PGAL Check In Week of 10/24

NamelessAria · October 2016

The weekly PGAL (pregnant after loss) check-in is for moms who have been through previous loss. Let's get through this together.

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet.

How far along are you?

How are you doing?

When is your next appointment?

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?

FSUNole31 · October 2016

ntroduce yourself if you haven't yet.

How far along are you? 8w2d

How are you doing? Freaking out currently.

When is your next appointment? Wednesday. I am just so nervous something is going to be wrong.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I am trying to hard to remain positive and hopeful but it is so hard. I just want to fast forward to the 12 week NT scan (my loss date last time) -'d get through it with everything good.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child? I will have to think about this one.

halfthetree · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet.
I missed last weeks check in, thought I should jump in while my PGAL brain is dominating.
Im halfthetree, mom to two babies (6&2) on earth, lost twins at 7w5d between those pregnancies.
I had a very healing home birth with my daughter, but had so many stressors along the way (low placenta, a bleed, transverse baby who refused to move). So I'm hoping this (our last baby) will be smooth sailing and a home birth as well.
How far along are you?
5w4d I found out at 3w0d, I feel like I've been pregnant forever.

How are you doing?
Im ok. I'm having nightmares of loss, like literally experiencing it and waking up reminding myself I'm still pregnant and this baby is still ok.
Im trying SO hard to connect. It's our last baby, so I really don't want to rush through it.

When is your next appointment?
Not sure, haven't had one yet. Our midwives make their official client selections in November, so mid to end of November Im thinking.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
i keep telling myself that I need to surround this baby with love, not letting my worry keep me from connecting.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?

I thought hay bales were called buffalos... for a long time.

halfthetree · October 2016

@FSUNole31 Ah I get all of that. I'll be thinking of you Wednesday, hoping the days are busy enough to provide your mind some distraction from the worry!

JAGinMI · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet.
I have but here is my loss history, as a reminder. One MMC: In August I found out at 10w that baby's heart stopped at 7w4d.

How far along are you?
5w5d

How are you doing?
Feeling pretty good. If I didn't have periods of extreme exhaustion, I would hardly know I was pregnant. I am starting to let myself get excited. But my PGAL brain is working overtime to tell me to stop getting excited, so there's that.

When is your next appointment?
11/11 (8w2d)

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Rave: I was feeling happy this morning so I created a ticker. I like having a ticker simply for my own excitement - each time I see a day move forward, it makes me happy!

Question: With my MC, at my first appointment, the MW did my whole appointment and then was ready to send me on my way to come back in 4 weeks. No u/s. I was like "Whoa, no u/s?" and she said they didn't routinely do them at the first appointment. Then she said that if I was stressed about the spotting I experienced two weeks prior and wanted to see if they could do it before we left *wink wink* they might be able to do that. Well, I surely do not want it to go down that way this time. Is it unreasonable to call and request an u/s AND ask that it be the very first thing we do at the appt?

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?
I saw my mom naked once and asked her why she had all that dead grass down there. So I guess I believed that a human could have a patch of grass on their body?

JAGinMI · October 2016

@FSUNole31 Good luck this week!! Hopefully you have some stuff to keep you busy and the time flies until then. I know I will be a nervous wreck the week of my appt, too.

brij2006 · October 2016

How far along are you?
8 weeks. Midwife changed my due date at our dating ultrasound last week.
How are you doing?
Okay. Had a lot of bleeding on Thursday to where I ran out and bought pads for the office. Thankfully I had an ultrasound that afternoon and everything was just fine. H and I went into it already having prepped ourselves to find out there was no heartbeat or I was in the process of losing it.
Nope. Just a nice big ole blood clot right on the inside of my cervix to scare the crap out of me.
When is your next appointment?
Next Tuesday
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
So happy we got to see baby's heart pumping away last week. We are both still in disbelief that everything is okay.
GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?
My older brother used to tell me I had a sister that lived in the attic and that I needed to behave or my parents would put me up there with her. We lived in a very old farm house that used to be one of the stagecoach stops. So there were still numbers on the doors, no heat or electricity in half of the house, and a huge creepy walk up attic. There were a lot of noises heard in that house at night and he always told me it was my sister upstairs.
Jerk!

FSUNole31 · October 2016

Thank you @JAGinMI and @halfthetree I appreciate the good thoughts and commiseration.

awoodruff27 · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet.

Did a full into before. But I've had 3 losses. 2 before 6 weeks and 1 mmc at 11 weeks. Baby measured around 8 weeks. I have 2 live girls.

How far along are you?
5 weeks 5 days
How are you doing?
Eh.. not good. But not bad. My PGAL brain won't turn off. It's getting depressing, it's like I'm just waiting for the cramps and blood. Boo.

When is your next appointment?
Tomorrow I have an assessment with the dr to determine if they will give me an ultrasound. If not I have to wait until Dec 13..

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I had a nurse pity me today over my history plus the fact that both my living girls have something "wrong" (autism and heart murmur) with them. She just kept saying "oh dear I'm sorry". I just wanted to scream. Then she started telling me how I needed to eat more fish. Like that would prevent any defects. I'm probably over reacting but I was annoyed.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?

No idea haha

Yailani23 · October 2016

How far along are you? 7w5d

How are you doing? Aside from the nausea, doing very good.

When is your next appointment? No clue. I have to call and find out.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Worked up the courage to buy DD a "big sis" shirt. I never did with my other pregnancies due to fear so hopefully DD can wear it soon.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?

As a child I believed that if I swallowed a orange seed it would start growing in my stomach and eventually I'd turn into an orange tree. I used to be so afraid of eating oranges. Haha thanks Grandpa!

eta: words

email2ash · October 2016

@JAGinMI Every doctor will be different but because of your history I would definitely push the subject. I had an ectopic over the summer and when I had the spotting last week and went in they drew a quick beta but got me in for an US once they saw my numbers were solid. I would ask again if they are pushing you off. Good luck!

email2ash · October 2016

How far along are you? 7w1d

How are you doing? Feeling pretty good. I spotted for two days last week but have been good ever since.

When is your next appointment? Wednesday morning!! Can't wait to see the heartbeat again

Rant/Rave: Ugh it's Monday...

What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child? I used to always hide in the same spot while playing hide and seek because everyone would always humor me and take a really long time to find me! I guess I figured why change it up if they keep forgetting. The funny part is my son now does it (he'll even hide in plain sight and cover his face thinking I can't see him).

thankfully · October 2016

@JAGinMI I don't think it's unreasonable to ask. I had my first appt today and told my MW straight up that I knew I didn't need a "dating" ultrasound because I was charting but that it would help allay my fears since I'm getting close to the point where I miscarried previously. She said of course, they can always order them and that it's a valid reason for requesting it. (And this is a very low-intervention practice.)

mrlight · October 2016

@JAGinMI I don’t think it’s unreasonable at all request an u/s when you are 8 weeks!

@brij2006 Glad everything was okay on Thursday!

@awoodruff27 I would be more than annoyed! I would be pissed. I’m fairly certain that eating fish will not prevent autism or a heart murmur.

NamelessAria · October 2016

Just popping in to say thank you to all the well wishes from everyone for my appointment today. I meant to respond to people when I started the new thread this morning but I ran out of time. Anyone, thank you everyone!

Appointment went well and I graduated from my RE! I'm 7w3d and baby is measuring 7w4d with a 160 heartbeat. Everything looks good so hopefully that will ease will mind till my next appointment around 10 weeks. The RE had trouble finding baby and the heartbeat at first and I swear it was one of the longest couple of minutes of my life. I was bracing myself for him to say the heart stopped beating or something. But it all worked out OK! I'm so relieved.

Mashunya425 · October 2016

@NamelessAria So happy for you!!!

mrlight · October 2016

@NamelessAria I'm so glad your appointment went so well today!! Yay!!

thankfully · October 2016

How far along are you?
6w3d

How are you doing?
Pretty good.

When is your next appointment?
Nov 23 and an u/s sometime before then.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Of course the u/s place called and left me a message 10 min before they closed to schedule my appt. Called at 4:12 and got the message that they are open til 4:15 and to call back during business hours. I had 3 minutes left!

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?
I'm trying to think of something hilarious. This is not really funny, I hated swimming in the deep end of the pool after dark because I somehow thought a shark would squeeze through the water return and come after me.

FSUNole31 · October 2016

@NamelessAria great news!!

mrt · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet.
I have, should I give a brief reminder every week?
How far along are you?
6 weeks 6 days
How are you doing?
So nauseous and tired.
When is your next appointment?
US Tuesday
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
I have not been on social media all day because I didn't watch the walking dead last night, and I thought this was safe, but now someone mentioned it in the symptoms thread and I'm too afraid to scroll down! My freshman walked in today and started talking about it and I threatened that they would fail algebra if they ruined anything for me. I was (mostly) kidding

awoodruff27 · October 2016

@mrt that was me! But I didn't spoil anything! Promise!

misslevk · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet.
Hey! Did my intro just now but I'll jump on in!

How far along are you?
5 weeks 5 days

How are you doing?
Good! Craving meat, and definitely grumpy! For me grumpy = tired!

When is your next appointment?
Wednesday. Had my first blood draw today and I'll have another that day. First appt. with doctor is Nov.7! I get an ultra sound that day!! So excited for that! I think it might feel real after that! Sinking in a little more everyday and hoping to feel a little less apprehensive as time passes.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Not many! I teach kindergarten and I felt like I had a little glimpse of what I will be like as a pregnant teacher! Not putting up with any crap! LOLz.

I still can't get my ticker to work....

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?
I can't think of anything funny I thought! I have a TERRIBLE memory!

JAGinMI · October 2016

@NamelessAria Yay! Awesome news!

Yailani23 · October 2016

So happy to hear everything went well @NamelessAria

email2ash · October 2016

@NamelessAria this is the best news!!! So glad you heard everything you should and baby has a strong heartbeat

HookEmNelson · October 2016

@NamelessAria I've been thinking about you! What great news, friend! Thankful to be on this journey with you and everyone else!

HookEmNelson · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet.
Recap - 2 miscarriages within this past year, on progesterone, and this is the longest I have been pregnant since my son 5 years ago.

How far along are you? LMP almost 8 weeks, but my guess is that I will be closer to 6 weeks once dated.

How are you doing? I ended up getting sick for the first time today at work. Feeling fine for the most part.

When is your next appointment? November 8th-two weeks from tomorrow.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: My intern quit today..y'all I am ecstatic. This was not the right time to have someone work under me this year.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?
I have an older half brother(16 years older) - My earliest memory of him was when he stayed at our house one weekend, and he walked around with shorts on and no shirt. My three year old self thought it was time to go swimming. I specifically remember going to my room and putting my Minnie Mouse swimsuit on...because I was ready to go swimming, just like my brother.

email2ash · October 2016

@HookEmNelson how did you get her to quit?!

HookEmNelson · October 2016

@email2ash She, thankfully, went gracefully on her own. She was an unpaid intern, and the third adult in a classroom. She said she would rather be an assistant for her intern year and not a third wheel. I did not stop her. Although, I did still manage to cry somehow when we said goodbye. The tears were short lived. I blame pregnancy.

email2ash · October 2016

HookEmNelson · October 2016

^^My actual paid assistant^^

thatlauragirl · October 2016

How far along are you? 5w1d

How are you doing? Scared. The excitement is starting to give way to fear.

When is your next appointment? Nov. 15

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I keep running dates in my head and realize I'll probably be getting my NPT done the day after Thanksgiving. Which means if it's bad news again, it'll be smack in the middle of Christmas.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?
I was scared of clowns and my brother convinced me Ronald McDonald was inside the McDonald's waiting to get me. So I would cry if we went there and if we went through drive thru I would hide in the backseat so Ronald wouldn't see me.

Cryscross1009 · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet. I had 2 mmc's about 6 months apart. This was in 2005 (at 10 weeks, measuring 8)and 2006 (at 11 weeks, measuring just over 10). I've had two children since then, but that PGAL brain didn't stay dormant for long.

How far along are you? 5w 1d

How are you doing? Okay. I bounce from being excited to trying to come to terms with what might happen.

When is your next appointment? 11/7 just a nurse intake.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child? When I was about 8 I went to the grocery store with my grandma and when I saw all the blood on the meat I started saying (very loudly of course) "That is disgusting! I'm going to be a virgin for the rest of my life!!" She tried to correct me but I was certain a virgin didn't eat meat. Lol

Edited : words...boo.

bornmommy · October 2016

@JAGinMI - Thinking of you! One more day!!
@NamelessAria - Wohhooo! Graduation from the RE is a big deal! Congrats
@thatlauragirl - Now I'm afraid of Ronald McDonald... Clowns are freeing creepy.

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet. Recap - CP in-between my two boys and MM thought to be molar at 10 weeks prior to this pregnancy.

How far along are you? 8weeks and 2 days --- WOW! Its going by fast!

How are you doing? I'm still feeling really great. I've been taking a computer break for a bit so I forgot to check in about my follow up sono last Friday. Baby looked great and is measuring perfect with my ovulation. (Sac is still a few days bigger.) HB was 156 though and no bleed was found. I also haven't bled since two Saturdays ago so everything is looking great

When is your next appointment? I don't think I go in again until my sequential screening - so 3 weeks from now.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I'm still thankful for it but the nausea is really starting to effect my life. Also, exhaustion set in last week and, while I've been lucky enough to snap a nap here and there, I have a full calendar work wise Nov and Dec and its pretty daunting to look at if the nausea and exhaustion keep up.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child? Oh jeeze. So many things I'm sure. The first thing that comes to mind is that I truly believed the dog was the one farting in my house when my dad would blame him.

mrlight · October 2016

@Cryscross1009 Are you a vegetarian, now? Haha!
@BornMommy I'm glad your doctor's appointment went well!

mrlight · October 2016

How far along are you? 6 weeks 1 day

How are you doing? I'm doing pretty well. I just keep getting these killer headaches in the evenings and am constantly hungry!!

When is your next appointment? Thursday for the first u/s!!

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I'm really glad that it seems like most everyone is having a great week so far!

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child? I've been trying to think of something, because I'm sure there were plenty, but I've had the hardest time. The only thing that really comes to mind is that when I was really little I thought that street lights and city lights in the distance were Christmas lights. So, I was always really confused why there were Christmas lights in the summer time!

KirstinH88 · October 2016

**Lurking from April**

@NamelessAria I'm watching you girl! Congrats on a great appt!

c1tym0m22 · October 2016

@NamelessAria - hooray for a good appointment!

How far along are you? Somewhere around 5.5 weeks - LMP would say 6.5, but I know I ovulated late

How are you doing? Practically no symptoms which is making me nervous

When is your next appointment? Tomorrow afternoon (10/26)

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I wish I could be enjoying feeling fine instead of worrying that something is wrong. Looking forward to my appointment tomorrow.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child? I wish I could think of something - I must have blocked it all out!

Mashunya425 · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet.
MMC in March...was suppose to be about 13 weeks and measured at 9.

How far along are you?
8 weeks 5 days

How are you doing?
Still struggling with nausea and exhaustion. The nausea last night was the worst so far...I felt like I was actually going to throw up with that wave (but didn't).

When is your next appointment?
Just had one last Thursday. All went well and measured on track. Next apt scheduled for Nov 14.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
So glad to see so many good apts for ladies. I thought I would feel "safe" after my 8 week apt, but I don't think I will until I get past the first trimester...

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child?
My dad told me that the car could read his mind and know when to turn on the left/right turn signal....thanks dad.

lumilumi · October 2016

Introduce yourself if you haven't yet. I don't remember if I have or not. MC in Oct 2015, found out at 8 weeks baby stopped growing at 6w2d.

How far along are you? 6 weeks

How are you doing? Trying to enjoy this pregnancy and tell myself baby is doing great. I don't have a lot of symptoms, so it's hard to believe I'm pregnant.

When is your next appointment? My first US is tomorrow and I have mixed feelings about it. Could we get a heartbeat at 6w1d?

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I had my US at 7 weeks last time and found out baby's heartbeat was too low and measuring small at 5w4d. I'm afraid the same thing will happen this time.

GTKY: What hilarious thing did you believe when you were a child? I'd always swallow my bubble gum on accident. My parents told me the gum will stay in my tummy forever. They're probably still there!

Mashunya425 · October 2016

@lumilumi You could, but if you don't see it there is no reason to worry. It would still be very early.

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