PgAL Check-In 3/13/2015

schulme2

I hope all of you ladies have had a great, uneventful week.

How far along are you?

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?

Any pregnancy symptoms or pregnancy cravings or aversions?

QOTW: Do you have any plans to incorporate your angel baby(ies) into this baby's birth?

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?

bunnybun4

Hi ladies...thinking of all of you.

How far along are you?  15 weeks 1 day

Any upcoming appts or milestones?  AS on the 6th which is my next appt and my milestone

Symptoms? Cravings? Aversions?  boobs are getting out of control...I feel like a porn star.  My stomach feels so full after every meal!

qotw:  haven't thought about this much yet...trying to get past our milestone.  i'm sure I'll do something but it'll be small.

open topic;  doing pretty good...I'm pretty impressed with how well I've been mentally these past few weeks.

Mel&John2013

I haven't checked in the last couple of weeks, but I've been stalking everyone and am so happy to see so many healthy, progressing pregnancies!

Unless the board changes back to being targeted to late/infant/still birth/child loss in the next day or so I'm going to be stepping away. If any of you are on the other board, do you want to do a check in there?? If you're not on the other board, do you want to join? The PGAL check in has been so important to me, I don't know what o would have done without it, and I hate the thought of losing it! But I don't feel I have much in common with others who have experienced an early loss and am afraid seeing all those posts will just make me frustrated.

schulme2

@bunnybun4 I'm so glad you've been doing so well and feeling strong!

@mel&john2013 yea, I just saw your other post about the board change. I'm curious if that is the case because, yes I'd be with you that I don't think I want to stay here but would gladly spend more time on the other board and run this check in there. Hmmm how do we know?!

msunshine123

@bunnybun4 - glad you and your LO are doing well!
@Mel&John2013 - I'm not sure why they changed the name of the board. There still is a board for miscarriages so I'm not sure if early losses will post on this one. What other board are you checking in at? This is the only one I belong to and I really like following the PgAL check in.
How far along are you? 27 weeks

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones? glucose tolerance test and appointment this week

Any pregnancy symptoms or pregnancy cravings or aversions? tired

QOTW: Do you have any plans to incorporate your angel baby(ies) into this baby's birth? I hope to get a family picture with our daughter and a picture we have of our son.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? just trying to take it moment to moment and not worry about all the what ifs and things I can not control

Mel&John2013

@bunnybun4, I can relate to the porn star boobs! It's getting ridiculous, all I can do is laugh at myself!

@msunshine123 Good luck on your glucose test!

I just saw that the miscarriage board still exists on the website, but it doesn't on the app. If you use the app there are only 4 boards listed under "loss"...PGAL, PAL, TTCAL and this Loss board.

The other board can be found if you google "then comes family". It's a whole other website, it's where most of the folks from the PGAL and PAL boards went.

Mel&John2013

How far along are you? 37 weeks, 1 day

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones? Growth ultrasound this afternoon, can't wait to see how Harrison is doing!

Any pregnancy symptoms or pregnancy cravings or aversions? Having a terrible time sleeping some nights, and having a decent amount of cramping. Which is annoying, but exciting because it means I'm getting close!

QOTW: Do you have any plans to incorporate your angel baby(ies) into this baby's birth? If Lincoln were still here he wouldn't be involved in the birth or labor, he would meet his little brother later. So we have a special gift for Harrison from Lincoln that we'll give him once he's born and we're settled in our room. It's just a cute stuffed animal, and 2 of Lincoln's lamb wubbanubs that he loved.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? I can't focus on much except for wondering when Harrison is going to arrive. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that he might be here soon, and I'm so scared he's going to have health issues. But I'm so excited to meet him. And scared I won't love him right away like I did Lincoln. Sooo to summarize...excited and scared.

dadalou

@Mel&John2013 I am on the other board as well. It is really slow, but I think there is a weekly PgAL check in on the late term/child loss board. Never mind. I just checked and there isn't one.

AFM

How far along are you? 35 weeks

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones? Weekly appointment on Wednesday

Any pregnancy symptoms or pregnancy cravings or aversions? I've been having contractions. Not many but I had some bad ones last night that woke me up. That scared me a little. I don't really want to have this baby over a month early. At the same time I'm so done.

QOTW: Do you have any plans to incorporate your angel baby(ies) into this baby's birth? I think we will probably bring our Nathaniel bear to the hospital with us. I don't plan on doing anything with him for the birth itself, but we will probably take a family picture at the hospital. I got everyone (even Nathaniel bear) sibling shirts. I think it would be fun to do one with the girls and Nathaniel bear all in their shirts.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? I really need to start getting ready for this baby to come. The contractions last night made me realize that it really could be any time now. I mostly just need to pack a bag for the hospital which won't be that hard or take that long, but I had been putting off doing it.

We have also realized that we are getting to the time when we will be having the last (fill in the blank) before baby girl gets here. This week we have our last hospital loss group meeting and I have my (hopefully) last physical therapy appointment.

Mel&John2013

@dadalou Such a cute idea to get a shirt for Nathaniel bear, too! I love that!

schulme2

Sorry ladies, I suck! I have hit not been feeling well and just so scared the closer I get to 25 weeks! I'm reading and thinking about you all but just have not had the energy to really post!

msunshine123

@Mel&John2013 - thanks for sharing the info about the other board! I'll have to check out over there too. Hope Harrison's ultrasound went well! Hugs it's such a mix of emotions at times.
@dadalou- hope your appointment goes well. Almost there and exciting to think about. I like how your including Nathaniel with your daughter's arrival and the shirts too - so great!
@schulme2 - so many hugs as you get closer to this milestone. PgAL is so very challenging. Thinking of you and sending lot of positive thoughts and hugs your way.

Mel&John2013

@schulme2 No need to apologize! I've definitely been there. Some weeks you just don't have the energy and that's ok!