PGAL Check-in 3/10

kboydbowman

As we approach/enter the 2nd trimester....how ya'll doing?

Due Date/Weeks - 

Any upcoming loss-iversaries on your mind?

Emotions?  Thoughts?

Any questions?

whitta1015

Due Date/Weeks - 9/7 - 14+2

Any upcoming loss-iversaries on your mind? Nope, fortunately I've passed that point, but still constantly scared something will go wrong.

Emotions?  Thoughts? I'm doing ok. I've felt pretty crummy this week, but very thankful because it just reminds me that I'm pregnant. I think like Monday I felt like I didn't look pregnant anymore and my husband basically said "just wait"...and he was right. Ready to feel those sweet little flutters in a couple of weeks.

Any questions? natm

melyrae

Due Date/Weeks - Sep 1 - 15+1

Any upcoming loss-iversaries on your mind?
no, but I saw a rainbow this morning and thought of my babies! 

Emotions?  Thoughts?
pregnancy after loss is so different. It’s been a huge adjustment having people now know I’m pregnant and talk openly about it. Because 4 months ago I would flee the room the second someone started talking about pregnancy… now Im around these conversations because people are asking the questions TO ME. It still doesn’t feel natural to talk so openly about pregnancy. 

Any questions?
Nope. 

blanket_girl

Hi, all. I took a little break from this board because I was having a very tough time, but I’m feeling better and I think I’m ready to re-join the fold 🙂

Due Date/Weeks - 9/6 14+5 

Any upcoming loss-iversaries on your mind?
I just am passing my loss-iversary this weekend. The past few weeks were pretty bad, and I’m hoping I can start to feel more excited and connected to the baby now that I’m getting past it. 

Emotions?  Thoughts? I haven’t had a scan since I was 11 weeks along, so in the back of my mind I’m not entirely convinced baby is okay until I get to hear his heartbeat again at my 16 week appointment. It’s a long time to wait but I’m doing my best to be calm. It’ll be much easier once I can feel him moving…. I hope that will be sooner than later. 

Any questions? None at the moment, just anxious for some reassurance. 

kboydbowman

@blanket_girl
in good news, that 16 week appointment is right around the corner!

pfirestarter

Due Date/Weeks - Sept 5, 15w2d

Any upcoming loss-iversaries on your mind?

my loss was week 6-8 last time, so thankfully I’m past that. 

Emotions?  Thoughts?

always so hard to believe that it’s happening for real this time. A few weeks away from my next US but I can feel flutters if I lie still and focus on them, and that helps me feel that things are still okay. Just started to get baby clothes gifts from mama friends and that’s a new step for me. Terrified sometimes that an orgasm or lifting something over 20lbs will make things go awry, but so far so good, I think. 

Any questions?

no burning questions at this point, but I feel what I equate to “round ligament pain” in my sides and up to the bottom of my ribcage sometimes. Achey stretchy feelings that feel more like stretching than they are painful. When I read about RLP though the articles say that it’s more of a sensation in the pelvis, where I haven’t felt anything at all. Have any thoughts on this? Maybe I’m simply just feeling my belly room getting bigger and it’s different than RLP?

kboydbowman

I've always considered what you're describing to be round ligament pain. Those sharp pains on the side are mostly what I get.

melyrae

@pfirestarter agree !!! I described the pain to my husband like “you’re trying to do 50 sit ups, and you’re on number 47 and your muscles are just on fire. Like that. But across the sides and front of my stomach muscles”… I chalked it up to RLP but agree that sometimes the descriptions don’t always fit your sensations