How far along are you? 20 weeks and 4 days I believe (Wednesday is 21 weeks)
What's going on with you baby/pregnancy wise? Just found out it's a girl - very healthy, and very active. I'm finally maintaining weight with my year old gastric bypass (finally the OBs were mad but my gastric surgeon said it was normal) and my blood pressure is still low but normal. Dizzy, faint feeling, and light headed occasionally. But excited to finally start shopping for little girl things. They're adorable. (my previous loss was a boy at 11 weeks).
What's going on with you in other aspects of your life? Not too much, very focused on the pregnancy. Looking into various supports for after giving birth (throughout our community).
Any Questions? I'm unsure how to phrase if I'm a first time mom or not (?) I am in the regards that I have no living children and never gave birth to a living child. But I feel I was a mom before with my previous miscarriage. So idk how to say that. I do usually mention my previous loss if someone asks me if I have other children. It makes them feel uncomfortable but it's more important for me to honor his memory, than to keep them feeling comfortable. I say "This will be our first child but I had a previous loss/miscarriage 6 years ago" or something of the like. I'm not sure that's correct but maybe it's a subjective thing, up to each person how they want to say it or not say it.
Baby related GTKY: Do you have child care lined up for your little one already? Yes, family and friends at the moment. We looked into some other options just in case too.
NBR GTKY: Do you like cake or pie better? What is your favorite kind? Pie - I love lemon meringue and key lime. Also traditional pies like apple a la mode, or other fruit. Chocolate is good too but now I'm getting hungry thinking about it lol so I'll stop there.
What's going on with you baby/pregnancy wise? I think the baby's okay, my anatomy scan is in a week, so I'm hoping everything is okay.
What's going on with you in other aspects of your life? I'm a teacher and we have state testing continuing this week, ugh. Any Questions? Anyone else feeling like they're about to start their period? It's freaking me out.
Baby related GTKY: Do you have child care lined up for your little one already? My parents generously watch my son on Mondays and Fridays, and my husband's family on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
NBR GTKY: Do you like cake or pie better? What is your favorite kind? Pie! Mmmmmm!
@seapb I definitely think it's personal preference. I know some people like to keep their loss(es) private and that's healthy for them. I tend to decide in the situation based on the person. Sometimes I don't bring it up, much of the time I do. We've been quite public with our loss though (starting 3 months after the fact, not right away.) i dont think theres a right or wrong way to do it.
TTGP history (*TW*):
Started TTC Oct 2015 BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016 Re-started TTC Aug 2016 Started IF testing Nov 2016 Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017 BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
@Texafornian So happy to hear from you! And so kind of you to pop in and give some sweet, helpful, caring advice! Hoping your daughter recovers fully from her stomach bug and that she stays healthy!!
What's going on with you baby/pregnancy wise? I have had a lot of anxiety recently. I have a month in between appointment and I am at the point where most of my symptoms have gone away and I don't feel movement yet. So my pgal brain has been a roller coaster. I have an appointment this Thursday which will help. I always get nervous the day before. I am hoping they will schedule my as then too.
What's going on with you in other aspects of your life? Lots and lots of work. Resumed doing my second job this month. I do risk assessment reports. So part of it was getting back in to the flow of doing that after hours and trying to pace myself to get it done by the deadline. Now that I am done with that one and waiting for the next one I am trying more self care. So sorry I have not been more active the last couple of weeks. I have been lurking to see how you ladies have been doing. Any Questions? Not right now.
Baby related GTKY: Do you have child care lined up for your little one already? My mom is going to watch this little one. She is retired and super excited. She lives five minutes from where I work so I can see the baby on lunch breaks.
NBR GTKY: Do you like cake or pie better? What is your favorite kind? Man that is such a hard choice. Cake. I love chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting
I think my 2 year old might have fifths disease, were about to take him to urgent care, but I'm really freaking out that I might have caught it and passed it to my baby.
@heatherwilson321 A kid at my son's daycare has it (another classroom though). The Dr said it's rare it gets passed on and at this stage of pregnancy it's rare that it would affect baby. I think the closer you are to 20 weeks the less chance of complications. Fingers crossed it's something else and that you don't have to worry! Keep us posted!
We pretty much found out nothing, the doctor isn't sure what it is, it could be fifths, it could be something else. I'm going to call my doctor tomorrow to see if they can do bloodwork to see if I've been exposed to it.
We pretty much found out nothing, the doctor isn't sure what it is, it could be fifths, it could be something else. I'm going to call my doctor tomorrow to see if they can do bloodwork to see if I've been exposed to it.
Well, that's frustrating. FX it isn't fifths, but I have heard at this point in pregnancy it isn't such a big scary risk.
Thanks guys, I'm getting bloodwork done tomorrow afternoon, but that morning I have to administer state testing, which means 3 hours of silence to be alone with my anxious thoughts. Oh man, I can't wait till state testing is over.
Hey, everyone! I'll post this over in anatomy scans too, but we had our a/s this morning. Baby looks great, and is definitely all boy! However, I have a marginal cord, and a shortened cervix. I actually got admitted to the hospital this morning because they originally thought they'd have to do a cerclage, but after they got a better look at my cervix, they realized it wasn't as short as they originally thought (I'm measuring 2.7 cm, and they want to see 3 cm or longer.), and I'm not having any contractions or funneling (which, from what I understand, would indicate I was ready to dilate). I'm now on progesterone suppositories, restricted activity, and pelvic rest, but my doctor is very optimistic that it won't get worse, and could actually lengthen with the help of the suppositories. I've been a little emotional this afternoon, but Im very thankful I don't need surgery as of right now, and that my doctor was very optimistic. (He traded shifts with another doctor so he could be the one to talk to me himself, and would be there in case I did need surgery. No words express how grateful I am for such an amazing doctor!) I do have a perinatologist now, who will be keeping an eye on my chord with monthly ultrasounds to check the blood flow in and out of my cord (which today they said looked good), and I'll be going in to get my cervix checked every two weeks. But at least for today, things look positive.
My phone rang and my Drs office came up on the call ID. Since we just had the AS, I was paranoid it was bad news from that. Turns out my blood test came back and I'm immune to fifth disease.
My phone rang and my Drs office came up on the call ID. Since we just had the AS, I was paranoid it was bad news from that. Turns out my blood test came back and I'm immune to fifth disease.
@mrs_tacos I'm glad they're taking great care of you! +1 on the marginal cord. They'll monitor for growth restrictions but my doctor wasn't very concerned either. I have ultrasounds every 4 weeks for 2 months, then every 2 weeks until 36 weeks and then every week.
@LaceyC1020 Thanks! And from what I'm hearing everyone else with a marginal cord is being told about what I was told as far as monitoring and severity goes, which makes me feel better. I was told to be a little extra cautious because if my anterior placenta, but otherwise they seemed to not be too concerned.
Re: PGAL check-in 4/19
What's going on with you baby/pregnancy wise? Just found out it's a girl - very healthy, and very active. I'm finally maintaining weight with my year old gastric bypass (finally the OBs were mad but my gastric surgeon said it was normal) and my blood pressure is still low but normal. Dizzy, faint feeling, and light headed occasionally. But excited to finally start shopping for little girl things. They're adorable. (my previous loss was a boy at 11 weeks).
What's going on with you in other aspects of your life? Not too much, very focused on the pregnancy. Looking into various supports for after giving birth (throughout our community).
Any Questions? I'm unsure how to phrase if I'm a first time mom or not (?) I am in the regards that I have no living children and never gave birth to a living child. But I feel I was a mom before with my previous miscarriage. So idk how to say that.
I do usually mention my previous loss if someone asks me if I have other children. It makes them feel uncomfortable
but it's more important for me to honor his memory, than to keep them feeling comfortable.
I say "This will be our first child but I had a previous loss/miscarriage 6 years ago" or something of the like. I'm not sure that's correct but maybe it's a subjective thing, up to each person how they want to say it or not say it.
Baby related GTKY: Do you have child care lined up for your little one already? Yes, family and friends at the moment. We looked into some other options just in case too.
NBR GTKY: Do you like cake or pie better? What is your favorite kind? Pie - I love lemon meringue and key lime. Also traditional pies like apple a la mode, or other fruit. Chocolate is good too but now I'm getting hungry thinking about it lol so I'll stop there.
What's going on with you baby/pregnancy wise? I think the baby's okay, my anatomy scan is in a week, so I'm hoping everything is okay.
What's going on with you in other aspects of your life? I'm a teacher and we have state testing continuing this week, ugh.
Any Questions? Anyone else feeling like they're about to start their period? It's freaking me out.
Baby related GTKY: Do you have child care lined up for your little one already? My parents generously watch my son on Mondays and Fridays, and my husband's family on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
NBR GTKY: Do you like cake or pie better? What is your favorite kind? Pie! Mmmmmm!
BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016
Re-started TTC Aug 2016
Started IF testing Nov 2016
Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017
BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
What's going on with you baby/pregnancy wise? I have had a lot of anxiety recently. I have a month in between appointment and I am at the point where most of my symptoms have gone away and I don't feel movement yet. So my pgal brain has been a roller coaster. I have an appointment this Thursday which will help. I always get nervous the day before. I am hoping they will schedule my as then too.
What's going on with you in other aspects of your life? Lots and lots of work. Resumed doing my second job this month. I do risk assessment reports. So part of it was getting back in to the flow of doing that after hours and trying to pace myself to get it done by the deadline. Now that I am done with that one and waiting for the next one I am trying more self care. So sorry I have not been more active the last couple of weeks. I have been lurking to see how you ladies have been doing.
Any Questions? Not right now.
Baby related GTKY: Do you have child care lined up for your little one already? My mom is going to watch this little one. She is retired and super excited. She lives five minutes from where I work so I can see the baby on lunch breaks.
NBR GTKY: Do you like cake or pie better? What is your favorite kind? Man that is such a hard choice. Cake. I love chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
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A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
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@heatherwilson321 Hope you get similar news soon!