Weekly check-in 3/12

[picksthemusic]

How is everyone? How are our newbies doing?

Doing well here - getting bigger by the day it seems. I'm finally in my maternity scrubs and it's such a difference! I actually a) look pregnant, and b) can breathe without injuring myself. LOL

A/S is scheduled for 04/03, so hopefully baby will cooperate and show us the goods.

Hope everyone is doing well!

[dana2006]

XP from GoP: I had my AS yesterday and everything looked fine. I felt the baby move for the first time too. I was lying still on the couch and my uterus felt funny, like it's rolling a bit, then all of a sudden, a gentle tap. It's surreal!

[Deleted]

15w 1 day here

Lots of pelvic (round ligament?) pain. Like, I can barely walk the 4 blocks RT to my favorite lunch place.

We told my family this past weekend, and we're telling DH's this coming weekend. My family is so excited. My aunt told my mom on Monday that she's buying the stroller and anything else I want, lol. I said, "even the Uppa Baby Vista?!?!" (which isn't even the stroller I want, but I wanted to see how far she will let me take this ).

[FastHands]

hahaha @mrsspunky, I sent my mom a link to a $15K crib after she said that she would buy us a crib. haha. In the end, the crib we picked out "isn't enough," and she decided she'd get the stroller too, and told us we were not to put it on our registry under any circumstances. So we didn't. And then she bought the car seat and extra base, too! I'm so thankful for all that they are doing, but (a) dude, you guys do not have a money tree!!, and (b) save something for someone else to buy! lol

[Deleted]

When I mentioned something else expensive (I forget what now), my mom was like, your ILs can buy it. Yes, b/c my ILs are rich(er than my parents but not billionaires or anything) my ILs are just going to go out and buy us whatever we want  ^o)

I imagine my parents (read: mom) are still going to go way overboard. 

Such is the life of the child of 2 only children I guess

[FastHands]

As for me, I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow and in total disbelief pretty much every day. I have to say, I think I liked first tri better. I now have a constant headache, and I can't really describe it, but I just do NOT want to eat. I'm hungry, but the thought of eating just skeeves me out. Even my first-tri game plan of small meals is tough to force down. I was talking to a friend about it, and she gave me the really good suggestion of getting some ensure and just having that instead. I'm sure there are more nutrients in that than the bowl of rice krispies I've been choking down for dinner lately, and I do love milk still, so hopefully it'll go down easy.

Appt on Monday with a new Dr (we do the rotate-docs-so-you-know-everyone philosophy at this practice) where we'll go over the full results of the NT screenings and other bloodwork, and hopefully hear the HB for the first time after just seeing it so far.

[speyedr]

I am 36 weeks today and getting more and more uncomfortable by the minute. I am trying to figure out if this baby is head down, I think she is. I am still on two week appts but start weekly appointments next week and have my GBS swab and first cervical check then. I have been having more and more pain/pressure down low and am hoping that she is starting to drop some so that she moves out of my rib cage. Other than typical pregnancy discomforts, everything is going great and I feel really good considering!

[FastHands]

Mar 12, 2014 15:16:12 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

I'm 9w5d today. I know I'm still okay because I freaked out and went in for a "limited" ultrasound today. I wasn't supposed to go back until next Thursday.

SO. Baby is fine (they wouldn't measure or anything in this "limited" scan, but it was moving around and arms/legs definitely look longer than last week) but I am not doing so hot emotionally.

It doesn't help that my limited pregnancy symptoms have just been GONE over the past week. Nausea gone, boobs no longer sore. I am still constipated and bloated and my boobs are still bigger though.

I'm going to drive myself crazy before this thing is over ...

I'm glad your dr is letting you come in for extra visits, Rexy. And of course that baby is doing well!

My first tri symptoms stopped around 10 weeks (boobs were first, probably 9 weeks, then by 11 weeks I had no nausea and my energy was back), and I know some ppl see symptoms go away as early as 8 weeks. I get the anxiety over it, though. I had it too, and I haven't had any losses etc. So for whatever little it's worth, you are far from alone in your feelings.

I am REALLY looking forward to when I can feel him/her move, so I will at least have SOME indication that things are ok in there.

Hang in there. You will get through this!

[KaraOrNot]

Mar 12, 2014 15:16:12 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

I'm 9w5d today. I know I'm still okay because I freaked out and went in for a "limited" ultrasound today. I wasn't supposed to go back until next Thursday.

SO. Baby is fine (they wouldn't measure or anything in this "limited" scan, but it was moving around and arms/legs definitely look longer than last week) but I am not doing so hot emotionally.

It doesn't help that my limited pregnancy symptoms have just been GONE over the past week. Nausea gone, boobs no longer sore. I am still constipated and bloated and my boobs are still bigger though.

I'm going to drive myself crazy before this thing is over ...

Same, except I haven't had another US yet. I have hardly had any pregnancy symptoms and I am convinced daily that I have had a m/c.  We told our parents and my mom is so excited and making plans for the future, but it is just freaking me out more.  I have another appointment in 2 weeks, but I don't think that I have another US scheduled until the A/S.   

[FastHands]

Mar 12, 2014 17:23:02 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

Mar 12, 2014 15:16:12 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

I'm 9w5d today. I know I'm still okay because I freaked out and went in for a "limited" ultrasound today. I wasn't supposed to go back until next Thursday.

SO. Baby is fine (they wouldn't measure or anything in this "limited" scan, but it was moving around and arms/legs definitely look longer than last week) but I am not doing so hot emotionally.

It doesn't help that my limited pregnancy symptoms have just been GONE over the past week. Nausea gone, boobs no longer sore. I am still constipated and bloated and my boobs are still bigger though.

I'm going to drive myself crazy before this thing is over ...

Same, except I haven't had another US yet. I have hardly had any pregnancy symptoms and I am convinced daily that I have had a m/c.  We told our parents and my mom is so excited and making plans for the future, but it is just freaking me out more.  I have another appointment in 2 weeks, but I don't think that I have another US scheduled until the A/S.   

Are you not having an NT scan? I think that's the last for us until the A/S, but it was still nice to see. It was a big difference from 10w to 12w, and especially because we had the scan on the last day of the first tri, I feel like we crossed a bit of a hurdle. It's total head games and anything can still happen, but the anxiety level is NOTICEABLY lower this week.

My mom was making me SO uncomfortable in the beginning. She wanted to run out and buy me a crib, and she had my whole shower planned like literally the week after my BFP. I had to beg her to please be patient and not buy anything, because, as much as I appreciate her enthusiasm, it was just adding to my anxiety. Luckily, even though she thought I was being silly, she calmed down about that stuff and instead just focused on talking about the PRESENT, how I was feeling, when the next appt was, things like that. I was worried how she would take it when I told her to chill out, but I'm so glad I did.

[KaraOrNot]

Mar 13, 2014 10:30:55 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Mar 12, 2014 17:23:02 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

Same, except I haven't had another US yet. I have hardly had any pregnancy symptoms and I am convinced daily that I have had a m/c.  We told our parents and my mom is so excited and making plans for the future, but it is just freaking me out more.  I have another appointment in 2 weeks, but I don't think that I have another US scheduled until the A/S.   

Are you not having an NT scan? I think that's the last for us until the A/S, but it was still nice to see. It was a big difference from 10w to 12w, and especially because we had the scan on the last day of the first tri, I feel like we crossed a bit of a hurdle. It's total head games and anything can still happen, but the anxiety level is NOTICEABLY lower this week.

My mom was making me SO uncomfortable in the beginning. She wanted to run out and buy me a crib, and she had my whole shower planned like literally the week after my BFP. I had to beg her to please be patient and not buy anything, because, as much as I appreciate her enthusiasm, it was just adding to my anxiety. Luckily, even though she thought I was being silly, she calmed down about that stuff and instead just focused on talking about the PRESENT, how I was feeling, when the next appt was, things like that. I was worried how she would take it when I told her to chill out, but I'm so glad I did.

I don't think so.  I don't have an appointment for one and it isn't even listed on the list of elective tests/scans that I can opt in or out of.  I will ask about it during my next appointment. 

[FastHands]

Mar 13, 2014 16:51:23 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

Mar 13, 2014 10:30:55 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Are you not having an NT scan? I think that's the last for us until the A/S, but it was still nice to see. It was a big difference from 10w to 12w, and especially because we had the scan on the last day of the first tri, I feel like we crossed a bit of a hurdle. It's total head games and anything can still happen, but the anxiety level is NOTICEABLY lower this week.

My mom was making me SO uncomfortable in the beginning. She wanted to run out and buy me a crib, and she had my whole shower planned like literally the week after my BFP. I had to beg her to please be patient and not buy anything, because, as much as I appreciate her enthusiasm, it was just adding to my anxiety. Luckily, even though she thought I was being silly, she calmed down about that stuff and instead just focused on talking about the PRESENT, how I was feeling, when the next appt was, things like that. I was worried how she would take it when I told her to chill out, but I'm so glad I did.

I don't think so.  I don't have an appointment for one and it isn't even listed on the list of elective tests/scans that I can opt in or out of.  I will ask about it during my next appointment. 

Huh. It's also sometimes called just "first tri screen" or something like that. I assumed it was pretty standard unless you are AMA and getting the fancy blood tests, but it may not be as widely used as I thought.

[ecinereb]

30 weeks yesterday. 10 ish more weeks to go. I think I'm starting to get some SPD and have an appointment to get it checked out next week. It's manageable for now but don't think I can handle it getting much worse.
Trying to decide when I'm going off work because my boss won't post my position for coverage until I tell him my date. It's kind of frustrating because I only have to give 2 weeks notice (if medically possible) and I know they won't hire someone to start right away anyways.

[thatgirl2478]

I keep forgetting the check in on the day it happens... LOL

I'm still not sleeping well.  With DD I slept ALL THE TIME and with this kid I will fall asleep around 11 and wake up around 3 or 4 EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.  Which is a major PITA because DH snores and I can't get back to sleep with him snoring. But if I try to move to the other room, DH wakes up and gets mad that I'm leaving & HE goes ... I can't win.

I have 3 more weeks to go before my NT scan.  I'm anxious about this one because both DH and I are 'older' (he's 42, I'm 35) and I'm not sure how we'll financially figure out a child with disabilities.  I'm still on the fence over termination for one of the more severe trisomies, so that's got me even more anxious (quality of life vs morality issues vs how long we tried for this kid etc).  I'm sure that's not helping with my sleep.

So yeah, first tri anxiety.  Add to that the fact that the house we're selling didn't appraise for the contracted price, which means coming to the table with even MORE money (that we 'have' technically but that we need for other crap). And the fact that I was SUPPOSED to start working again last week, but because our CIO couldn't sign a freaking piece of paper until this week and the fact that our ID Admin team couldn't figure out how to provide new ID's & passwords for someone who worked their previously, I haven't even started yet - 2 weeks later.  I'm one big ball of nerves right now.

[thatgirl2478]

Mar 13, 2014 16:51:23 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

Mar 13, 2014 10:30:55 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Are you not having an NT scan? I think that's the last for us until the A/S, but it was still nice to see. It was a big difference from 10w to 12w, and especially because we had the scan on the last day of the first tri, I feel like we crossed a bit of a hurdle. It's total head games and anything can still happen, but the anxiety level is NOTICEABLY lower this week.

My mom was making me SO uncomfortable in the beginning. She wanted to run out and buy me a crib, and she had my whole shower planned like literally the week after my BFP. I had to beg her to please be patient and not buy anything, because, as much as I appreciate her enthusiasm, it was just adding to my anxiety. Luckily, even though she thought I was being silly, she calmed down about that stuff and instead just focused on talking about the PRESENT, how I was feeling, when the next appt was, things like that. I was worried how she would take it when I told her to chill out, but I'm so glad I did.

I don't think so.  I don't have an appointment for one and it isn't even listed on the list of elective tests/scans that I can opt in or out of.  I will ask about it during my next appointment. 

NT scans are pretty standard - they usually do the scan and there's an optional blood test (just the basic one, but a lot of offices are now offering the Maternit21 or Harmony tests too) - these are genetic screenings so I'm surprised that they didn't mention them to you.  Usually they are done around 12 weeks or so.  I'd call the office to make sure they don't need to schedule an NT appointment for you!

[lo]

A number of ladies on another board I read weren't offered the NT scan. Some doctors don't do it and just do the AS scan at 20 weeks.

[thatgirl2478]

Mar 14, 2014 10:52:22 GMT -5 lo said:

A number of ladies on another board I read weren't offered the NT scan. Some doctors don't do it and just do the AS scan at 20 weeks.

wow - that seems crazy to me!  I would rather know that my kid would need extra support early than later!  But I guess it depends on your office...

[FastHands]

Well there are a LOT of false positives from the NT scan, so it may be that they don't want to deal with causing extra anxiety. They still do a ton of measurements at the a/s, which, from my understanding, would be when you would REALLY know if something was wrong anyway. There's something to be said for not causing worry until you know there is an issue, I think.

[anna7602]

I am surprised that it's standard to just have the A/S. I had an NT scan and an early anatomy scan already. Big A/S is next week and not that I am not excited, but I really don't get why there are so many darned scans.

Anyway, I am 20 weeks- half-way already! Crazy.

[speyedr]

Mar 14, 2014 11:49:34 GMT -5 thatgirl2478 said:

Mar 14, 2014 10:52:22 GMT -5 lo said:

A number of ladies on another board I read weren't offered the NT scan. Some doctors don't do it and just do the AS scan at 20 weeks.

wow - that seems crazy to me!  I would rather know that my kid would need extra support early than later!  But I guess it depends on your office...

I was never offered an NT scan but was offered all of the first tri genetic blood testing. My doctors office, and my OB especially, is more laid back than others though so I'm not too surprised. I declined all the testing besides CF carrier testing anyways. 

[thatgirl2478]

Mar 14, 2014 12:14:49 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Well there are a LOT of false positives from the NT scan, so it may be that they don't want to deal with causing extra anxiety. They still do a ton of measurements at the a/s, which, from my understanding, would be when you would REALLY know if something was wrong anyway. There's something to be said for not causing worry until you know there is an issue, I think.

maybe.  But I think that's why my office does the scan as well as the blood tests.  I need to call the insurance company to see if they cover the harmony test...

[KaraOrNot]

So, I looked over my paperwork again and the NT scan is listed (as a first tri screen - thanks, FastHands) on the optional testing, w/ a note that it is elective and not covered by most insurance plans. I misread it at first, as it said 15-20 weeks, but that was in reference to the next optional test. I called my insurance and it is covered, so I have it scheduled for 3/26!

[FastHands]

Mar 14, 2014 18:19:25 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

So, I looked over my paperwork again and the NT scan is listed (as a first tri screen - thanks, FastHands) on the optional testing, w/ a note that it is elective and not covered by most insurance plans. I misread it at first, as it said 15-20 weeks, but that was in reference to the next optional test. I called my insurance and it is covered, so I have it scheduled for 3/26!

Yaaaaaay for seeing baby again! How far along will you be then? I'm surprised it says 15-20 weeks -- they told me 12w6d was the latest it could be done.

[KaraOrNot]

Mar 14, 2014 18:34:33 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Mar 14, 2014 18:19:25 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

So, I looked over my paperwork again and the NT scan is listed (as a first tri screen - thanks, FastHands) on the optional testing, w/ a note that it is elective and not covered by most insurance plans. I misread it at first, as it said 15-20 weeks, but that was in reference to the next optional test. I called my insurance and it is covered, so I have it scheduled for 3/26!

Yaaaaaay for seeing baby again! How far along will you be then? I'm surprised it says 15-20 weeks -- they told me 12w6d was the latest it could be done.

I will be almost 12 weeks. The 15-20 weeks is for a second tri scan, but it was mentioned in the description of first tri scan, which is why I was confused!

[Poeticxpassion]

I am 18w3d and will have the AS at 19w on Tuesday the 18th. I am very excited! We are planning a trip to Colorado in the beginning of May to visit the in laws and they are throwing us a big party with all my husband's family and friends. I didn't have the NT scan, but I did have the harmony test since it was covered by insurance. Everything looks great and I can't believe I'm almost half way done. The feeling of sticking those needles in me during IVF doesn't seem that long ago.

[jewel]

Mar 12, 2014 14:18:51 GMT -5 FastHands said:

As for me, I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow and in total disbelief pretty much every day. I have to say, I think I liked first tri better. I now have a constant headache, and I can't really describe it, but I just do NOT want to eat. I'm hungry, but the thought of eating just skeeves me out. Even my first-tri game plan of small meals is tough to force down. I was talking to a friend about it, and she gave me the really good suggestion of getting some ensure and just having that instead. I'm sure there are more nutrients in that than the bowl of rice krispies I've been choking down for dinner lately, and I do love milk still, so hopefully it'll go down easy.

Appt on Monday with a new Dr (we do the rotate-docs-so-you-know-everyone philosophy at this practice) where we'll go over the full results of the NT screenings and other bloodwork, and hopefully hear the HB for the first time after just seeing it so far.

This is me right now, exactly! 15 weeks, and the headaches are daily. They aren't usually too terrible, but once a week or so they just become unbearable. I'll take Tylenol, but I might as well pop a few tictacs. I also have no desire to eat. I will eat, but not much. Ensure is good. Vanilla Instant Breakfast is also really good, and can be added to a bunch of different things - smoothies, coffee (or in my case, weird barley coffee alternative), milkshakes, etc. I've also changed to full-fat products that I can tolerate - milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, etc.

We're taking a long weekend trip to San Diego this weekend, which I'm really looking forward to. Other than that, not much news. Still just plugging along uneventfully, which I couldn't be more thankful for.

[FastHands]

Mar 14, 2014 19:03:11 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

Mar 14, 2014 18:34:33 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Yaaaaaay for seeing baby again! How far along will you be then? I'm surprised it says 15-20 weeks -- they told me 12w6d was the latest it could be done.

I will be almost 12 weeks. The 15-20 weeks is for a second tri scan, but it was mentioned in the description of first tri scan, which is why I was confused!

Goootcha. Cool beans. I'm glad you don't have to wait too long, then!

[andthentherewere10]

checking in a few days. I had to be pretty proactive about my NT scan. With me being under 30, no previous losses, and fairly healthy, they really didn't recommend it. But I advocated it for myself and insurance covered it.

I am 32.5 weeks and just completed a cross country flight. 5 hrs at 32 weeks was hell - don't ever do it. I am already dreading the flight home. otherwise, things are going well and I start biweekly appts on this coming Wednesday.