###2nd Tri Check in 11/19###

kmc84

Hello 2nd Tri!  I hope everyone is feeling well and staying warm and safe with this crazy winter weather. For those of you in warmer climates, :P . I'm just kidding, kind of  

@MissEm15 continued T&P's for things to settle down and those babies to keep cooking!

This is a weekly check-in for PAIF members in their second trimester. You can feel free to join at 14 weeks and we will bid you an excited farewell on your way to 3rd Tri after 27 weeks.

If there are any newcomers that would like to be added to the list, post below and include your EDD.

- How far along are you this week?

- Any appointments or other updates?

Also, please let me know if I have your “team” listed correctly or if it needs to be updated. 

QOTW:

So we have all given up something in our lives (drink, food, activity) to help get pregnant or while pregnant that we miss.  What is the one thing you can't wait to get back in your life after LO(s) arrives?

February

@MissEm15 – 2/11/15 (Twin Boys)

@chickyclg – 2/13/15 (Twins)  

@weansworld09 – 2/17/15 (Team Green)

@Neesey – 2/18/15 (Team Green)

@jaytee16 – 2/19/15 (Twins - Boy/Girl)

@Bellalux – 2/19/15 (Boy)

@Ecarabeo217 – 2/19/15 (Boy)

@runawaylaurel – 2/22/15 (Team Green)

@BeckyP005 - 2/22/15 (Girl)

March

@Ducky719 – 3/8/15 (Girl)

@geordie314 – 3/15/15 (Boy)

@chucktgirl – 3/18/15

@KT416 – 3/21/15 (Boy)

@Poohniki – 3/23/15 (Boy)

@aeml1985 – 3/26/15 (Girl)

@mrs.willie – 3/11/15 (Boy)

@lib1974 – 3/28/15 (Girl)

April

@Alicia_R1 - 4/9/15 (Girl)

@kmc84 - 4/11/15 (Girl)

@pblge - 4/17/15

@Canuck13 - 4/26/15 (Girl?)

@AMShark - 4/29/15 twins

May

@gsancho - 5/2/15 (Girl)

@jamielynn53 - 5/4/15

@rella22 - 5/5/15

@sugar4bri - 5/7/15 twins

@Kinderteach78 - 5/15/15 (Girl)

kmc84

Sorry for so many edits! The Bump and I were not seeing eye to eye today!

I am 19w4d today! I have my fetal echo yesterday and everything looked perfect! I also so my endo and yesterday and my A1c is 6.1!!!!!!!! <:-P If anyone understands that number, you'll know why I'm so happy!!! AS on Monday!

QOTW: I can't wait for a nice, big cold glass of Moscato! Yummy!

jaytee16

Glad everything looked good at your appt yesterday, @kmc84 and hope all goes well at your A/S - are you hoping to find out the sex (unless you already know)??  Just checked your OP and see you're having a girl (yay!), pregnancy brain is a serious thing!  

AFM, I'll be 27w tomorrow, holy crap!  I have an u/s on Thurs for a growth scan and cervical length check.  I've been getting more uncomfy and sleep is not been my friend lately - my hips are so sore and rolling over is no easy task!  But the heartburn seems to have let up a bit, so I'll take that!  I had my first shower on Sunday and it was amazing, these babies got spoiled, we have such awesome family and friends, it was a bit overwhelming to be at my baby shower, and has resulted in me being extra sappy this week, haha!

QOTW: I look forward to a nice cold, white wine spritzer.  Mmmm!

jamielynn53

Hey y'all! I am 16w2d today! I am 3 days away from knowing what our little miracle is! We have decided on names, Beau Parker and Anna Katherine "Anna Kate", so I am ready to refer to he/she by that!

QOTW: A normal appetite, things that were good before just aren't anymore.  

Neesey

I can't believe I'm 27 weeks already! Time has flown by. We finished our Lamaze class last night and in sad it's over. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. My shower is Saturday and furniture arrives Friday. Shit's getting real!!!
I can't wait for a dirty martini and more than two hours of sleep at a time....I know that one will take a little longer though.

gsancho

Hello!  16w now and feeling fairly good.  I'm kinda wondering if I'm starting to feel her move...the other day I started feeling this weird tapping feeling right where I always pick up her heartbeat with the doppler.  I described it to DH like a small elf was in there, lightly tapping morse code with its little fingers.  Then again, I know it's early and I've been extra gassy...so I'm not getting overly excited about it, yet.  But it doesn't feel like normal digestive feelings, so it's fun to think about it being her.

QOTW: WINE!  And I also miss seafood, b/c I still can't stomach it.

thebrewers2005

Hey y'all!  I've been so bad about check ins since this is my busy season with work.  This is my first check in on the 2nd trimester group so YAY for that!  I'm 16 weeks 6 days today and I can't believe we are that far along.  Thursdays have become my favorite day of the week b/c that's when we hit each week mark and I get to check all my apps to see what fruit we are that week.  Haha.

We had our gender reveal a couple weeks ago.  It was so much fun!  We did blue fireworks to reveal that we're having a boy.  It's be so hard not telling anyone... especially since we've known since transfer day what sex the embryo was!!!!

Next OB appointment is tomorrow and I can't hear that heartbeat soon enough.  I get so nervous after a couple weeks not hearing it.  Next ultrasound is next Tuesday and I can't WAIT to see him again with hubby!!!!

QOTW:  I miss my Mountain Dew, Coffee, and all my dance classes some kinda bad.

MissEm15

Hi ladies!! I'm officially in 3rd tri this week but I wanted to stop by & say a huge thank you for the thoughts & prayers. I was discharged on Monday night & am home on bed rest until at least 32w. I'm just happy to be home!! Good luck to all you & see you soon in 3rd tri!!!!!

runawaylaurel

@missem15 such good news!!! Glad you're back at home!

I'm nearing 3rd tri too-- do I stick around here through week 27? I turn 27w on Sunday (ahhh!). I'm doing well, battling heartburn but other than that I feel great! I reserved our birth tub for our delivery and cleaned out the nursery of everything that's not baby related so now it's ready for new stuff! All these little steps make things feel more real.

QOTW: getting tipsy and playing video games with my husband until the wee hours. I won't get that back for a while, but a girl can dream. And running fast... I really, really miss running fast. 

jaytee16

@MissEm15 - so happy to see your update, and yay for being discharged!!!  Congrats on hitting 3rd tri, and I hope those babies sit tight for a while longer!!

@Ducky719 - yay for Vday, such a great milestone!!  

pblge

@kmc84 - Glad your tests were so good!
@jaytee16 - Sorry sleeping has been rough. Have you been using one of the pregnancy pillows? I know some people swear by them.
@jamielynn53 - Have fun finding out if it's a boy or a girl! That was much more exciting than I expected it to be for me. Great names, btw!
@Neesey - Wow, lots going on! Sounds like all good stuff. Got any nursery pics?
@gsancho - Sounds like movement to me! But I'm still not 100% confident myself. More below.
@sunshinedaisies000 - Welcome to the second trimester, and congrats again on your boy!!
@thebrewers2005 - wow, blue fireworks! That's one heck of a reveal!!! Love it!
@MissEm15 - Congrats on being in the third tri! Hope the bed rest isn't so bad.
@runawaylaurel - Hope the heartburn isn't too bad!
@Ducky719 - Congrats on v-day! And you are definitely not alone about alcohol!!!

AFM, this was an exciting week. We passed our a/s with flying colors and found out we're having a girl. :x The a/s was actually done by a MFM, and we just had our follow up with our regular doc. She said from here on out I'm just a normal pregnant lady! No need for any further follow up tests or scans right now, so it's just regular monitoring until about 28 weeks. I don't know what to do with myself! We'll entertain ourselves in the meantime by slowly accumulating stuff and possibly interviewing doulas. I've been buying diapers from the cloth diapering board. Very fun!

QOTW: WINE. Unquestionably, I miss WINE the most. Sigh.

rella22

Hi Everyone!  Love all the updates...and that everyone is moving along (somewhat smoothly!!).  Other than these awful migraine's I can't complain at 16 weeks.  Just went in today for my maternal quad screening, and got a little sass from the nurse because my OB didn't give the family history paper that should accompany the script.  Like I'm supposed to know that????  I scheduled out ultrasound to reveal our team color for Dec. 10th.  But we won't be finding out until our reveal party on the 20th!  Santa will be bringing it!!!  

QOTW:  @kmc84 I am so with you on the Moscato.  Especially now that my husband has been making fires...nothing like a glass of moscato by the fireplace!!!

jaytee16

@pblge - yay for a great A/S and being a "normal pregnant lady"!!  And congrats on a little girl!!!  

I have been using pillows, first a few of them, then a friend gave me a snoogle - it definitely helps, but it's just hard to roll over and reorganize the pillows under the covers and get comfy.  Sigh.  To be so tired and unable to sleep just stinks!  

weansworld09

Hi ladies!
Loving all the happy updates and scans
Today I am 27w1d, so this will be my last 2nd tri check-in :-O that's just crazy!
I failed my 1 hour glucose screening, so I have to find a day to go in for the 3 hour. It's tough bc I still work night shift, and next week we have the holiday. I'm also on every other week appts.
QOTW: I would love a giant margarita and to be able to sleep.

mrs.willie

Hi ladies,
I love reading everyone's updates. I'm 24 weeks today. I had an appt on Monday. Baby boy was doing great. Next appt's not til mid-December when I have my GT, Tdap and Rhogam shots scheduled that day too. Fun! suppose I should really start thinking harder about a name and not wait to officially decide the day of like last time. I was hoping I'd be off Diclegis by now, but after the nausea and dry-heaving I had this week, that's not happening for now. Went back to the max dosage on my reflux meds after trying to wean off them over the summer. I'm exhausted - between DS having night terrors the past two weeks or so, a family member being admitted to the ICU, appts for me and DS, our own long weekend away.... I'm running low on steam. But I did check with my OB to see if a Zumba class some friends were going to would be ok, so I went to that the other night. It was fun and gave me a little energy! And we're going to look for DS' new big boy bed this weekend to switch him from him toddler bed. He's excited.

QOTW: A really good Italian sub and a nice cold beer while watching football.... not that I can look at or smell beer without saying ewwww! LOL

MrsLolaSky

@kmc84, can I be added please? EDD: May 15, with one bean

Hi ladies!

I'm 14 weeks and 5 days. Still nauseated on and off, headaches--happily awaiting feeling like I'm in the glorious second trimester! This week has been exciting bc we decided to tell close friends--but I'm still nervous about everything bc it has been two weeks since our last u/s. Next u/s is the a/s in December.

QOTW: WINE, even beer some days, dirty Martinis.... Also, tuna sashimi.

BeckyP005

Good afternoon! @MissEm15‌ happy to hear your back at home but sorry about the bedrest. I enjoy reading the great updates. @mrs.Willie sorry to hear your still getting sick and about all the other things going on making life complicated. Hang in there..hope you can catch a break soon.
@weansworld09‌ boo for failing

AFM not much. 26w3d. Had my OB this morning and all is well I might have to invest in a belly band..guess that's what's it called? I'm walking around holding my stomach lol.

QOTW: Oh my gosh I can't wait to have my rum n coke!! Oh and I STILL can eat a filet. Hoping I can after baby arrives. Miss it!

Canuck13

Hi ladies! I'm 17w, 3d today and feeling good We had an ultrasound last week to check cervical length (which was good...yay!) and the tech said we have a little girl in there, which is exciting because there are 3 boys in the fam now. Our AS isn't until 21 weeks, so a month to go still. I feel lucky that we got a little peak at the babe last week and heard the heartbeat, because it is such a long wait from 12-20 weeks that most of you have to wait!

QOTW: I would love a big ol' glass of Cab Sauv! And a spicy tuna roll on the side

Ecarabeo217

Hello ladies! Happy to see so many great updates and a few new names :-)
AFM, 26w 6d today...can't believe I only have one more check in on this board!! I am now trying to organize and get my $#!+ together because it's starting to really get real! Little man has been super active and I love it. Shower is the weekend after thanksgiving...I have to organize for both. Otherwise, plugging along.
QOTW: I suppose I agree with wine, though I'm not a big drinker in general. I miss my regular bras...I suppose I won't be seeing them any time soon, either. Will have to settle for the wine, lol!

lib1974

Hey everybody! 22 weeks tomorrow, starting to feel the little lady move, feels like little pulses in my belly. It's so cool! She loves hearing people talk, she moves around anytime I am having a conversation with someone. Have on Dr appt this Friday with OB and next Monday with the high risk US people to get a good look at her heat. She was moving around too much last time.

I miss so many thing, a cold turkey sandwich, a chelalda beer, sushi, scotch........18 wks to go

KT416

Hi Ladies!

All is well here and my latest appointment went well. This is the first week that I haven't really needed to take Zofran (just 1-2 the entire week thus far) so I'm finally starting to feel better! Whew. And my DH felt the baby kick for the first time last night!

QOTD: I miss not reading labels and worrying if something is okay to eat and whatnot for the baby and have been avoiding things if I think they may potentially be unpasteurized, etc. And my DH had a really get pumpkin shandy the other day and he was like "wow, this prob would have been your favorite beer yet!" Rub it in, jerk. Haha,

poohniki

Hi ladies!! Such great news on this thread. So many ladies are heading over to 3rd tri- yay!! And so many good scans. Happy V-Day to @Ducky719‌ and soon for @geordie314‌ !!

AFM: I just turned in to papers for Maternity Leave!! This shit is getting real! I'm going out for all of 3rd tri because I have an insane commute. I am also testing out a new OB on Monday. I know a few people who used him, so I'm hoping I finally find someone I feel comfortable delivering me. Completely freaking out that I haven't started my registry. Please tell me I'm not alone. But DH is making serious progress with the nursery. (Wall unit/window seat is almost done. Closet system with changing table is complete) About to order the crib set and some of the wall decorations.

QOTW: I'm so glad someone else almost mentioned subs. I could care less about wine or alcohol, but I miss coldcuts.

pblge

Hey @poohniki - You know Lucie's List, right? Sign up for those emails if you haven't already. She sends out handy registry cheatsheets like this one.
https://ll-cdn-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/CribSheet - Fall 2014 Final.htm
Only thing I've come across that a lot of people disagree with is her love of the zippered crib sheets. Others recommend the more traditional ones.

I'm sure not everyone agrees with all her other recommendations, but they do seem well-reasoned!

AMShark

Eep.  I almost missed this check-in.  I had a super busy week at work - I wonder what else I missed while my brain was otherwise occupied.

Anywho, I'm 17w4d today.  I have a regular OB appointment this week.  I'm eager to hear the heart beats again - That's been a great reassurance that everything is ok.  The A/S scan with my MFM is scheduled for 4-Dec, and if everyone is facing the right way, we should find out the sex(es) - so that's pretty exciting.  I'm also looking forward to a long scan, and a good look at the babies.

QOTW:  A few weeks ago, I would have said sashimi and wine, hands down - but the thing I've been missing lately is putting on a pair of pants, and not wondering whether or not they're going to fit.