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August 2016 Moms
Fremdschamen
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PGAL Check-In 3/21
Fremdschamen
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Happy Monday!
Weeks:
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to):
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Questions?
GTKY: Any plans for Easter?
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
BFP #3: 12/16/2015 DD2 born 8/27/2016
Re: PGAL Check-In 3/21
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Anatomy scan ultrasound next Wednesday! Cannot wait.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Sending calm, positive vibes to everyone! Feeling good over here.
Questions? Anyone else headache prone during pregnancy? I think mine are dehydration related, but who knows.
GTKY: Any plans for Easter? We're not religious, just planning a visit from the Easter bunny for my DD. Usually we have dinner with BFF, but she has a newborn and a ton of company, so not really sure if that will happen this year.
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
Weeks: 17w 4d
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Anatomy scan on Friday! I cannot wait. I haven't seen this little girl since she was 6weeks.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I am feeling great...although sometimes I think to myself "I haven't felt her move today". But then I relax and there she is. Sending positive vibes out as well
Questions? @frenchteachermama I have been getting a lot of pregnancy headaches and I don't remember this the last time. My doc told me it was dehydration as well and I should be drinking have my body weight in water everyday. I must have heard her wrong b/c that seems impossible.
GTKY: Any plans for Easter? I will go to mass by myself b/c taking a 2 year old seems like a really bad idea! Then off to my parents for an Easter egg hunt and dinner with my extended family. I love Easter b/c it always feels like spring is coming and everything is new and bright.
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Regular appointment next Monday. We had the anatomy scan last week and I'm still so excited from that!
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: positive vibes to all! Before the scan, I was certain something had gone wrong again because I couldn't really feel much movement. At the scan we found out the placenta is sitting in front of her so that is why moment has been limited. We also found out she is a girl! Hooray!
Questions? @Fremdschamen I've been having a lot of headaches, too. Mine seem to be hormone related but they're still awful! Good luck!
GTKY: Any plans for Easter? Easter egg hunt with DS and then dinner with the in-laws. I can't fight church with the way my 2.5 year old has been!
Weeks: 19w6d
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): We had our anatomy scan on Friday and have our 20 week midwife appointment tomorrow.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Feeling very blah. The anatomy scan went great, except that I learned that my placenta is anterior, which explains why I've only felt movement super low. So now I'm nervous/bummed out that I'm not going to feel nearly as much movement as I did with my first one.
Rant: I'm kind of annoyed with the whole weight gain thing at my midwife's office. At my first visit (at 7 weeks), she asked me what my "starting weight" was, so I told her my weight, according to my scale at home (first thing in the morning, wearing very little clothes). She then weighed me that day and put down that I had gained two pounds, even though I hadn't actually gained anything at that point and was simply being weighed later in the day, after eating, fully dressed with shoes on. No big deal, I guess. But then at my last visit, at 16 weeks, she told me that I should "really watch it" because I had gained a total of 6 pounds, according to her record. In reality, at that point, I had actually only gained 3 (I weigh myself once per week at home on my scale before eating anything). I tried to tell her this, and ask if it's still a concern, and she sort of just shrugged it off. As of this morning, I've now gained a total of just under 6 pounds (so 3ish pounds since my 16 week appointment) and I have no idea if I'm on the right track weight-wise, or if I really am gaining too much. I gained 23 pounds in my first pregnancy and lost it all very quickly, and I'm hoping to stay around there this time too, but can't for the life of me remember how quickly/slowly I gained it, or where I was at by 20 weeks. So, again, blahhhh.
Questions? Anyone else with anterior placenta? How much movement have you felt?
GTKY: Any plans for Easter? We're just going to my mom's; Dh's family is terrible about planning things and, at this point, have no plans for Easter so who knows about them. It's frustrating because we both have joint custody of our kids so we have to work with the other parents too, and his family makes it very difficult to plan.
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
19w5d
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to):
Just regular monthly OB checks. Excited to reach 20 weeks this Wednesday.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
I am still riding the high from my anatomy scan last week. I think on Saturday I may have felt the baby do a roll but it only happened once so not sure if that was my first feeling of movement or not. Nothing really since but feeling so much better since seeing him move around in there and not feeling anything during the scan.
Feeling motivate to knit a few items and downloaded some apps to start on the naming process!
Questions?
GTKY: Any plans for Easter?
Nope, it wasn't big growing up in my family so I have no actual plans this year.
What's next: Anatomy scan a week from Thursday. I'm so excited!! But I'm also really nervous my doctor could find something wrong with the baby. Trying not to think about that though.
Rave: I've been feeling a ton of fetal movement! I couldn't be more happy about that. It's not constant and it's not that strong yet, but every now and then I feel some kicks. DH was finally patient enough to wait with his hand on my stomach until he finally felt his first kick too. Feeling this movement has calmed me down a lot.
Rave: So I got an email from my grandparents saying they're coming to visit me in three days because they want to see the city I live in and need a place to stay to break up their trip to Florida to visit friends. I would love to see them but I'm a little upset too because they've planned this trip months ago yet are just now telling me three days in advance that they expect to stay here. I live in a two bedroom townhome and our guest room is being converted into a nursery. It's a mess right now and we can't even fit a person in there right now let alone two with a bed made up. DH and I were going to spend the next few months getting that room ready for baby but now we have three days (while we're both working more than full time) to finish the room. Plus I have to go buy pillows because I don't have any guest pillows right now. And to top it off I work nights and sleep during the day. This is a very tiny house, which means no sleep for me while they're here. And no sleep while pregnant and trying to work until 1 a.m. is not a good mix. I'm not very happy!
GTKY: No Easter plans. DH and I have the day off together so we'll probably just go on our weekly date. (Trying to get in as many movie and dinner dates as possible before baby comes.)
I'm sorry some of you are experiencing headaches! I'm a migraine sufferer, but pregnancy seems to have helped ease that a bit. Drinking water like your doctors suggested really does help a lot. I know it's hard to drink that much, but when you force yourself to do it you feel so much better!
I'm up to 48 oz of water today and definitely feeling much better, if a bit waterlogged.
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): had my anatomy scan today and all looked good! I have to go back because LO's hand was on his face the whole time and we couldn't get a good profile picture.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: feeling relieved after seeing that things are good. Found out I have an anterior placenta which explains why I only started feeling movement in this last week or so.
Questions? Nope
GTKY: Any plans for Easter? We are bouncing between families... We'll go to DH's mom's for brunch and then dinner with my family.
@1faceinacrowd I think your midwife is being a bit overboard with the weight thing. I've gained like 8 or 9 lbs so far which my doctor is really happy with. Also, it's impossible to compare what an appropriate amount of weight gain is (within reason) because everyone's body gains the weight at different paces. I know some people whose gain slowed towards the end and some whose gain picked up towards the end. As long as you know your being healthy I wouldn't worry about it.
Also, I found out today that I have an anterior placenta this time and my doctor said that by 20weeks or so it won't make any difference, because the baby will be strong enough that kicks and movement are powerful enough to be felt in basically the same way.
@Bookhousegirl I agree, it seems a little overboard to tell me to watch out. We'll see what she says tomorrow... I know I'll be wearing a lighter outfit/shoes because it's supposed to be 70 degrees rather than 20, so that'll probably make a difference. I'm still about half a pound under what she weighed me in at 4 weeks ago.
Also, the ultrasound tech didn't say much about if/when the anterior placenta would make a difference, so that's good to know!
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
Weeks: 21
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to):
Appointment next Monday, yay.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Love feeling the fetal movement
Questions?
GTKY: Any plans for Easter? Eat peeps and catch a flight home from a conference.
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
I'm so sorry about the nightmare you had! I can imagine how terrifying it would be to have the nightmares. I bet it is because of the holiday. When I passed the due date of my first pregnancy in February I had nightmares too and felt awful all day. I hope you have better dreams tonight and that today goes well for you!