October 2020 Moms
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Week 4+ (Oct. 22-31) Checkin, 3/16
kboydbowman
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Estimated due date (EDD):
Week of pregnancy:
Upcoming Appointments:
Rant/Rave:
Questions:
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live?
Week of pregnancy:
Upcoming Appointments:
Rant/Rave:
Questions:
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live?
Current pregnancy -
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.
Re: Week 4+ (Oct. 22-31) Checkin, 3/16
Week of pregnancy: 8w5d
Upcoming Appointments: dating sono, 3/24
Rant/Rave: Rave is that my job isn't in jeopardy, but rant is that I'm government healthcare so no time off work for me for COVID unless I get sick.
Questions: none right now
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live? I'm in California, so a lot of things are shut down and I expect it will get worse. I didn't hoard supplies like a lot of folk and now I'm running out of toilet paper. Ugh.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Week of pregnancy: 7w6d
Upcoming Appointments: Mar 19th, 1st routine prenatal check-up
Rant/Rave: morning sickness finally caught me this morning, threw up just before eating breakfast
Questions: none today
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live? I live in northern Alberta (Canada) and despite my city having 0 confirmed cases so far, the grocery stores are empty, lots of places are closed, it's chaos. Can't imagine how nuts things will be once it actually lands here. We have a lot of fly-in/fly-out workers in my city so it's just a matter of time I suppose. I'll probably be asked to work from home by the end of the week.
Week of pregnancy: 7 weeks 4 days
Upcoming Appointments: 3/24 first appt since BFP
Rant/Rave: my appetite is ridiculous. I'm starving, MUST eat asap. Eat 3 or 4 bites of anything and I can't stand the idea of another bite.
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live? I work from home full time, my husband just brought his work computer home today. We're lucky that our jobs/pay aren't in jeopardy. City of Austin just closed all bars/restaurants/gatherings over 10 people until at least May 1st.
Week of pregnancy: 8
Upcoming Appointments: 3/24 for US and intake
Rant/Rave: Rant: I work as a speech therapist and see children age 1+ in a clinic setting. My work is not making any modifications and I was told I can just wear a mask and that I cannot cancel patients. I don’t mind seeing the older children who sit and do to table work, but the little ones take so much more hands on interaction and way too much nose wiping for my comfort level right now! Rave: my husband finally fixed up our backyard so now my son has a sandbox and his swing set will be set up this weekend!
Questions:
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live? Right now there are no cases in the town I live, but there are many in surrounding areas. I’m definitely worried about contracting the virus while pregnant! As with many places, schools are closed and restaurants/coffee shops are only offering to-go orders. I haven’t been to the store since last week so I’m not sure how supplies are, but there were no disinfectant wipes or sanitizer when I went. I have just been spending time inside or in the yard with my son and that’s what we typically did before so not much has changed with his routine.
Week of pregnancy: see above.
Upcoming Appointments: April 6 when hopefully we'll get my due date straightened out.
Rant/Rave: rave - my and my husband's jobs are secure in this mess and I was already homeschooling part time, so that transition has been easy for us. Rant - I just don't feel like myself and I feel like I'm not being present for my kids who are also dealing with this stress. I am just so exhausted and nauseous, and my job, while secure, is also high stress. I just wish I had more to give right now.
Questions:
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live? I live near a hotel that is being used to quarantine people, a base that is used for the same, the CDC, and a surge hospital. The risk of getting the virus is high here and my friends who live in other areas that are also affected just don't get it. It is tough here and it's going to get that way for them if they don't stay. home. Our national guardsmen are on high alert and I'm just waiting to find out who has been infected that I know personally because I know that's coming with how quick it's spreading.
First Child born
5/5/14 and 6/5/14
11/14
Chemical Pregnancy
9/5/15
Second after severe bleeding for 18 weeks due to subchorionic hematoma
Expecting Number 3 due 10/31/2020
Week of pregnancy: 8
Upcoming Appointments: tomorrow including ultrasound if these don’t get cancelled
Rant/Rave: Tired, nauseated, and anxiety through the roof as below
Questions: none that have answers
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live? I am an internal medicine doctor in a city with the second highest per capita rate in the country, so my life has been pretty affected. I have already been in close contact with at least 3 patients I suspect have it (without proper protective gear! Because people lie!) but our hands are tied with testing, so I have no way to know for sure. People know that if they report symptoms in advance they get directed to another clinic with longer waits, so people are lying about their symptoms to get in, then exposing us. I’m at the point of just constant anger at my patients, and this is not why I became a doctor. I’m jealous of everyone who gets to stay home.
@fitzfizz I understand your anxiety about COVID-19. My hospital is running low on ppe, and there are a large number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in my city. Patients do lie about symptoms if they think it is going to inconvenience them without thinking about how much harm they can cause to others. I'm at high risk of being exposed at work, but my colleagues try to minimize my risk as much as possible. I do have to admit that I am annoyed when people complain about being stuck at home; I wish that I was stuck at home instead of constantly putting myself and my family at risk. I feel like I have gotten pregnant at the worst times with both of my pregnancies; the whole Zika outbreak happened during my other pregnancy. I hope that your appointment/ultrasound doesn't get canceled and that it goes well.
Week of pregnancy: 7 weeks 6 days
Upcoming Appointments: 3/20, first OB appt and US
Rant/Rave: first pregnancy, haven’t told anyone but my husband, feeling isolated, & anxious with everything going on. I feel like this was the worst time to accidentally get pregnant (though grateful) [see below].
Questions: none of my questions have answers to them.
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live?
Week of pregnancy: 7weeks 5 days
Upcoming Appointments: I have had 2 ultrasounds so far, one was today. Last week we didn't see anything except a sac.
Rant/Rave: Feeling quesy and exhausted. My husband has been so so good to me. A lady in the gas station actually complimented him and it felt so good to know he is all mine 😁
Questions:
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live?
Life as I know it has been halted. I teach in public school in metro detroit so we are closed at least till april 7th. I was the only patient my doctor would see today as I am now considered high risk. They cancelled all other appointments and the doctors were working at the hospital instead of their quiet office building. My DH is still working for now. I am scared of germs her could potentially bring home.
Week of pregnancy: 8wks
Upcoming Appointments: Just had my first ultrasound, my second routine OB appt is March 27.
Rant/Rave: I'm starving and nauseous all at the same time and it's getting freaking annoying! Also sleep is restless at best and I'm exhausted. My husband joked today that my symptoms are the textbook definition of pregnancy... I'm literally ticking every freaking symptom box. Maybe I'll get lucky and that will mean my second trimester will be better. Sidenote: I've been crying like a fountain and I felt bad for crying at the receptionists at the ultrasound place when they said my husband couldn't come with me. I was so scared something would be wrong and felt bad that he wouldn't get to see our baby live. I totally get it, but it's still really hard.
Questions: Why cant we Arnold Schwarzenegger this shit.... just kidding lol but also it would be great if guys could understand what this is like. *he artificially plants an embryo in his abdomen and caries it to term in the movie Junior
GTKY: What are you biggest concerns about COVID-19, and how is affecting life where you live? Not gonna lie I'm scared. I'm already a high risk pregnancy and high risk for severe complications if I get the virus. My husband wasn't able to be in our first ultrasound because of it. I'm a mental health therapist, and I'm probably going to move all of my clients I can to telepsych platforms starting this week. I am very lucky to be able to do that, however it's hard because it's no where near as effective as being in person, and doing telepsych with children is impossible. I feel like by protecting myself I'm putting my patients mental health more at risk. But also I want to protect everyone.
First Child born
5/5/14 and 6/5/14
11/14
Chemical Pregnancy
9/5/15
Second after severe bleeding for 18 weeks due to subchorionic hematoma
Expecting Number 3 due 10/31/2020
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.