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I made it to IL yesterday around 7:30 local time. It was chilly in the morning but it warmed up a little and I had an almost perfect ride. My back tire is worn out so I made an appointment to get a new one on Monday. I definitely got my money's worth. Eek. I probably shouldn't have ridden it here with it being almost worn but getting it to the shop and getting a ride home is so complicated at home with our work schedules and such. So I'll do it here while I'm mostly socializing and that will be that.

Hope everyone is doing well. I think I will take two days to ride home instead of one long day. Sometimes it's nice to enjoy the scenery and not be on the highway the whole time.
 
AF got me this morning and DH was sad about it. It really threw me for a loop bc while he is on board with TTC, he is terrified of the financial implications of a second day care bill. DH's can be baffling!
 
Terri - have so much fun in IL! are you in chicago or elsewhere? is this your moto-mamas group?

miki - thank you for sharing your research. I'm not too worried anymore, or at least trying not to concentrate on it. I just think I'm lucky. I'm not having any cramps or bleeding that would cause me to think they are anything but healthy and growing, so I'll go with that! :)
Glad you're going to Target! I hope you found some good stuff!

11 weeks tomorrow! almost in the clear!
 
Yay Wish- Woo hoo! Bring on the 2nd Tri!:happydance:

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Terri - have so much fun in IL! are you in chicago or elsewhere? is this your moto-mamas group?

miki - thank you for sharing your research. I'm not too worried anymore, or at least trying not to concentrate on it. I just think I'm lucky. I'm not having any cramps or bleeding that would cause me to think they are anything but healthy and growing, so I'll go with that! :)
Glad you're going to Target! I hope you found some good stuff!

11 weeks tomorrow! almost in the clear!
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we have an appt this Wed to hear the heartbeats - FX'ed everything is ok!! I said I wasn't nervous but I am again. Hopefully that'll go away a bit more after the appt.

terri - how did that women's night go? did you get any clients from it? I'm sure there were other benefits in just bringing like-minded women together. Share!!

any fun summer plans out there? We are going camping this weekend - we haven't gone camping in years, so I can't wait. A big group of us are going and we plan on telling folks then. :) I'm also trying to set up strategic dinner plans with people so we can tell everyone in their own special setting! I don't really want to do a FB post for some reason.
 
Ttc- hugs to you- sorry it didn't work this time. Sounds like DH has one reaction from his heart and another from his head. He's a sweetheart.

Terri- where will u stop on the way back? The ride sounds lovely. DW wants a bike but I'm drawing the line at electric bike. But I don't worry about you for some reason- seems like u ride w a lot of others and are safe.

Ask- how did the SA go?? That must be so frustrating- hopefully u found a way or will figure out a way soon.

Wish- camping sounds so fun. I'm looking forward to when our kids have enough sense to go camping. Not near that yet :) 2nd tri, r u getting ready for thanksgiving every day?? Bring on the growth!! U can do this.

My friend w identicals managed to have her boys at 36 weeks (term for twins)! She stayed in the hospital on bedrest for two weeks, 5cm dialated, w periodic contractions!! Amazing. She had them via labor and all went home together healthy.

Mikki- you could feel guilty about your work, or you could choose not to. Everyone has times when they have things going on and aren't working as hard. You have very good reasons to need more rest right now. Plus I'm sure you made up for it before and after. U could take your boss at his word that it's ok. I think I asked before, but could u work part time?

Thanks for the sympathy about my work. I'd love to work w Wish and Terri! My boss is back from leave today. I hope he apologizes for going behind my back.
 
Wish- Wow, 11 weeks! Time flies, you’re almost out of the first tri! Not gone to Target yet, we’ll be going this weekend! I’m so glad that you’re not so worried now, and are feeling positive about their health. I too find that I get nervous before scans, I think that’s normal. I hope it goes great! I’m jealous that you get to go camping. I love camping, but DH has never been, and he’s so afraid of snakes that he’s convinced that one will join us in the tent. Hopefully we’ll get to go sometime!

TTC- I’m sorry this wasn’t your month. It’s nice, though, that DH is secretly on board.

Terri- Your trip sounds amazing! DH tells me how nice it is to ride a bike, and I’ve always wanted to, but didn’t find the time to learn. All I have is road cycling, and now I can’t even do that for a while. I wish I could get back on my road bike and be on the road again, either solo or in a pack of riders. It’s too dangerous in my condition right now, though.

Rain- Thanks, you are so right. I know I can choose not to feel guilty, and I’ll try. I have had abusive and/or pushy (sometimes yelling) bosses in the past, so I have a tendency to be afraid of my bosses. My current boss is so great, but I still imagine that he’s not happy with me. I also feel bad for him as I was hired to be a second pair of hands in the lab, as he does the lab work himself. When I first started work, his part time staff member was off work for a while as he had a broken pelvis from being hit by a car. 5 months later, I had my bike crash and broke my elbow and pelvis. I felt so terrible and guilty. And now I feel that I’m struggling at work, so I think that I’m letting him down. I have to change my mindset somehow.
I hope that things go well with your boss, and he apologizes to you!

The bloaty/fatty big around my middle still goes down in the middle of the night, but it does seem more pronounced. It also seems firmer. I think that my uterus has come up enough that everything above is squishing out!
 
Sorry I have been such a lazy lurker, but I have been checking in and glad to hear that everything is going generally well for the group! TTC, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you. Terri- I'm beyond envious of your trip. When do you head back?

I'm generally good - going to start doing weekly baby monitoring due to my somewhat elevated blood pressure. Sleep has also become way more elusive the last few weeks - some nights I just can't fall asleep until 3 or 4 am. Random feelings of anxiety wait to manifest themselves til I get into bed. Took some unisom and melatonin to knock myself last night w drs ok, but now am feeling still sleepy ;).
 
Terri... I'm a bit jealous of your riding around like that, but I'm too chicken... :(

I've been laying low this month. Like TTC, I just had a bad feeling at the beginning of the month. Then, on CD 13 (I O on 13/14), I started getting sick, and ended up with a fever and spending 6 days making friends with my toilet. Finally went to the dr on Monday and was given antibiotics. Feeling quite a bit better, and now I'm 8 dpo. I feel ambivalent, because I'm afraid of the effects of the meds. Also, DH was denied the visa, so the trip to Greece is off. It's been one of those months. Friends are visiting in a week, though. Things are looking up. And I have an interesting medical story (if you want to know, ask, but it's probably TMI).
 
alleke - let 'er rip, I like interesting medical stories! I'm sorry your month has been full of suck. Hopefully your visit with your friends turns things around and DH gets his visa approved soon. Throwing TTC into all of that is bound to make things feel much harder! I hope you get reprieve soon.

Terri - how's the trip going?

vonn - how are you doing? find a house yet? are we on baby watch?

mrs - so good to hear from you! that stinks that things are getting tougher and your blood pressure is going up. I'd imagine that impacts sleep as well. Are you nesting yet? I forget if we asked - do you have names picked out yet?

ttc - how are you doing?

rain - I love the ticker. I'm going to add one now too! :) Do you have 2 potty users yet? anymore fun plans scheduled? how's the work situation?

lee - :hugs: thank you! how are you doing?

galvan - you came and went - are you doing ok?

afm - heard the heartbeats on the doppler yesterday and they were perfect!! now I know why people buy those things. How reassuring! Though with 2, I'd have no idea if I was listening to the same one each time or different ones. I asked the doc how he knew the 2nd one was different and he goes 'I'm in a different spot!' Oh...:blush: it felt like the same spot to me! Guess they are much closer IRL than they look on the u/s!
I also asked the doc if we can relax now, if they're here to stay. He said with a huge smile, 'Yes! Relax!' I know anything can happen at any time but I also want to let myself just sit back and enjoy so I'm going to work on that. It'll be easier when we tell everyone too and it's no longer a secret. I swear that's a big part of my anxiety!

I'm off to find a ticker! :)
 
Wish - you will feel much more calm once you begin feeling them move - at least that's what I found.

I'm doing well. I'm just waiting to O. Nothing exciting to report. The only thing new with me is my diet. I've been doing keto for about 3 weeks now and think that I am finally "fat-adapted". I cut the artificial sweeteners out of my diet which was hard but not as hard as I expected! I'm also doing intermittent fasting but only when my body will allow me. If I get to be starving, I don't do it that day. I've read that is the best way to go to keep your body in perfect nutritional ketosis. :shrug:
 
Yay, Wish, I'm glad your scan went great! It is wonderful to hear those heartbeats, isn’t it? I was going to suggest that you get a Doppler if you needed some reassurance. Actually… I bought one! I use it maybe a couple of times a week, for 1-2 minutes at a time. I love it! I think you’re right, telling people was a big part of the anxiety for me. I think you might feel less anxious after you tell people. Then, hopefully, you can enjoy your pregnancy even more! I’m really loving the fact you have two in there. That’s so cool!

MsR- So glad you checked in, and you and baby are doing well! I hope that your blood pressure stays down, and it’s great that you’re getting weekly checks. Sorry to hear about your anxiety, I hope you feel better soon, and sleep comes easier for you.

Vonn- Hope you’re doing well, and hoping to hear from you!

Alleke- What an unlucky beginning you’ve had this month. Your illness sounded awful, poor you. I hope that good things are just around the corner for you! I’m curious about the medical story too…

TTC- Good luck with your diet, I think it’s admirable that you’re staying on track and resisting temptation. I have zero willpower when it comes to food, so I’m in awe of people who can keep to diets.

I’m now at week 16, and feeling a bit better. I wish I could wake up and suddenly feel great, but alas, I need to be patient. I do think my "fat roll" is now much firmer, and it is starting to look more like I’m pregnant rather than gaining weight. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking!
 
Okay... This is what happened. Monday was my 6th day of diarrhea. I didn't want to go to the doctor until the weekend, so I just waited it out. On Sunday, I gave up on eating. I had an appointment at the public hospital for Monday morning, and before I went, I didn't drink for a couple of hours, just so I'd be able to make it to the hospital.

I saw the doctor, and he said he needed a "sputum" sample, so we went to the lab. They gave me a little plastic vial with a scoop in it. I had seen one of those before, so I pulled out my phone and translated what was written on the vial. It was for a stool sample. They gave me JUST the vial. I looked around, wondering how to accomplish this. There was nothing; it's a public hospital. I checked the bathroom; nothing there. DH and I sat there and thought about it for a minute. DH mused that maybe they expected me to just shove the tube (1" diameter) up there. We decided to go find some water and snacks, since I hadn't had anything in quite a while. We also bought a paper cup. Eventually, I went back in the bathroom, which reeked of urine. There wasn't even any toilet paper and the seat was sprinkled on, of course. I managed to hit my cup some (and my hand some) while hovering. Luckily, I had tissues and hand sanitizer in my purse. Then, I got it in the vial and carried it through the crowd to the lab. This is why I got insurance for pregnancy. I'm okay with diarrhea in a paper cup, but I'm not okay with pregnancy and delivery in such conditions.
 
Ugh Alleke! That sounds awful. I had diarrhea for about a week after I started eating keto. Right when I was ready to give up, I discovered that I'm supposed to be taking a supplement because of my lack of a gallbladder. Since then, I've been all set. I've lost 8 pounds in the past month. A little disappointed with the speed of the loss but slow and steady wins the race, right?
 
I'm home! 1820 miles.

Rain-just because you ride in a group doesn't mean it's safe. On the way home, I was riding with four others. A trike was at the back and I was in the third spot. At our first (first!) stop light the front two bikes ran a yellow. I saw it in time and stopped. I put my hand down telling the bikes behind that I was stopping. The bike behind me (next to me when riding staggered) stopped. I looked to my right and here comes the trike right between us. She thought we were going through the red because she wasn't paying attention. Her fender hit and bent the footpeg of my friend's bike and hit her foot. Her big trike could've taken both of us out just like that. I wouldn't have known what hit me. She just want paying attention. My other friend and i had to go to the Harley dealership to make sure the footpeg didn't mess up the frame of her bike. All was well, but my point is that group riding isn't always best. I ride out alone and had a great trip. I rode alone from Columbus, OH this morning because my friends tire had a nail in it and she had to get it replaced. The shops don't open until 9 or 10 and I like to leave early. We stopped last night with friends so she stayed with them for the day. I got home around 1p. The weather was good. In IL it stormed a few nights but not when I was out riding. Peoria is kind of in the middle of the state, so not near Chicago. That is one of the worst riding cities because of traffic all.the.time. I will ride the long way around if I need to go near Chicago for any reason.

One of my Motor Maid friends got married the same day I did and she was pregnant at convention a few years back. This week I heard she's having her second. Woop de doo. I told her mom 'congrats' and then changed the topic. I'm really good at that.

Glad you all are doing well and I'll catch up later. I'm sleepy.
 
Hi, everyone! Sorry I have so absent lately. Things have been incredibly hectic with moving, looking for a house, dealing with the increased dr visits and preparing for an early delivery. We finished moving everything into my parent's basement a week ago Friday, cleaned the condo over the weekend and closed on the sale of our condo on Monday. On Tuesday, we went in for a dr appt to check on blood pressure and baby. Baby looked good, but BP was too high. We got sent back to hospital. Once there, the labs indicated I had protein in my urine, which meant I had developed preeclampsia. Inducement required that day. I was super overwhelmed and not prepared at all. Nothing was ready. But baby was coming no matter what. The first part of inducing took a full day, then things started moving a little more quickly.

Our little girl arrived at 6:09 am on July 13. She weighed 5lbs 4 oz and was 18.5 in long. She came 4 weeks early. I'd love for you all to meet Sailor Elizabeth! She is the most adorable little thing I have ever known. Her dad is completely smitten, which makes me love them both even more.

It is Sunday and we are still in the hospital. Me, because my BP is not coming down. They increased my med and are waiting to see if it starts to drop. Baby Sailor dropped too much weight and developed jaundice. She is now undergoing photo therapy for 24 hrs, so we have to see how that improves. She's got to wear goggles and looks like our baby from the future.

The preeclampsia and magnesium they give to prevent stroke and seizure can impact milk production. Mine still hasn't come in and we are supplementing entirely with donor breast milk. I am doing everything I can to produce and hope it happens. That is my biggest personal concern right now, how we will feed little Sailor when we leave.

It's been quite a ride so far!
 

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Wow, what wonderful news! :happydance: Congratulations on the arrival of your precious baby, Vonn! Sailor is so adorable :cloud9:

I'm sorry you had preeclampsia, how scary for you! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your blood pressure comes down, and that you are able to start producing to feed your wonderful new baby!
 
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