Post by Alwaysabridesmaidf on Jan 16, 2014 8:41:19 GMT -5
Or as I like to call it "Underwear check # 723,154,654".
How is everyone doing? I know some girls have checked in on the other board but I know there are some other lovely ladies here that we haven't heard from.
For me, I am still testing every other day. I am only 11 DPO and I can't go in for my beta checks until next week when I am "late". So for now the tests are giving me some comfort. I stopped temping after the postive. At least I am forgoing that crazy. I feel pretty good. Bloating after I eat, a few twinges here and there and sore bbs after I take my bra off for the night. I really really hope this is it for us. AND for all of you too.
Tip toes in... I am still pregnant (hehehehe). Or at least the pregnancy test says that I am still pregnant and so do my boobs and my moods (I can go from crying to laughing in under 1 second. And I have the worst husband in the world right now. And that is just because he is alive, he has not done anything wrong, lol). It looks like I never lost the pregnancy on Saturday night so tomorrow I get to phone my doc and say that I am still pregnant so she can refer me to the early pregnancy unit for an ultrasound. According to my LMP I am 4w5d today and due on 20 September.
My first appointment was yesterday morning! Everything looked great and saw a little tiny heartbeat of 156. I was so relieved!! This is around the time I started bleeding with my first m/c although it was actually a missed m/c.
I have to wait 4 weeks before I go back.... After that, I will feel major relief as we have never made it past 8 weeks!
Symptoms still the same. Belly feels a little yucky sometimes, gas, bloat, sore boobs (although no unbearable like I hear they should be).
I am obviously further along then both of you, but just wanted to say that if there are any late loss/newborn loss PGALers here who want support, to let me know. I am scheduled to have our fetal echocardiogram around 24 weeks and my big U/S in two weeks, so we are on edge until those things happen. Good luck to all of you!
The underwear check made me laugh, because even at 15 weeks I still check the toilet paper every single time I use the bathroom. So far so good! Good luck to everyone!
Post by picksthemusic on Jan 16, 2014 11:14:12 GMT -5
9 weeks today! I am getting more and more paranoid about symptoms (or lack thereof) because I have no difinitive way of knowing if this baby has stopped growing already or is thriving. No kicks to feel yet, and my next ultrasound isn't for two more weeks. So yeah, ball of nerves here. I keep pinching my boobs to see if they hurt.
Post by Alwaysabridesmaidf on Jan 16, 2014 11:25:21 GMT -5
Someone needs to tell me to put down the pg tests. I spent like 20 minutes comparing Tuesday's and today's to see if today's was actually darker. AND I am not 100% convinced so I considered running out to get a FRER this morning. I JUST NEED TO STOOOOOOP
29+ weeks for me, following a late first-tri loss a little over a year ago.
Welcome to all of the new first-tri ladies! I'm so glad that sharknado started this check-in, because there seem to be a lot of PGAL ladies and the extra support is really helpful.
I totally remember all of the underwear checks. And the praying every time I felt cramps. And the tears before every appointment. Man, first tri was such a mind-fuck. But it does get easier as pregnancy progresses, I promise :-)
Someone needs to tell me to put down the pg tests. I spent like 20 minutes comparing Tuesday's and today's to see if today's was actually darker. AND I am not 100% convinced so I considered running out to get a FRER this morning. I JUST NEED TO STOOOOOOP
I have two pages of wondfos tests taped in a spiral notebook from this pregnancy. I'd start testing out my trigger each cycle and just kept going. And I threw in a few three packs of FRERs just for good measure
fingers crossed for everyone.
Eta:I'm also an underwear and tp checker every time for over two years.
8w today (following ectopic pregnancy in August) - feeling pretty miserable so I must still be pregnant. I constantly switch from being ravenous to wanting to vomit. I've tried everything so far - gingerale, which for some reason they only sell in teeny tiny cans of 100ml here, nibbling constantly, lemon wedges. I might try seabands next, though I've heard mixed reviews. I can keep food down for the most part, so I doubt my GP would give me special meds. At least the constant nausea seems to have distracted my brain from the anxiety, but I feel weird that I seem to have more of a bond with the toilet bowl than with this wee one inside of me. My ultrasound isn't for another 4 weeks, so I'm just trying to lose myself in work and plough through them.
8w today (following ectopic pregnancy in August) - feeling pretty miserable so I must still be pregnant. I constantly switch from being ravenous to wanting to vomit. I've tried everything so far - gingerale, which for some reason they only sell in teeny tiny cans of 100ml here, nibbling constantly, lemon wedges. I might try seabands next, though I've heard mixed reviews. I can keep food down for the most part, so I doubt my GP would give me special meds. At least the constant nausea seems to have distracted my brain from the anxiety, but I feel weird that I seem to have more of a bond with the toilet bowl than with this wee one inside of me. My ultrasound isn't for another 4 weeks, so I'm just trying to lose myself in work and plough through them.
Have you tried 'Old Jamaica' Gingerbeer? You can get a 1.5 litre for around £1.15 at Tesco. You can also order Preggy Pops on Amazon UK. I found the mint ones helped, but you also do get ginger ones. The seabands do work though. I tried the Boots ones during my last pregnancy. The only problem is that they started to hurt after a few hours.
blushing, I've also been drinking ginger beer and I do quite like it. Sometimes, though, I just like the comfort of home and Canada Dry gingerale is what my mum used to give me when I was sick. It comes in packs in Sainsbury's but for some reason the cans are weirdly tiny.
I think I will drop into Boots tomorrow and get some seabands. I'll take pain over nausea at this point. Will also look into the preggy pops, thanks!
I had a first tri m/c almost a year ago and am now 28 weeks. This time around my first tri was such a rollercoaster of emotions and full of underwear checks. It does get better.
4w3d ish. First beta was 152. It went to 416 in 48 hours. Ultrasound scheduled for 1/28. I'm happy the number was good but still so nervous. I have a long way to go until I feel excited and confident.
I am obviously further along then both of you, but just wanted to say that if there are any late loss/newborn loss PGALers here who want support, to let me know. I am scheduled to have our fetal echocardiogram around 24 weeks and my big U/S in two weeks, so we are on edge until those things happen. Good luck to all of you!
I've been thinking about you so much lately, I hope your scans go perfect!
I have been thinking of you too! Thanks. How are you doing, BTW?
The underwear check made me laugh, because even at 15 weeks I still check the toilet paper every single time I use the bathroom. So far so good! Good luck to everyone!
I am 16 weeks and I am glad to hear that I am not the only one.
I'm 7 weeks after an ectopic in August. Everything (betas, early u/s, darkening tests) was going well until 5.5 weeks when I started spotting brown. My doctor did an u/s the same day to confirm an IUP and was not at all concerned about brown spotting. After a week of continuous spotting, I had a very scary red bleed last Friday that sent me to the ER in a panic. They found baby's heartbeat but offered no explanation for the bleeding. Then, on Monday I went back to my OB and had another u/s where everything with the baby looked great. Hearing the heartbeat was surreal and very emotional. Only this time the sonographer found a large subchorionic hematoma. In a way, I'm almost glad there is an explanation for all the spotting/bleeding, but of course I'm scared. No matter how much you expect it, seeing blood in the toilet or your underwear when you're PGAL is such a mindfuck. Luckily, I am being monitored very closely and go back from another u/s on Monday. The dildo cam is the only action I'll be getting for a very long time
Coming up on 17 weeks this weekend. I hear you on the tp check, lol. Still do it, too! Nervous about a/s after two 2nd tri losses - this is the furthest I've made it, and so far, so good! It's going to be a looong couple weeks, but at least I told my boss, so I don't have to stress about THAT part of it anymore!
Post by bananapancakes on Jan 16, 2014 21:07:50 GMT -5
I'm so happy to see all of you ladies here and I totally related the OP. I'm almost 29 weeks pregnant after a loss at 11 weeks, 4 days last time. First tri was really, really hard for me so feel free to PM me if you need vent/whine to someone who understands the crazy.
I've stopped the underwear and TP checks but I still get crazy anxious before appointment and don't relax until I hear the heartbeat (and I tear up pretty much every time!)
The underwear check made me laugh, because even at 15 weeks I still check the toilet paper every single time I use the bathroom. So far so good! Good luck to everyone!
My losses were both really early, and at 28 weeks I don't think I've peed in the daytime without looking at the toilet paper yet. In 1st tri I turned the light on overnight just so I could look. It took a lot of willpower to convince myself to stop the overnight checks.
Perhaps the blame for my neuroses is more on 2 years of TTC than loss, but they have both messed me up.