*Friday* Ticker Change

[Deleted User]

Another week down...

Thinking about BookishMomma today. Not sure if she will read this, but if so I just wanted to again offer love and hugs to you.

PGAL Newbies: Jump in if your ticker changes to a new week today! 

 

Week/fruit/EDD: 

Team:

Updates: 

How are you feeling? 

QOTW: Is there anything you've heard about or learned from past labor and delivery experience that freaked you out a little bit?

 

@delatl

@Oatoa

@katee2184

@tlcalloway

@amwangel

@MollySm

@Qfrump

@rattlecanqueen

@LeaLupins

@ashx3renee

@2redtulips

@NSAbby

@MsAmandaPants

@doglover31

@mmnumber5

@Stasi

@Kf519

@Maupjen

@HorseLover11

@Happyin14

@shaddox16

@aragosta

@emnob28

@JustinsGirl2011

@kaylam714

@MCH77

@Shayna0408

@shell041783

@ToriGirl2014

ToriGirl2014

Hi @lealupins - thanks for running the check-in.

Week/fruit/EDD: 6 weeks/ sweet pea/ 12/26/14 based on IUI date

Team: Green

Updates: Had my second ultrasound on Wednesday.  Still thankfully just one little bean in there, and we saw a flicker of a HB which was awesome.  So, so sweet, and it made things seem a bit more real.  Because of my blump I cannot zip my favorite pair of jeans anymore; it was disheartening that happened so soon.

How are you feeling? M/S started for me a few days ago.  It has been a rollercoaster - this morning I almost lost it while brushing my teeth.  Yesterday midmorning the nausea got so bad I had to lay on the floor of my office with the door closed for a while.  Just trying to keep it together   Eating bland and carb-heavy is helping.

QOTW: Is there anything you've heard about or learned from past labor and delivery experience that freaked you out a little bit?  This is my first so no past experience... but the word episiotomy just terrifies me.

@shayna0408 - that cookie sundae sounds awesome.

katee2184

Week/fruit/EDD: 35/Coconut/June 6th

Team: Blue!

Updates: GBS test yesterday and first dilation check!  Can't believe I've made it to weekly appointments already! 

How are you feeling? Very, very pregnant.  And slow.  And hungry.  A local cupcake shop had a Mountain Dew and Doritos cupcake as their special yesterday...it sadly looked like the most amazing thing I have ever seen.  Baby C has officially taken over my appetite...  

QOTW: Is there anything you've heard about or learned from past labor and delivery experience that freaked you out a little bit?  Wasn't a fan of the Pitocin with DS, and had a much faster delivery with DD without it.  Could've been that things were just easier because it wasn't my first rodeo - but the contractions certainly did not seem as intense.

2redtulips

Week/fruit/EDD: 26, lettuce, 8/8

Team: Blue

Updates: Nothing really to report. I am feeling bigger.

How are you feeling? I feel pretty good, except that I have had some icky mood swings this week. Hormones, blargh!

QOTW: Is there anything you've heard about or learned from past labor and delivery experience that freaked you out a little bit? I am trying not to pay too close attention to detailed labor stories. I figure billions of women over countless generations have been through childbirth and it's something I will get through as I am meant to. Worrying about it ahead of time won't help me. 

JustinsGirl2011

Week/fruit/EDD:  10/Prune/Nov 28th

Team:  Finding Out!

Updates:  Had a great US on Monday.  Sprout was moving his/her arms & legs.  HB was at 174.  Everything measuring on schedule.  I go to my first regular OB appt on Tuesday.

How are you feeling? Good for the most part... still very tired, peeing all of the time & my nausea has kicked up a bit.

QOTW: Is there anything you've heard about or learned from past labor and delivery experience that freaked you out a little bit? I hope I don't poop on the table!

[Deleted User]

Week/fruit/EDD: 28 weeks (omg3rdtriwhentheheckdidthathappen)/July 25.

Team: Blue

Updates: Growth u/s on Wednesday showed little guy at about 2 1/2 pounds still with mild fluid in his kidneys...go back in 4 weeks for another scan. Didn't hear anything after my GTT last week so hoping that means good news.

How are you feeling? Pretty good, heartburn is picking up. DS has a cold so I'm popping vitamin C hoping I don't catch it.

QOTW: Is there anything you've heard about or learned from past labor and delivery experience that freaked you out a little bit? I didn't realize hemorrhoids could be the size of a small planet. And I knew your nether regions wouldn't look pretty afterward but I wasn't aware just how swollen everything would be.

Also, I totally pooped on the table. Didn't care then, still don't care now. lol

2redtulips

I said I didn't have any updates, but I do. I hit double-digits yesterday! I now have 98 days left until my EDD. 

MCH77

Week 7/ blueberry

Team: hopeful

Updates: I had an u/s yesterday. It did not go well. I'm measuring a week behind by my LMP date and over a week behind by my O date. And there was no heartbeat. I'm sure of my dates, I got a BFP at 9DPO, so there isn't too much wiggle room. I know it is early, but this with non-doubling betas and no symptoms it's not good.

I go back for an u/s on Wed May 7 with the hope of a miracle. Most likely this will be my last weekly check-in.

The kicker is that May 7 was my EDD for my son. The universe hates me.

Feeling: disappointed/sad/lost


If I'm not back next week good luck ladies!!

[Deleted User]

*hugs* @MCH77. I'm sorry you are going through this limbo

2redtulips

Big hugs, @MCH77. I am sorry you're in limbo.

ToriGirl2014

(((Hugs))) @MCH77‌ - I hope the wait goes quickly for you.

amwangel

@MCH77- So many hugs. I'm so sorry for all the stress and heartache right now.

Week/fruit/EDD: 33 (OMG) / June 20 

Team: Baby boy!

Updates: Nothing very eventful, thankfully. I've been thinking a lot about this time last year. 10 days ago was the anniversary of my first d&c last year. What a crazy year it's been. A whirlwind of pregnancies and losses. :-/

How are you feeling? Achy and large. Sometimes I get hit with disbelief that I've made it this far. Not in any rush to have this baby though - lots and lots to do before then!!

QOTW: Is there anything you've heard about or learned from past labor and delivery experience that freaked you out a little bit? My labor & delivery with my son was pretty uneventful (hard, but doable - it was a water birth and I didn't have an epidural) - but any horror stories that involve stillbirth obviously freaks me out quite a bit. As well, I'm thinking about getting an epidural this time and hearing from people where it didn't work/half worked/left pain at the site freaks me out! I can't imagine being constrained to a hospital bed without having the pain meds work!

amwangel

Oh, and @Emnob28-  I didn't move during labor! Just before. Your body tries to naturally clean you out in early labor.  

amwangel

katee2184 said:

  A local cupcake shop had a Mountain Dew and Doritos cupcake as their special yesterday...it sadly looked like the most amazing thing I have ever seen.  Baby C has officially taken over my appetite...   

OMG. THAT IS INSANE. I CAN'T STOP TYPING IN ALL CAPS.