2nd Tri Check-in Week of 5/2 *New Leader Needed in 2 weeks*

riveridgional

This is a weekly check-in for those in their 2nd trimester: weeks 14 through the end of week 27.

Congrats to all the strong ladies who have made it this far! It's such a great feeling and we've all accomplished so much! We are now 1 week closer to the end of this especially long journey we call "infertility".

Please post below a little about yourself, how many beans you have growing inside, if you have found out the sex(es) and what your EDD is. Please also let us know how far you've made it on your journey and when your next appt is and what for.

Mommies to Be:

@terramae80 EDD 8/4/16 with 1 boy!

@riveridgional EDD 8/6/16 with 1 boy!

@katie121209 EDD 8/19/16 with 1 girl! 

@Vagarcia16 EDD 8/23/16 with 1 girl!

@emsmama15 EDD 8/29/16 with 1 boy and 1 girl!

 @Alyeena EDD 9/1/16 with 1 boy!

@chrissym126 EDD 9/8/16 with 1 bean! Team Green!

@piperella EDD 10/2/16 with 1 boy!

@kennelchick EDD 10/18 with 1 bean

@ecb3588 EDD 10/16/16 with 1 bean

@Morningstar80 EDD 10/18/16 with 1 boy!

@laur2444 EDD 10/19/16 with 1 boy!

@Jerseygirl856 EDD 10/20/16 with 1 bean

Congrats to the mommies who have graduated to the 3rd trimester!



QOTW: If you could go back in time and talk to or send a message to yourself while you were struggling with IF, what would you say?

TerraMae80

Morning ladies! I cannot believe that next week I will be in the 3rd Tri! This pregnancy is going by so fast for me. My son's 2nd birthday is next week too! 

I hope you all are doing well. 

QOTW: I would tell myself to trust and have patience.  The first round of IVF was so hard for me. I started in Jan. and didn't end up getting pregnant until Sept. I had a ton of push backs with having cysts, polyps and a surgery. I also quit smoking.  

I am so very thankful that my doctor took his time and did what he had to do to make my body the most healthy it could be to carry a baby. Then, I hated him and I thought he didn't know what he was doing, that I was never going to get pregnant. I remember crying and just being so negative and depressed until the last few months. It was the hardest struggle I've ever been through emotionally. 

Alyeena

Hello! Hope all of you are doing well!

Everything is good on my side, we had to go back for the anatomy ultrasound because baby was not cooperative but now it is all fine, everything is normal. We even saw him yawn, that was so cute. I am 22 weeks and 4 days now. Time is going so slow for me.

QOTW: If you could go back in time and talk to or send a message to yourself while you were struggling with IF, what would you say? I would definitely tell myself that I would actually work, the scariest thing about infertility is that I was never sure it would ever work. Sometimes it is still hard to believe we will have a take home baby, and I just hope nothing bad happens.

@TerraMae80 Congrats you are almost in the 3rd trimester!!! 

emsmama15

Hi everyone!  I'm 23 weeks today.  Everything is going well.  I'm just freaking out several times per day that my cervix is shortening.  Working in the NICU is hell on my brain.  I can't stop thinking about the babies coming early.  UGH!  I have baby boy's echo to finish up with a growth scan of both babies this Thursday.  I'm sure they'll measure my cervix then and hopefully I'll be a little more at ease.  

QOTW:  This question made me tear up.  I think I'd tell myself not to do as many IUIs and that it would eventually work but that it would take IVF.  It was such a big deal emotionally when we moved to IVF and I wish I could have somehow prepared for it.

Piperella

Hi, all!  18 weeks here and am doing pretty well.  Still very exhausted, but I haven't been taking cat naps or anything.  No real updates to speak of, and my a/s isn't until May 16th.  I can't wait for that!  I hadn't been sleeping well due to hip pain, but think I've finally found some positions and pillows that work for me! 

QOTW: If you could go back in time and talk to or send a message to yourself while you were struggling with IF, what would you say? It's okay for waiting.  I had been to my first RE back in 2006.  During this marriage, I put off going to see an RE again until 2015 because I wanted to loose a lot of weight and just get healthier in general.  I doubted myself at times but I know it has all worked out.  I'd also tell myself that it's okay that I needed IVF.  There was nothing I (nor my husband) could do to prevent going through it.  

TerraMae80

Afternoon ladies! I just got in to work from my doc appointment. Glucose test is done and I am awaiting the results. Also had a urine test which came back with a high amount of protein. This is terrifying for me because I had preeclampsia with my first son. It was much later in the pregnancy so I was induced at 38+4 weeks. Being 27 weeks and having this result is a bit nerve racking. The one good thing is that my blood pressure was normal, so I am going back on Tuesday to do another urine test and praying that it was just my lack of water consumption. 

Happy 27 weeks to me!

 

emsmama15

DRINK DRINK DRINK @TerraMae80 - I hope it was just dehydration!!  Fingers crossed.  

kennelchick

I'm late to the posting party this week. 16 weeks now. I had an appointment last week for you monthly check up and got to hear the heartbeat. Best sound ever. We started construction on the baby room too. My house is very old, and the guest room, now to be the baby room, has some water damage from last winter, needs the electrical updated and new insulation, so demolition time! I wish I coukd help with it, but it's my husband and his friends doing it all. I hate having no control over the process.

If I coukd go back I would tell myself it's ok to let the Dr take over. I'm a control freak and I would want to tell myself that I have no control over this process and that's ok. 

Piperella

@TerraMae80 - Congrats on the end of your 2nd trimester!!!  I hope your test Tuesday puts your mind to ease and hopefully everything is okay.  Keep drinking that water (it's a struggle for me, too)!

TerraMae80

Thank you ladies! I just got the call and I failed the Glucose test so I will be heading in for the 3 hour test next. FUN!

chrissym126

@Piperella, that "cravings" thing is my new favorite widget! 



@TerraMae80, keep drinking that water! Bloating be darned, I'm drinking Polar seltzer to keep myself hydrated and less bored. I have an iPhone app to track my water intake and that also helps to motivate me. 

I had my 22 week appointment today after doing one more anatomy scan this Wednesday. The baby looks great, and I'm feeling good, give or take some heartburn. At least Tums aren't as chalky as I feared. The glucose test will be in four weeks. 

If I could go back when I was struggling with IF, I highly doubt that telling myself things would work out would really help, but I would tell myself to get a pet much sooner--spending time with my cat is always a stress reliever. 

emsmama15

Sorry you failed your test @TerraMae80.  Did you have any issues with your first?  

TerraMae80

@chrissym126 I am chugging the water even more so than usual. It's crazy how one day of missing on your water intake can make such a huge impact. 

@emsmama15 I didn't have any issues with my first pregnancy. I shouldn't have jinxed myself by saying how perfect my first pregnancy was. I mean until the end at about 38 weeks. I was swelling bad and ended up having preeclampsia and hypertension. But I had Noah at 38+4 weeks, so it wasn't so bad.  This one, it's like everything is happening. LOL Protein in the urine and now failing the glucose test. Darn it!    But it is my fault for giving into every craving. I have a major donut addiction with this pregnancy and I should have been more careful. 

Piperella

Can anyone help me pick up this thread for the next two weeks?  I'm on my babymoon on the 23rd, so I'll miss that day completely.  I can pick up the thread after that (starting on May 30th).  Let's not leave @riveridgional hanging as she moves on to the 3rd trimester!