TTGP Check In - September

meggyme · September 2018

@Jlavo888 @navete @diaphena @Lelkcot @catlady2015 @purpleteacher82 @mschanandlerbong1214 @auburnvelvet86 @meggyme

Happy Back to School ladies!

purpleteacher82 · September 2018

Yay! I was hoping for another TTGP thread. School is definitely in full swing. I felt like I was keeping on top of things pretty well, but started to feel really overwhelmed today. We are doing a whole bunch of new testing this year and getting a lot less support. We also switched to a new kind of grading/report card and it feels like our district is trying to fly the plane while building it, so to speak.

It feels like I haven’t had much time to even think about being pregnant other than the occasions where I don’t feel very well. We go back to the dr. on Monday and will get to hear the heartbeat. I need some reassurance, so that appt can’t come
soon enough!

meggyme · September 2018

@purpleteacher82 I hope your appointment goes well.

AFM, since I know a lot of you have been busy I’ll give the cliff notes version. Had a good first appointment and ultrasound, good NIPT results, found out we’re having another girl, told both my bosses but have yet to tell all my coworkers. I’m trying to think of a simple way to tell all the old men I work with that won’t put too much attention on me. I’ve been feeling pretty good lately, but have had lots of RLP and needed extra naps. Also, my feet get tired more easily. I had to stand on the steel decks of a ship most of the day and my feet are killing me!

catlady2015 · September 2018

@purpleteacher82, glad you’re hanging in there! I’ve worked for places that simultaneously built/flew the plane to various degrees of success. Hope Monday comes quickly for you!

@meggyme - can you bring something into the break room, like donuts and donut holes, with a little sign? That wouldn’t require a big announcement and food would divert the attention.

AFM, still job hunting. Got a lead on a contract work from home position. Worried there would be no benefits and the year long contract would be an issue if I need maternity leave after just a few months. Going to move forward and try to learn more, but we’ll see. That one job in my field I was really excited about still hasn’t contacted applicants so I’m sure they’re just starting the review process. If they don’t get going soon, I don’t know how it would be a great option just because I’d barely be there 3 months before baby comes.

Bean’s doing well. Good checkup last week, need to arrange NIPT and no appts until 9/24!

meggyme · September 2018

@catlady2015 that’s what I’m leaning toward, but everyone in the office gets in before me and I don’t want to make an entrance. I thought about setting it up the evening before like some crazy elf, but idk. I hope you can get some answers soon with the jobs. But any company looking for quality and not just a butt in a seat should be willing to wait a couple months for the qualified person they trained to come back from maternity leave.

lelkcot · September 2018

@purpleteacher82 hopefully things will smooth out and the plane will get built quickly! And hope Mondays appointment will give you that reassurance.

@meggyme I like the food & sign idea too!

@catlady2015 hopefully you’ll hear back about the better job option soon. And yay for good appointments!

AFM the stupid imaging group with Kaiser failed to call to schedule my NT last week and when I called this week i found out they’re training all week and only had one appointment time, that I couldn’t make. So I’m pissed and can’t get the scan... Not sure what I’m going to do, currently just super frustrated.

meggyme · September 2018

@lelkcot is it too late to do the NIPT?

catlady2015 · September 2018

@lelkcot - no! That’s awful! I would maybe try to do the NIPT instead. Its accuracy is higher than the nt scan (but you don’t actually see the baby and I think spina bifida if a nt scan only condition). Would your insurance cover it? Some of the tests have programs to reduce the rate if test isn’t covered by insurance,

meggyme · September 2018

Yeah, @lelkcot I think MaterniT21 has a program where you can take a survey after and they’ll reduce the price to $200. Still expensive, but it might be worth the peace of mind. And I think you can do that until 14weeks.

lelkcot · September 2018

@meggyme & @catlady2015 thanks ladies, I’ve emailed my dr to see what my opinions are, hopefully she’ll change her mind and let me do the NIPT now (she said no initially as I was high risk or AMA). I was so frustrated when I got off the phone yesterday I actually cried. Hopefully they can give me a good alternative.

catlady2015 · September 2018

@lelkcot - keep us posted! If her office screwed up and it’s too late for nt they should let you do it. Technically, if insurance should cover it, you should get whatever testing you want. *hugs*

mschanandlerbong1214 · September 2018

Ugh @lelkcot that stinks! Hopefully your doctor can give you a good solution!

AFM I’m just getting over a cold, getting my kids and house organized for school starting tomorrow and losing my mind slowly since I’m doing it alone while DH is out of town. Tomorrow is als DS1’s 6th birthday, DH is missing it and him and DS are both bumming really hard about it. So now I’m trying to make up for it by making the day extra extra special for DS. I’m exhausted from it all lol but I’m so glad that within the next week both my kids will be back at school. They need that structure!

meggyme · September 2018

@mschanandlerbong1214 solo parenting is rough, especially with a cold! I hope back to school goes smoothly and Happy Birthday to your DS!

mschanandlerbong1214 · September 2018

@meggyme thankfully DH comes home Friday so we’re almost done! We’re already on day 7 of 9! I’m just ready for a little break from him when he comes back lol

meggyme · September 2018

@mschanandlerbong1214 that's great that he'll be home soon. The last month and a half MH has been gone for nearly a month, back and forth. I feel your pain, but you're in the home stretch!

lelkcot · September 2018

Finally heard back from my doctor and looking like they’re going to do the NIPT now. She just needs to make sure it will be approved even through I’m not high risk!

mschanandlerbong1214 · September 2018

@lelkcot

lelkcot · September 2018

Got blood drawn and sent in for my NIPT Friday! Should be getting results in a week. So excited to find out sex and know that this little love is healthy.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

meggyme · September 2018

@lelkcot I’m so glad they were able to find a way for you to get that reassurance. FX for a healthy baby.

lelkcot · September 2018

NIPT results finally came in and baby girl is low risk! Kind of shocking to be far enough along to know sex already!
How are you ladies this week?

meggyme · September 2018

@lelkcot yay for a low risk baby girl! I’m doing ok physically but I am so sick of being a solo parent right now. I really want my husband home. It feels like he’s been gone more often during his non-deployed tour than he was when he was in a deploying squadron. DD is definitely noticing and acting up too, which is doubly frustrating. I need a break!

lelkcot · September 2018

@meggyme that’s tough - my brother-in-law travels for work and my sister is often home alone with her kids - I’m not sure how you ladies do it. DH travels for work rarely and when he does, I’m always extra tired and grumpy. Is there an end in sight for his traveling?

meggyme · September 2018

@lelkcot as I was writing this he just texted to say he’ll be home tomorrow! He’ll be home the rest of this month and most of next month aside from a couple weekend trips. It’s always hard at first. Having a group of friends whose husbands are also gone helps because we try to plan fun stuff.

lelkcot · September 2018

@meggyme yay for him being home soon!

JLaVO888 · September 2018

Hi all!
@meggyme exciting news about DH being home!

@lelkcot very good news on low risk! Congrats!

@purpleteacher82 Hang in there love. Teaching is already so hard and being pregnant makes it twice as hard. I hate when they throw in changes. Why can’t they just let things alone? Hugs

AFM I’ve ghosted this place so hard. Sorry for that. Work is so busy. I’ve been working most Saturdays to keep on top of my work load. In the evening I try to dedicate time to DD if I’m even still functional. I’ve been dealing with nausea still and now migraines. Tons of RLP and sciatic pain as well. But we finally saw baby at 13+1 weeks and everything is looking healthy. (And most likely a boy!) I’ll try to check in here more often. Just saw some of your HDBD pics and you’re all adorable!!!

lelkcot · September 2018

@JLaVO888 hey lady, glad to hear from you. Yay for a healthy boy! Hope the nausea let’s up soon, and migraines subside. Don’t worry about ghosting, sounds like you’ve been super busy. It’s hard to keep up with everything!

JLaVO888 · September 2018

It’s hard when most the activity on here is during the week too. But I’ll try to drop in once in a while. I like keeping up with the TTGP ladies for sure. The others I haven’t had much time to get to know as well.

navete · September 2018

@JLaVO888 So glad to hear from you! Been wondering how you’re doing 😊

purpleteacher82 · September 2018

@JLaVO888 Welcome back! We’ve missed you! Things have calmed down for me work-wise and I absolutely love my class this year. I hope you start to feel better and are able to find some balance between work and home. Take care of yourself!

JLaVO888 · September 2018

@purpleteacher82 glad you have a great class! I do as well. They are amazing and I’m already sad I’ll have to leave them in March!

purpleteacher82 · September 2018

@JLaVO888 Me too! But I am also glad to have a great class that I will feel confident leaving with a long term sub.

JLaVO888 · September 2018

Same! Have any of them figured out you are pregnant? Or have you told them?

purpleteacher82 · September 2018

@JLaVO888 None of them have said anything which is funny because students would ask me that before I got pregnant. I haven’t told them yet. I wanted us to spend a little more time together first and I am also waiting on my Panorama results to come back next week. What about you?

JLaVO888 · September 2018

I haven’t told them. I never officially announced it to my kids last time becuase it felt like a weird convo to have with 6 year olds. I just let them figure it out individually. I think I sent home a letter to parents in January so they could expect that I’d be gone in March.

I did have one one on Thursday put both his hands on each side of my belly and ask if there was a baby inside. He was so shocked when I said yes and then he started hugging my belly lol. Then another kid overheard us and said, “I knew it!!! But my mom told me not to ask people questions like that.” They really are adorable when they start to figure it out. Plus their heads are the exact right height to be at eye level with my bump. I got lots of loving bump hugs last time.

lelkcot · September 2018

@JLaVO888 I actually laughed out loud at that “I knew it!” Comment

catlady2015 · September 2018

Hi, @JLaVO888! Really good to hear from you. Glad that things are going well. We're happy to have you back, even for a little bit! Your students sound so adorable, the bump hugs sound so sweet!

JLaVO888 · September 2018

@lelkcot I laugh every time I think about it.

And thanks everyone for for making me feel so loved with my return. I will try to stop in more. I want to keep up with you guys. The rest of the board is a bit overwhelming to keep up with though when I miss a whole day of chatting I’m already buried deep in comments to sift through. I also was very stressed until we had the first appointment (super late at almost 14 weeks) so I was needing to step away and not fixate on the pregnancy. I’m finally being able to let myself get attached.

JLaVO888 · September 2018

How everyone doing this week? @navete Have you had your amnio yet? I’ve been thinking of you.

navete · September 2018

Thanks for the check in @JLaVO888. How are things going with you?

I actually opted out of my amnio at the last minute. I wrote about it at length in the Week 1 Checkin thread for this week, but the short version is that the prenatal doctor (different than my obgyn) seemed to think it was unnecessary so I was bolstered to follow my gut and cancel. This was all preceded by an early anatomy scan that showed baby looking healthy and normal for all the things that could be measured at that gestational age, so that helped ease a lot of our worries as well. As far as the chromosomal aneuploidy baby screened positive for on NIPT (47XXY), we’ll just test for that when baby is born, and with a bit of blind faith that baby doesn’t have a more severe variation (doc said it would be very very rare, about 1 in 15,000 chance). For now, I am so ready to stop obsessing about this and just start focusing on all the things I’m excited about baby rather than all the things that can go wrong. I’m taking it as an early lesson on how to be a parent, because there sure seems to be a lot that one could worry about

purpleteacher82 · September 2018

My dr. office called yesterday with what I thought were the results of my NIPT. Apparently there was some sort of lab error which caused them to not be able to get any results from my blood sample. So, I have to go have it redone and wait another 7-10 business days for the results. I was/am so disappointed.

meggyme · September 2018

@navete I’m glad you can to a conclusion and can try to stop worrying and enjoy your pregnancy.

@purpleteacher82 that sucks. Hopefully they’ll get the results quickly for you.

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