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October 2016 Moms
kmtz89
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PGAL Check In :: 4th July
kmtz89
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Happy Fourth of July to those of you in the US!
How many weeks:
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally?
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to):
Rant/Rave/Questions?
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!?
*American in Tanzania, East Africa, since 2013
DH - Tanzanian
Re: PGAL Check In :: 4th July
How many weeks: 26w4d today!
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Physically: sleep is hard yo. Mentally: So much better! PGAL brain is so much better now that primary viability has been reached.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): High Viability 27w and the vacation we're taking to Colorado!
Rant/Rave/Questions? Why the restless sleep? How cruel of Mother nature.
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? Worked. Made a berry trifle. No biggie.
26+6
How are you feeling? Physically/Mentally?
Physically, not too shabby. Time to look into some support belts though. Mentally, I'm not 100%. It varies dramatically from day to day, I'm sure most of you can relate.
What's next? (Milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to):
Hitting the 30 week mark and getting my Glucose Test out of the way next monday.
Rant/Rave/Questions?
I got nothin'.
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!?
The absolute highlights of my weekend were convincing FI to take the kids to the splash pad with me Sunday, we ended up being the only people there for nearly an hour and had a blast since we got to run around like little kids too! Then last night I popped a few fireworks with DS so he wouldn't be completely heartbroken by his dad going to bed at 8pm and not getting back up to light them with him, even though I tried getting him up twice.
How many weeks: 26 +1
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Tired! And my belly is starting to feel heavy.
TW
Mentally I fluctuate. My EDD of my loss was 7/7 and its so hard to recognize it and no one else know. I don't even know how to talk about it with people...
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): I have an apt today. Hope to get to see little one. ETA: Apt moved to next week. Dr is busy delivering someone else's baby
Rant/Rave/Questions?
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? We actually ended up having a get together yesterday with two American expat families and another friend. We grilled burgers and had potato salad and PIE and played games and it was SO much fun. Yay for still celebrating America from abroad.
How many weeks: 24w5d
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Physically my feet are bothering me, They get sore and start to swell quickly these days. Mentally I was doing good until the car accident on Friday. I know he is fine and all is well, but now I'm worried about something bad happening while I'm driving or just life in general. The anxiety has definitely set back in.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): I have an appt this Friday, so I always look forward to checking in on him!
Rant/Rave/Questions? Nothing really, just keep moving through these weeks.
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? Besides the excitement to start our weekend with the minor accident Friday, we stayed low key. We did an early morning beach trip on Sunday and had brunch to beat the crowds. Then on the actual 4th we grilled at home and did some fireworks.
26+2
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally?
Physically sore. Mentally exhausted.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to):
3rd Trimester!
Rant/Rave/Questions?
I want to throttle my MIL over my shower
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!?
Relaxed with my family.
How many weeks: 25 + 5/7
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? I can't sleep without elevating my head because it makes me feel like I have a burp stuck. Sleeping on my left side makes my left leg numb and sleeping on my right side makes my right arm numb. Sleeping on my back puts pressure on my lower back. I need to elevate my left leg because it keeps swelling up, but that's very difficult to do when I'm also elevating my head and also depending on what side I'm laying on.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Next appt/GD test on the 19th; 3rd trimester coming up!
Rant/Rave/Questions? I won't retell my ultimately uneventful ER story a third time, so I'll bitch about movement. This baby is SUPER erratic. She'll move so much throughout one day, then only once or twice the next. I'm not freaking out as much but I'm worried about this kick count thing. I have read it suggested to start in 3rd trimester, and I'm not quite there yet, but for those of you who know - is it supposed to be ten movements in *every* two hours, or just ten movements within two hours of usually-active time? Like the baby could be still all day but kick ten times after supper, or something?
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? Sat saw the in-laws and revealed the sex, Sun goofed off, Mon spent most of the day in the ER
How many weeks: 23w2d
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Physically, I've been feeling great!! I finally have my energy back, and it's about time. Mentally, I still have PGAL moments, but thankfully they are becoming less and less. It's starting to hit me that I am really about to be a Mom!!
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Viability!! Also looking forward to our appointment next week for the second anatomy scan.
Rant/Rave/Questions? Copying from my weekly ticker change. Rant: Even though I have my energy back, this past week has been the start of some new annoying symptoms. My ankles have started swelling pretty badly at work. I have a desk job, and even though I am elevating them a bit at work, it's not enough to help. I started taking some walks during the day, which doesn't really help either unfortunately. At least when I get home and can put them up, the swelling goes down by the morning. Also, my allergies have gotten a ton worse this week, which I'm hoping is just a side effect of pregnancy. I'm allergic to acidic fruits (tomatoes, lemons, oranges, etc.) But, before I got pregnant, as long as the fruit was cooked, which gets rid of the acid I guess, it was totally fine (think tomato sauce on pasta or pizza - totally fine pre-pregnancy). Well, I had a pizza this past week, and was throwing up and breaking out in hives within an hour. Noooooo!! I'm stubborn and heated the pizza really good the next day and tried it again, unfortunately to the exact same reaction. Now I can't have pizza anymore (well, with red sauce) which is really disappointing, and I hope is just a side effect of pregnancy...
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? It rained most of the weekend so we stayed indoors and relaxed. It was so nice!! We also continued cleaning out closets and donating stuff we no longer use. It feels so great to get rid of stuff and make more space!!
ETA: I had to retype the answers to the last few questions as somehow they didn't post...ugh. I'm bumping on mobile so maybe that's why.
How many weeks: 26+5
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? physically - sore and swollen. My feet are swelling terribly and it's very painful. Mentally - it's a roller coaster. I'm so thankful to have made it this far and I can't wait to meet our LO. I'm still nervous about something going wrong.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): I have my Glucose tolerance test this Thursday. My shower is on July 16 and I'm really looking forward to making it to 30 weeks.
Rant/Rave/Questions? I spent Saturday night in the hospital. Because I'm a high risk pregnancy my high risk doctor had me start kick counts at 26 weeks. My LO is super consistent with movement and follows a regular schedule. On Saturday I barely felt any movement all day and it was very out of the ordinary. When I did my kick count I couldn't get anything. I tried all the tricks and nothing worked. I knew something was wrong. I went to L&D and it turned out I was having very regular contractions - I had no idea I was having them, I felt literally nothing - and the baby was not responding well to the contractions. Baby's heartrate was not looking good and was decelerating. They gave me a shot to stop the contractions which worked, gave me FFN test, which was negative, thank goodness, and did a BPP on baby and baby passed. My biggest concern is that I didn't know I was having contractions...they weren't BH either...they were the real deal. So obviously, I'm terrified it's going to happen again and I'm paying extra close attention to baby's activity.
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? Other than spend some time in the hospital, spent a lot of time with family and worked on the nursery. It was a productive and relaxing weekend!
How many weeks: 23W 3D
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? My body aches most the time, can never find a comfortable spot in bed, always tossing and turning which causes husband to be cranky with me. Mentally good most days but then there are those moments when I am like is something wrong.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Going for the 3rd AS tomorrow, glad to see the baby but hoping nothing is wrong.
Rant/Rave/Questions? Just tired, always tired...........
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? BBQ Saturday for my brothers birthday/4th of July. Another BBQ Sunday with the family and losts of sleep until fireworks starting going off on the actual 4th.
How many weeks: 27
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? My feet, neck and back are killing me, but other than that I feel alright. A little antsy this week mentally, not sure why that has kicked up again.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): My first baby shower is planned for the 31st... things are happening!
Rant/Rave/Questions? None
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? It was my 30th bday saturday, but we celebrated Sunday with Drag Queen Bingo and Dave and Busters. Yesterday we went to a celebration at a local park, there were a couple thousand people there so it was bonkers. Luckily we had the foresight to go early in the morning and rope off an area for our group. In between the festivities we finally got some work done around the house. Our room is moved and set up and today I'm going to get to painting the nursery finally!
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
I've started working at a new site for my job, which kinda keeps me busy and away from you guys. (I'm so sad) so i've been trying to come on here as often as i can .
How many weeks: 26 Weeks!!
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Physically: Super Achy and tired Mentally: Doing a lot better even though i still have my days when I am freaking out.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Counting down to the 3rd Trimester
Rant/Rave/Questions? The lack of sleep at night sucks. I have to sleep damn near sitting down in order to feel comfortable. I've been freaking out because i feel like October is right around the corner and I'm not sure if I'm going to have absolutely everything baby needs by then. We decided not to have a baby shower even though this is our first baby. (we're weirdos i know lol). I know a lot of things we can get as the time comes but I still can't help but worry lol
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? I got to catch up with some of my friends that i haven't seen in a while, which was nice. I spent July 4th with my mom and my 3 year old niece at the kiddie amusement park inside Central park which turned out to be super fun.
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
@UFJen I'm sorry your accident sparked up anxiety again. Fx for safe travels from here on out!
@RainMira9e FTM but I also think it's just an active time of day that you could expect to feel 10 kicks in under 2 hrs, not every/any 2 hrs...I've also heard some doctors not recommending it bc it can freak people out when the baby is unreliable so see what yours thinks!
How many weeks: 27w2d
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Physically getting more uncomfortable with back/SI pain, harder to breathe and move around. Mentally pretty ok...even though I get mood swings, much less severe PGAL panic.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Fetal echo followup this week and regular u/s and MFM appt next week.
Rant/Rave/Questions? I'm getting pretty f-ing irritated with unsolicited advice and (more PGAL-related) with people telling me my bump isn't big...that's not helpful whatsoever! Rave just that I'm getting used to the kicks and movement even though it still feels weird. Semi question, I feel kinda dumb but I think I need to google or search for practical tips on how to physically do things (like shaving, changing clothes, etc) now that this bump is really in the way...I'm guessing bending at the knees to prevent back injury still applies but uh, this part seems tricky for a FTM!
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? Put together the crib and glider, had a mini BBQ just for DH and I, and went to a family BBQ yesterday!
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Feeling pretty good physically. I get tired easily and sometimes feel stuffed even if I don't eat much.
Mentally I'm doing pretty well. I had an appointment today and got a script for a growth scan at 28 weeks. Seeing "history of fetal demise" as the reason was hard.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Growth scan at 28 weeks and I need to do the GTT sometime in the next few weeks.
Rant/Rave/Questions? I'm just so happy every time baby girl kicks me!
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? Went to a few picnics and watched 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
How many weeks: 24w1d ....sorry I've been hit or miss with posting. I tend to lurk more than anything, but I enjoy reading everyone's updates and experiences!
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Pretty good. I've been really anxious this past week, but our growth scan on Wednesday was super reassuring. My placenta moved up, so no more worrying about previa. Baby also weighs approximately 1 lb 6 oz, which is right on track. Also, we've decided to induce at 39 weeks, so I'm happy that I will have one less week to worry. Having a set date just eases my mind a bit. I also emailed my manager today about dates for leave and everything. From here on out, things will be speeding by!
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): 28 week growth scan plus getting to 32 weeks when I will start having weekly scans. Only 15 weeks to go. Come on Oct. 19th!
Rant/Rave/Questions? I still can't wrap my head around the fact that in less than 4 months, our little one will hopefully be here. It's bittersweet because we are still missing his big brother so much. A positive is that we received our teddy bear from the Molly Bear Foundation on Tuesday. This foundation is a nonprofit that relies entirely on volunteers to provide bears to families that have had a stillbirth. It was started by a mom who lost her child at 34 weeks. It's comforting because the bears are made the exact weight as your child. I'll include a pic of ours on this post!
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? I work Friday and Saturday nights, so I slept all day Sunday. Monday night we got together with friends and cooked out and lit fireworks!
How many weeks: 26 weeks
How are your feeling? Physically/mentally? Physically, I am just exhausted. Mentally, I am the same. My dad passed away unexpectedly the day after father's day and I miss him so badly. I feel like life is so different now.
What's next? (milestones, appointments, something you are looking forward to): Looking forward to the 28 week mark! 90 percent viability and my anxiety should lessen then.
Rant/Rave/Questions? Life is just very hard to understand at times. Losing my dad at 35 years old is just a tragedy.
GTKY: What did you do this holiday weekend!? Nothing really. Still trying to make sense of life.
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16