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Late Term and Child Loss
Mrs Nice
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PgAL CheckIn
Mrs Nice
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Hello Ladies,
Welcome to Thursday PGAL CheckIn!
I hope I find you all well and positive this week! If you have any questions you would like answered, please don't be shy! You can also ask the PAL ladies. Bake, little buns, bake! :
How far along are you? What size fruit is your baby this week?
Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?
QOTW: How has this pregnancy been different from your last one?
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?
Welcome to Thursday PGAL CheckIn!
I hope I find you all well and positive this week! If you have any questions you would like answered, please don't be shy! You can also ask the PAL ladies. Bake, little buns, bake! :
How far along are you? What size fruit is your baby this week?
Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?
QOTW: How has this pregnancy been different from your last one?
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?
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Re: PgAL CheckIn
I feel like our PGAL girls are dwindling down. I think it's time for another surge of rainbows
How far along are you? What size fruit is your baby this week?
I am 34 weeks 4 days and I am a butternut squash (I think!)
Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?
I am in the homestretch and start weekly appointments next Monday. Avery's first birthday is about 3 weeks away so that has been weighing on my mind a lot lately.
QOTW: How has this pregnancy been different from your last one?
Last pregnancy I had polyhydramnios so I was way more uncomfortable. I had constant heartburn, I couldn't sleep, she was very high in my rib area, I had terrible acne, and wanted sweets all the time.
This pregnancy I am way more comfortable, I am still sleeping well, I only have heartburn occasionally, he is super low, and I crave salty stuff.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?
I am starting to get really anxious to meet my raibow, but I don't want him to come until March so that Avery will not have to share her birth month. I am feeling a little overwhelmed with everything, but deep down I know that we are ready for him to get here.
I was hesitant to do the PgAL check-in..it just doesn't feel real yet since it's so early. But I AM pregnant so here goes!
How far along are you? What size fruit is your baby this week?
4 weeks, 3 days. I think just an orange seed at the moment!
Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?
I have an appointment on Wednesday. My doctor is only going to draw blood and discuss my treatment going forward. I'm going to stay with the same practice because my doctor delivered ds and Ava...and his bedside manner is remarkable. He is the kindest, most gentle doctor anyone could ask for.
QOTW: How has this pregnancy been different from your last one?
It's so early but I still find myself looking for similarities. So far though I have slight nausea (which for some reason I've had since ovulation) and I also have a faint headache most of the day.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?
I'm anxious about going into my doctor's office next week. The last time I was there was two weeks after we lost Ava. All of the nurses were hugging me, they whisked me in so that I didn't have to sit in the waiting room around other pregnant moms. It was all so emotional. I'm scared about sitting in that waiting room again and walking through there. I keep reminding myself that although the most horrible thing was discovered at that office I also had a good experience there with ds. I'm also thinking a lot about Ava and how her EDD will be here next month...I'm scared of finding out something bad about this pregnancy while hitting that milestone at the same time.
BFP#1 - 11/27/09 EDD 8/5/10, DS1 arrived 7/24/10 via emergency c-section.
BFP#2 - 6/18/12 EDD 2/23/13, sweet baby girl born sleeping on 10/4/12 at 19 weeks, 3 days.
BFP #3 - 1/18/13 EDD 10/1/13, natural mc on 2/2/13 at 5 weeks, 4 days.
BFP #4 - 8/29/13 EDD 5/12/14, our sweet rainbow, DS2 born 4/29/14 via c-section
How far along are you? What size fruit is your baby this week?
I am 32 weeks tomorrow, so baby is a squash according to the bump.
Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?
I have a growth scan, OB appt., and my first NST (which we'll be doing twice a week from here on in) on Monday. 34 weeks will be a milestone of sorts as that will be the point at which they will no longer try to stop preterm labor, but will just welcome baby. I am so hoping we can get through the next two weeks without Ada arriving. (If we do, I think 36/37 weeks will be our next big milestone, but for now I'm not even going to think that much about getting close to full-term, but just hoping for 34.)
QOTW: How has this pregnancy been different from your last one?
Well I have made it much, much further in this pregnancy thank goodness! And since preterm labor was our issue last time (and apparently is a threat this time as well) and we are now well, well, well into viability territory and only 2 weeks away from the point at which babies do so well that they won't bother trying to stop labor, I actually am starting to really think we will be bringing this baby home. That is hard to say out loud, though, given I know anything can happen at any time. But I think at this point my worries about what is going to be like if Ada is a preemie, how long will she be in the nicu, etc. have taken over and I'm really not so focused on "are we actually going to take this baby home" anymore. So I guess I've traded in one horrible set of worries for a much, much better set. Though it's still pretty stressful and I'm worried that at any moment I might go into real labor, it's nice that my big worries now are about the length of a nicu stay we might be facing rather than whether she will be born so early that she will die immediately or not make it out of the nicu.
BFP #2 7/11/12. EDD 3/23/13. Ada Alice born 3/20/13.
Welcome to PGAL Meli and congrats on the BFP!
I'm glad things are still going well for you Philfemgal!!
I know I'm late on this and I've been MIA for a while, but I felt funny posting here for a while. Not sure why... maybe like I might jinx this pregnancy if I did? It still feels too good to be true...
How far along are you? What size fruit is your baby this week?
15 weeks. Baby's an orange this week. Ironic since last week that's all I ever wanted to eat!
Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?
I have an appointment next week with both my OB and my high risk doc. For some reason I'm really nervous about this one. I think because this has been the longest stretch so far without seeing a doctor of some sort during this pregnancy. I'm really anxious to hear LO's heartbeat again.
QOTW: How has this pregnancy been different from your last one?
Everything has been different this time. I'm not nearly as sick. I had the second trimester relief every talks about at almost 13 weeks on the dot. Last time I was 22 weeks and still puking several times a week. I generally feel better... not as tired, not as irritable (although DH might disagree). I show a LOT more this time around, but I hear that's pretty typical for second pregnancies.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?
So much. I'm feeling a lot of anxiety about this pregnancy. Like there's no way that this one could result in us taking home a living baby. I've also been feeling really sad about losing baby Gary lately, too. No milestones. No real triggers. Just general sadness. It makes me sad to think that this baby should be a little brother or sister for him... that this baby won't ever meet his or her big brother. I look at his picture a lot lately and I get really teary thinking about the last time I saw him in person at the hospital and how much I wish I had had the courage to see him again at his funeral. I envy DH for taking that opportunity. Eesh. Hopefully this is just a slump and I'll feel better for next week's check-in.
I haven't been on in a very long time. On November 21st, we celebrated our Ava's first birthday. Christmas kinda sucked but we're moving on as best as we can. I hope it's ok for me to post here again. It took us a year to get pregnant this time (we started trying December 2011). There are so many newbies, I'm sorry you're here.
How far along are you? What size fruit is your baby this week?
I'm 4w6d today. I think baby is poppy seed size? I'm due Oct 2nd but doc told us he'd never let me go over 39 weeks again.
Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?
My first appointment is the 18th, 2 days before hubby's birtday.
QOTW: How has this pregnancy been different from your last one?
My boobs do not hurt, which kind of concerns me. I have felt way more queasy than I ever did with Ava though.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?
Given my history of early miscarraige, followed by a stillbirth at 40w1d, I find it odd that my doc won't even see me until I'm 8 wks. I can't figure out whether or not I want to stay with him. At my 6 week pp appointment, he admitted to not noticing in my chart that the last four visits my measurements weren't progressing, now they refuse to see me for another 2 weeks. I think I am leaning towards leaving, I just hate "breaking up" with my OB. Sorry, I'm finished rambling!
**Good luck to everyone, I hope child loss is something we never have to experience again.
*Lurking*
I couldn't agree more Careyalis!
Congrats to Meli and agrobs! This is great news.
And to you mommies so close to having your little ones in your arms, I can't believe how far you have come!