TTGP Grad Check-in | 6.22

eggplantface · June 2017

This is a check-in for friends from the TTGP board (I copied this from another BMB's check-in). If you were a contributing member of that board please let us know how you are doing!

1. Due date?

2. How are you feeling? DD posts are welcome if you need support

3. Any upcoming appointments and/or updates from recent appointments?

4. Questions/concerns?

5. Not a real question, but does anyone else miss TTGP as much as me?

eggplantface · June 2017

1. Due date? 2/16

2. How are you feeling? DD posts are welcome if you need support
Random cramps and waves of nausea alternating with hunger, so that's fun to navigate. "I'm hungry! I'll eat a banana." Thirty seconds later, "I'm going to vomit on the banana. Now I just want to curl into a ball and cry." Plus a slight headache every night and I go to bed at 8:30.

3. Any upcoming appointments and/or updates from recent appointments? My nurse told me to schedule an ultrasound for 28, 29, or 30 June, but they were booked, so they offered me the 26th or July 7. I opted for the 26th because, in my head, that was the Monday after June 30. When I realized my mistake I called my nurse and asked if that was OK. Still waiting to hear back. So might have an ultrasound Monday, or not for two more weeks.

I'm also trying to find an OB. My gyno doesn't do OB so I need a whole new practice. The reviews online are all a mixed bag. Some hate them, some love them, all resulting in a 3-star rating.

4. Questions/concerns?
Not baby-related: can we still comment on drive-bys on TTGP? Cuz that was always fun.

5. Not a real question, but does anyone else miss TTGP as much as me?
Quite.

heatherdubrow · June 2017

@eggplantface how far along will you be on Monday? My RE says anytime after 6w5d is fine for the first ultrasound. I can't wait to hear about it!!

1. Due date?
2/28
2. How are you feeling? DD posts are welcome if you need support
Fine, it's still so early that I think my fatigue and breast tenderness is due to the PIO injections
3. Any upcoming appointments and/or updates from recent appointments?
First Beta is tomorrow!
4. Questions/concerns?
None yet
5. Not a real question, but does anyone else miss TTGP as much as me?
so so much! I'm lurking over there hardcore

eggplantface · June 2017

@heatherdubrow Monday I'll be 6w3d

heatherdubrow · June 2017

@eggplantface I'm sure its fine, hopefully the nurse will call to tell you that!

hullabalou · June 2017

@eggplantface with my son's pregnancy I was 6w0d based on ovulation and measurements. I saw a strong heartbeat without issue (transvaginal ultrasound). My OB is fine with first ultrasound from 6w and up. My first ultrasound with this pregnancy is at 6w1d.

eggplantface · June 2017

The nurse called, Monday is ok! I just want to make sure they see what they need, mainly bc I have no idea what's going on.

pebbledam · June 2017

@eggplantface - Yay for keeping the earlier u/s appt! And I'm certainly not the voice for all of TTGP-land, but I certainly don't mind if you want to flame a drive-by!

Anna_1021 · June 2017

@eggplantface Thanks for starting this

And I'm glad you'll have the earlier spot for US. It is important that they see what they need, but waiting sucks.

@heatherdubrow How did the beta go?

1. Due date? 2/6 (doc put some buffer in it - accourding to O time it should be 2/1 - not that is matters that much

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2. How are you feeling? DD posts are welcome if you need support
I get cramps sometimes - now less than it was at the beginning. Nausea is with me most of the time and some overall weakness.. it is hard to describe. I feel blunt, blurred, kindof out of it often. what I have trouble sometimes to cope with is this fear (of sg going wrong) that I did not anticipate at all. I am fully aware that others here had way longer/more difficult journey than I did, yet seem to be strong and more confident than me. Sometimes I feel ashamed a bit that I "make such a big emotional fuss of it" but can't help it. It is much better now than it was at the beginning, but this feeling does not seem to go away completely. So if anyone has advice on how to snap out of it, please don't hold back. I'd like to shake it off so bad.

3. Any upcoming appointments and/or updates from recent appointments?
The next one is far far ahead - 10th of July. The major thing, combined genetic scanning will be on 24th of July - counting the moniutes

4. Questions/concerns?
See above at 2. but nothing other than that.

5. Not a real question, but does anyone else miss TTGP as much as me?
Oh yeah. Keep klicking on that forum on my phone automatically

heatherdubrow · June 2017

@Anna_1021 betas are in an hour!
I also want to say that what you're feeling is so normal. And no one else's journey diminishes yours. You fought hard for this pregnancy, worrying about something happening is RATIONAL. All that to say, you're not alone

Anna_1021 · June 2017

@heatherdubrow Thanks

And FX!!!

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adirat · June 2017

Sorry to butt in but because of who is here I thought you might not mind... @anna_1021 you have a pm!

eggplantface · June 2017

I feel like this should be a safe space for all TTGPers to post no matter what.

adirat · June 2017

@eggplantface

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heatherdubrow · June 2017

@adirat I love it when you butt in!

adirat · June 2017

@heatherdubrow

Didn't mean to derail -- I just miss you guys and love gifs.

ramzlau · June 2017

I hope you guys don't mind; I haven't intro'd on the board yet, but wanted to hang here for a few days.

1. Due date? 2/19

2. How are you feeling? I waiver between being super stressed about something going wrong *tw we had an early mc 3 years ago tw* and being completely comfortable, with hardly any symptoms.

3. Any upcoming appointments and/or updates from recent appointments? MONDAY! I am living for our first u/s on Monday. Hoping we see a heartbeat then I plan to intro on the BMB and tell my family.

4. Questions/concerns? I am starting a new job in two weeks, so strangely enough other than the worries about the physical part of being pregnant, what I have on my mind the most is what my maternity leave might end up looking like.

5. Not a real question, but does anyone else miss TTGP as much as me? Me! I lurk the h-e-double-hockey-sticks out of the IF thread and even the dailies sometimes. This new tww has been just as tourturous as any other tww I have been through. I miss the support!

@heatherdubrow how did the beta go?
@adirat HIIII!
@eggplantface gl on Monday!
@Anna_1021 I think what you are feeling is perfectly normal. I am not doing great at keeping the bsc at bay, but having a mantra helps a bit, like "today I am pregnant" or "don't borrow trouble, last test showed everything was good". Also finding someone to just talk to about it, voicing fears diminishes their power. I hope you are able to relax and enjoy being KU this weekend!

heatherdubrow · June 2017

@ramzlau congrats and welcome!!

Beta was good, 246! Which is a phenomenal first number. I have my second beta tomorrow.

starla · June 2017

Hi, friends!

1. Due date?
Feb. 16

2. How are you feeling? DD posts are welcome if you need support
Bloated, sore boobs, a little moody, and sometime soon I get super hangry all of a sudden.

3. Any upcoming appointments and/or updates from recent appointments?
I'm doing betas Mon and Wed. I had my doctor's appt on Thurs and I have my dating ultrasound this Friday! I'm excited and nervous.

4. Questions/concerns?
Nope!

5. Not a real question, but does anyone else miss TTGP as much as me?
I miss it, but I was having a hard time keeping up with the daylies. I prefer to lurk and love tit.

Chawk17 · June 2017

Sort of lurking. I wasn't on TTGP...was on TTCAL @starla we are due date twins

ramzlau · June 2017

@heatherdubrow Sorry if you are updating elsewhere and I am missing it, how was today's beta?

heatherdubrow · June 2017

@ramzlau ugh in my new city no one draws labs on Sunday! My RE is back where we moved from. So I'm going today for my follow up beta. Thanks for checking on me, I'll update later!

ramzlau · June 2017

@eggplantface GL today on u/s!

heatherdubrow · June 2017

@eggplantface good luck today!! Update us when you can!

eggplantface · June 2017

I'll paste what I wrote on the IF check in:

Everything looked good on U/S! HB was 121. They handed me the photo print out and said "Congratulations!" and because I'm me and awkward I go "Thanks! That's a nice looking blob!" Seeing the heartbeat was pretty cool though. I go back in two weeks for a follow up, and that's my "graduation" to the OB.

Chawk17 · June 2017

Awesome @eggplantface!

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