Second Trimester Check-in Week of June 12 **NEW LEADER NEEDED**

latershrader

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

**I will be moving on to the 3rd Tri board next week so if anyone can take over, please let me know! Thanks!!**

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 appointment is and what for. If I'm missing anyone from this list, or you are new to the 2nd tri, please let me know and I will add you.

Please let us know when you have graduated to 3rd trimester so that I can update our list! 

Mommies to be:

@omarismyhomeboy EDD 9/8/17 with 1 girl!
@latershrader  EDD 9/12/17 with 1 boy!
@Kp214 EDD 9/25/17 with 1 boy!
@emilye13 EDD 9/28/17 with 1 girl!
@emgem819 EDD 10/5/17 with TWIN girls!
@ChocolateIsLife EDD 10/21/17 with 1 girl!
@mous-2 EDD 10/22/17 with 1 boy and 1 girl!
@Joslynj11 EDD 10/26/17 with 1 girl!
@hopeby2015 EDD 10/31/17 with TWINS!
@Polythene Pam EDD 10/31/17 with 1 boy!
@sasha92-2 EDD 11/08/17 with 1 bean!
@LeFemmeViolette EDD 11/16/17 with 1 girl!
@srh18  EDD 10/6 with TRIPLETS!!
@hibiscus118  EDD 11/11 with 1 bean!
@Jeansis EDD 11/30 with 1 bean!

QOTW: What are your pregnancy cravings? If you haven't had any cravings, then what are your pregnancy indulgences (food or otherwise)?

latershrader

So, this will be my last week on the 2nd trimester board. I officially hit the 3rd Tri next Tuesday, but I think I'll move over there next week. Can't wait! It was a busy but good week. This week will be more of the same. We are getting closer and closer to launching this new software at work. This week I have give training to all of our staff. I'm so nervous! I hate public speaking! Once this project is over I will feel so much more ready to deal w/ baby stuff.

The nursery is officially painted. We were also gifted our stroller by my dad. So that arrived. This week will be getting everything up into his room. I'm super excited! When will you guys install the carseat and have it inspected?

I have a regular OB appt next Monday. Then the MFM on Thursday. I also go see my new primary care (a family doctor!) tomorrow. We're going to get the Tdap shot and talk about to the new doc about pediatric stuff. 

Gosh, this is going FAST! So excited!

QOTW: I have been craving watermelon. All day every day. I don't eat it that often, but i do love it. I'm really trying to curb the sugar intake, so it's hard. The good thing (remember, I'm a plus size mom) is that I have lost weight in pregnancy. I'm sure I'll gain in the 3rd tri, and shouldn't lose anymore. But I'm glad I haven't gained anything in the first and second tri!

Polythene Pam

@latershrader thanks for leading, we'll see you soon in the third tri!! With my daughter I had my husband install the car seat base around 30 weeks. More paranoia as I'd had a few friends go early but it was good to get that done. I'll probably do the same this time.

20 weeks here, can just feel kicks from the outside! I'm so antsy to get set for this baby, my daughter starts preschool two mornings a week in sept (sob!) and I'd love to use that time as final prep and just cleaning clothes etc, so this summer is for all the big stuff. Husbands motivation doesn't match mine though haha so I'm impatiently waiting for his help

QOTW lemons. Lemonade, lemon popsicles. Spicy chicken. I want ALL the sweets but I'm really trying to be good. My daughter was almost 9lbs and I'm a smaller person and had complications with my uterus not contracting after delivery due to that. This boy is also measuring big so that's enough to (try) to keep me healthy. 

Joslynj11

@latershrader Another thanks to helping lead the board for the past few weeks! Congrats on making it to the next milestone, 3rd tri is so exciting!! You'll be meeting your baby before you know it

20+4 today with a little girl (Riley Charlize) and man I have been so tired and excited to start a new week. DH and I have been hosting for the past week and a half and we are so happy to have an empty house again! We invited my youngest brother up for a graduation present since we missed his and we have been ripping and running every day it feels like since he came. It was nice but it was hard keeping our pantry up with the appetite of a 18 year old! Needless to say we will be taking it easy this week. I hope we finally have time to go register baby girl!

QOTW: I think I am really just into everything Italian with this LO. I mean I could eat pizza 5 days a week for lunch and dinner haha  Oh and I LOOOOOOVE everything sweet. I have slowed down on them in recent weeks but when I started I had a donut a day for about a month!

JWatt5

**from 3rd tri**
Woohoo!! @latershrader  Super excited for you!!

LeFemmeViolette

Happy Monday!
17w4d over here. I am SO excited for our anatomy scan this Friday. Despite having PGS testing done, I'll feel so much better telling people we're expecting a girl once we get it confirmed this week on the ultrasound. Plus, it's been about 6 weeks since we've seen her! I miss watching our little jumping bean! The day after the ultrasound we're hosting our "Name Reveal" party. I'll be sure to share pictures (and the name) of our little miss.

Question for those who did PIO: Is your ass still sore? Like, I stopped the shots around week 10. 7 weeks later and the injection sites are still a bit sore if I press on them. Maybe lingering scar tissue?

QOTW: My food cravings are generated based off of what I see/smell other people eating. Even on TV! I probably say "mmm that looks good" at least once a day, lol!

ChocolateIsLife

@latershrader thanks for leading this thread and congrats on moving to 3rd trimester next week!

21w3d here, and had such a busy weekend! Had to get my tires fixed which was $500 that we didn't have budgeted.  It feels good to have a fresh set of tires on the car now though. We have been dissecting our spending habits and realized that we have just been throwing money away on unnecessary things, so we are hunkering down the remainder of the pregnancy and getting frugal. Other than that, nothing much going on here. I get cramps pretty much after walking for 5 minutes, but OB said its normal. I have a follow up to my AS next Wednesday, and I can't wait. I'm hoping that the placenta has migrated north so that I can go back to normal activities, and I really hope that when they check her kidneys that everything is functioning properly. Its been on my mind. Happy Monday ladies.

ETA I forgot to answer the QOTW! Seriously want apples with peanut butter all the time. And have been craving a medium rare steak. Right now I want a cheese pizza so bad that I might just find a way to make it happen.

ChocolateIsLife

@latershrader also if no one else has already volunteered, I can start the Second Trimester check in. I just need to research some good QOTWs. I used to always get nervous I would ask something lame when I did it in the 1st trimester thread. 

latershrader

@ChocolateIsLife Thanks for volunteering! I really appreciate it!! As for QOTW, I have come up with some on my own or use some of the other boards for inspiration. I also hope your placenta is more where it should be and all is well w/ your LO! Fingers crossed!

@LeFemmeViolette Hope your naming party goes well! Sounds like fun!

@Joslynj11 Glad you have your house to yourself! I know how that feels after having family live with us for YEARS!!

@PolythenePam I am antsy too! Can't wait to get this LO's room all ready and have everything in place, but mostly so I can stop worrying that I won't get it all done! LOL!

Kp214

@latershrader yay for graduating the 3rd trimester!  

Afm, I'm 25 weeks today with a little boy. I think I'm really showing, even more than a couple of days ago. Also, in the last week and a half, we've spent almost $1000 trying to repair my car. It's been intermittently stalling. No one can figure it out, so it looks like I'll be buying another one.@chocolateIsLife I understand car repairs being unexpected and not budgeted.  On a brighter note, we've narrowed down our list of names to (in no particular order)

Alexander
Atlas ( as a middle name)
Gabriel
Julian
Christian

QOTW: no cravings, just food I can stand the thought of eating. I'm on my fourth day of eating BBQ and pasta salad for lunch and dinner. Before that it was Arby's roast beef sandwiches with horsey sauce. 

LeFemmeViolette

I love all these boy names! I had a really good one picked out. Like literally, all other names just didn't wow me until I came across: Wilder. I had even thought about possibly naming our girl Wilder, but I dont think hubby would have liked it. Plus, if we do end up having a boy next, what will I call him? Wilder 2? LOL

PoeMasque

@ChocolateIsLife this is my first week posting in 2nd tri (yay!!), can you add me when you take over next week? My due date is 12/8

@LeFemmeViolette i feel like it was a good 6 weeks after I stopped PIO before my hips felt even close to normal again. I stopped right around our first beta. 

So excited to join the 2nd tri!! I'm 14+3 with one little boy. We were lucky that our first IVF attempt worked, but sadly, had no embryos to freeze, so this little guy is probably it for us.

Next appt is the 29th with OB. I think it's just to check in and make sure my urine is protein free? Honestly not sure what it's for. Haha

QOTW: i will second watermelon. All the fruit really, and all the carbs.....well all the everything. I have had zero aversions. I never really ate much before being pregnant, so this being hungry all the time thing is actually super annoying. I've never had to plan my life around food....but I guess this is just preparation for my life revolving around a demanding little human. 

Jeansis

Hi Ladies! I'm a little late to the party this week! Been a hectic week so far! I'm pregnant with one (15 weeks 6 days) and due November 30th. I have a doctor's appointment today. Just a checkup, no u/s.

My doctor recently upped my levothyroxine again. My level was 2.7 on my last test and I was taking 75mcg. They increased me to 100mcg last week, and I am already feeling the difference. I really hope this does the trick and I don't have to go up again. I started at 50mcg and it seems like every time they raise the dose, the level is stabilized for a month or two and then it starts to go up. Very frustrating! They said the level might stabilize on its own after I have the baby, but until then the medication is necessary. 

As for my cravings, I NEEDED a bean and cheese burrito with green salsa yesterday! I grew up in CA, so Mexican food is my vice. The craving was so strong that I went to the store right away to get the ingredients. I had one for lunch and dinner yesterday...with a salad and lots of water of course!

@latershrader I am also a plus size mom and have been really worried about gaining too much during pregnancy. I get really frustrated sometimes because I lost this weight before and was at a healthy weight for about 6 years. I went from 305 pounds to 165 (I'm 5'8), and I was a healthy weight when I first started trying to have a baby several years ago, but the weight just slowly crept back on over the years and I am up in the 260s now. I have not lost anything during this pregnancy, but also have not gained anything so far, which I think is good. However, my belly is noticeably bigger now, so the weight is obviously transferring! What have you been doing diet and exercise-wise? 

@LeFemmeViolette I am super jealous that you are having an anatomy scan at 17 weeks! My doctor's office originally had mine scheduled at the end of July, which would be about 23 weeks for me. I got them to move it up a week and a half, so now it is around 21 weeks. They said they don't like to do them too early because they want to make sure they can see everything, but it seems like other places do them earlier. Oh well! Is your scan a special situation or do they always do them around this time at your doctor's office?

@PoeMasque Welcome to the second trimester! I just arrived last week. It was such a relief to go from first to second trimester! I was so nervous the entire time! How are you feeling? 

LeFemmeViolette

@Jeansis Nope- I don't think its a special situation. That's just the timeframe they scheduled it. I'll actually be 18w1d at the time of the scan. Two more days! Time seems like it's just getting slower the last few days, haha!

latershrader

@Jeansis I am not eating at all like I used to before gettign PG. I just can't eat as much, nor do I want to. Especially now, I'm not as hungry as I used to be. Maybe cause I don't have as much room? I am also walking daily. Just to keep moving and get a little exercise. Otherwise, haven't done much. I lost 13lbs in my first trimester but have gained a bit of that back. I'm still lower than my pregnancy weight though. So my docs are all happy.

omarismyhomeboy

Hey! 27 weeks + 5 days with my girl. Checking in late because I just got back from our baby moon! We spent 4 lovely days in San Diego and it was awesome
This is also my last week in the 2nd trimester group- actually, I turn 28 weeks on Friday! I am really excited but also bracing myself for what I know might be a more challenging 12 weeks. 

QOTW: I havent had any real cravings that I think are that different from non-pregnancy. I have an ongoing affinity for pad thai, but that love affair started long ago

sasha29-2

Ugh what a crazy week I'm just checking in!  19 weeks today with the nugget, anatomy scan a week from Friday and hopefully we get to see a little something to find out if it's a he or a she.  Our family is driving us crazy with "don't you know what you're having? Don't you want to find out? Why can't they tell you yet? Why didn't you do the blood tests?" Ugggghhhhh lol.  It's especially targeted now cause our cousin is due around the same time I am, and they had an abnormal NT scan, so they did more testing and found out early through that.  DH's relatives are starting to side-eye me like they think I don't want to find out and they think that's crazy, so I'm getting more grief than seems warranted.  You'd think they'd understand "we don't want to do any more testing than our doctors deem necessary for a healthy pregnancy," but my MIL is starting to hint that maybe my doctors aren't very good (um, no. I've been with the same practice since I was 17 years old, they're fantastic). 

QOTW: Avocado. I mean, I normally like avocado, but in stuff, guacamole or on a taco or a burger or something, but lately I've been eating entire avocados just straight out of the skin with a spoon.  And I want All The Carbs.  As for aversions, chicken is like, beyond disgusting right now, which I think is fairly common.  Up til a few weeks ago, I could handle fried chicken or wings, as long as the flavors were strong, but now all of it makes me gag.  I also can't handle anything mild in flavor; everything I eat has to be super salty or sweet or whatever.  There is zero subtlety in my diet these days.

PoeMasque

@Jeansis Thanks for the welcome, it feels really good to be past the first trimester! I'm feeling great, having some afternoon headaches, but I figured out they go away if I go for a walk, so now I have no excuse for being lazy! haha

srh18

Hey everyone!! 

I'm 17+5 with my three boys! We're up to having 2 scans per week due to the concerns with blood flow/possible TTTS, but got some hopefully good news on Monday that they now think the issue is not TTTS-related. Basically, TTTS is a placenta abnormality where a vein connects to an artery, but they think we have an abnormality with an artery to artery connection, which doesn't usually end up as an issue at all. So feeling happy and hopeful about that! My boys are otherwise doing great, sizes and heartbeats are perfect. 

QOTW--No real cravings or aversions, but I've had this weird texture thing a few times where I've put food into my mouth and started chewing and then had to spit it out because I just couldn't force myself to swallow. Sounds weird, I don't know if it's normal, but it's foods I love usually (eggs, a hamburger, cooked carrots). I'm just very hungry all the time.

@latershrader congrats on graduating to 3rd tri!! So exciting. 

@LeFemmeViolette good luck at your AS Friday! Definitely keep us updated about your name reveal party-sounds so fun!

@ChocolateIsLife thanks for taking over the board!

@PoeMasque welcome and congrats on moving into 2nd tri!!

LeFemmeViolette

Woohoo! Had our anatomy scan this morning. Everything looked great! AND.... we got confirmation it's a girl! She's measuring about 3 days ahead. Here she is:

Haven't really felt anything that made me think "oh that's definitely baby!" yet, but I have felt random sensations of bubbles popping, which I guess could be baby movements. Very excited for our name reveal party tomorrow! Hope everyone has a great Friday and weekend!

EmilyE13

@latershrader Congrats on graduating to 3rd tri. 
@PoeMasque Welcome!
@ChocolateIsLife Thanks so much for volunteering to lead us!
@LeFemmeViolette She looks perfect. I'm so glad the scan went well. 

I'm 25 wks 2 days with my little lady, who has passed the viability threshold and kicks me on a regular basis now--especially morning and night--to announce her presence. Woohoo! I can't believe I'm over 6 months pregnant. My next appt is 6/21. DH and I are working on registry and figuring out furniture for the nursery this weekend. If anyone else is considering painting their nursery, we just found out that Sherwin Williams is doing a massive paint sale starting tomorrow through 7/4. Not sure if it's nationwide, but worth a look!

QOTW: Add me to the fruit craving party. Berries in particular are my personal heaven right now. That and spicy food, which is utterly masochistic on my part given that I still get daily awful heartburn. But a baby wants what she wants, I suppose.