pgal check-in 12/12

optbaby2017 · December 2018

How many weeks are you?

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically?

Any appointment updates?

Rants/Raves/Questions?

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)?

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet?

jusgigi · December 2018

How many weeks are you? 16w6d

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically? great physically! Emotionally i still go back and forth several times a day from happy to scared something is going to go wrong

Any appointment updates? appt on Friday. Im supposed to get my Integrated Screening results (though im not really worried about that as i did pgs when i did ivf)

Rants/Raves/Questions? really starting to feel the baby move. I cant wait until my husband can too

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)? nope

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? at his and his roomates house. My friends finally convinced me to go out drinking one night (I usually watched my nephews on weekends night so my sister could go out). The bar we were going to go to was closed for the night so my friends said they knew somewhere else we could go- which was his house. His roomate was hitting on me all night so i cozied up to my dh and we hit it off.

optbaby2017 · December 2018

How many weeks are you?

16weeks

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically?

Nausea just won't go! It's not bad, and I can usually keep it under wraps by making sure to snack and drink lots of water. The last two days I've been motion sick whenever I'm in a car or an elevator, though, and it sucks! Emotionally I'm getting better. I've been able to find baby with my doppler pretty quick lately, which is nice. I'm anxious about the upcoming anatomy u/s for some reason.

Any appointment updates?

Had a 16wk check-in yesterday. Everything looked great and we drew some blood to check for spinal cord defects (how cool is it that they can detect something like that in *my* blood?).

Rants/Raves/Questions?

I finally told my boss and team about the pregnancy this week. My boss is not taking it well. We're a team of 7 and one of the others will be out on paternity leave at exactly the same time. Before I even mentioned the baby, he was on this kick about how he wants to see our team more "committed" to the program, which I was struggling to even respond to, because how are you supposed to convince someone of that? So then I told him about the baby and he basically questioned whether I even intend to come back from FMLA. It sucked. And there's this somewhat difficult-to-get-into 6month training thing that we had been talking about me doing (applications are due Friday), that I'm pretty sure he is going to sabotage me getting into, on the grounds that I might miss the last session depending on when baby is born, and regardless (insert snarky voice) "why invest in training me if I'm just going to leave?" Ugh. With my last maternity leave I started to get left out of things in my 3rd tri and came back to far less prestigious assignments (but not in a way that I could file anything with HR about it), so I kind of knew to expect it. But, like, he's in his mid-60's, so grow up.

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)?

Still waiting for some kicks! Also awaiting the anatomy u/s in two weeks to assure me that everything is good!

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet?

DH and I went to college together, but we mostly lost touch for several years after. Then I moved to a city a few hours away. I posted something on facebook about being "old" because I couldn't keep up with the college-students I supervised at work. He replied and invited himself to come visit me. We dated long-distance for a few years, and I moved back to the city about 6wks before our wedding.

bpietronicco · December 2018

How many weeks are you? 18 weeks

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically?

Physically just tired.

@justharrison- I am hopeful but also worried something is going to go wrong.

Any appointment updates? Level 2 anatomy scan scheduled for the 31st and OB appt Jan 2.

Rants/Raves/Questions? Wish I could feel the baby moving - would help with the anxiety.

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)? the anatomy scan.

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? We mart at a friends house and were part of a young adults group at church.

GeorgiaGirl1230 · December 2018

How many weeks are you? 19w1d

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically? Emotionally, I'm doing well. Had a good checkup on Tuesday which always helps to comfort. Anatomy scan is Monday morning. Physically, I'm in pain. Every joint in the lower part of my body hurts. I'm having bad sciatica and RLPs, all just on my left side. This belly is already hurting lol! I think I'll be getting a pregnancy belt soon.

Any appointment updates? Mentioned above, but anatomy scan Monday and next OB check is Jan 8th.

Rants/Raves/Questions? Anyone have sciatica and have a tried and true stretch? The ones I've tried just don't seem to reach it.

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)? I mentioned last week, but my birthday (Dec 30th) is when I got my first squinter pregnancy test with my loss. I'm going to try not to focus on that. We are going to go see the new Mary Poppins as a family and then dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. And I will just be counting my blessings for this sweet baby.

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? Really similar to @justharrison. I had just moved back home after switching colleges, and one of my friends invited me to a party of some of her other friends. We went to the apt that MH was living in at the time, and I sat down across from him at the poker table to play. We ended up having a ton of mutual friends, were both into theatre, and were actually in the same show for a brief time (before he quit it) and didn't even know it. We went to different high schools. His sister and my cousin were best friends in school. We went through a lot in our first year (off and on) and it was pretty tumultuous, but then he decided to join the Navy and he got very serious about us then. I met him 12 years ago in January. Crazy.

optbaby2017 · December 2018

@GeorgiaGirl1230 I find that Chiropractic + occasional massage helps a lot with my RLP and hip pain issues. I also bought a program called One Strong Mama, which is a prenatal yoga/strength series focusing on alignment and core/back/pelvic floor strength. There's also other education stuff about prenatal health and birth positions. (full disclosure, one of the instructors is a friend of a friend, but I really respect the research and knowledge behind their work). I am having RLP, but not nearly as much back and hip pain as I did with my other pregnancies. If you find the program too $$$, there is also Facebook group run by the instructors and they post a fair amount of free content there

troystory17 · December 2018

Gooluck to everyone with upcoming anatomy scans!

How many weeks are you? 18w4d

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically? just tired from the progesterone shots

Any appointment updates? We have our anatomy scan next week.

Rants/Raves/Questions?

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)? I'm almost further along than I was with my loss fingers crossed I start to calm down a little after that.

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? we met online haha

missy052819 · December 2018

How many weeks are you? 16w2d

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically? Emotionally I'm ok. Just very congested and sleep sucks.

Any appointment updates? OB appt next week

Rants/Raves/Questions? We're having a boy! Still excited about that and I'm plotting ideas for the nursery.

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)? I'm past my loss, so remaining positive.

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? we met online also haha @troystory17
It will be 8 years since we met this coming February, and we've been together ever since. I was so afraid to tell people how we met but now it's so common! I definitely got myself a good one

chloe97 · December 2018

How many weeks are you?

16+2

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically?

Emotionally great! Had a scare at my appt Tuesday when the doppler didn't catch the HB, but she rolled out the u/s machine and he was kicking away in there. Physically, I am starting to have back pain and a lot of muscle tightness.

Any appointment updates?
Just got my AFP test back and all looks good and my thyroid is back under control after going pretty high last trimester.

Rants/Raves/Questions?

TW I was lurking the June board and saw a couple bad news posts, which were a bit triggering. One was an early 2nd-trimester loss and the other was a bad NIPT result. I know that the PGAl ladies over there were really triggered. END TW

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)? Past my major milestones including the 3rd anniversary of my first loss last week. Just waiting for my Level II u/s on 1/8.

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet?
We met at our mutual friends' wedding. The PG version- he caught the garter and I caught the bouquet and he asked the groom to introduce us. I was not interested for the first hour, but he hung around with my friends and eventually I gave him a chance. The R-rate version is that after drinking heavily for 4 hours, we started making out on the dance floor and ended up going swimming in the lake by our hotel with other friends at 1 am. He stayed the night in my hotel room, even though I was sharing it with a friend, and let's just say we kept her up all night and she would not talk to me for a week. In fact, the 2nd time that DH and I hung out, that friend actually met up with us at the bar and proceeded to completely humiliate us both by telling the FULL story of our night together, complete with sound effect recreations, to some friends of friends. She felt much better after getting it all out and forgave me, though she threatened to tell that story at our wedding to everyone.

After all that, I knew he was a keeper.

aels12 · December 2018

How many weeks are you? 19+6

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically? Good and good, thankfully! I have the occasional sciatic pain in my lower back but it’s not often and doesn’t last long

Any appointment updates? We had our anatomy scan last Friday. Everything looks great and we are having another boy!

Rants/Raves/Questions? Nothing

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)? We didn’t do any genetic testing so I’m glad the anatomy scan is done and that everything looks good.

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? We went to college together and he was in a fraternity, they rented out rooms in the summer to sorority girls. A bunch of girls from my sorority lived there so I was over quite a bit. We met one night while everyone was outside grilling. We ended up talking (and making out) all night and went on our first date about a week later.

troystory17 · December 2018

@missy052819 we used to just say we met at a coffee shop I mean technically it is the first place we met. We've been pretty inseparable since that day so whatever lol 🤷🏼‍♀️

missy052819 · December 2018

@troystory17 the first place we met at was a Dunkin Donuts! haha

jusgigi · December 2018

@GeorgiaGirl1230 aint it funny how things happen? I would have never met DH if we hadnt went over that night- he never went out to the bars to drink and i didnt care for his roomates (didnt know they were his roomates at the time) and avoided them

MelissaMay82 · December 2018

How many weeks are you? 19w5d

How are you feeling? Emotionally and physically? Physically- Super tired, random headaches, random pains. Emotionally- I'm doing ok, I will feel better after the 20 week anatomy scan the week of Christmas I think. We had an A/S at 16w5d and the MFM doc said that everything looked good and she had no concerns but just wanted to keep following me monthly. I am feeling baby move a lot so that is good. I still have a lot of worries though that something bad is going to happen.

Any appointment updates? Had a quick OB appointment on Tuesday, everything looked good. I have to go see one of the surgeons I work with a lot this upcoming Tuesday to discuss my umbilical hernia, what my options are and what we are going to do worst-case scenario.

Rants/Raves/Questions? Finding maternity clothes is hard, I feel like everything is super super long and skin-tight which makes my hips look huge.

Any milestones coming up (doesn't have to be pgal related)? 20-week anatomy scan on 12/28

GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? We went to high school together but we didn't really know each other well. After college when I was working at our local pizza restaurant and he would come in and get take-out and we would chat. It was always the classic "we should get together something for a drink and catch up." We finally went on a date the day before Christmas Eve in 2006 and have been together ever since.

troystory17 · December 2018

@missy052819 haha yes Dunkin for us too!

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