PGAL weekly check in 10/12/15

babycakes8214 · October 2015

Week:

Upcoming appointments:

Questions for the group:

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday?

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?

babycakes8214 · October 2015

Week: 7

Upcoming appointments: 11/2- first ultrasound... 21 more days

Questions for the group:

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Halloween. I just love everything about it.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?
Physically, I'm exhausted and naseaus. Emotionally, I'm going crazy. Wednesday I will be 7 weeks 2 days, which is the day I got spotting with my last pregnancy... the beginning of the end of it. Its bringing to thr surface all of my fears. I just need it to be November already. I just need a sigh of relief. I'm so mad I can't be happy about being pregnant.

lisaren · October 2015

Upcoming appointments: I have my NT scan tomorrow and genetics appt. I will also be having the Harmony test, Super nervous!

Questions for the group: Can you tell us a little bit about your loss.. it would help be able to connect with everyone.

as for me I lost a son last year to Trisomy 18. His name is Brody.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Halloween and thanksgiving!

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? Physically I am Okay, tired and cranky..haha Emotionally I am better during the day but at night I get all kinds of crazy. I'll be glad once my appt is over tomorrow and we get the test results come back okay. I suffer from PTSD and having this appt staring at me is causing me anxiety, as this was the same appt that I found out about Brody last year (except I was much further along)

Jesse835235 · October 2015

Upcoming appointments: Next appointment is 10/28. I was going to pass on the NT scan, but I think I'm changing my mind.

Questions for the group: Can you tell us a little bit about your loss.. it would help be able to connect with everyone.

With my son, we found out at his anatomy scan at 18 weeks that he had a heart problem. We traveled to two great children's hospitals across the country and were considering an experimental fetal surgery. Before we said yes to the surgery, we wanted to figure out insurance, living arrangements, etc. Once we got the okay from insurance, things had worsened, so they would no longer consider the surgery. I carried him for as long as he wanted to stay (27 weeks). His autopsy showed that he had a heart condition (non-genetic) that has only been recorded 100 times in 100 years. We named him Joshua because it means God is salvation or saved by God.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Christmas and Independence Day. I love the 4th of July, because it's mostly a no-fuss holiday. It's fun, you get to see family and friends, and there is no stress. I love Christmas because the holiday spirit can bring out the best in some people and because I like celebrating Christ.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? Physically, still nauseous, but getting better! Emotionally... I'm doing pretty good. I will be able to breathe a lot easier once we have out anatomy scan.

@lisaren.... good luck with your tests. Fingers crossed for good news!

lisaren · October 2015

Jesse835235 said:

Upcoming appointments: Next appointment is 10/28. I was going to pass on the NT scan, but I think I'm changing my mind.

Questions for the group: Can you tell us a little bit about your loss.. it would help be able to connect with everyone.

With my son, we found out at his anatomy scan at 18 weeks that he had a heart problem. We traveled to two great children's hospitals across the country and were considering an experimental fetal surgery. Before we said yes to the surgery, we wanted to figure out insurance, living arrangements, etc. Once we got the okay from insurance, things had worsened, so they would no longer consider the surgery. I carried him for as long as he wanted to stay (27 weeks). His autopsy showed that he had a heart condition (non-genetic) that has only been recorded 100 times in 100 years. We named him Joshua because it means God is salvation or saved by God.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Christmas and Independence Day. I love the 4th of July, because it's mostly a no-fuss holiday. It's fun, you get to see family and friends, and there is no stress. I love Christmas because the holiday spirit can bring out the best in some people and because I like celebrating Christ.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? Physically, still nauseous, but getting better! Emotionally... I'm doing pretty good. I will be able to breathe a lot easier once we have out anatomy scan.

@lisaren.... good luck with your tests. Fingers crossed for good news!

Thank You, and much love to you

=((

linzandjer11 · October 2015

Week: 7 ish

Upcoming appointments: next Monday!!

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Probably thanksgiving, easter and christmas.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?
This week i've been much more calm. I still don't know what's gonna happen, but i still seem to have symptoms (which may just be from progesterone, but who knows...). Physically, i definitely have symptoms- super huge sore boobs, nothing sounds good to eat ever, tired, etc- but not super bad. But that's kinda how my first trimesters go.

For my losses:
I had a normal healthy pregnancy to term that resulted in my son in 2014. I was really excited to do it all over again and got pregnant in Feb 2015. I lost that baby on easter (appx 9wk) and thought "oh this sucks, but it happens sometimes. I'll just get pregnant again really fast." So i did in June. My little symptoms never got much beyond being tired and i lost that baby in July (appx 8wk). Then i felt like it wasn't fair. But maybe the Lord was trying to tell us something. So we looked into adoption. We went to an agency's orientation and were about to put in the down payment for the application when we felt like we should just wait over the weekend to start that journey. Well that monday i was late so i took a test, just to rule out a pregnancy. Because how could it be possible?? DH was barely home this month and we were in adoption mode not get pregnant mode. And sure enough! The DAY we were supposed to decide about adoption, i got a bfp. So waiting it out to see what happens! I'm so happy that you ladies are here too.

hellogoodbye2 · October 2015

Week: 9 weeks

Upcoming appointments: not for another 3 weeks (12w appointment)

Questions for the group: about my losses: I've had 2 miscarriages. The first was in May 2012. I was 6w. I then went on to have a healthy pregnancy/delivery with my daughter. In August of this year I had a very early miscarriage at 4w. Then the cycle after I got pregnant again and here I am.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving! Excited to be pregnant and out of 1st tri during the holidays this year :-)

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? Pretty good, I guess. I go back and for wanting a doppler. Once o hear the heartbeat again in 3 weeks I'll feel much better.

babycakes8214 · October 2015

About my loss: I had a completely normal, uneventful pregnancy with DS. Then H and I decided we would try for number 2 in March of this year. We got pregnant immediately (found out Easter weekend) so we told our families right away. At 7 weeks 2 days I had very little spotting, I probably wouldn't have noticed it if I wasn't always checking for it. I went in for an ultrasound at 7 weeks 3 days and there was a strong heartbeat and bean was doing good but measuring a week behind. They were concerned about a "dent" but said these things usually resolve themselves. They called me the next week and said the radiologist wanted me to repeat the ultrasound in 2 weeks because of the dent. A few days later, I knew something was wrong. I knew it deep in my heart. When I went back, the u/s tech didn't shut off the monitors so I saw there was no HB. I was 9 weeks 3 days from LMP when I found out. We started trying after my 1st period and here we are again... just hoping for a better outcome this time.

Leela247 · October 2015

I've been lurking and too afraid to post anything for fear of "jinxing" anything. Going to start small by posting here

Week: 10

Upcoming appointments: Ultrasound 10/21

Loss history: First pregnancy ended in miscarriage at 8 weeks. Second pregnancy with DD we found out at 20 weeks she had congenital heart defect. She survived birth and died at 6 months old in April. This baby was a complete surprise.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? I've always loved Christmas.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?
Physically- morning sickness comes and goes daily, I'm exhausted and having trouble concentrating at work
Emotionally- I'm a mess. Still grieving the loss of my daughter, fearing for this baby, and trying to keep it together at work.

jessicalacey1226 · October 2015

Week: 7

Upcoming appointments: Today! It was originally supposed to be my normal first appointment, but it is also a recheck after the spotting/ us I had last week.

Questions for the group: who have you told so far about your current pregnancy/ when are you planning to tell people?

For me, a few of my coworkers found out because we're pretty close and we're all in trying to get pregnant/ in early pregnancy so we're constantly checking in with each other. Kinda hard to hide. A few people at my church have guessed and it's kind of hard to lie to your pastor

Other than that, the only other person who knows is my mom. We're waiting till as close to 12 weeks as we can to tell everyone else.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Christmas! I love how happy and peaceful everyone is during that whole season. Also, Christmas Eve candlelight service is my favorite day/event of the whole year. Hoping I can stay up for it this year!
I'm also a little nervous for it this year. My original due date was 12-26 which is also my birthday. So hoping current baby sticks and can help me through this year.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? I'm nervous about my appointment today. I'm paranoid every time I go to the bathroom that I'm going to see blood. So I think every time I see that heartbeat I will feel a little better. I'm also super grateful for this group and all the support!

For my loss: My OB thinks I lost my LO a few days after my 8 week u/s (which I actually had at 7 weeks). I had spotting before the initial appointment, but the OBs kept saying it could be normal. I was completely reassured when I went at 7 weeks and saw the heartbeat even though my OB said it might be too early. I thought we were in the clear. Then that weekend I had more bleeding. Went that next week and found out there wasn't a heartbeat. Went back a week later for confirmation, and sure enough we had lost our bean.

stiches221 · October 2015

Week:
8w 3d
Upcoming appointments:
Oct 30
Questions for the group:

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday?
Halloween
How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?
Emotionally: little scared cause I have been spotting all morning but pretty sure that's because my husband got a lil close to my cervix a couple times during sex last night but but even that thought doesn't comfort me. Just wish this kiddo was here already. Pregnancy is just too stressful for me to deal with now.
Physically: a lil crampy and plenty of rlp exhausted all my joints hurt and a bit nauseous oh and the never ending migraine.

babycakes8214 · October 2015

@jessicalacey1226 good luck today! Let us know how it goes!

Answer to "who have you told?"

Only my neighbor/best friend and my other good girlfriend. Its really hard not telling my mom but I just want to wait this out. I don't want her asking me 700 questions a day.

jessicalacey1226 · October 2015

Baby's measuring on track now!!! Still has a heartbeat and looking good!! Since I'm not quite 8 weeks yet my doc wants me to go back in 2 weeks just so we can get an official scan of the baby at 8+ weeks. Which I am perfectly ok with! The more u/s the better in my opinion lol. Thank you for checking in!

YouGoGlenCoco31 · October 2015

Creepy internet hugs all around...I admire your strength!

Week: 7+6

Upcoming appointments: Second ultrasound on Friday!

Loss history: After a year of TTC, I got pregnant and miscarried at 8 weeks. I had light spotting from 7+2 until 7+5, with heavy bleeding at 7+6, so I had a pretty good idea of what was going on. My 8-week ultrasound showed an empty sac, measuring 5+5.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? Physically, I don't feel bad. Tired and bloated, with little waves of queasiness. Emotionally, I am doing better each day. I am sure anyone who is PGAL worries 24/7 throughout the pregnancy...but I guess it's not like the worrying stops once the baby is born.

So, I'm doing my best to get used to it!

nerdymama15 · October 2015

Week: 7 (8 in a couple of days)

Upcoming appointments: 10/22 Nothing special about this appt. Then 11/19 for first trimester prenatal scans

Questions for the group:

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Christmas, although technically I LOVE the months of October, November, and December. I love the weeks leading up to Christmas more so than the day itself. The day itself marks the end of the season and is a bit depressing to me.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?
Irritable, cranky, stabby, etc. I'm a total bitch thanks to hormones.
I want May to get here and get over with so I can have a beer AND not have to worry all the time. One minute I think things will be fine and then the next minute I smack myself for thinking so far ahead and fearing that I"m setting myself up for failure by thinking positively. Pretty much every time in my life that I have been optimistic about anything, my hopes and dreams have came crashing down. I'm more comfortable being the eternal pessimist.

soralette · October 2015

Week: 7 (in an hour and change, anyway!)

Upcoming appointments: Tomorrow (in 12hrs and change)! First ultrasound, to confirm heartbeat and quantity of embryos... I'm nervous. I begged my husband to come with me to the appointment; I don't think I could handle any bad news by myself.

Questions for the group:
GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving. We host for about a dozen friends (plus my mom and her boyfriend) every year, and I really love it.

Loss history: Had my son with no problems. And then when we went to try for #2 last August... Four consecutive early losses -- all before 5wks. We'd conceive every single cycle we tried, but then lost 'em all nearly immediately. So off to the RE we went. After three IVF cycles, we were finally ready to try an FET of a PGS-approved embryo and now... here we are.

Who have you told/when will you tell?

I'm tired of feeling like I'm "in the closet"; if we have yet another loss, then I'll be public about that, too. So we've told a lot of people and will be going Facebook public around Halloween.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?

Emotionally, warring between optimism (this is further than we've gotten in a pregnancy since DS#1!) and anxiety (what if we lose this one, too?!).

Physically, hungry/thirsty/tired, with occasional drops into vague nausea. I am unimpressed with the nausea and would like it to go away.

YouGoGlenCoco31 · October 2015

soralette said:

Week: 7 (in an hour and change, anyway!)

Upcoming appointments: Tomorrow (in 12hrs and change)! First ultrasound, to confirm heartbeat and quantity of embryos... I'm nervous. I begged my husband to come with me to the appointment; I don't think I could handle any bad news by myself.

Questions for the group:
GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving. We host for about a dozen friends (plus my mom and her boyfriend) every year, and I really love it.

Loss history: Had my son with no problems. And then when we went to try for #2 last August... Four consecutive early losses -- all before 5wks. We'd conceive every single cycle we tried, but then lost 'em all nearly immediately. So off to the RE we went. After three IVF cycles, we were finally ready to try an FET of a PGS-approved embryo and now... here we are.

Who have you told/when will you tell?
I'm tired of feeling like I'm "in the closet"; if we have yet another loss, then I'll be public about that, too. So we've told a lot of people and will be going Facebook public around Halloween.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?
Emotionally, warring between optimism (this is further than we've gotten in a pregnancy since DS#1!) and anxiety (what if we lose this one, too?!).
Physically, hungry/thirsty/tired, with occasional drops into vague nausea. I am unimpressed with the nausea and would like it to go away.

Good luck today! Can't wait for your update!

lisaren · October 2015

Had my NT scan and baby looked great!!!! Such a cutie!! We will get the harmony results back in 7 days or sooner

laceydelovely · October 2015

Week: 7 and 5 days

Upcoming appointments: My first appointment is on 10/28. I will be just about 10 weeks by then. They wouldn't give me a first appointment any sooner...

Questions for the group: I recently started spotting and I am just hoping it won't turn out to be a potential miscarriage. Has anyone ever had spotting with minimal pregnancy symptoms turn into a miscarriage? This is my first pregnancy ever, but I really don't feel pregnant.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love food and I love family! And that's what makes these holidays so great. Even though I have a small family we always have a great time together around the dinner table.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?

Emotionally, I am just worried about a miscarriage. Even though this pregnancy wasn't planned, I am starting to get attached to it and I have been reading up on the whole process so much lately. It would be devastating to have my first one be a loss.

Physically, I feel pretty good, which is somewhat worrisome. The only symptoms I really seem to have are that I am tired and my boobs feel bigger, but not sore at all. The other day I started spotting which I have heard is normal during pregnancy, but I still don't know what to think. The only day I have felt nauseous was Sunday.

lilyandtheoandlulu · October 2015

Week:8

Upcoming appointments: next is in November

Questions for the group:

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? I love Christmas!

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? Sick and tired (ok more like exhausted)

kaseyjh317 · October 2015

Week: 7 and 2 days

Upcoming appointments: 2nd OB visit Nov 4, about 11 weeks. Everything looked great at the first, and US this past Saturday showed the biscuit with a nice strong heartbeat and measuring exactly where expected.

Favorite holiday: St. Patrick's Day. Helps that it's my birthday.

About my loss: miscarried in early May at 7 weeks 3 days. If I make it through tomorrow, I will be one day further than last time!

How am I feeling: physically I am exhausted. All the time.
Emotionally it goes in waves. I'm mostly fine but the anticipation of appts etc. makes me super nervous.

Good luck everyone!

YouGoGlenCoco31 · October 2015

lisaren said:

Had my NT scan and baby looked great!!!! Such a cutie!! We will get the harmony results back in 7 days or sooner

Awesome news!! Congrats!

TashaB92 · October 2015

Week: 7!!!

Upcoming appointments: tbd

Questions for the group:

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? 4th July & Christmas

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? emotionally pretty good. physically- like crud.

hendsa01 · October 2015

Week: 8

Upcoming appointments: 10/20 (next Tuesday)

Questions for the group: about my loss history-
I got pregnant easily and had no complications with DS, who is now 22 mo. Found out I was pregnant this may (it was a surprise, as I still hadn't gotten my period back post partum from DS bc I am still nursing him A LOT-his choice not mine ha). Had a normal u/s at 9w5d in June. 5 days later at about 10.5w I experienced a natural miscarriage at home. What a painful journey that was--both physically and emotionally! Went to OB the next day, 6/23, to confirm the loss. Got BFP in September when I called my obgyn to let her know that I still hadn't gotten my pd back post m/c and that maybe we should do some testing to figure out what the heck is wrong with me. She told me she'd set up an appointment but to take a HPT first. And here I am again.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving! Originally because of pumpkin pie, but now becausewe brought my DS home from the hospital the day before thanksgiving in 2013 and he will always be what I am most thankful for forever and ever<3

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically? Feeling jittery, sleep deprived and just off kilter. Am wondering if I should get my hormone levels, namely estrogen and progesterone, checked.just read somewhere that extended breastfeeding (and I'm pretty sure my nursing relationship qualifies as such!) can cause a dip in progesterone.

Lovely getting to know all of you thru these questions! Glad to have your support and happy to offer any advice/support you may require Cheers!

linzandjer11 · October 2015

Questions for the group: I recently started spotting and I am just hoping it won't turn out to be a potential miscarriage. Has anyone ever had spotting with minimal pregnancy symptoms turn into a miscarriage? This is my first pregnancy ever, but I really don't feel pregnant.

GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love food and I love family! And that's what makes these holidays so great. Even though I have a small family we always have a great time together around the dinner table.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?
Emotionally, I am just worried about a miscarriage. Even though this pregnancy wasn't planned, I am starting to get attached to it and I have been reading up on the whole process so much lately. It would be devastating to have my first one be a loss.

I'm so sorry you're experiencing this. What you're describing reminds me of my second loss, BUT every BODY is different and carries babies differently. Many of my friends spotted with all of their pregnancies and still had healthy babies. If you're spotting you should call your caregiver and let them know. They may get you in for an appointment sooner and help you understand why/what your body is doing. Keep us updated!!

laceydelovely · October 2015

linzandjer11 Thank you for your response! My husband took me to the ER late last night because the abdominal pain I was experiencing was too much and I was sure that something was wrong. They did blood work and an u/s and confirmed that I was having a miscarriage. I had some big blood clots come out at the hospital but the doctor told me the miscarriage will probably happen sometime today. I feel much better now that I have stronger pain meds. It is truly devastating as I was just warming up to the idea of being pregnant and was getting excited about it all. But it just wasn't part of our plan. I can't wait to be pregnant again some day, but we probably won't try for a while.

babycakes8214 · October 2015

@laceydelovely Im so sorry. Sending lots of thoughts and prayers your way.

linzandjer11 · October 2015

@laceydelovely I'm so sorry for your loss. Even the unexpected ones are loved and hard to say goodbye to. Try again when you're emotionally ready. xox

linzandjer11 · October 2015

GAH! I'm loosing the mental game today! My giant boobs hurt at every little touch from DS, I'm still totally bloated, I'm tired, nothing really sounds great to eat... but I'm not super nauseous and I've had a few weird asymmetrical pains down there today. And I just read that if you've had recurrent miscarriage you still have 17% chance of having another one after seeing the heartbeat. Sorry to be a bit of a downer. Monday's appointment can't come soon enough. Rant over.

soralette · October 2015

YouGoGlenCoco31 said:

soralette said:

Week: 7 (in an hour and change, anyway!)

Upcoming appointments: Tomorrow (in 12hrs and change)! First ultrasound, to confirm heartbeat and quantity of embryos... I'm nervous. I begged my husband to come with me to the appointment; I don't think I could handle any bad news by myself.

Questions for the group:
GTKY: What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving. We host for about a dozen friends (plus my mom and her boyfriend) every year, and I really love it.

Loss history: Had my son with no problems. And then when we went to try for #2 last August... Four consecutive early losses -- all before 5wks. We'd conceive every single cycle we tried, but then lost 'em all nearly immediately. So off to the RE we went. After three IVF cycles, we were finally ready to try an FET of a PGS-approved embryo and now... here we are.

Who have you told/when will you tell?
I'm tired of feeling like I'm "in the closet"; if we have yet another loss, then I'll be public about that, too. So we've told a lot of people and will be going Facebook public around Halloween.

How are you feeling, emotionally and physically?
Emotionally, warring between optimism (this is further than we've gotten in a pregnancy since DS#1!) and anxiety (what if we lose this one, too?!).
Physically, hungry/thirsty/tired, with occasional drops into vague nausea. I am unimpressed with the nausea and would like it to go away.

Good luck today! Can't wait for your update!

Aww, thank you!! Ultrasound went great -- baby has a heartbeat and is measuring exactly on schedule. And there's just the one, so no twins.

One more u/s with the RE, and then I graduate!

sophieophieoh · October 2015

Week: 7, 8 in a few days

Appointments: I have a midwife consultation in 2 and a half hours, next ob appt are split appts on the 28th

GTKY (favorite holiday): I just love from Halloween to Christmas ♡ thanksgiving and Christmas tie for #1 though. So much tasty food, family, and CHRISTMAS MUSIC

Loss history: in December 2013 I had a miscarriage at about 6 weeks. It was really hard on me and I didn't bounce back well at all mentally.

Feeling emotionally and physically: emotionally I'm off the charts. I cry a lot, my anxiety is going crazy. It doesn't help that df(currently also stands for dickface) is being really wishy washy and super active with the mixed signals. Physically I'm nauseated constantly, exhausted, achy and not interested in sex, which he tries to convince me I want EVERY NIGHT even when I say I'm not up for it(sorry I'm not interested in throwing up on you I guess, my bad). That's caused some trouble because he'll make comments like "whatever I guess I just won't get any for 9 months." So yeah, that's not really improving how I'm doing.

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