***3rd tri check-in 11/2/15***

Re: ***3rd tri check-in 11/2/15***

• suchaglencoco member

  November 2015 edited November 2015

  I want to apologize for my absence last week and the weird name- please message me if you any questions as I'd rather not discuss it here. 

  
  

  In regards to pregnancy, we had quite the scare last week. Monday night I sat on our couch and our 50 lb dog launched himself onto my stomach, used it as a springboard, and threw himself over my head. We immediately panicked and I couldn't feel our little girl moving so we went in to our labor and delivery. We hoped we were just overreacting and would get an u/s, be told it was fine and be sent home. Well, in the end everything was fine but it wasn't as simple as that.

  Monday night they checked and I wasn't dilated, both babies were moving and heart beats were great but they decided to keep me overnight for monitoring. Then Tuesday morning, I had a high risk doctor come in to talk to us. He was worried as he had seen this type of thing before where everything looked good initially but 48 after an incident, the placenta had issues and the mother delivered prematurely. He requested we spend another night as a precaution and they also decided to give me steroid injections for the babies' lung development just in case. 

  Wednesday, I woke up at 5 am to having contractions they began to monitor them. I was having them about 4-5 minutes apart but the intensity of them never went above a 4 for me so there weren't too concerned. They eventually fully subsided by 11 but they still wanted me to stay the night again. 

  Thursday morning, our on call OB came in to check on me and to discharge me. Every night I'd be told we would be discharged in the morning and every morning I wouldn't be. He decided to do a quick cervical check and found I was 1cm dilated and 70% effaced. This threw everyone into a small panic and they decided to keep me and put me on 12 hour magnesium drip. That drip is top ten of the worst experiences of my life. It makes you feel super ill, have hot flashes, go in and out of being conscience, nauseous, weak, unable to fully walk by yourself- just horrendous. Honestly, if my husband wasn't able to be by my side that whole day, I don't know how I would have made it through! I'd do 5 more fresh transfer cycles before doing a magnesium drip. I hope none of you ladies has to endure it. 

  Friday morning I woke up and felt still pretty weak and tried from the medicine but they decided that we had done essentially everything we could to prepare in case the little ones show up early and they released me. 

  
  

  It was a very long, and exhausting week but I was so grateful my little ones kept moving around the whole time and had consistent heart beats going on. And now, I get to hear their heart beats for hours during the week as I have a crazy schedule of appointments up until our induction date. I go in Mondays for 2 hours of monitoring and Thursdays for 2 hours of monitoring, an hour of ultrasounds and a half hour with the doctor. 

  
  

  QOTW- I really miss lying on my back and eating sushi. Shoes. I miss being able to fit in all of my cute shoes (thank you swelling) and being able to put most on myself. And this week, I have become too big to function and anything that isn't 5" off of the ground, is super difficult to pick up. If we didn't have dogs, DH would come home to random things lying on the floor because I would definitely be too big to bother picking them up. 

  
  

  @andimegie325- your little guy is adorable in that photo! Have you tried practicing with your Moby? We received one and someone told me to practice with dolls until I get the hang of it. 

  
  

  @marnief- glad everything is going well and quiet on your end. Double strollers are fun! I keep pushing ours around the house.

  
  

  @somewhereinafrica- so happy everything is going well on your end! Sounds like you are finally getting settled in.

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• emcarl24 member

  November 2015

  Hi ladies, I get to join you now! 28wks 4days (due 1/21) with one little boy.
  
  @suchaglencoco what a terrible experience! I'm glad you are home and the babies are doing well. Hang in there mama!
  
  As for me, I'm excited to have made it to the 3rd tri! I passed my glucose screen last week, and next appt we are doing a growth ultrasound. My doctor orders them for all of her patients with endocrine issues (I'm hypothyroid with Hashimotos). It's going so fast!
  We're also trying to close on a house, and the thought of leaving the apartment we've been in for the last 8 years while I'm 34-36 weeks pregnant is making me flip out a little. It's exciting but I wish the timing had worked out to close sooner!
  
  QOTW: I miss sushi too. And fancy unpasteurized cheeses. So yeah, mainly food. Ha. I'm just starting to get big enough to feel it, but so far am still doing pretty well comfort wise. I'm pretty tall (5'11") so I think that helps.

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• Kelley421 member

  November 2015

  Hi ladies! Hope you don't mind me joining 3rd tri a day early- 28w tomorrow but this will be the shortest trimester for me- if the triplets don't come before I should have a scheduled csection in about 6 weeks.
  So..this is a half trimester?
  
  I have been on bedrest since last Tuesday due to shortened cervix. I don't have any contractions that I am aware of, just when I stand up, my entire belly tightens up horribly and stays that way for a couple minutes.
  I failed the glucose test and go back Thursday for a three hour. I only failed by 4 points and I won't be pregnant much longer, so I don't really see the point. I tried to get out of it with the bedrest excuse but the office is putting me in a room to lay down while I am there.
  I see MFM again in a week for another cervix check. He had a hard time finding it last week and it scared me so much! My bottom girl is very very low in my pelvis, so I can't imagine that is helping.
  I'm still working from my laptop, in bed. DH picked up some puzzle books and I ordered a couple adult "therapeutic" coloring books- I'm not big on TV so I'm grasping for things to pass the time.
  @suchaglencoco that sounds like a scary experience! I am glad the three of you are well, the mag sounds horrible, I do hope I avoid PTL- and fx for no more for you too!
  @emcarl24 I can imagine being nervous moving that late in pregnancy, but having a new house is a big plus!
  
  QOTW: I miss everything. I am tired of laying down already, it is difficult to stay positive not being allowed to do anything.
  

  Two years, two losses and three IUIs...

  We are having TRIPLETS!

  EDD 1/26/16

   GGB born November 2015!

  
  

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• marnief member

  November 2015

  @glencoco - We missed you!  And oh, how scary your week sounds.  Glad you went in right away to get checked out and glad you're getting such good monitoring now.  FX that you can keep those kiddos cooking at least a few more weeks!

  
  

  @emcarl24 - Welcome aboard!  I know SO many people who have ended up moving very late in pregnancy.  Good luck and be careful - no lifting boxes!

  
  

  @Kelley421 - You are in the home stretch!  I'm sorry that bed rest is such a pain...thank goodness for the internet, right?  And I hear that adult coloring books are really relaxing.  One of these days I might try that out.

  
  

  As for me - 30 weeks today!  Three-quarters baked.  Nothing much new except that my boobs have started hurting.  I'd forgotten about that from last time.  D'oh.  Still 2 weeks away from my next app't.  I am at the "oof" stage - every time I lean down to tie my sneakers, every time I stand up from sitting, etc., I let out an involuntary "oof."

  
  

  QOTW: I miss scotch.  It's not like I usually drink every night or anything, but I often have a glass of wine with dinner, or a small scotch after dinner, because it makes me feel grown-up and it's relaxing.  I've been making up for it by eating more chocolate...heh.  My doc says I can have sushi once every month or two, so I don't miss it quite so much because I know I can have it.  I do miss being able to tie my sneakers without having to think so much about it.  Also, I miss my brain.  Every morning when I'm getting breakfast ready for everyone, I have to tell myself, "Milk goes in the fridge, not in the pantry."  Etc.

  Me: 37 | DH: 38 | Married 9/2012, low AMH, high FSH

  First-ever BFP after IUI #4 (Follistim) - Baby Girl born (36w2d) 8/8/2014!

  TTC #2 since Feb 2015

  BFP 5/4/15

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• suchaglencoco member

  November 2015

  Welcome to 3rd trimester @emcarl24 and @kelley421!

  
  

  @emcarl24- congrats on the house! I know it seems scary to be moving that late in pregnancy but it'll help the time go by faster and keep your mind focused on things other than waiting on baby.

  
  

  @kelley421- so glad you are still going pretty strong with those three littles. Are you on bed rest for the rest of pregnancy? 
  When I had a shortened cervix, one of my doctors said bed rest helped and others in the practice said it didn't really do anything. So they agreed to let me not be on bed rest. It's also extremely frustrating that they don't really know if it's a shortened cervix or if it's just how it is with my body carrying two. I am guessing they kind of told you the same thing- they have no studies on the cervix when it comes to carrying multiples so they just make an educated guess. 
  I hope next week's cervix check goes better! It's so frustrating to have made it this far after our fertility journey to only be pushed back into extra medical necessities. 

  
  

  @marnief- 30 weeks! Hooray!!! Is your little one excited for the new arrival?

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