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March 2017 Moms
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PGAL Check In 9/12
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This is for all our March moms who have experienced a loss- we are here to support one another! 
1. How far along are you?
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to?
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times.
1. How far along are you?
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to?
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times.
Re: PGAL Check In 9/12
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? Anatomy scan in 4 weeks and announcing on Facebook (hopefully in the next week or two)
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Went and bought some more maternity clothes yesterday- Got some jeans, leggings and a sweater. My mom is going to give me a bunch of gift cards for my birthday so I will probably wait until then to go shopping some more- just really disappointed by the selection of maternity stuff in store. I don't mind online shopping but don't know how things will fit me.
Nausea has been gone for the past couple days- no gagging episodes all weekend but I've thought it was gone before and it came back...but I am hoping maybe its gone for good this time! I have had a raging headache since last night and finally caved in and took Tylenol.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times. I need my cell phone of course, my inhaler just in case (I have asthma) and my pocket calendar/scheduler- especially these days with so many doctor appointments!
11w6d
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to?
Leaving the first trimester behind! And NT scan 9/20 and getting NIPT results hopefully this week. I keep saying it but I already had PGS which was normal, so these tests are more a formality but I'm still nervous they will show something else. I just can't seem to believe totally that things could be ok. Hearing the heartbeat at the doctor on Friday though for the first time was really, really special.
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
I also bought some bigger clothes this week- some in-between things that can transition as I get bigger.
Also feeling a little better, m/s is starting to subside but it came back even worse last time I started to feel better so I'm only cautiously optimistic. I have felt less tired though.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times.
phone, chapstick (I am a chapstick addict!) and sunglasses. I cannot stand to be in the sun without sunglasses!
13w1d
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to?
Announcing at work/to everyone next week hopefully.
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Got the call that my bloodwork showed low risk for Down syndrome yesterday! I honestly would have been thrilled either way but it's nice to know I don't have to prepare for extra testing/special needs ahead of time. I like to be prepared. Also feeling much more fabulous as 2nd tri approaches! MS is pretty much gone now.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times.
Phone, epipen, pantyliner (you never know, especially the way this pregnancy has been!)
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? This Friday we have an appointment for a 12 week /NT scan and also go over the results from the NIPT. I've been holding my breath and sort of been living in denial/limbo with this pregnancy. I'm hoping this appointment will allow me to accept it all, as long as it goes well of course. PGAL brain though says this will just be the end, which will suck but at least I'll have an answer.
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Even though I'm still having pregnancy symptoms I can't help but feel like I might be feeling somewhat better? Which of course is exactly what happened with my last MMC. Just gotta get through the week!
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all time: my wallet, checkbook and now potty cover/sheets for my toddler cause public bathrooms are gross.
Also from another asthmatic to another:
@jenny0228Good luck with your NT scan! Hearing the heartbeat is so damn magical.
@Wishilivedinflorida Congrats on your results and happy to hear that MS is gone. Woo!
@Bok Bagok Good luck with your NT scan too! I know what you mean about kind of living in denial about this pregnancy. It wasn't until we made our announcement last week that I really felt like I could enjoy this time and allow myself to believe that things will go ok. PGAL seriously sucks sometimes.
1. How far along are you? 14w5d
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? We booked an elective US for next Wednesday to determine the sex so I'm stoked for that. Also I can't wait to feel some flutters!
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: My BFF is who is due exactly 2 weeks before me found out she's having another little boy. I'm so excited for her! Also the Giants won yesterday-albeit a fluke by the Cowboys last second but I'll take it.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times. Chapstick, phone charger, & a pen. Nothing too crazy here.
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? I'm genuinely jealous of all the people already finding out the sex of their babies. I still have to wait over a month before I can find out... And I'm too cheap to pay for any extra stuff to find out early.
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: No vomiting for 3 whole days and was SOO excited, but then I woke up today.... Let's just say, streak over lol.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times. Phone, Wallet, Firearm. (Yea I know that's controversial, but I am incredibly safe with it and I practice quite often so that if I ever have to actually use it (and I hope and pray that I never do, but DH's job is quite terrifying so I need to be prepared) I can do so responsibly. And we already have strong plans in place to secure all firearms in our home (and on our body) so that little hands will never touch them.
@EALasagna45 Thank you! It must be fun to be pregnant with your BFF. I have no pregnant friends right now because everyone already is done in my friend circle. And it amazes me that sex can be determined by US that early! I hope you get a nice long look at LO in there!
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? NT scan and appointment on Friday!
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: This is officially the longest I've ever been pregnant so it feels good to clear that hurdle. I'm jumping on the headache bandwagon. They stopped around 9 weeks for me but it feels like they are kicking up again with some back pain. I also feel kind of strange in general, somewhat lightheaded at times. Might have to finally give in to the Tylenol this week.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times. my phone, my date book/calendar and lipstick or chapstick
Me: 33 Hubs: 34
TTC since 5/2014
BFP: 7/27/14 MC: 9/20/14
BFP: 6/29/15 MC: 7/6/15
BFP: 7/17/16 EDD: 3/22/17
@Bok Bagok I know how anxiety inducing PGAL brain can be, especially as we approach any milestone. I am here for you if you just need to rant and I will have my FX for nothing but happy news for you!!
@EALasagna45 SO EXCITING THAT YOU GET TO KNOW THE SEX SOON! Honestly, I'm a little jealous, I can't wait for you to find out in just two days! Keep us updated on what you learn! Also, my BFF is also due two weeks before I am!! It's been such a delight to have her on this journey with me. She's having team green twins
1. How far along are you? 15+4
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? Anatomy scan
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: just found out my best friend is pregnant and only a month behind me. Although I am happy for her, We were pregnant the same time when I experienced my loss and I have an extreme feeling of Dejavu. I don't really care to be around her until I have my baby. I feel terrible for feeling that way.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times. Phone, wallet, chap stick
15 weeks 1 day
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to?
Anatomy scan in 4 weeks buuut....
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
We found out we're having a girl!!!!! I'm stunned, shocked, excited, nervous and the list could go on. My baby boy will have a little sister??!?! AHH!!
I was 10000% team green but my husband insisted we found out. Well my type A took over then and I said if we're finding out I want to know before this huge county wide Consignment sale this week. So we paid the 75$ out of pocket. There was NO denying it. All girl lol
So now my need for positive vibes aka talk some sense into me o tell me Im not crazy maybe? I haven't been able to sleep much since we found out. (IDK if anyone remembers I was quite anxious about the possibility of having a girl) Anyway... I have had a name picked out ever since we found out we were pregnant. It came to me - that was the name if it was a girl. Well last night all I could think about it what if something still happens - we all know - waiting for that other shoe to drop. I thought last night maybe we should have another name picked out jic something did happen. IDK if that should ridiculous, awful or strange. But I thought if there was anywhere I could share a ridiculous, awful strange thought... it would be here.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times.
chapstick
cellphone
mints
Bok Bagok I love that you have your checkbook. 99% of ppl that see mine make fun of me but I use it weekly!
and @mcdonald-bailey i'm sorry that its a trigger for you to be pregnant at the same time as your bestie.
My best friend (a woman) is married to another woman and they have two kids so they did IVF obviously because they used a donor sperm. I was going through IVF at the same time and my cycle failed AND I had a m/c while she was pregnant. I SO wanted to be pregnant at the same time as her, but it didn't work out that way.
Even though she is my closest friend on earth, maybe even closer to me than my own sister - I found it very hard to be excited for her about her pregnancy and kids while I was dealing with everything. And even now that I'm pregnant, I still have this weird "thing" about them. I truly hope it goes away but I'm sharing this just to say that our brains come up with strange coping strategies for what we've been through!
@Wishilivedinflorida Great news from the NT! I know you'd be happy either way, but at least there's less of a chance of a heart defect and other health complications arising due to those chromosomal disorders.
@Bok Bagok I hope that you have a good NT scan and that you can start to look forward to this pregnancy. I understand the denial/limbo stage all too well.
@EALasagna45 That'll be neat to find out the sex on Wednesday! Are you going to have a reveal party?
@mcdonald-bailey I haven't been through it personally, but I think I would react the same way. You do what you need to do to prevent being triggered.
@vino831 I was Team Green, but I think DH has talked me finally into doing a reveal after our AS. I can understand waiting for the other shoe to drop - it's getting such big hopes up now to know the sex and have a name picked out. It's exciting but terrifying.
1. How far along are you? 14+1
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? Just looking forward to each passing week! Every day is a record from here on out.
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: We announced via FB Friday night, so everything is public now. I was congratulated in the teachers' lounge, where they told me I "still need to pop." Meh. I'm 14 weeks with my first. Give me a while.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times. Credit card, cell phone, hair tie. Never know when I'm going to need the pull the hair into a pony tail.
@vino831 Congrats on a little girl!! How exciting!
1. How far along are you? 15w2d
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? Finding out the gender (hopefully) and of course I can't wait to feel those kicks!
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Nausea has passed. But gagging is here in full force.So that's fun.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times. Hand sanitizer, a pen, and keys.
Baby Boy: coming March 2017
@DaniBanani16 thank you for your positive words
mcdonald-bailey I am so sorry that you are going through this. I have a close friend that we have gone through same time pregnancies with loss more than once. She was pregnant and I experienced my first loss. Then I was pregnant and she had a loss – she didn’t talk to me the rest of my pregnancy with DS. All I can say is I didn’t give it second thought. You never know what your trigger will be and my place is to only be a friend and support her regardless. I hope that your friendship lasts through this. Also I think its fantastic of you to acknowledge this and communicate that with her – that will make a world of difference I hope she can accepts it
@Bok Bagok I love that. So many people don’t make the efforts to control their spending when they need it. I do something similar with our primary savings but I have no card, no checks nothing to that account and there is no physical bank in my state lol. So if I need the money I have to do a transfer which takes 5 business days. That’s really helped us get creative and think harder before eve rtaking money out of there!
liepertsm Thank you!!! I love being able to share with yall because I’m not going to share with family for another month!!
dubcompanion thanks for sharing! I’ll be excited to find out what you’re having!! I love the idea of team green but it there is still something super special about finding out with your so in that room!
2. Next milestone you're looking forward to? Midwife appt next Tues and getting a legit bump. I'm hoping she can tell me what a uterus feels like! I'm so confused by my innards right now! (See entire thread about it lol). DH is able to come with me so hopefully we can see the little Bean.
3. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: RANT warning! My body is strange...I have no idea where my organs are anymore, I feel totally normal except for the random cramping day or night to remind me that my organs are moving, and this is probably TMI, I don't have the dark belly line yet but I've got spots on my chest! Little dry patches with the slightest pigment right in my clevage...I know your skin can do silly things but this is ridiculous...I think I've scared away my PGAL brain for now because she's behaving herself and letting me really enjoy being pregnant.
4. GTKY: Name 3 items you have to have in your purse at all times. Besides the obvious phone and wallet I must have Altoids, pens, and various lip accoutrements (gloss/Chapstick/etc)
@dubcompanion We aren't planing a reveal party just because my husband and I really want to have "that moment" where it's just the two of us. I know some parents know the sex before the party but we felt that some of our family members may feel gypped if they knew we knew ahead of time. We just need to come up with a cute way to tell our parents now!