn right now.

Upcoming Appointments or Milestones:
I need to schedule my NT scan, and I go back to my OB on 12/14. I passed my loss milestone last week and have my EDD looming tomorrow.

GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy.
Hmm, I can't think of a specific fact but I have to say that due to my loss I've paid so much more attention to the details this time around. I always felt like I was pretty informed when I was pregnant with DS but looking back, I was pretty oblivious because I never had a reason to worry. I'm so much more focused on measurements and heart rates and hormone levels this time around and have learned so much from the ladies on CAL and CAR.

Thinking about you tomorrow!! Do you have any plans tomorrow except work?

[soultrane]

txmommy14, thank you. Just working and packing for a quick weekend away. My cousin is getting married on Saturday at the beach so we're heading there for the night which will be a nice distraction.

[txmommy14]

soultrane, that's good! Thinking of you and your sweet little one that you lost! I know that must be a really hard day. I am glad you are going into it with good news from today, but I know that probably doesn't make it must easier.

[chriskoo]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit):
8 weeks, 4 days

How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?
Physically, pretty crappy. Still nauseous and throwing up every day. Also just starting to get over a chest cold, I'm excited for the cold to go away because coughing makes my nausea worse.
Emotionally, pretty good! Still trying to use my symptoms to reassure myself that everything's ok.

Upcoming Appointments or Milestones:
Next appointment is not until the 26th, and it's just a visit with my primary care doc so i don't think we'll get to see the baby.

GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy.
This is random, but seeing as I've been so sick and not eating a lot, i joked to my DH that HCG would make a great diet pill. We googled it, and apparently the HCG diet is a real thing! (And dangerous and I think illegal lol)

[woodengirl07]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit):

10w1d - a prune


How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?

Physically- nausea on and off. I didn't have any for four or five days the threw up twice this week alone. Also I got a UTI, which is annoying.


Upcoming Appointments or Milestones:

I have an appointment with the neonatal specialist on 11/25.


GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy.

I don't really know!

[woodengirl07]

Oh, and emotionally- crazy, having insane PgAL brain.

[pbandj714]

How far along are you (weeks/fruit): 7 weeks today! Tic tac/micra chameleon





How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Physically, pretty meh. I'm quite tired all the time. Some days I don't feel like I have many symptoms, cue PgAL brain. But then there's usually at least one meal each day where I have to choke down the food because everything is suddenly gross. Emotionally, sometimes good, sometimes not. I saw two little heartbeats Monday, and it's amazing how much PgAL brain can mess with that good thing! I've been doing a lot of research on twin stuff (AH!), so I am hopeful. Some days it's just hard to curb the anxiety.





Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: Yesterday was my loss milestone. Happy to be over that bridge, but still nervous a lot of the time. My next appt (US) isn't until December 7th. I can't wait to see my babies again!!





GTKY: Share an interesting fact you've learned about pregnancy. Just that every pregnancy is so different. Different symptoms, different outcomes, etc. I keep that in mind when the PgAL brain kicks in. Just because I'm not puking doesn't mean things will go wrong. It's just different from someone else's experience.