Update: baby is measuring great and has 127 heart rate, so good news there. Bad news is I was diagnosed with a heart shaped uterus with a 2cm septum that the baby is implanted near and have thin uterine wall (only 5mm, should be 9mm). I go back in another 2 weeks and will have more info then but for now it seems to be a 50/50 chance of it continuing :-/ hoping for the best but at least I'll know the reason this time of something goes wrong and there's a surgery to correct it available. Wish that had eased my mind more but at least I go to see my little bean! Hoping for the best for the rest of you ladies!
@koala1107 I read the other post and it seems like most of the ladies had some positive ending stories for you. So I'm hoping everything turns out well. Let us know next time you have an update.
My bleeding and cramping yesterday ended up being diagnosed a threatened miscarriage. Today cramping is lighter and bleeding is more like spotting so I'm less worried. Going in with an ultrasound tech on Monday. But I'm also feeling like I should lay low- is that just lazy tired paranoid pregnancy brain talking?
@koala1107 definitely keep us updated. Hopefully you're feeling a little better today but I'll of course be sending positive vibes & prays your way.
@CMDD So glad the bleeding is slowing down! I don't think you're being lazy if you lay low. From what I've been told, unless they put you on bed rest, it wouldn't stop a m/c but if it makes you feel better than I say do what you need to for you. Just remember that getting up won't change things. Still praying for you!
On Wednesday I'll be 8 wks, which will be huge for me. I bought these belly stickers to put on your belly and document your pregnancy. I've been waiting over a year to use them. The first sticker is 8weeks, so I cannot wait to plop that thing on my bloated belly and have DH take a picture. We are also looking forward to telling our family this weekend. It'll be so nice to share in our excitement with them.
I'm so happy you're doing this!! I started a blog and documented with elaborate chalk boards and photos last time. But with our loss at 14 weeks I'm really hesitant this time around. Show us your belly sticker photo when you do it!
Had DH take it today. I posted in the belly bump thread but since it was requested here, I'll put it here too. Lots and lots of bloat! Lol
10w1d was measuring 10w1d yesterday so I might be 10w2d? Officially the most pregnant I've ever been I lost angel baby at 9w3d but growth was around 6w heard heart beat for the first time, freaked when I was told that they couldn't "find" the baby from my stomach.. Longest most painful 30 minutes of my life waiting for that ultra sound, really retroverted uterus, but my little rainbow growing strong. Morning sickness almost gone, and I down 6 pounds from first visit even tho I'm eating everything in site!
I had my first appointment with my OB since being released from my RE. She couldn't find a heartbeat on the doppler and that freaked me out a little, but she said I am right at that stage. We did an ultrasound in the room and the baby has grown greatly since the last one! I am suppose to be 9w6d from my second ultrasound's measuring, but I measured 10w1d! Everything looked great and we saw the heartbeat which was a relief. The baby even moved around in the beginning a lot.
I will go every 2 weeks from now on because of my previous losses, but we have made it longer with this pregnancy than any of the others. Seeing the heartbeat 3 times now with baby continuing to grow correctly is a huge weight off my shoulders! I just hope on the 18th I can finally hear the heartbeat.
I am glad to hear your positive stories this week and looking forward to updates after everyone's appointments.
I had my first u/s. And I have a healthy baby blob! She measures at 6 weeks and 5 days so I'm now having a Christmas Eve baby! We are super excited especially since they couldn't find the baby last time we were pregnant. I still have on and off hives from my progesterone shots in Seasame oil. They switched it to ethyl Olate,and at least my hives aren't getting worse. I mostly just hate that they seem to enjoy hanging out in my pubic are the most. Sorry TMI. Congrats @SomedayInMyArms and @susiaustin !
On Wednesday I'll be 8 wks, which will be huge for me. I bought these belly stickers to put on your belly and document your pregnancy. I've been waiting over a year to use them. The first sticker is 8weeks, so I cannot wait to plop that thing on my bloated belly and have DH take a picture. We are also looking forward to telling our family this weekend. It'll be so nice to share in our excitement with them.
I'm so happy you're doing this!! I started a blog and documented with elaborate chalk boards and photos last time. But with our loss at 14 weeks I'm really hesitant this time around. Show us your belly sticker photo when you do it!
Had DH take it today. I posted in the belly bump thread but since it was requested here, I'll put it here too. Lots and lots of bloat! Lol
Yay!!!! There may be tons of bloat but there is a baby in there!!! Adorable pic!
What a day yesterday! I'm heading out to take my DD to the splash pad and we both go potty before we leave and BAM! Blood. I call the OB, and after dumping my daughter with a friend,off to the ER I go. I was terrified. I don't even remember driving there. 3 hours later everything is ok. Saw and heard the baby, measuring right on track super strong heart beat and a small sub chorionic hemorrhage. They didn't give me any restrictions, just to follow up with my OB. I feel like we dodged a bullet yesterday. I hope this isn't a sign for this being a difficult pregnancy
Lots of SCH's! It's so reassuring to see more women with them and that their OB's are just super laid back about it. I do have some restrictions with mine, possibly because mine is a little bit bigger? Idk though, OB didn't tell me the size. I'll have to check with him on Wednesday!
Soooo I am going to kill my DH, bloody corpse on the side of the road coming up!!! Our ultrasound is supposed to be right now. But for some reason he convinced himself it was at 9, we have NEVER gone at 9, I prefer 7:30 but compromised at 8 because he prefers the RE to be there not just the resident. So I want to kill him, I should be over there in the waiting room freaking out not sitting here praying I don't miss the window since they only do them till 9. Argh, jackass
Ugh! Sorry you all have had rough days! Praying that everybody feels physically and emotionally better soon.
We had a ridiculous night last night. I dropped my blood pressure down into the 70s over 50s where it stayed for half an hour. It was a miracle that I was still awake because usually I'm unconscious at that point. The doctor said to go into the emergency room but I was so tired I just went to sleep instead. I know, not the safest thing to do but I woke up and I'm okay and about to head to my OB/GYN and then to my MFM directly after. Hopefully everything will go well and I will get a firm due date today!
I feel like crying, but in a good way for once! We had a heartbeat today, it measured in at 142 they said everything looked fine and we will have one final scan next week at 8 weeks and then graduate to the OB!!! I'm still cautious but feel so much better we have never gotten these results before.
I feel like crying, but in a good way for once! We had a heartbeat today, it measured in at 142 they said everything looked fine and we will have one final scan next week at 8 weeks and then graduate to the OB!!! I'm still cautious but feel so much better we have never gotten these results before.
that's amazing! i'm so happy for you! sticky rainbow baby prayers!
I feel like crying, but in a good way for once! We had a heartbeat today, it measured in at 142 they said everything looked fine and we will have one final scan next week at 8 weeks and then graduate to the OB!!! I'm still cautious but feel so much better we have never gotten these results before.
I felt like I had a good handle on this pregnancy- just relax until the first US and try to get to 14 weeks and then I could be excited. But since the scare on Tuesday all I can do is lie around and wait in fear. Ugh!
After a loss in January, I was more than nervous for my first ultrasound yesterday. Found out that our baby is measuring at 6 weeks 6 days with a due date of December 25th. Couldn't ask for a better present. :-) Heart beat was 125bpm and is the size of a sweet pea. I'm extremely ready for this morning sickness to wear off though!
Okay, so I know I shouldn't freak out, but I just had a few drops of red blood in the toilet and a little when I wiped. The OB did a Pap smear on Tuesday, could it just have been caused by that? When people say they have spotting, is it red? I just saw our baby healthy on Tuesday, so I think everything should be fine.....
I feel like crying, but in a good way for once! We had a heartbeat today, it measured in at 142 they said everything looked fine and we will have one final scan next week at 8 weeks and then graduate to the OB!!! I'm still cautious but feel so much better we have never gotten these results before.
Oh Nik... I elated to hear this news!!! So incredibly happy for you! I had thought you were a week or two shear of me and didn't realize you were waiting for a HB... This made my night so much better!!!
@Charmndmom I think you should probably call your doctor… They'll probably tell you to keep a close eye on it and to go in if it gets heavy.… I'm hoping that this is just from your Pap, or something very minor… I've had a number of friends that have had some bleeding and continued on to have healthy babies. Fx and please keep us updated! (((Hugs)))
I had red spotting, but definitely let your dr know. Mine was an irritated cervix- we don't know why, my dr thinks I was "overdoing it" at work. I don't think I was particularly active, but since SO was working nights, we knew it wasn't sex related.
Oh, aaaaaand I just took my last pio shot tonight and started my crinone (ew, but better than a shot in the ass every damn night!). Yeah for 8 weeks on Sunday!
Oh Nik... I elated to hear this news!!! So incredibly happy for you! I had thought you were a week or two shear of me and didn't realize you were waiting for a HB... This made my night so much better!!!
Nope I'm 7w3d today I'm so thankful for all of you and hoping that we all get to walk this 9 months together. It still isn't 'real' for me yet. I see all these posts about nurseries and names and I just think of you guys (&myself) the PGAL club, no one wants to pledge it but so many of us are here. And how for the most part I think we are all in the same boat, just waiting... I want to feel like I can tell people but even seeing a hb doesn't have me there. Maybe next week lol. I brought up a couple pieces of furniture we could repurpose for a baby room to my husband and it felt so weird, almost sacrilegious to even be thinking we could have those conversations at this point. Man sometimes I wish for the ignorance I was enshrouded in with my first pregnancy. It never occurred to me anything could go wrong and now it is hard to imagine it might not.
@nik6499 I know exactly what you mean! When I am reading posts about decisions once LO is born, if I answer I am thinking to myself (G-d willing I will get to make that decision.) but I hold it in (as I know you do.) so would that make your due date 12/21? I'm 12/18 as of today so we are really close.
I'm so grateful for your wonderful news. It made my night and I'm keeping everything crossed for a H&H 9 for us all!!!
I totally understand that Nik! Im almost envious of women who've never had a loss because they can be happily naive to it. Yes they can be anxious, but unless you've felt that devastation you just can't possibly understand it. Even at over 8 wks i think it's too early to tell, but my DH is just so excited and optimistic that I'm trying to get there too. I don't think the worry will go away until we are holding our babies, then we'll be filled with an entirely different type of worry and anxiety! Lol
So true. I think there was a post about names and one about nursery stuff and I didn't even open them. It's not time to think like that yet. I hate that my default saying to my DH is " if we get that far...." It's almost like I'm assuming this will end bad.
I admit I say if we get that far ALL the time. It's just to painful to start creating a life complete with hope and expectations yet. Being a healthcare professional I keep most of my conversations very clinical and I know that will offend some people but it's how it makes it bearable, we don't call it a baby we call it an embryo, the heartbeat was a first for us so it's a little harder to stay distanced but for our sanity we have to. We are both hoping we make it to 9 weeks we joke about how much fun it will be to graduate to fetus! Just because I'm clinical doesn't mean I love it any less than someone else, doesn't mean I want it any less. It just allows me to compartmentalize, otherwise there is no way I would be upright handling my third pregnancy since July. I want to get a shirt that's says I'm a G5 bitches get over it lol
I had my 2nd us yesterday and everything looks great. Tomorrow will be 10 weeks. Baby heartbeat was at 187, and you could see baby's fingers. For a FTM it is all very exciting, cannot wait till December.
@nik6499@BostonBaby1@Embuzz247@kimb311 you all took the words right out of my mouth. Sometimes I feel a little guilty that I'm not getting names ready, crib and stroller comparing, or creating a nursery. But I just can't go through that again until I feel safer. I keep wondering how we will feel at 14 or 20 or more weeks. Will it ever feel sure and we can let our guards down?
My first U/S isn't until June 2nd, but I have an appointment on Monday where at least we might hear a heartbeat! Maybe that will calm me down?
Having a missed miscarriage the first time has left me a wreck. I'm not spotting at ALL but I can't feel safe, because last time I didn't know until the first trimester screening.
Is heartily apologizing to her child in advance for genes that predispose them to shitty vision and being Too Damn Tall.
Re: PGAL weekly check in
@CMDD So glad the bleeding is slowing down! I don't think you're being lazy if you lay low. From what I've been told, unless they put you on bed rest, it wouldn't stop a m/c but if it makes you feel better than I say do what you need to for you. Just remember that getting up won't change things. Still praying for you!
We had a ridiculous night last night. I dropped my blood pressure down into the 70s over 50s where it stayed for half an hour. It was a miracle that I was still awake because usually I'm unconscious at that point. The doctor said to go into the emergency room but I was so tired I just went to sleep instead. I know, not the safest thing to do but I woke up and I'm okay and about to head to my OB/GYN and then to my MFM directly after. Hopefully everything will go well and I will get a firm due date today!
But since the scare on Tuesday all I can do is lie around and wait in fear. Ugh!
I'm so grateful for your wonderful news. It made my night and I'm keeping everything crossed for a H&H 9 for us all!!!
The doctor said it probably was just the Pap smear that caused my spotting. So I feel better now!
Having a missed miscarriage the first time has left me a wreck. I'm not spotting at ALL but I can't feel safe, because last time I didn't know until the first trimester screening.