August 2021 Moms
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PGAL 1/10
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This is a check in for those of us who are experiencing pregnancy after a loss (miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, stillbirth, child loss, to name a few). Hopefully we can all lend support to each other through the hormone filled ride that is pregnancy!
Just a reminder: there is a general loss trigger warning on this entire thread.
How far along are you? Any milestones?
How are you feeling (physically)?
How are you feeling (mentally/emotionally)?
When is your next appointment?
Rants/raves (Dear diary posts and venting are welcome and encouraged here)
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How far along are you? Any milestones? 8 weeks today! Finally past my milestones.
How are you feeling (physically)? Yesterday was rough with exhaustion and nausea. Hoping today is better. Food will sound good but being to exhausted to get it and if I smell it, I’m done.
How are you feeling (mentally/emotionally)? Still not letting myself feel excited. I have a follow up ultrasound tomorrow to check on growth. Hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.
When is your next appointment? Tomorrow at 3:30 for an ultrasound.
Rants/raves (Dear diary posts and venting are welcome and encouraged here) I hate that this is SO hard for us!! Also, I have a good friend trying to get pregnant with her first. She has POCS and just went through her 4th round of Clomid. Not successful this latest round and my heart breaks for her.
7w2d
@emily1052 good luck tomorrow!
How far along are you? Any milestones? 7+1 none yet
How are you feeling (physically)? Blah. Been nauseous/ exhausted all day.
How are you feeling (mentally/emotionally)? I don't know. We saw the baby on 6+4 with a heartbeat of 126, but my last miscarriage I was 7+6 and with my mmc they stopped growing at 8.5 weeks.
When is your next appointment? 14th I see a me, but I see my ob on 2/25 and hoping she'll try the doppler then.
Rants/raves (Dear diary posts and venting are welcome and encouraged here) I've been on the verge of vomiting all day and I'm over it and yet thankful.
How far along are you? Any milestones? 8+3... had an ultrasound Friday and saw the heartbeat which is a first and should make me feel safer but my MMC was detected at 10 and stopped growing at 9, so I haven’t exhaled all the way yet. I’ll feel better in second trimester I am hoping.
How are you feeling (physically)? Blah I’m just so exhausted, I have headaches, some breast soreness, queasiness if I don’t eat regularly. Yesterday I had puked a few times at night which is a first and was miserable but reassuring lol
How are you feeling (mentally/emotionally)? I feel somewhat better? Heartbeat was so sweet to see, I definitely cried. We told my parents and they are SO EXCITED which makes me nervous, I just want to get to the point where I feel ok being happy
When is your next appointment? 2/1 is when I meet with my new OB for regular checkup, I need to schedule NIPT, nuchal, etc
Rants/raves (Dear diary posts and venting are welcome and encouraged here) Just tired of the fatigue and mental fog
I’m in the last term of a doctoral program and running a small business but all I want to do is sleep and lay here.
How far along are you? Any milestones? 10w1d
How are you feeling (physically)? Super nauseous and my boobs hurt so bad, and getting worse the last few days.
How are you feeling (mentally/emotionally)? I woke up so with much anxiety this morning. I have my next appointment on Friday and I'm wondering if he will try to use the doppler to hear the baby and I've run through all of those terrible scenarios a few times. I'm still spotting (still only brown) just like with my daughter. I wish it would just end already. I'm so tired of it and it's definitely adding to my anxiety. It was gone for a few days along with my nausea and now both are back
over it. Just want to get to Friday and hopefully hear something, or wait another 2 weeks for a good ultrasound.
When is your next appointment? This Friday, the 15th
Rants/raves (Dear diary posts and venting are welcome and encouraged here) My boss is such a pain in the ass. She's a micromanager, but doesn't even understand the specialty piece of my job. She's not very bright and thinks she's way more important than she is. I'm mentally checked out because of this pregnancy and looking forward to either quitting, or going part time when I get back from maternity leave.
How far along are you? Any milestones? 7w4d. I've officially made it further than my loss in October.
How are you feeling (physically)? Pretty icky
How are you feeling (mentally/emotionally)? I (perhaps naively) thought I'd feel a bit more relief after passing my milestone, but like @grogu I'm waiting for the other to shoe to drop. I feel a bit hollow emotionally.
When is your next appointment? Right now the only thing scheduled is my first prenatal on 1/29, which feels like an eternity away.
Rants/raves: I'm finding it really hard to focus at work. Between feeling nauseous and tired, but also anxious about the pregnancy and when to tell my boss, I just feel like a bit of a dud. And I kind of wish we were back in the office, because I think it would be a welcome distraction. It is unlikely that we will be back into the office until just before my due date, so I just need to drag it together.
How far along are you? Any milestones? 8+2 - yesterday was when my mmc stopped growing. It was an ok day overall
How are you feeling (physically)? Still really nauseous, sore boobs, exhausted
How are you feeling (mentally/emotionally)? Trying to keep positive thoughts and not worry too much
When is your next appointment? Thursday for another u/s and an appointment after.
Rants/raves (Dear diary posts and venting are welcome and encouraged here) I’m really hoping I can relax more after Thursday- I can’t stop the “if Thursday goes ok then ... “ thoughts.
@l@ladyk127 I have a home Doppler that I need to dig out! I could find DS’s at 8 weeks.
@p@pickle-chips Im sorry passing a milestone doesn’t ease all your worries. I hope the next few weeks fly by!
Mind you, I have all the symptoms and I am super sick so the likelihood is that everything will be fine.... I think I'm just trying to protect myself since the symptoms aren't reassuring after my loss in November.
Just needed to write that down somewhere...
I am having those same feelings. My H keeps telling me the stop worrying- I have a ton of symptoms and I’m not bleeding but the stress and worry are constantly in the back of my mind. I really hope we both get good news this week and can hopefully breathe a little easier. 💕
Ultrasound was good. Baby is measuring 2 days behind but I'm not worried. They are going with the due date of August 28th though since I don't have a LMP.
I still have a small bleed but it isn't by the baby.
How far along are you? Any milestones?
7+4. Passed my MC milestone last week. I thought I would be more relieved but I still stop myself from getting too excited.
How are you feeling (physically)?
Pretty awful. My nausea seems to come in waves, mostly when I have an empty stomach. The only thing that sounds really good is carbs at this point and I'm worried as I've already gained a few pounds! I also started experiencing weird stomach cramps the past couple days which obviously makes me a bit anxious. They feel like period cramps, and come on and off for about an hour. I wouldn't really describe them as painful, just very uncomfortable and forces me to lie down until they pass. Has anyone else experienced this?
How are you feeling (mentally/emotionally)?
I'm trying to stay positive as much as I can. Before my MC last time I could definitely sense things weren't right, but this time I have an overall good feeling this are progressing well - I'm hoping this is a good sign. But then part of me is thinking I should be more worried. I'm just all over the place.
When is your next appointment?
My next ultrasound is scheduled for the 22nd (I'll be almost 9 weeks by then). I wanted to try to move it up, but also part of me is ok with doing it so late because that way I should definitely see/hear something then (vs. potentially having to come back for another ultrasound and dealing with the anxiety in between). My last ultrasound I thought I was 6+2 but from what we saw they determined I was probably closer to 5), so I just want to make sure next time I go in I'll actually be able to see something!
Rants/raves (Dear diary posts and venting are welcome and encouraged here)
No rants really! Part of me wishes I wasn't feeling so much like crap, I just really don't feel like myself. But I'm also grateful for having all these symptoms and hoping it's a good sign 🤞