Week of Dec 5

[thoseareradishes]

How's everyone?

I have my first appt with the MFM doctor on Wednesday and I can't wait to see baby again.  My anxiety gets so high before appts; I keep asking H if he thinks she's okay.  

My cat won't stop trying to step on me.  Specifically my boob.  He's gotten so clingy since I've been pregnant, it's driving me nuts!

[Chrysanthemum]

GL on Wednesday thoseareradishes ,y anxiety was always at its worst In the days just before an appt. seeing baby always buys me at least a few days of calm though so I hope you get the same.

I'm picturing you sitting on the floor of the nursery GBCN'ing spearmintleaf. Poor girl with pink eye when she's so little! I hope she gets better soon.

H and I made some plans to finish prepping for baby over the weekend. It's so close now, crazy to believe. I don't see the doctor again until next Monday. I have two showers coming up, too! Lots to look forward to in these last 5 weeks.

[thoseareradishes]

Hope she's is feeling better today spearmintleaf.

Yay for showers Chrysanthemum! Have fun!

Does anyone else have a really hard time swallowing pills? I switched to gummy prenatals, but I still take a thyroid pill in the morning. It's so tiny and yet I'm gagging before I even put it in my mouth. It's so annoying. The odd this is that I have no problem with my magnesium pill.

[EllenGriswold]

The last weeks will sort of drag by Chrysanthemum, but it's an exciting time! Yay baby showers!

thoseareradishes, I definitely had a problem swallowing pills - it started with morning sickness in first tri but stuck with me pretty much the whole pregnancy.

We are right at 5 months too spearmintleaf, it's such a fun time because they are learning so much!
But I think the sleep regression is going to kill me. G is such a sweet easy baby pretty much all day, and hes cute and sitting up and super teething, but for the last month or so his sleep has gone totally to crap. We moved up his bedtime because he was a bear in the evenings, but now he's up at least two and usually three times a night and I'm slowly going crazy. He goes to sleep pretty well, it's just the wake-ups. We are moving in a couple weeks so I think sleep training will be initiated pretty much immediately.

[mpc]

thoseareradishes I've had trouble swallowing pills every time I've been pregnant. I was taking progesterone orally in the beginning and that was the hardest one. So glad to be done with it. I'm also having an awful time brushing my teeth. They are so neglected right now, but I just can't stand it.

[awick14]

Today is a weird day for me. I am 38 weeks today waiting for my OB appointment in 10 mins. It's also the 3rd anniversary of the day we lost our son. (Our 15 week loss) So many mixed feelings, also our first EDD is coming up on the 14th. Dec has been such a bad month for us for so long it's weird to be pregnant again and due in Dec.

[awick14]

My OB checked me at my appointment and she also stripped my membranes. I am 1cm and 25% effaced.

[janegold]

I am 5 days past my due date and getting so impatient. Next appointment is tomorrow...I imagine we will schedule an induction date but I really don't want that.

Hugs, awick14. I'm so glad you have something good to celebrate this month, but the mixed emotions are totally understandable.

[starryfish]

Dec 5, 2016 17:02:04 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

How's everyone?

I have my first appt with the MFM doctor on Wednesday and I can't wait to see baby again.  My anxiety gets so high before appts; I keep asking H if he thinks she's okay.  

My cat won't stop trying to step on me.  Specifically my boob.  He's gotten so clingy since I've been pregnant, it's driving me nuts!

One of my cats did this too! He was OBSESSED with trying to lay on my stomach/chest. 

[starryfish]

I am still here in the hospital. We had a growth ultrasound today and apparently my fluid is borderline low. It is 5.8 and if it is less than 5 they will induce me right away. They are going to check my fluid level again on Thursday. BP has still been high but not TOO high. So just waiting! Thursday is 36w for me!

[awick14]

starryfish- only 2 more days. Hopefully baby stays out and your fluid levels stay high enough to avoid being induced.

But just remember that you've made it so far from when you first got admitted. ((Hugs))

[starryfish]

Dec 6, 2016 16:43:42 GMT -5 awick14 said:

starryfish - only 2 more days. Hopefully baby stays out and your fluid levels stay high enough to avoid being induced.

But just remember that you've made it so far from when you first got admitted. ((Hugs))

Thanks! If i dont get induced this thursday, I for sure get induced next thursday which is 37w. 

I am doing pretty good mentally :-)

[awick14]

Dec 6, 2016 16:45:48 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Dec 6, 2016 16:43:42 GMT -5 awick14 said:

starryfish - only 2 more days. Hopefully baby stays out and your fluid levels stay high enough to avoid being induced.

But just remember that you've made it so far from when you first got admitted. ((Hugs))

Thanks! If i dont get induced this thursday, I for sure get induced next thursday which is 37w. 

I am doing pretty good mentally :-)

I'm glad your doing well mentally, that would be the hardest part for me being in the hospital.

[grover]

Thinking of you today awick14.

Today is 24 weeks for me!

[Chrysanthemum]

((( awick14)))

Your positive attitude is impressive starryfish, you're doing great!!

[loira]

Congrats on viability, grover!

[awkwardpenguin]

grover, I think we share a due date. I also hit 24 weeks yesterday.

I got my 2nd tri bloodwork done yesterday for anemia and it came back abnormal per my online chart, but I haven't heard from my doctor's office yet. I'm guessing they just put me on supplemental iron?

[thoseareradishes]

I had my NT scan this morning and little girl looks great! She was so wiggly. No obvious reasons for the spotting, so that made me feel better.

I also got my flu shot, which I was pretty nervous about. I know it's really important, especially since we will be traveling over the holidays, but there was this little part of me that was so scared that it could somehow harm baby. It's done now, so hopefully I can stop worrying about it.

[awkwardpenguin]

thoseareradishes, congrats on a good NT scan! So exciting!

[starryfish]

awkwardpenguin, yes just an iron supplement is what I got
thoseareradishes, congrats on the good scan!

grover, awkwardpenguin, YEAH on viability! That was a good milestone for me!

[cherryvalance]

thoseareradishes, grover, awkwardpenguin, YAY! Awesome news for you guys!

[awick14]

thoseareradishes- try and stop worrying about the shot. I got one done by my OB sometime in Oct/Nov and so far everything is fine. (I do have to say though that I have gotten the flu shot every year since I was maybe 9/10 or so. (I have asthma so I get it free here, I also get it for free because I work in healthcare.)

grover, awkwardpenguin yay for viability!!

So last night I had on and off cramping/contractions for about 3-4 hrs. They only lasted 10-15 seconds each and I had maybe 4-5/hr. They completely went away since then. I was starting to get excited about baby coming but I guess not.

The thing I hate about living with the ILs right now is that I think MIL will question me so much once she knows I'm having contractions, and it will probably drive me crazy. So last night DH told her I had a headache and he brought me dinner into our space (the basement) and I are watching Netflix.

[loira]

Dec 7, 2016 15:11:28 GMT -5 awick14 said:

thoseareradishes - try and stop worrying about the shot. I got one done by my OB sometime in Oct/Nov and so far everything is fine. (I do have to say though that I have gotten the flu shot every year since I was maybe 9/10 or so. (I have asthma so I get it free here, I also get it for free because I work in healthcare.)

grover , awkwardpenguin yay for viability!!

So last night I had on and off cramping/contractions for about 3-4 hrs. They only lasted 10-15 seconds each and I had maybe 4-5/hr. They completely went away since then. I was starting to get excited about baby coming but I guess not.

The thing I hate about living with the ILs right now is that I think MIL will question me so much once she knows I'm having contractions, and it will probably drive me crazy. So last night DH told her I had a headache and he brought me dinner into our space (the basement) and I are watching Netflix.

Lordy, my PGAL brain read this and went 'noooooo!' before I realised that this was a good thing for you now. I'm an idiot.

[awick14]

loira- my body didn't feel like it was a good thing, lol. I was in quite a bit of pain, but hopefully that means that I'm progressing. (Cramps were worse then the ones I was having at 28 weeks that put me off of work, and probably caused by the membrane stripping my OB did yesterday.)

[Chrysanthemum]

Congrats thoseareradishes! Such exciting news!

Holy crap awick14, it's getting so real and close! Yay!

[starryfish]

My fluid level went up so that is good. No induction today which is kinda of sad.

Back to waiting until next thursday for my induction! LESS than a week!

[awkwardpenguin]

starryfish, you're a trooper! Hang in there, baby will be here soon!

[knx9211]

I feel like a dick for venting like this. Dh and I had been TTC kid #1 since October 2014. One loss, three IVF cycles, and a FET later, I'm 12 weeks pregnant. We saw our beautiful baby Monday at exactly 12 weeks, heart beating, limbs moving around, looking perfect. I'm excited to finally announce - we've been waiting a long time for this.

He's ruining it. He won't call any of his cousins (who he's super close with) to announce to them. I ordered us the cutest little onesie that says "Worth the Wait" which we planned to use as part of our online announcement this weekend. He told me I had to put it away so he didn't have to see it. "We just have to make it out of the first trimester." Ok, but we're essentially there. We're not going back in for another scan ON MONDAY or something. We saw what we needed to see.

I KNOW that I have to take his feelings into account, it's unfair not to. But he's really sucking all of the joy out of this. He's ruined all of my excitement.

[starryfish]

hugs knx9211

I thought for SURE that once I hit 12w and we had the NT scan we would announce on FB, but we ended up waiting until 14w. It was more on me, and I am not sure why I decided to wait, I just did. Sorry I am no help!

[awick14]

((knx9211)) with this pregnancy DH and I were in the opposite positions and you and your H. I know it's hard. I was just terrified that as soon as we said anything the rug would be pulled out from under our feet. (Like it was right after we announced our pregnant at 13 weeks and lost the baby at 15 weeks.) It's hard. We did tell our close friends and such around 12-14 weeks but we waited until after our a/s before we announced on social media.