PgAL Check In

princezjk · May 2014

Hello Ladies,

My apologies for the delay in posting! Hope this finds 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. Grow little ones, grow!

How far along are you?

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?

Any pregnancy symptoms or pregnancy cravings or aversions?

QOTW: What are your plans for preparing a nursery for your LO? Did you have a nursery prepared for your lost LO?

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?

jess123456 · May 2014

I am 16 weeks 1 day.

Upcoming appointments: anatomy scan in three weeks. Looking forward to seeing him again!

Symptoms/cravings: Some morning sickness if I don't eat every couple of hours.

QOTW: not ready to think about the nursery just yet maybe after the anatomy scan.

jonahsma · May 2014

How far along are you? 23 weeks

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones? passed loss milestone. My next appt is in 3 weeks. I think I start my NST's shortly after that.

Any pregnancy symptoms or pregnancy cravings or aversions?
I am so hungry lately, I want to eat everything

QOTW: What are your plans for preparing a nursery for your LO? Baby will sleep in my room for awhile. Did you have a nursery prepared for your lost LO? No, I was planning on getting that ready and buying clothes when I found out the gender instead I found out she was gone.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? I have a lot of anxiety. My mom bought the baby something and I just cringed. It took everything in me to remain calm and reassure myself that buying something for the baby is not going to jinx us.

EDITED because I am forgetful lucy..

stefuge · May 2014

@jonahsma‌ - congrats on passing your loss milestone! I know that doesn't guarantee anything, but I'm sure that was a tough week just the same. ((Hugs)).

diamante1181 · May 2014

Currently 7 weeks.

3rd scan on Tuesday before being released to the OB.

No real cravings, but pork chops are once again the enemy, and all sweets are my friends.

As for prepping a nursery, we had not prepped a nursery for our lost twins because we were living in a one bedroom apt. Now we are in a two bedroom and we have no immediate plans to set up the second bedroom for this little sparkly. Not really thinking about that right now.

What is on my mind, is that at this point I don't feel super excited, which I feel horribly guilty about. DH is actually more excited than I am, and I also feel weird about that.

Bruton8288 · May 2014

How far along are you? Today I am 12 weeks along

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones?

I have been having weekly U/S due to the blood clot found in my uterus. But overall baby is doing well.

QOTW: What are your plans for preparing a nursery for your LO? Did you have a nursery prepared for your lost LO? I will not be preparing a nursery space for rainbow baby until baby is home. I will have the essential needed but as actually decorating a nursery I am too scared. Elizabeth shared a room with her big sis, theme was & still is Fairies, I haven't changed it since then.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?

Nervous, sometimes I over think things that shouldn't even be in my head. I just want to make it to the end & bring home a rainbow baby.

amandager99 · May 2014

So excited for you @mrsgerman Can't wait to here that your little one has arrived safe and sound! I was thinking about you a lot last weekend.

kz's_girlygirl · May 2014

Can I jump in? It's terrifying to say 'out loud' that I am pregnant, but I am crossing my fingers and toes that this little soul stays with us.

How far along are you? I am 11w3d

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones? My next appt isn't until the 18th. 3 weeks between seems like an eternity.

Any pregnancy symptoms or pregnancy cravings or aversions? My belly feels giant already. I weigh about 20 lbs less than I did when I got pregnant with Jesse so I am smaller, but I feel like I look enormous. I've been having some tightness/pulling and general soreness since my surgery- had a TAC placed about 2 wks ago. Pain related to that and scary pain are hard to differentiate

QOTW: What are your plans for preparing a nursery for your LO? Did you have a nursery prepared for your lost LO? We moved into our house last month, so we have some renovating to do. The room that will hopefully be a nursery needs to have carpet ripped up and wood put down, and needs to be re-painted so we will be working on it sooner rather than later. I am terrified to call it a nursery though- I keep telling myself we would be renovating that room whether I was pregnant or not.

Open Topic. I've been thinking of Jesse a lot more frequently- since we moved, we don't have a 'special' place for his things right now. we have his urn on our dresser, but I really need to find a place to put his blanket, candles, memory box etc. They are all packed away right now

stefuge · June 2014

@kz's_girlygirl‌ - I am so excited for you! Congratulations!

I can totally relate to the concerns with moving - we bought a new house (escrow closed yesterday) and are in the process of getting the house ready and getting moved. It was so hard on pack up all of Colton's things and know that we are leaving that house. We also have a room that might someday be "the nursery" and I keep finding myself too nervous to call it that.

mmsweeney1 · June 2014

How far along are you? 28 weeks 1 day

Do you have any upcoming appointments or milestones? I feel like I always have appointments. I'm down to every 2 weeks now, plus throw in the MFM appointments and growth scans every 3 weeks. This little girl has a lot of people looking after her!

Any pregnancy symptoms or pregnancy cravings or aversions? I am getting to the point where my back and hips hurt by the end of the day. Otherwise, I feel good.

QOTW: What are your plans for preparing a nursery for your LO? Did you have a nursery prepared for your lost LO? Our nursery was all ready to go for our son and we didn't know he would be a boy so the nursery was neutral. It's been empty and I am just so ready to use it.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? I feel relief because everything seems to be getting better. We had been told the baby had a velamentous cord at the anatomy scan, but at my latest ultrasound the techs decided it actually is connected to the placenta. I also failed my 1 hour glucose test and was stressing about a GD diagnosis, but I passed the 3 hour. Some of our worries have lifted now, but it's still scary to get closer to the end and have last time in the back of our heads.

mmsweeney1 · June 2014

@diamante1181 It can be really hard to get excited. Hopefully you will feel better as the weeks pass!

diamante1181 · June 2014

Can I just ask (now that I've had time to think), what is your protocol with your ob's? Are you considered 'high risk'? Should I request an MFM? I have my first OB appt next week and I don't know how to go about this now. :-S

jess123456 · June 2014

diamante1181 said:
Can I just ask (now that I've had time to think), what is your protocol with your ob's? Are you considered 'high risk'? Should I request an MFM? I have my first OB appt next week and I don't know how to go about this now. :-S

My OB set up an appointment for me with an MFM after our 12 week appointment as a consult. It made me feel better to talk to the MFM in person even though my loss history doesn't make me high risk but I did want to hear that from her. It couldn't hurt to get a consult with an MFM doctor just to get his/her opinion on how things should be handled with this pregnancy.

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