Pregnancy Check-In (2/2/15)

Amber&Reva

1. @mrs&mrsK: Feb 17 boy

2. @MrsT11 March 1st girl
3. @Amber&Reva: March 2 girl
5. @wishiwaspreggo: March 7 boy
6. @JennaandBetsy: April 22 boy
7. @calsurb: June 4 singleton

8. @KristyKristyleelee June 19 singleton
9. @megd893: June 22nd boy

10. @14141111 July 17th singleton

11. @KevinandJesse July 19th
12. @FSBC : July 28th boy

13. @JGY August 21st singleton

14. @Karlamo August 28th singleton

15. @sdfonz619

16. @Himee33 September 2nd singleton

17. @healz413 and @Manada Sept 8th singleton

 

As my due date starts to come closer if others want to step in on starting the check-in feel free.

If you have a recent BFP (and/or if you are new to the board), please let me know when you want to be added to this list. 

How is everyone feeling? How is pregnancy treating you and your partner this week? Any updates to share?

 

QOTW:  If you and your SO won the lottery how would you spend your winnings (not baby related)?

mrs&mrsk

OMG I AM FIRST??? how did this happen!!!!  ;-) 

I am BORED and sometimes uncomfortable. 

Bored- because I have lightened my load at work, we have gotten almost everything done at home and I just dont WANT to do any more. (LOL)  Plus we were stuck inside because of the snow/cold/etc.   I need to find some new Netflix show to get into that can seriously distract me (and during early labor too). 

Uncomfortable- waking up in the middle of the night feeling the need to flip over but hurting my wrist and my stomach in the process... every hour.  Heartburn (still?! it's back!)  

waiting...waiting... 

QOTW- a new house in a better school district with EVERYthing on our must have list and maybe a vacation home too. 

Amber&Reva

I have an u/s on Wednesday for our 36w growth scan.  We are both so excited to see this little one again.  I am now also on a weekly appointment schedule up until she makes her appearance.  Although I have been on a weekly shot schedule this entire but I am no longer receiving shots and now am just getting weekly check-ups.  I want to ask them to do a cervical u/s at my appointment on Wednesday to see if anything is going on I am ready for her to make her appearance and starting to waddle and get progressively more uncomfortable.  No progress on the name front and I also have to bring my birth plan with me to Wednesday's appointment so that still needs to be written. 

QOTW:  Pay off the house and all the rest of our debt.  After that probably plan a vacation together we have yet to have a real vacation and then put the rest into savings for now.

JennaandBetsy

I was late to the game last week, so no real update from what we learned last Friday and because I am feeling lazy, am just going to repost from Friday. I'm 29 weeks and remember like it was yesterday when my name/pregnancy date was on the bottom of the list and we are now close to the top! Wow! It's the same feeling you get when you created your registry and the "days countdown" was so high and seemed so far away, but you begin to see that number creep down. It's crazy and wonderful and surreal at the same time to think we will meet this little guy in 11 weeks! Good luck to everyone and enjoy the journey, because this special time starts to fly by at a certain point in your pregnancy!

We had a follow-up appointment with the perinatal specialist yesterday and received two pieces of news we weren't at all expecting. Frist, we have a marginally inserted umbilical cord. This basically means that the umbilical cord is not in the center/ideal location of the placenta and is instead off to the side. The concern here is that the baby may not receive the nutrients and oxygen he needs as the pregnancy progresses. So, we will be monitored closely over the next weeks to ensure he is not falling behind in growth. Currently, he is 2.9 lbs/ 45th percentile..so right in the middle. This is great news and we hope that the not-so-great umbilical cord placement continues to be a non-issue.

The second piece of information we got is a little more personal for this little guy, thus we have decided NOT to share with anyone other than our parents. So, I am selfishly using you guys as my outlet to share my feelings and fears . The perinatal specialist thinks that our son may have an issue called Hypospadias. In normal speak, this is where the urethra opening is not in the center of the tip of the penis (Crazy, but, I have researched and thought about penises more in the past 12 hours than ever in my life!). There are varying degrees of this disorder some that require no intervention, most that require a surgery between 6-12 months old and some that require multiple surgeries. The prognosis is good that with the proper surgery and care that our son will have a fully functioning, working body part, for which I am very thankful. And, in the whole scheme of things that could happen or go wrong with the miracle of bringing life into this world, this condition is probably very minor, but I can't help but feel scared for my son. Scared to hand him over to doctors for surgery when he is so young and small, scared that he will have lesser function and life-long complications and scared that he will have something difficult to overcome. I know we all have things to overcome in life, but as parents, we want our children's lives to be as "easy" and joyous as possible. And, let's face it...even though we try to combat it...boys/men value their manhood and put a lot of value on that one damn body part! I also feel guilty because the potential reasons for the condition are AMA, overweight, taking progesterone and assisted reproduction. Well, damn...evidently, I put this little boy in the middle of a "perfect storm"!

I know that no matter the final diagnosis/prognosis that this little boy will have an amazing life, will be loved and will do great things. And, I appreciate you guys letting me vent about my feelings. This is SO minor in the big picture, but it feels very heavy right now. Thanks for reading this novel. I'll take any good thoughts, prayers or mojo that you can give in hopes that when we go back to the doctor in a few weeks that we get a good report.

If we won the lottery, we would pay off our house and remodel out lake cottage. If any mula was left, we would upgrade to a larger vehicle!

JGY

@jennaandbetsy - I don't think I commented last week, but I'm sorry about the concerning news that you received.  I truly hope that anything associated with either condition is mild, easily treated, and leaves no long-term effects.

This is a big week for us.  After successfully weaning myself off of the prometrium (more about my mental state than anything else), we head into our 1st tri ultrasound/cell-free dna testing on Wednesday.  I'm getting really, REALLY nervous.  My overwhelming positivity about this pregnancy has faded and I'm settling into a lot of what-ifs.  I've had a few truly frightening dreams and I really just want to get this over with.  To complicate matters, we have really tried to keep the news to ourselves (which includes not sharing with our families) until we know that we have a healthy bambino in there, but my body is changing much more rapidly this time and it's going to become pretty impossible to hide within the next week or so.  Depending upon how long it takes to get the results of our cell-free DNA testing, things could get awkward.

What else?  I can't get over the hunch that there's a little baby girl in there.  I know that symptoms mean nothing and every pregnancy is different (and also I am even MORE AMA than I was last time), but the fact that everything is virtually upside down from last time is leading me to believe that I'm carrying a girl this time.  Silly, I know.  And if this is true, it will take a lot of adjusting for S to get to a good spot with it.  Which is fine, I'm happy that the DNA testing will confirm for us early so we have lots of time.

QOTW:  We were just discussing this at work.   If it's a small amount, then we put the bulk towards retirement, and S quits her job knowing that she won't be sacrificing our future.  She'll find something else, but we won't be destitute now or in the future because of it and she'll be able to make a change she desperately needs.  If it's a large amount ... well then all bets are off.  Invest most of it, and set up accounts that pay us a monthly allowance off of the interest.  Having debt at low interest rates is a good thing, so we'd keep a mortgage, etc. and just put automatic payments in place so we don't have to think about it.  I would absolutely quit my job, but would volunteer 20-30 hours a week instead.  G would still attend his fantastic daycare.  Can't speak for what S would do professionally, but I could see her volunteering as well.  I'd love to say we'd stay put in our little house, but I know that's not true.  The one area we'd probably spend some money on would be real estate.  We'd get places near both of our families, and if we stay put in the state we currently live in (that's a question), we would most likely buy/build something new.  And dog training.  Lots of money on dog training.

 

Himee33

@Amber&Reva Could you please change my EDD to September 2nd Singleton. Thank you!

Last Thursday we had our first appointment with our ob. It went great! We absolutely love her. We love that she can relate to use. She is a lesbian,  married and has donor kids at home. She joked that she likes to give her 25 year old son crap sometimes by saying he must get it from his "father." She gave us a packet of information and also let us get an ultrasound. Technically we weren't supposed to get one but she knew we were anxious. Our 12 week appointment and ultrasound is the 16th. 

Our ob and sonographer said based on our first ultrasound our EDD is September 2nd instead of August 31st. That put me at 9w1d. That's what L thought originally based on our first ultrasound. So today I am 9w5d. My mom thinks its cool that my EDD is the 2nd, because she went into labor with me the morning of the 2nd and I was born the morning of September 3rd. 

Still just have mild symptoms.  I  have some fatigue. I also have some mild nausea and issues with sleeping. I hate sleeping on my side! oh, and my boobs feel really heavy. 

QOTW: Well hopefully it would be a bunch of money! I would buy a house, new car, pay off all L's student loans, buy a vacation home, a house for my mom and travel!

KevinandJesse

Pretty smooth sailing so far. Our surrogate is having a good start to the 2nd trimester at 16 weeks in. Appointment went very well last week with everything checking out normal. Got to hear the heartbeat again!!! Always wonderful! She is starting to have some round ligament pain (any good tips/tricks for relief would be great) and we went maternity clothes shopping (fun fun/expensive!!!) It'll soon be time for the gender scan!!!!!!

 

QOTW - If we won the lottery, my husband would have no problem blowing a large portion of the winnings on a shopping spree haha. I would probably buy us a nice big house, a fast car, and secure investments (if I had anything left over from DH) haha