PGAL Check-in Week of 1/30

NamelessAria

First time posting in the June '17 PGAL check in? Welcome! Please Introduce yourself. 

How far along are you? 

How are you doing? 

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love?

awoodruff27

How far along are you? 19+4

How are you doing? Much better than last week! 

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? Not until Feb 8th

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I just have to say I was in a dark place last week leading up to my anatomy scan. I just had a horrible feeling that something was wrong. This week is a complete turn around from that. I'm just so happy that I'm not in that place anymore. 

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love? 
We have our name picked. She is Josephine Elizabeth. We  have had a list of 5 girls names for awhile and we just kept coming back to Josephine. Plus my 5 year old likes it. She was the deciding vote.

NamelessAria

@awoodruff27 Aw I love it! I'm slightly biased though since my favorite grandma is a Josephine and my little niece's middle name is Josephine (in honor of my grandma). I like Elizabeth too. It was on the "maybe" list for a girl for my husband and I also. But baby is a boy so now we're working on coming up with some boy names. I think Josephine Elizabeth is such a pretty, timeless name.

WorkingOnMyNightCheese

How far along are you? 19+5

How are you doing? Pretty good. Super nervous about the AS Wednesday. 

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 
Anatomy scan Wednesday morning. Please send positive vibes!

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
I'm feeling SUPER nervous about the anatomy scan this week. I just feel like even though we've come this far, something is going to be wrong. I really hope not. PGAL brain is the worst. 

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love?
We decided on Margaret Mae. Neither are family names, we just loved the way they sound together!

BellaO21

First time posting in the June '17 PGAL check in? Welcome! Please Introduce yourself. 

How far along are you? 20+2

How are you doing? Pretty well... I'm getting the occasional dizzy spell and some shortness of breath, but I'm able to calm back down pretty quickly the majority of the time. 

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? Anatomy scan on the 9th... feeling her move more frequently. Basically ditto from last week lol 

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I really can't think of anything 

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love? we have decided on Victoria Rose. Victoria was just one that we both really loved, and Rose is after my maternal grandmother.  

NamelessAria

Guys I'm dying at all the name cuteness! @BellaO21 and @WorkingOnMyNightCheese

@WorkingOnMyNightCheese Good luck at the anatomy scan! Hopefully it all goes well.

Xath

How far along are you? 

18w 1d

How are you doing? 

Ok.  I'm moodier and I think I'm worried more than I was with my last PGAL pregnancy.  I don't know if it's because we're having a girl this time or because of my MC between the two.  I'm hoping that once I can feel her move more this will get easier.  I just find myself going to dark places frequently.

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 

AS on the 11th.  

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 

A lot of major life decisions are hanging in the air right now and I'm pretty sure they'll all try to resolve around June.  I'd just like to be able to settle some of them sooner.  

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love?

We're pretty set on Margaret Claire.  We'll call her Molly.  We both really liked Molly as a nn, but didn't want it to be the full name, so we looked up what it could be short for.  Neither is a family name as far as I know. Our families are both so huge, I didn't want to start the spat of who was insulted because we named the kid after someone else.  

awoodruff27

@NamelessAria thanks! Elizabeth has been a name that DH has pushed for the last two times. I figured that since it's our last and another girl I'd let him have a win. Haha. It's not my favorite name, but it's growing on me 

I love all our names so far! All of them were on our list so we have the same taste and that's awesome. Most of my family are into super trendy names so it's impossible to get real opinions from them. 

@BellaO21 I have a friend named Victoria and she goes by Tori and I think that's super cute. 

mkrel

Sending good vibes to all of you with anatomy scans coming up!!

How far along are you?  20+6

How are you doing? Doing well. I went on a mexican food and chocolate binge Wednesday through Sunday, so I'm trying to get a handle on my eating this week. Other than that, I have been feeling LO even more, which is always reassuring and such an awesome feeling. 

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to?  Not until late Feb. 

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Just excited that it's already the end of January, and we are one month closer to meeting our babies. 

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love? We have agreed on Eva. Middle name Claire or Rose. It wasn't initially on either of our lists, but I thought it was a super cute and classic name and then found that it means "life." Not sure if any of you remember our rough beginning to this pregnancy (told we were 95% certainly miscarrying again to go back and see her little heart beating away 10 days later.) So I just fell in love with the name and luckily DH loves it too. We think it is perfect for her.

huskermom14

How far along are you? 
19+3 today
How are you doing? 
I'm doing a little better today. This weekend was rough at work. There was a demise and she was due the day before me so that had me in a very bad place. Todays appointment went well so that helped. 
Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 
We had our A/S today! Baby looked great. My placenta is a little lower than my OB would like so they're going to do another US at 28 weeks. I'm excited for more pictures but it's just one more thing to think about. I haven't shown any symptoms of issues and she isn't too terribly concerned, just wants to keep an eye on things so I'm trying to not worry about it. 
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
I'm just very thankful for a good anatomy scan. That scan is terrifying to me. I love it but leading up to it I always think of the million things that they could find wrong. 
GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love?
Oh man, DH and I are so opposite on names. We can never agree on them to save our lives. My personal favorites that I'm pushing for are Everly Jo for a girl and Beckett Harvey for boy. Jo is both my MN and my mom's MN so I just always assumed I'd use it if I had a daughter myself. Harvey is DH's grandpa's name. 

BellaO21

@NamelessAria thank you! 
@awoodruff27 we definitely plan on using Tori as her nn! I like it much better than Vicky lol 

lmudra

20+3

If anyone saw my post about not being able to breathe...not so great haha!  I think I'm having a little panic situation and I need to get that under control.  I'm not used to the feeling of not being able to catch a good breath and it freaks me out and makes it worse.  Hearing from you ladies helped though and I've slowly gotten better today.

2nd anatomy scan on the 9th!

My husband is not into picking names.  He's a data analyst IRL so picking names seems unproductive to him since we have awhile to figure things out.
I have a running list of mostly feminine, vintage-y "E" names that I like and Evelyn Grace or Eloise Grace are my front runners.  
My son was named on the fly at an In and Out Burger while we waited for our hospital bands (he was adopted) so having months to figure it out is new to us!

Yailani23

How far along are you? 21w6d

How are you doing? Very well, thank you.

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? End of Feb, regular check up

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I'm just hoping to get out of this "is she fat, is she pregnant stage"

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love? DH wants to name our child Angel after his grandfather which I am okay with but not totally sold on. No middle names yet. It's a little harder this time around.

JAGinMI

@awoodruff27 I might have said this already but I have a Josephine!  We get a lot of compliments and it is not common at all around here. Her middle name is Ann. So, I love your name choice!  One thing I never thought about with calling her Josie is that some people say Jo-see and some say Jo-zee. I actually don't mind it either way but the conversation has come up many times and friends have told me that if it were them, it would drive them nuts if people said it differently than they preferred.

Also, I am totally feeling you on the turn around from A/S. I went in thinking I was surely getting bad news (for no good reason) and thank God I was wrong so now I am finally feeling like I can relax.

awoodruff27

@JAGinMI Honestly nicknames never bothered me. In that as long as my kid doesn't care, I don't. So I don't think it would bother me. But we will see. 

@imudra Evelyn was on our list for awhile. So I love that! 

FSUNole31

 How far along are you? 
23 weeks today!
How are you doing? 
Pretty well, the A/S was great and I have been feeling consistent movement now so I am pretty relaxed.  (and knocking on wood as I type this)
Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 
Just had an appointment yesterday and my next one is March 1st where I will get details about the glucose tolerance test.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
Just loving feeling movement and not being too big yet to enjoy things.  I am just really in a good spot right now. 
GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love?
We keep tossing some names around but don't have a favorite we both love yet.  I am weird though and my first two start with a K and a C so I want to keep that sound for the next one which is limiting my choices.  Obviously if I find something I love with a different letter it won't be a deal breaker, but right now I am focusing on K and C names.  The middle name is where we incorporate family.  My son is named after my husband (middle name) and my daughter one of my sisters. 

lizerspitz

How far along are you? 
20w3d
How are you doing? 
I'm feeling comfortable in my pregnant self these days.
Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 
AS went well today. Learned were having a boy so everything is more real and concrete.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
Getting up from reclining is getting increasingly difficult. I still feel like I'm so small so I am not looking forward to
GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love?
I would like to continue family name traditions, but I have a very common last name, so I feel like I have to be a little more creative. I am tempted to throw some kind of maiden name approximation or a middle name that resembles (gender swaps) my (very female) first name. My DH and I are still really early in the name game. We've been avoiding decision making. There doesn't seem to be any need to rush through this. 

mrt

Haven't checked in here in a while, just lurking and popping in to say @lmudra Eloise is a beautiful name!

Mrs.DeRuysscher

How far along are you? Since finally seeing my doctor he has changed my due date so im 21+3 days

How are you doing? Im feeling pretty good my moods have been all over, been craving hamburgers like crazy, lots of pelvic pains/back pains.

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? Im suppose to have one in february but with husbands work schedule we wont have any days available that my doctors office is open to do the drive down, so going to see if my doctor will send a refrence to the ob up here so i can see him. I just cant wait till spring so i can start wearing my dresses we have way too much snow right now lol.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
Found out a couple days ago i have a yeast infection. At my doctors apt they told me it was a uti and then a month later i get a call saying its a yeast. Im nervous this time around with infections im prone to utis in pregnancy more, with my dd i had so many they caused false labour but dilation and was pulled from work early for risk of permature labor so it scares me to have these infections and it possibly doing the same thing.

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love?
we found out we are having another girl her name will be Luna Raven. When we were pregant with dd1 my husband was picky with names so i had to be creative and found superhero names he would like and we fell in love with kara, so we are using that theme as part of the name. I pove the name Luna its also one of my favorite characters in harry potter, raven is from xmen so the superhero theme and so happens luna was a ravenclaw. 

kitty21436

How far along are you? 20 +1

How are you doing? Great! Had our anatomy scan this week and learned baby is a girl! We have to go back because she kept hiding her face and they didn't get all the pictures of her heart they wanted but they said everything was looking good!

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? Looking forward to seeing baby girl again at the A/S follow up at 22 weeks. 

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: The tech said I have a curved/folded cervix. I keep trying to research what that means for pregnancy, but I haven't found much yet. All results always start talking about how it could make getting pregnant more difficult. To be fair I haven't had a ton of time to look into it, so that's probably what I'll be doing this weekend (and of course talking to my doctor about it during my next appointment).

GTKY: How's it going picking a baby name? If you have some names on the list what inspired them? Are they families names or just names you love? We have a long list going! I've always LOVED the name Amelia. But it's become pretty trendy over the past few years and I'm not comfortable with a top 20 name. My name is not super common and I always liked that it was uncommon because it stands out to people when you introduce yourself (but it's not crazy unique, it's an actual name). This pregnancy I found the name Eliana, and fell in love with it...But it's really similar to two other little girls in my family who are both under 5 and I don't know if that would be weird.  Nothing else has felt as good as either of those names to us, so the list keeps growing!

NamelessAria

@kitty21436 Congratulations on the healthy baby girl!