2nd Trimester Check-in: Week of July 31st

LeFemmeViolette

Good morning!

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 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:
@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 boys!
@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 girl!

@Jeansis EDD 11/30 with 1 bean!

@PoeMasque EDD 12/8 with 1 boy!

@stella_700 EDD 12/17 with TWINS!

@wabash15 EDD 12/25 with 1 bean!

@takethelongway EDD 12/28 with TWIN girls!

@mountainlady-2 EDD 12/8 with 1 girl!

@klake42 EDD 1/2 with TWINS!!

@ryannenikole EDD 1/8 with 1 boy!!

@caseyw8784 EDD 1/25 with 1 boy and 1 girl!

QOTW: Who are you planning on having as your "birth team?" Partner, parent, doula, friend? All of the above?

caseyw8784

Hi ladies! I am so excited to be able to now post of the 2nd tri board! (@LeFemmeViolette this is my 1st time posting on this board!) 

I'm 14w4d with boy/girl twins, and my EDD is 1/25/18, and my bump is finally starting to pop! Though, I don't think it's too noticeable to other people...just me and DH...haha. Morning sickness and most food aversions are FINALLY starting to go away, but my body will still not tolerate meat. DH cooked these beautiful steaks last night....and he got to take mine to work for lunch today, boo.

The anatomy scan will be on 8/24, but I will also have an appointment sometime this week (once i call my OB's office to set it up in a few minutes). DH and I spent half the day Saturday at the maternity wing at the hospital due to some sudden bleeding (but no pain or cramps). They did an ultrasound and both babies were active with strong heartbeats, and the on-call OB did a quick exam, and once she determined that all 3 of us were fine she sent us home with orders that i can't really lift/carry anything for a week (even something small-ish like a grocery bag) and to follow up with my OB around mid-week. DH is a bit disconcerted with the whole "sometimes you bleed and we don't know why but you're still fine" thing, so he's being a bit of a mother hen and hovering since we came home saturday night...

For my birth team, as of now, I only plan on having DH in the room for the actual delivery. We haven't thought that much about it yet, but I know I don't want MIL or even my mother in the room when the babies come. I'm thinking that I'll want them to visit beforehand while in labor, but haven't made any final decisions yet!

wabash15

Morning ladies!
     19 weeks with one pistachio. All is going well. I actually had a lot of energy this weekend and DH and I got a ton done. Other than that this week should be fairly low key. We bought a dresser that will go in the twins room and the twins dresser will go to pistachio. I also think I found a chair on craigs list for the baby room... its exciting to feel like we might make some progress on turning it from a randoms room into the baby room. ( I can feel myself starting to nest)
   As for my birth team... it will be DH and probably a doula then our midwife if all goes to plan.  I don't really want anyone else there, plus we have to have someone watching the twins and our pets. 

@caseyw8784 hooray for the 2nd tri!! I'm sorry about the bleeding. it is scary. I had bleeding with my twins too but at the end of the 1st tri. (tell you DH they are now crazy 2 year olds, so yes sometimes bleeding is just some bleeding) I'm glad you all look good. 

Joslynj11

Happy Monday Ladies!! @LeFemmeViolette Thanks for taking over the board for us and @caseyw8784 SO exciting for you to be joining us in the 2nd tri board, really scary about your bleeding but I am glad to hear that they said everything is ok with you and the babies!! @wabash15 Congrats getting to take advantage of that energy!

Well ladies, as sad as it is to announce I am pumped to head over the next tri!! This week will be my last week checking in as I am 27+4 with one baby girl. Me and baby girl Riley had a big week of milestones last week with passing the glucose test and hosting our baby shower at our house for friends and family. DH and I were trying to wait until our baby shower to start making big purchases and I am glad we did because we got some great stuff and we had a great time! Now it's time to start putting her nursery together!! I will attach a few shots but will try not to bore you with all the pics. We are so glad we hosted though and we got more of our family together than we ever expected.
This week we have our echo on Wednesday and I have officially started appointments every other week. WE have our babymoon in Martha's Vineyard starting next Wed and then hopefully it's smooth sailing through the 3rd tri I can't wait to see you other ladies there right behind me!

Polythene Pam

Hi all! My last week here as I head to the third tri!

 @joslynj11 you look adorable!! What a beautiful shower to celebrate Riley!

@caseyw8784 I'll be lurking on here so keep us posted but my sister had late bleeding and has healthy kids! Never comforting but hoping some rest helps

@wabash15 yay for nursery progress! Feels so good to get stuff done

feeling good here! We're back to square 1 on names (grr to my husband haha) so he agreed to chat this week. nothing else too new.

QOTW just my husband and the nurse/doc. However I had a tough delivery (post partum hemmoraghing) with my daughter and my husband is already terrified of delivery. My doctor and I are making a plan in case it happens again, but I already told my husband I have no issue booting him if he's getting sick from being stressed. It's a really lovely trait of his ha, so he said he'll man up. If not, it'll be me and the nurse we took a day to recover with my daughter, I think I'll do that regardless, give us that day as a family and let guests come after we've had a night of sleep

srh18

Hey everyone! 24+3 today with my three boys! Not too many updates at this point, just happy to still be pregnant and waiting for my next appt on Wednesday. I'm also excited to announce that we have officially selected names--all but one middle name! We're keeping them to ourselves, but I think it's safe to share here--

Introducing: Elliott Andrew, Spencer Jacob, and Oliver TBD. It has not been an easy road picking names with DH who is apparently a crazy person lol. 

I'm firm in wanting only DH for support during delivery. Im not really a very nice person when I'm uncomfortable so to be perfectly honest I would probably prefer to be alone, but I'm not so terrible that I would even suggest that. Plus, I think it will be good for the boys to have their dad there since I will probably be mostly useless for a while lol. DH is used to my desire for personal space at this point in our relationship haha.

@caseyw8784 welcome to 2nd tri!! Sorry about the bleeding. I had two significant bleeds in my 1st tri and I know how scary it can be. Take it easy and let it heal!

@wabash15 your nursery really sounds like it's coming together!! 

@Joslynj11 what a lovely shower for you and Riley! Congrats on moving on to 3rd tri! Such an exciting milestone.  

wabash15

@srh18 so glad things are trucking along and those names are very sweet!  with the twins DH was in the surgery room and got to do skin to skin with them until I could... I hope that you get far enough along that it might be an option for you. 
@PolythenePam congrats on moving to the third tri!!
@Joslynj11 your glowing and look beautiful!!  hooray for your transition to the 3rd tri and I'm glad your shower went well!

Joslynj11

Thank you ladies we had a lot of fun!! I forgot to mention that it rained the whole time but everyone still had so much fun and we're glad they came!! My immediate family came from TN to help celebrate which was a 8 hour drive for all of them.

Oh and forgot my QOTW, I think it will just be me and DH. It's my first and I have no clue what to expect so I will just have my #1 cheerleader

stella_700

I'm 20 +1 with boy/girl twins.  Doing okay, my Mom and sister were in town this weekend and they were a lot of help. We did some furniture moving and some cleaning up, and I sorted through my clothes. We packed away stuff I won't be able to wear for a while. I've got the dresser I want for the twins nursery emptied of all my off season clothes. Progress feels good.

Just some back discomfort today. I think that sitting too much right now is causing the back pain/pelvic pain. I find reclining/standing more comfortable right now. Any others ladies feeling the same?

No appointments this week, next one is August 8th with the OB. Then MFM on the 24th. Basically an appointment every two weeks.

With twins I'm trying to keep the birth plan as open as possible while still knowing my personal preferences. Getting my brain into one locked in plan with so much unknown seems to encourage disappointment in how the babies' births will go. Hmm that doesn't sound quite right, do you guys get what I'm talking about though? I know that I just want DH in the room with me. I'm hoping that they are big and healthy enough for dad to do skin-to-skin with them as soon as possible.

LeFemmeViolette

Hi all! Crazy busy day today, but wanted to share this pic of our little girl!

Of course she still looks a little blobby, but her cheeks are filling out! This was at the MFM place and we got a good in-depth scan of her heart- which looks great!

As for my birth team, it'll be DH, my Mom, and our doula. : )

Jeansis

Hi Ladies! I am 22.5 weeks pregnant with one boy! @LeFemmeViolette  I have a slight baby bump now, but it could still be mistaken for bloat by people who don't know me. My belly is becoming a little more prominent and noticeable every week. DH and I took a weekend trip (our babymoon I guess) and I am starting to notice the extra weight (only 5 pounds so far, but it is all in my belly!) when walking around for a while. I used to be fine to walk around all day long when we went places, but now I am finding that I have to sit down and rest every hour or so. And at the end of the days we walked the most, my feet were so swollen! My toes looked like little sausages. 

I know that I want DH in the room during delivery, and a doula (have not found one yet, but I have some recommendations and I am going to get on that in the next week or two). I never considered having other family members in the room, but I don't think I want to. I will invite them to come visit right after he is born though.  

ryannenikole

Hey ladies! 

17 weeks over here! EDD is still January 8th so no change there. DH and I decided to go ahead and switch over to a midwife instead of staying with my OB. I am really excited to be switching because I love the midwives model of care and working with them had been a dream for the last 6 years of TTC! My first appointment with them is Thursday. Still planning on a hospital birth, but attended by my midwife unless there is an emergency and her overseeing OB is needed. 

I'm feeling good overall. Food aversions aren't so bad and my energy level seems to be picking up. Some mornings are great, others are horrible with no rhyme or reason. Lol. I have a tolerance level of zero right now though and DH thinks it's funny unless its directed at him. All in all, not bad. 

Birth plan....right now DH and my midwife and her assistant are the only people I'm planning on. I'm not sure what kind of level of involvement the midwives have during labor yet but I get the impression they are less removed than doctors typically are. DH didn't love the idea of a doula even though I assured him that by that time she wouldn't still be a stranger. Lol. So we'll see. 

stella_700

@lafemmeviolette The cheeks! I'm glad that they heart scan looks great.

ryannenikole

@LeFemmeViolette so sweet!

hopeby2015

@Joslynj11 - you guys look so happy!  It looked like such a beautiful party!

@caseyw8784 - welcome & congrats!

@srh18 - beautiful names!  congrats on getting this far!  I remember when you first announced your pg on the 1st tri board! 

@stella_700 - im the opposite - lol.  I need to sit down so my back doesn't hurt ..

@LeFemmeViolette - beautiful picture of your baby girl!

AFM, it's my last week as well - turned 27 weeks yesterday. @LeFemmeViolette

I had a doctor's appointment on Monday and took the gd test - still waiting for results.  These boys tho, keep me up at night sometimes with all their kicking!

QOTW:  i want my mom and maybe dh in the room.  But i think my mom wants to skip this one - i dont blame her.  As for dh, he'll probably be there but last time, he nearly fainted.  The nurses got him a chair.  I think this will all depend on whether or not I need to have c section tho.  So we will see.

Polythene Pam

@hopeby2015 ok you make me feel so much better saying maybe DH haha. My husband gets physically ill (like throwing up) when stressed or nervous, I can't deal with that. I joke with him but he's aware he needs to man up if he wants to be in the room

LeFemmeViolette

Well, it happened. The clerk behind the counter at Jersey Mike's asked me if I'm having a boy or a girl. I guess I legit look pregnant now! I told DH and he laughed and said I missed my opportunity to get all offended and get a free sub! LOL

PoeMasque

@hopeby2015 and @Polythene Pam my fiancé is also a fainter and from the beginning of this pregnancy has told me he is scared to be in the room. I keep telling him I'm scared too! I have no choice so he doesn't either. Nurses in L&D deal with sick/fainting partners all the time, I've even dealt with it in the ER several times, so he's not getting out of it. Haha. 

This week I'm feeling so many kicks! We have even seen/felt them on the outside, which is way earlier than I expected (we are only 21+6 today). 

I scheduled the glucose test for the end of this month and they talked to me about weekly monitoring (visits twice a week!) starting at 32 weeks due to AMA. They said it's optional, but I need to decide soon so they can schedule all the visits now. Anyone else doing this? 

QOTW: we plan to have my mom and two friends (both are L&D nurses who are going to take turns and act as doulas/advisors for me), but I'm pretty open to whoever at this point. I think I will like the distraction of company during the process. 

srh18

@PoeMasque yay for feeling kicks! My boys are rambunctious. DH was having some issues feeling them (he said he couldn't tell if it was the babies or muscle twitches in his hand, which I thought was ridiculous because these babies literally kick things off my stomach...I told him he should see a dr if his hand twitches that much lol!!) but a couple of days ago he put his head on my stomach and baby B started kicking him right in the ear!! He said he was sorry I had to feel that all of the time, but honestly I love it! It's such a cool feeling. 

@LeFemmeViolette how exciting that people are noticing your pregnancy! LOL at this point most people's comments to me are "you look ready to explode" ha

@hopeby2015 fx your GD screen comes back all clear!!! 

AFM, officially hospitalized until I either deliver or hit 28 weeks. I'm 25 weeks tomorrow, so these boys have held on for 4 weeks since my first preterm labor scare! (I cannot believe I've been on bedrest for 4 weeks! How did the time go by so quickly?!?!) Let's hope they have at least three more weeks in them!!! I would appreciate any and all prayers/positive vibes. 

Polythene Pam

@srh18 many prayers, grow babies grow!! While stressful I'm sure, I'm glad you're in the best place possible to watch those boys grow. I'll be stalking the second tri for updates so keep us posted!! ❤️

Polythene Pam

@PoeMasque haha I like your attitude, we can't just leave so they can't either my husband actually handled my daughters delivery like a champ, held my leg and saw her delivery. I had the scare after she was born though so now he's on crazy nervous husband mode. Even coming into the room before the egg retrieval for IVF he was pale and looked like he'd pass out. He promises to man up again though

wabash15

@srh18 Sending lots of prayers your way that those babies keep baking for 3 more weeks. 

Joslynj11

@srh18 Sending all the prayers I can to you and your boys! I am officially in the 3rd tri, hit 28 weeks yesterday but I will be lurking to check on you girlie!!

LeFemmeViolette

@srh18 Thinking of you as you old those lil guys in there for just a few more weeks!

srh18

Thank you so much for all of the prayers and thoughts! Something worked--my cervix lengthened to 1.5cm from basically nothing!! Still not a good measurement for sure, but definitely better than a few days ago. I'll take it! 

I also think you ladies would appreciate this more than anyone else I could tell. I was started on progesterone suppostorities around 21 weeks due to cervical shortening (hello prometrium, old friend). Well in the hospital, or at least this hospital, they don't have prometrium. They have inch-and-a-half long, very hard, conical suppositories that they want me to insert 2 of with lube each night.  I tried and it hurt so I am now using my prometrium from home on the DL (no worries-dosing is the same and everything). 

wabash15

@srh18 those were the suppositories that my most recent RE had... uggg they were awful! hugs lady I feel you on the progesterone. I hope you had a good weekend, or as good as it could be.

hopeby2015

@srh18 - sorry to hear all this.  Ill be praying for you too!  And you would think after weaning off, you wouldnt need to deal with those pills anymore!  At least your almost to the finish line, only a few more weeks to go!

@PolythenePam @PoeMasque - I'd hate to see what would happen if our dhs were the ones to give birth - lol!