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October 2016 Moms
kmtz89
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PGAL Check In 6/27
kmtz89
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How many weeks and size of baby?
How are you feeling physically and mentally?
Rants/Raves/Questions?
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to?
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July?
How are you feeling physically and mentally?
Rants/Raves/Questions?
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to?
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July?
*American in Tanzania, East Africa, since 2013
DH - Tanzanian
Re: PGAL Check In 6/27
How are you feeling physically and mentally? Both are just average. Mentally I'm still scared at times that something will go wrong. Physically, I don't feel horrible, but definitely don't feel great. Been having random RLP which can get pretty painful. A bath seems to really help luckily!! I also have been having pretty bad leg cramping at night that wakes me up.
Rants/Raves/Questions? Random rant: I was in the mood for some hummus for lunch. Walk to go get it, come back to my desk, there is no pita bread (I should have checked at the restaurant). I go back to get pita bread, come back to my desk, and the pita bread is all hard as a rock. Wtf. Usually this place is really good. Grrrrr. Rave: My husband was finally able to feel Peanut moving from the outside this past week!!!!
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? 24 week viability, and then I guess third tri. Wow is this pregnancy flying by!
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? No big plans. We'll go see the fireworks, but other than that just relax and enjoy the 3 day weekend.
How are you feeling physically and mentally? Physically tired. RLP are really annoying and in general the growing of my body is getting uncomfortable. Mentally I've started to feel terrible as I approach the EDD of my loss (7/7).... All sorts of unresolved feelings and grief have been floating to the surface over the last couple days as we approach July and its way harder than I would have imagined.
Rants/Raves/Questions?
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? Regular apt July 5
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? Nah, not really something I can celebrate from Tanzania.
How are you feeling physically and mentally? I have my days where everything is great, but I am still super nervous that something is going to go wrong. I am starting to get really tired and uncomfortable half way through the day.
Rants/Raves/Questions? I have to go for a 3rd AS because they still haven't got the pictures they want. This scares me, I am hoping it is because I am plus sized.
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? July 6th another AS
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? On the 2nd we are having a BBQ for my brothers birthday and we will celebrate the fourth as well.
How are you feeling physically and mentally?
Pretty good mentally but I have my PGAL brain moments especially as physically things are harder, and when I've reached my hangry, exhausted, overheated, or just uncomfortable point of the day.
Rants/Raves/Questions? Maybe here would be the wrong place so I deleted a whole rant I started about recent controversy since I stayed mostly quiet on that thread...but it still makes me feel pretty defensive as it involved some people here who I've seen only supportive contributions from. Rave, our nursery furniture is all here and just needs to be assembled so that's another thing (besides the bump) making this seem more and more real! Question - what's this 28-week viability some people talk about?
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to?
Fetal echo followup next week...they couldn't get a good pic of the aortic arch and didn't seem concerned due to the bad angle, said everything they could see looked fine, but they just have to be able to capture it to confirm there are no abnormalities, but of course I sometimes start worrying like oh shit is this it...so I'm excited to see the baby for an extra peek but I'll be relieved when it's complete
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July?
Nope, I forgot it was coming up so soon! Probably working on the nursery this weekend...even if it sounds crazy I'd feel bad exposing this LO to the noise of fireworks!
How are you feeling physically and mentally? Okay! Still nervous at times. Also, in disbelief at how fast this pregnancy is going!
Rants/Raves/Questions? Rave: my husband and both my boys have felt the baby move!
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? 26 week appointment, getting past the GD test.
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? We're going to do the parade, spend some time at the pool, and possibly go into DC for the fireworks.
How are you feeling physically and mentally? Mentally, this is the best I've been all pregnancy and full viability 3rd tri is fast approaching! Physically, I'm a mess. Headaches, insane right hip pain/stiffness, still have morning afternoon night sickness off and on, and itchy belly syndrome is the worst!
Rants/Raves/Questions? People have started looking at me in public. How am I going to resist breaking a wrist when the first reaches out to touch my belly?
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? Next big GD scan at 28w
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? Working! Farms don't farm themselves.
How are you feeling physically and mentally? I'm sick so I'm unhappy. I did nothing useful this morning, for example.
Rants/Raves/Questions? I am pretty sure I felt the baby from the outside today! I had my hand on my stomach and I felt a jump in my hand, even though I didn't notice anything in my stomach. The baby kicks every day, but not very hard, and not very much. Of course I worry that it's supposed to be more active.
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? 28 weeks diabetes test - and just getting checked out again and reassured that everything is in line; also my husband actually feeling the baby - it kicks so irregularly that I don't see how he could unless he sits there with his hands on me for a few hours and hopefully it happens to kick where his hands are
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? On the 2nd (Saturday before) we're supposed to have lunch with my in-laws and reveal the sex so my mother-in-law can buy us a cute, gendered outfit to use for the reveal at the shower
Someone on my loss BMB (Aug 16) had their son very early at only 26 weeks, about a month ago. He is doing so well now!! I follow along with her blog as it gives me hope just in case it happens to me. Here's her blog if you want to check it out: keepingupwiththehoffmans.com
I love reading positive stories.
Also, isn't 28 weeks when we enter the 3rd trimester?
Regarding viability: 24w is primary viability where if you had to deliver, your baby has just as good a chance of survivability as not. 28w/3rd tri is considered full viability because baby has a 90%+ survivability rate which is amazing to me!
23.3, Mac and cheese, clearly exhausted, so sick of people asking if I throw up or "how are you feeeeeeeeling?" when all they want to know is if I throw up.
looking forward to viability on Thursday, and my 3D elective in a few weeks
our town does fireworks on the beach on the 3rd and I can see them from the front yard, so probably that and some BBQ
25+1
How are you feeling physically and mentally?
Exhausted. Sore.
Rants/Raves/Questions?
Not right now. Too tired. Lol
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to?
3rd trimester
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July?
Nope. We're both working all weekend.
How are you feeling physically and mentally? Crappy and crappy. This sciatic nerve pain is a killer this time. It brought me to tears today and I was in so much pain that I told my husband that I regret doing this. Then I felt like the biggest piece sh*% on the planet because this is our rainbow baby and I should be grateful every step of the way but I wasn't tonight. And then I felt him or her move and I felt like an even bigger piece of sh*%. There are so many conflicting emotions and I'm so tired of it already. I'm so, so grateful guys. I'm just so done with this physical pain. I'm looking for a chiropractor in the hopes that it'll help.
Rants/Raves/Questions? I ranted already.
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? This Wednesday I have an appointment with my OB so I hope we get to see Hazelnut and I'm going to describe the pain and see what he suggests. I'm pretty sure it's sciatic but we'll see. It came so early this time.
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? I don't know yet. Our friends invited us to a picnic at a park and I don't know about fireworks yet. I would like our daughter to see them (she's 14 months now) so I'll come up with something. Though she might also be asleep by then lol
How are you feeling physically and mentally? Physically and mentally still pretty good. I have my moments of panic, but mostly I'm in disbelief that I'm at this point and this is still really happening!
Rants/Raves/Questions? People are starting to ask me questions in public, like when I'm due and what we are having and it just makes me so excited!! Its all so real now!
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? Viability on Thursday and our next appointment July 8th!
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? Nothing too exciting; we may grill out and spend time at the pool. A park near where we live does an evening event to watch the fireworks, so we will probably go to that.
How are you feeling physically and mentally? Physically, I'm doing pretty well! Other than back aching and shortness of breath here and there, I'm feeling good! Mentally, I'm starting to fall apart. I don't feel ready at all and it's making me anxious. It's still hard to believe this is happening! Plus, all of a sudden I just feel on the verge of tears all the time - they're just waiting there, ready to fall. I've cried at work twice this week and it's only Tuesday.
Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm tired of the unsolicited advice. I hate to say it, I should be grateful for everyone's input, but it's all starting to contradict and I don't know which end is up. I mean, to an extent, we have to figure it out like everyone else did, right??
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? Growth scan mid-July at MFM and (fx) hopefully passing the glucose test in the next 3 weeks or so.
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? Heading to MA to visit my brother - so pool, BBQ and hopefully just relaxing. Our weekend visit has now turned into a bit of a gathering of his friends there as well which I was not counting on, but hoping to just roll with it!
How are you feeling physically and mentally? Physically I feel pretty good, just my feet are super swollen. Other than that, I'm fine. Mentally, I'm feeling pretty good as well for the most part, although...
*****TRIGGER WARNING!******
A friend of mine had a second late term loss last week. My heart just breaks for her and her family and kicks my PGAL brain in overdrive.
Rants/Raves/Questions? None
Next appointment or milestone you are looking forward to? I have another ultrasound on Thursday! Can't wait to see our little guy and make sure everything is going alright. We'll find out then if the placenta has moved up because I had a partial placenta previa.
GTKY: Have any big plans for the 4th of July? I'm takin' the whole weekend off! Saturday is my 30th bday (although my best friend flaked on our beach date.. I'll go alone!) Sunday we're doing Drag Queen Bingo for my bday and on the 4th we go to this festival at a nearby park where they have food trucks, live music and fireworks.
BFP #1: 7/15/15, SB: 11/14/15
Rainbow baby DS born 9/29/16!!
BFP #3 3/26/18 | Due 12/3/18
edit - spelling
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
My husband keeps telling me it will be fine when I worry but today I asked if I should get a birthday card for his brother and he said "You could get one that says to an uncle" and then "well, better not, in case something bad happens." It turns out I am annoyed both by other people's optimism AND their pessimism.
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
@kmolleltz I've avoided that thread out of fear. I'm assuming things aren't going well for her?
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16