PGAL Check-in 12/26

[Rama]

Hello! The PGAL check in is posted on Mondays. If it is Monday and you would like to post it, please feel free.


How far along are you? EDD?

How are you feeling physically and emotionally?

Any upcoming appointments or milestones?

Any other word vomit to share?

QotW: It's the last week of 2017!  What do you want to get done this year before it's over??

[Rama]

How far along are you? EDD? 26,4 EDD 3/30

How are you feeling physically and emotionally? Physically, I am exhausted and achey. Sleeping is getting more difficult because nothing feels comfortable for long enough already. Cue tears. Emotionally, I'm actually doing a lot better. I'm getting excited for this baby to get here in a few months and despite the fact that we're woefully underprepared at the moment, I'm still happy that it's happening instead of panicked. There's still time, though.

Any upcoming appointments or milestones? Appointment on Friday with OB to follow up on an unrelated issue. Milestone would be Third Tri coming up!

Any other word vomit to share? I'm a tiny bit sad that I'm not going to have a shower for this baby. The only person that has offered was the person that we just had a huge thing with and we're no longer talking to. On that front, I'm more relieved that I don't have to interact with them than I should probably feel. Still a little sad that I'm not going to have people get together to celebrate what we've fought so hard to attain, though.

QotW: It's the last week of 2017! What do you want to get done this year before it's over?? I want to be able to get to my goddamn closet. It's so stuffed full of baskets of clothes and other random bullshit and it's driving me bonkers. I also don't want to deal with it, though, so...dilemma. It just kinda makes me want to cry.

[mirabelle]

How far along are you? EDD? ~4 weeks, no confirmed due date yet just started turning positive tests day before Xmas eve because I wanted to see if I was clear to drink, they continue to be darker each day

How are you feeling physically and emotionally? I am really sore and crampy, which is making me very worried.

Any upcoming appointments or milestones? My loss was at 20 weeks so I have a long way to go, but this time around we plan to do NIPT to try and ease our fears, etc. and hopefully close monitoring.

Any other word vomit to share? My doctor put me on metformin to help us get pregnant (PCOS) and she said she would want me to be on it thru first tri, but I’m out of the meds and she’s not back in the office until Thursday so I’m feeling anxious about that. And also about how long she will have us wait before seeing me. We did not wait for a cycle after our loss so I’m nervous about whether that was the right decision or not.

QotW: It's the last week of 2017! What do you want to get done this year before it's over??
Just some organizing of the house after our loss all my nesting case to a screeching hault.

[kam3100]

How far along are you? EDD? 9w1d - 7/30

How are you feeling physically and emotionally? I’m just tired of vomiting every dang day.

Any upcoming appointments or milestones? I have an appointment Friday. I’m sure it’s a lot of blood work and scheduling NIPT.

Any other word vomit to share? Not really. I heard the heartbeat on the Doppler yesterday for the first time which was a huge relief but then I was like omg this is real.

QotW: It's the last week of 2017!  What do you want to get done this year before it's over?? HA! I guarantee nothing will get done. I’m a crazy tired pukey mess. Just sent me to bed.


Rama I sure wish I could throw you a shower. Even though I’m the worst host ever and hate hosting, I’d totally do it for you.

[snowyowl]

How far along are you? EDD?
32+5, 2/15

How are you feeling physically and emotionally?
Physically I’m over the reflux and pelvic soreness. The end feels so close and so far away all at the same time! Emotionally I’m in hurry up and wait mode. There are projects to be done before baby, but it feels silly to rearrange rooms and take out all the newborn clothes two months in advance.

Any upcoming appointments or milestones?
Checkup tomorrow. That’s about it.

Any other word vomit to share?
Nope!

QotW: It's the last week of 2017! What do you want to get done this year before it's over??
I need to clear out my kitchen. We have so much crap in there we don’t use. I’m constantly shoving drawers closed and balancing things on top of other things... I want to reduce our kitchen clutter big time.

[twohopes]

How far along are you? 7w2d, due around August 13, 2018

How are you feeling physically and emotionally? Very nauseous, especially on car rides. I took a plane this past week and it was an awful experience.

Any upcoming appointments or milestones? Next Wednesday, at which point I might "graduate" from the RE who follows me (this was a natural pregnancy while waiting for IVF) and probably go straight to MFM for genetic testing and first trimester screening.

Any other word vomit to share? I just hate how anxious I can get after my losses, and while I am trying to relax, it is not easy at all.

QotW: It's the last week of 2017! What do you want to get done this year before it's over?? Basically just trying to make it through the week of working from home, while my husband is also here with our 3 year old.

[notmoose]

How far along are you? EDD?
10w 6d. July 19th.

How are you feeling physically and emotionally?
I'm doing okay on both fronts. I've been getting some headaches and RLP (already).

Any upcoming appointments or milestones?
Jan 9. My due date was moved up 2 days. So going by the new one I passed my loss milestone, going by my old one it's today.

Any other word vomit to share?

QotW: It's the last week of 2017! What do you want to get done this year before it's over??
Nothing. I won't have a chance to do anything at home (I'm OOT at my mom's until Jan 2).

[mattsgirl2004]

How far along are you? EDD?

25w2d, 4-9-18

How are you feeling physically and emotionally?

Physically I'm so uncomfortable and having some major back pain.

Emotionally, I have some very anxious moments. I even brought my doppler with me to my parents house for Cmas, just in case baby decided to have a slow day and I needed to check for peace of mind.

Any upcoming appointments or milestones?
Just happy to feel daily movement. No appointments for a few weeks.

Any other word vomit to share?
Just want to send some extra hugs to those who are struggling right now. I know the holidays are hard, I know some had recent losses too, and overall being PGAL can be one big MF. Sending you all extra love.

QotW: It's the last week of 2017!  What do you want to get done this year before it's over??
I've been purging clutter and organizing for the past few months, so I just want to be done with all of that before the new year.

[Speedy]

How far along are you? EDD? 13w5d, June 30, 2018

How are you feeling physically and emotionally? Physically, just a bit of nausea, some heartburn, sciatica. Emotionally, eh. Kind of in a weird state, but that could have to do with the fact that I started weaning down my anti anxiety meds.

Any upcoming appointments or milestones? High risk doc on 01/03

Any other word vomit to share? I really wish that my vivid dreams would be a little less... vivid. I had one the other night that made me wake up at 4 AM convinced that I would be covered in blood and terrified for children that never existed. I went and grabbed my dog and curled up on the couch and held him really tightly for like 40 minutes before I could try going back to bed.

QotW: It's the last week of 2017! What do you want to get done this year before it's over?? I don't really have anything specific that needs to get done. I'd like to do some baking maybe?

[snowyowl]

Speedy Sorry for the freaky dreams! I found mine were really crazy for the first few months, then went mostly back to normal. I hope yours settle down soon.

[sarahh]

So I’m a little late for last weeks check-in but wanted to let you know that I had the baby last Wednesday (one day before my RCS). And it didn’t exactly go as planned.

I went in that morning at 5am and they sent me home bc my contractions were 2-4 minutes apart and they wanted them at 3. Of course when I got home they got way worse and I went back at 9am. My water broke on the way to a room and I progressed from 1cm to 10 in 2 hours so was ready to push when they put me in the OR. I also started bleeding around that time. They kept going back and forth on doing the csection or having me push but by then I was passing really large clots so they decided c section.

Brooklyn Nicole was born around 11am and was 8lbs 6oz and 20.5”. She has a full head of red hair like DD so DH is excited about that.

We just came home from the hospital yesterday and she is prefect. I’m recovering okay and am trying to take it easy so I can recover a little faster this time.

Thank you all for you support during this pregnancy. There were a lot of ups and downs emotionally for me and having a sounding board really helped me through the whole 9 months.

Here’s a pic of Brooklyn before we checked out yesterday!

[Rama]

Ahhhh, she's beautiful, sarahh! Congratulations on sweet B and I hope you heal up quickly!

[Speedy]

Congratulations sarahh!

[notmoose]

Congratulations sarahh