Hello third trimester!!
We reached our first mini "goal"!!! 🎉🎉🎉 This is really exciting. We're almost there! There's nothing really too much to report. I passed my 1 hour glucose test, my cervix held the same (I have one more check in two weeks), and baby looks good and is estimated at 2.5 lbs. This coming week, I start weekly NSTs at my Obgyn. We really need to start looking into birthing classes. Well, kinda. I'm really on the fence about taking any. The only two things that I really need info on are: infant and toddler CPR (I'm only certified for adults), and breastfeeding/pumping. I really don't need anyone to tell me how to breathe, and I feel like all that shit will go out the window once you're actually in labor. PLUS, in reality, I don't want to get attached to a "birth plan" because, I really am leaving it up to the doctors. Anything can happen at any given time, and I don't want to be an idiot about it. If the baby is displaying signs of distress, I want them to intervene to help her. At the end of the day, I don't care about me. Ideally, I would love to go natural and vaginal, but if I need a cesarean, then I'll take the spinal block so I can see baby when she's born. Aside from that, I'm really really really open. I guess that's really all. My symptoms have pretty much stayed steady, add in horrible back pain, that I'm starting to think is sciatica. 4 weeks until goal of 32 weeks 6 weeks until goal of 34 weeks 8 weeks until 36 weeks (nurse told me baby will be fine at this gestational age, but 37 is better) 9 until 37 weeks 🙏 🤞 🌈
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I just really need to get this out.
There are two types of women who battle thru infertility and become pregnant:
At this moment:
I cannot for the life of me, comprehend WHY if you dealt with infertility, you need to constantly post about pregnancy. Every.damn.Day. And multiple times a day. I'm no longer dealing with infertility, but I actually have had to stop following people due to an overload of tmi and daily bump shots. I can only imagine how it's hurting other people who are still struggling. Omfg I can't with people anymore. The end. We are in the last week of the second trimester, and a week away from my first mini "goal". Yay! 🎉
So, in a week and a half I start weekly NSTs with my Obgyn. I also have my growth scan in a few days with my MFM. I'm really excited to see how big baby girl got. I'm still on bed rest. Only a few more weeks left of it. My Obgyn seems to think we'll likely deliver early and went over when I would get strep b test and another steroid shot. Our overall goal is at least 34 weeks or later. And that's all for now. 1 week until 2nd trimester 5 weeks until 32 weeks 7 weeks until ultimate goal 10 weeks until term 🙏 🤞 🌈 Well here we are. Even when at times, I didn't think we'd make it.
I feel like time is going super fast and super at the same time. I had my MFM appointment yesterday, my normal doctor was out, so I saw another one. My cervix held steady at 2.3cm, no signs of funneling, which is a really good thing. This Doctor wants me to stay as "horizontal as possible" to take pressure off the cervix for the next 4-5 weeks. Done. You don't gotta tell me twice. I would drink snake blood and dance naked under the full moon if you told me it would keep my baby in until 35+ weeks. As far as symptoms go; it's still really about the same. Here are my add-ons:
I had to reschedule my glucose test because the steroids can give a false positive, so that will be this coming week. I am so grateful that we are almost out of the second trimester and at our first goal of 28 weeks. 2 weeks until 2nd tri 6 weeks until 32 weeks 9 weeks until 35 weeks 11 weeks until 37 weeks 🙏 🤞 🌈 PS, did I mention it's almost time for pumpkin everything?!? 🎃 There seems to be sweet and sour.
I'm happy to be at 25 weeks; however, yesterday I was admitted to the hospital due to signs of possible preterm labor. Now, my cervix measurement went up a bit to 3cm, baby is measuring ahead at 25+5 with an estimated weight of 1.93 lbs. These are good things. I'm placed on medication to stop contractions, which luckily has been doing its job, and have received the steroids to help speed up lung function. Machine says baby is doing good. I really just want this girl to stay put until late Oct at the ABSOLUTE earliest. Symptoms are pretty much the same as last week, main difference is I'm really starting to feel the internal movements which is really exciting. Hoping my cervix shows no signs of changing or funneling at next appt with MFM next week and that I don't have gestational diabetes - which I'm also testing for next week. That is all. 3 weeks until third trimester. 🙏 🤞 🌈. Viability. Granted, I really don't want to see this little girl until Nov, but I'm happy to finally cross this threshold.
So, this will be a really short post, baby is good! Moving up a storm - I absolutely adore every second of it. Good news: baby is good. She is measuring ahead and is estimated at 1lb 10oz. Not so good news: cervix is down to 2.3cm. Symptoms:
4 weeks until the third trimester!! 🙏 🤞 🌈 |
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