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September 2022 Moms
kboydbowman
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PGAL Checkin 2/24
kboydbowman
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For those with one or more previous pregnancy losses.
Weeks/Due Date:
How are you feeling?
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about?
How are you managing your stress?
Any self-care strategies you love/hate?
Anything else you want to share?
Weeks/Due Date:
How are you feeling?
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about?
How are you managing your stress?
Any self-care strategies you love/hate?
Anything else you want to share?
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: PGAL Checkin 2/24
How are you feeling? I feel great..just out of breath half of the time.
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about? Nope. Had my 12wk appt yesterday and baby's heartbeat was strong at 170! Impatiently waiting my NIPT results which should be in any day/time now!
How are you managing your stress? I feel a lot more comfortable than I have felt following that appointment yesterday. Hearing that heartbeat took away a lot of anxiety. I was so worried that I would have a MMC between 8-12 wk appointments. I mean, I know it's still possible...but I'm trying to just be positive now. "I am pregnant today."
Any self-care strategies you love/hate? Mmm I love having my nails done but I also hate going to the nail salon and sitting there for an hour(+) because all I can think about is the million other things I could be doing. So my nails typically look ratchet.
Anything else you want to share? natm.
this chart is what i use to make me feel better.
https://datayze.com/miscarriage-chart
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
How are you feeling? Been been better mentally/emotionally. Physically pretty good. I’m sleeping better.
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about? My appointment on Monday.
How are you managing your stress? I’m not 🙃
Any self-care strategies you love/hate? I love a good pedicure and I’ve been reading a lot to keep me off social media/keep my mind off my worries.
Anything else you want to share? I totally agree that first trimester appointments should be more frequent. I also just hope that my belly is getting bigger because my baby is getting bigger. I worry I’m getting larger for no reason.
11w5d, 9/10/22
How are you feeling?
Tired, and also that my digestion is totally off and i still don’t feel like eating much.
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about?
Have my NT ultrasound on Tuesday…excited for it (had a normal NIPT so expecting the NT will be normal as well).
How are you managing your stress?
Haha, right now just giving myself permission to simply survive. My house is a mess, I’m behind at work. Growing a baby is hard work! Just remind myself that I’m doing enough.
Any self-care strategies you love/hate?
Usually yoga but haven’t exercised now in about 5 weeks.
Hoping to get either prenatal massage or facial (maybe both?!) sometime in the second tri.
Anything else you want to share?
Just so grateful to be at this point. Have been trying since June 2020 and this is the “most pregnant” I’ve been. Last summer when I was diagnosed with infertility I had no idea we’d be expecting 6 months later.
Weeks/Due Date: 13 weeks tomorrow (9/2)
How are you feeling?
Nauseous pretty much in the late afternoon and mornings but I actually think it’s improving. I’ve been extremely good about combining the unisom and b6 and remembering to take it every night with my prenatal vitamin. I am also going to buy the prenatals I used with my son and see if that helps for any reason?
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about?
Now that all my coworkers know and our family knows we are expecting the worries about something terrible happening are invading my thoughts quite often. Working in the hospital in the department I’m in is not helping either.
How are you managing your stress?
The worries about “what if something happens” or “what if baby has something wrong” I try to stop by distracting myself with something else. Free time is the worst. I’m finding a book to read at lunch and before bed and I plan to write in a journal that was gifted to me. Hard to find a good book I haven’t read in so long!
Any self-care strategies you love/hate?
I don’t know what qualifies as self care necessary but I hate brushing my teeth because it makes me feel gaggy and it feels like a chore. That’s disgusting I know but I’m forcing myself to do it anyway.
I love taking a bath, even if it’s only for 15 minutes while MH deals with our 2 year old.
Anything else you want to share?
I guess I’m sort of exhausted because my son has been sick and throwing up this week after having norovirus 3 weeks ago and now MH is doing the same and not feeling well at all. I feel like my son is constantly sick and I keep my house completely cleaned and organized and even Lysol our bathroom every single day along with our kitchen. The constant illness feels like it’s my fault somehow. I wish I could make it stop for like 3 months at least!
How are you feeling? Still not at the point where I can feel excited. Even though the "risk of miscarriage" chart says I'm down to 2.8%, a big chunk of my brain is convinced I'll be in that percentile. I'm glad about having more frequent ultrasounds, but it's also that many more chances to have something wrong found, you know? Physically, I "symptom check" all the time. I've never been very nauseous, which always worries me, even though that was true during my one pregnancy that made it well into the second trimester. Am I tired enough? Do my boobs hurt enough? Etc. And still checking my underwear every time I pee. Worried when I have constipation that the strain will cause my cervix to dilate. Stupid, I know.
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about? Next ultrasound is on Tuesday. Regular OB visit the week after that. At some point I'll have to have the discussion (argument) about trying to push for a VBAC. I know they're going to tell me no way in hell and want me to agree to a C-section at 36 weeks, but I really, really don't want to do that. So I'll put off that argument as long as possible
How are you managing your stress? Obsessively checking the "miscarriage rate" daily, the daily "fun fact," and the weekly fruit size. Refreshing this board way too often, looking for new things to engage with. Trying to be happy/optimistic.
Any self-care strategies you love/hate? I miss warm baths. I watch a lot of television. I nap when I can - every hour I'm asleep is one more hour closer to a successful delivery.
Anything else you want to share? We have a mental health leadership on Thursdays and today several of the other senior staff said I need to make a list for them at some point of all the stuff I do so they can task it out amongst theirselves when I'm on maternity leave, since I'm the only one that does most of the things that I do. It felt sort of warm and fuzzy that they are certain I'll make it that far.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
How are you feeling?
I’m sick of being so fatigued… I’m usually always doing something- be it work, errands, hobbies, hikes- and having been sedentary this long is weighing on me. I also feel kind of flat these days, nothing really makes me excited and I don’t feel like myself :-/
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about?
My next in-person appointment isn’t for another 3 weeks, so the wait is going to kill me. Next week is when I had my previous loss, so I’m hoping I’ll feel a sense of relief once I get past that mark.
How are you managing your stress?
Im really not. I’m suffering from my usual February/end of winter depressive episode, and it’s hard when my usual coping strategies just take too much out of me. I’m trying to remind myself that this will pass like it always does, and to be kind to myself because I’ve got a lot going on. Even though I’m not consciously focusing on it, I think that it’s making the depression worse to be a week or two away from the timing of my MMC.
Any self-care strategies you love/hate?
I love solo hikes as a self care activity. It really puts things in perspective when I’m caught up in all of this stress that doesn’t really matter. Hopefully in the next few months I can get back out there and do a few very easy ones.
Anything else you want to share?
nothing really, I’m just glad to have a space where I can share and discuss with people who understand
How are you feeling? Ok- it's definitely day to day. I had my first instance (ever in my life) of serious constipation this morning and it was absolutely terrible. Have random food aversions but nothing too bad, so I consider myself lucky.
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about? NT scan and NIPT testing on 3/16. I had the most graphic and horrible nightmare about test results and the aftermath and it still makes me almost cry anytime I think about it.
How are you managing your stress? Staying busy at school and allowing myself to start looking at baby related things. I refused to let myself get any sort of excited until we made it past our first ultrasound (which looked perfect!)
Any self-care strategies you love/hate? Baths. I love them. Nothing better than winding down at night and taking a bath, then crawling directly into bed.
Anything else you want to share? After a loss, does a time come when you can let yourself be excited and actually look forward to a little one, or do you just feel an impending sense of doom until they come out? I'm not usually one to not be positive, but after the crushing loss last time I just don't want to get my hopes up.
How are you feeling? Decent
Any upcoming procedures/appointments you're worried about? Finally got my MFM appt for March 10th so anxiously awaiting that.
How are you managing your stress? Not very well. I've had some sort of spotting daily for about 3 weeks now. Ob can't figure out where it's coming from or why but doesn't seem too concerned. I'm a wreck on the other hand. BUT my doppler is keeping me sane when baby decides he/she wants to be found. I'm just so ready to be in the second trimester and feel movement.
Any self-care strategies you love/hate? I love having my nails done. I do at-home dip manicures so my nails are always done. It's pretty much the only thing I do for myself.
Anything else you want to share? Just anxiously awaiting labs. I got my NIPT drawn on 2/23 along with a bunch of other labs like progesterone, etc. It sucks, though, because Quest apparently decided that they would result everything with the NIPT. I've been concerned about my progesterone because of the spotting so I would really like to get those results back sooner rather than later.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.