PGAL Check-In

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

Hello lovelies!
I hope everyone is having an awesome week.
I got the results from my first hcg draw. It was 581 at 4 weeks 2 days. I think that is ok. It doesn't look like she is going to have me come back in 2 days to check for doubling. They said they want me to come back in a week to see if my levels are high enough to do a viability ultrasound. They said to call if I had any cramping, bleeding or pain and also mentioned that some menstrual like cramping is normal. It made me feel a little better. I like this doctor so much better than my last.
H and I are still sort of disconnected from this pregnancy at this point. It's so early and we are too afraid to get attached. We literally don't even talk about it.

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

****crickets***

[chickadee77]

I hear you on being detached. I still don't know that it's sunk in, and I'm 17+ weeks, lol. But yay for good numbers - at that point, I think mine were still in the low 100s.

I had a dream that I gave birth (like, now, at 17 weeks) and could see the baby moving, but knew it wouldn't survive. I've got everything crossed for my a/s on Tuesday. I know that doesn't equal home free, but it's a pretty big milestone, in my mind!

[Deleted]

8 Weeks and 3 days here. I had an U/S on monday at the RE and the doctor said that the fetus is measuring right along 8 weeks. I have my first appointment with the obgyn today.

I am battling occasional nausea, and I have completely lost my appetite. I have lost around 5lbs now, but my stomach is so bloated and I look about 3 months pregnant already.

[bk1]

Good vibes all around! Things seem to be good. I thought I would be less nervous after my ultrasound but now I'm just anxious for the next one. Figures.

[loira]

8w6d here. I'm okay - still dealing with constant nausea, which at least keeps my mind off most of the anxiety. Other than feeling like I'm going to hurl all the time, and my ever increasing girth, it doesn't seem real. My last ultrasound was 4 weeks ago, and I won't get another scan until I'm 12 weeks so it's hard to connect how I'm feeling with the fact that there's an actual foetus in there. H and I haven't really been talking about it at all. I think we're just waiting until the 12 week scan before we start making any plans.

[chickadee77]

Jan 22, 2014 11:27:02 GMT -5 bk1 said:

Good vibes all around! Things seem to be good. I thought I would be less nervous after my ultrasound but now I'm just anxious for the next one. Figures.

Lol, yup. That's how it goes! I figure it won't end once she's here, either, so I may as well try to get used to it. 

[Blue Moon]

7w6d here. After my appointment on Monday where we saw a growing baby, great heartbeat, and shrinking SCH, I'm starting to feel a bit less anxious. Of course, I'm still spotting but I hope the bleed is just working it's way out. I don't go back to the OB until 2/17.

FX for Friday @charky!!

[spankswife]

I had a CP last month, and a pos this month. Although it is not the extent of a loss that some of you have unfortunately had, I'm still really nervous. First dr appt on Friday. We are in the "not yet excited" phase too. FX!

I feel a little in limbo right now, so I just wanted to check in here Bc I know so many of you from GetP. (Especially the holiday baby boomers!)

Yesterday was 6 wks from LMP, but it's only about 5 based on O date. Not sure if the dr adjusts for that (she didn't last time).

[mrssandro]

Blue Moon great news all around. Especially with that shrinking SCH. 

[speyedr]

Jan 22, 2014 9:31:28 GMT -5 Alwaysabridesmaidf said:

H and I are still sort of disconnected from this pregnancy at this point. It's so early and we are too afraid to get attached. We literally don't even talk about it.

I was this way for quite a while. I don't think I really started to get excited about this pg until well into my 2nd tri and then I took a huge step back when a close friend lost her baby at 22 weeks, we were due 3 weeks apart. It does get better though! 

[mrssandro]

Jan 22, 2014 12:35:25 GMT -5 gravytrain225 said:

Jan 22, 2014 12:22:36 GMT -5 mrssandro said:

Blue Moon great news all around. Especially with that shrinking SCH. 

I miss you on MMMoms!  How are you doing?

I still lurk MMMoms sometimes. I am having issues relating to all the babies post. So I only pop in when it's preschoolers and stuff. The MMMoms board seems to have a lot of babies at the moment.

[VillainV]

I hear ya on feeling disconnected. H and I both felt really disconnected until the gender scan. We actually got it done a few weeks early (about 18w, vs. our a/s at 21 weeks) because we were hoping it would help us bond. And it did. That was also about the same time as I started showing, which helped H out a lot.

Until then, it was a LOT of anxiety, especially before appointments.

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

Jan 22, 2014 11:56:29 GMT -5 spankswife said:

I had a CP last month, and a pos this month. Although it is not the extent of a loss that some of you have unfortunately had, I'm still really nervous. First dr appt on Friday. We are in the "not yet excited" phase too. FX!

I feel a little in limbo right now, so I just wanted to check in here Bc I know so many of you from GetP. (Especially the holiday baby boomers!)

Yesterday was 6 wks from LMP, but it's only about 5 based on O date. Not sure if the dr adjusts for that (she didn't last time).

Welcome! A loss is a loss IMO. We all have our own struggles. We are happt to have you over here. You are farther along then me so it's never too soon to jump in.

[spankswife]

Jan 22, 2014 12:58:48 GMT -5 Alwaysabridesmaidf said:

Jan 22, 2014 11:56:29 GMT -5 spankswife said:

I had a CP last month, and a pos this month. Although it is not the extent of a loss that some of you have unfortunately had, I'm still really nervous. First dr appt on Friday. We are in the "not yet excited" phase too. FX!

I feel a little in limbo right now, so I just wanted to check in here Bc I know so many of you from GetP. (Especially the holiday baby boomers!)

Yesterday was 6 wks from LMP, but it's only about 5 based on O date. Not sure if the dr adjusts for that (she didn't last time).

Welcome! A loss is a loss IMO. We all have our own struggles. We are happt to have you over here. You are farther along then me so it's never too soon to jump in.

Thanks! I sort of feel like a misfit

[bananapancakes]

Glad to hear all the positive updates! No big news over here. Just did my GD test this morning and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Going for an elective 3D ultrasound on Saturday and have booked our prenatal/baby care classes. It is all starting to feel very real!

[radical]

8w2d

Our first pg stop around 8 weeks so I am driving myself crazy. All still seems ok though... Sore boobs, yucky feeling in the evening, nothing sounds good to eat, and I can eat like a champ when I do find something I want.

I still feel disconnected too, but h and I do talk about it a lot. I think it will be better when we finally tell someone because right now it is just our little secret. Our parents know nothing, which makes it hard because I am really close to my mom and want to tell her I don't feel well. Haha. We are going to wait till after our next appt at 11w to tell anyone. H's birthday is right after our appt so we will use that time to tell everyone.

As much as I hate waiting, I would hate telling them about another m/c 100x more. I'll just keep my little mouth shut until get another u/s.

So glad everyone else is doing so well! Great news all around Blue Moon!! I am so happy for everyone here and want us all to make it to the end together!

[blushing]

Hi spankswife! Happy to see you here.

The good news is that I am exhausted and my boobs hurt. The bad news is that my stomach is hurting a lot. Its just to the left of my belly button (about 2 inches left). Its like a stabbing pain that comes and goes, but when it comes it is almost blinding and I get slightly dizzy and hot. I am hoping it is just trapped wind.

[Deleted]

Yay for all the good updates. I am still disconnected at 20 weeks. I mean, I feel the baby and am showing, but its hard for my H and I to visualize that having another child is going to happen, KWIM? I have my 20 week u/s next week, so we are looking forward to that, but still a ton of anxiety. I know I am oversensitive, but am feeling a little squicky over the number of people asking "do you want a boy or a girl?" when I feel like saying duh, we want a healthy baby and couldn't care less about the sex. I guess having a child with a birth defect makes you realize how important the anatomy scan is, and that the part about finding out the sex is so small compared to everything else. Its my issues place, I know.

[bk1]

I got a call from my doctor today and my blood work came back good. He said levels look good and he would see me for my next scan. Yay!