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Hi, ladies! Hope you all are having a great day!

LC- Boating sounds like a blast! What a great outing with friends. UGH on the dress, can the button be moved? I am TERRIFIED that my shoes won't fit after pregnancy. I LOVE shoes and have some pairs that I would hate to outgrow, too.

Ally - Hope your family stops speculating until you are ready to tell! I am having the "nothing feels right" blues, too, even though all of my clothes still fit. I think it's mental, really. I haven't gained much at all and my boobs are holding steady (THANK GOD, they are big enough dammit).

NEL, PG - How goes the m/s? Hopefully you are feeling good soon.

Marlie - Happy Anniversary! Sorry you are feeling sick and tired. Hope it turns around for you soon.

Katy - Love your little bean pic! Boooooo on the Zofran, but hope it helps.

pancake - Too funny about the little girl crying! Congrats on telling your family. Good luck at your upcoming appointment. My doc offered the NT scan to us today, but Hubs and I aren't sure if we want to do it yet. Glad you are feeling well.
 
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So, we had baby's first checkup today! I was almost dead on with the due date - the doc measured the little zombie snack at 8 weeks, 1 day, so EDD is now March 13th. My husband came to the appointment with me and got to watch the strong little heart beating on screen - what a moment! The doc wants us to do a special fetal echo-cardiogram around week 20 or so to monitor baby's heart. Hubs has a heart valve defect and even though he's the only person in four generations or so to have it, we need to be sure that baby's heart is okay. I am not sure if we will do the NT scan this month - any thoughts on that, ladies? No genetic issues in our families to speak of, but is it worth it to have one? We set up our next visit for four weeks from now. I am hoping I can bring my grandmothers with me to see the baby at a visit soon!

Baby's head is near the plus sign on the right side of the picture. :love: So small and so loved already.
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Me, just after the appointment! Not much of a bump going on yet, I usually have a little pooch, but very happy that baby is healthy. I bought bump stickers from an Etsy seller and will be using them once a month throughout the pregnancy.
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MQ!!! Hooray for the little bean picture!! Right on with the due date calc!!! Go you! And great 8wk picture! You look so radiant and happy! I would be too with a healthy 8wk olive baking away too :)

As far as the NT scan, my DH and I talked about it and we wanted to know everything. We haven't decided what we would do in the event of an abnormal diagnostic test. We both figured we'll burn that bridge when we get to it. But until we get there, DH and I want to know as much as we can.

My NT scan is in a week, Aug 8th. I might be ready to jump to the big preggo thread after that week.

Pancake, cool you know what you're looking for and everything. I just look at my big bloat and and disgusted and am just waiting until the baby outgrows the bloat. :) So happy that the whole fam knows now. How great your little addition will have cousins to play with! I have a BUNCH of cousins, but we're not the same age. I'm among the oldest, plus most of them lived in Canada when we were growing up. But now that we're all adults we hang out and (mostly booze) together! Always a great time at family parties etc.

OK, it's **obvious** I'm hogging the thread, but what can I say, I love "seeing" you guys!

~LC
 
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Ally, aw, your feelings are totally normal, but I really think your ob was just scaring you for nothing. And sorry about your uncle! I think it's an unwritten code that people are supposed to not ask or wonder. I wondered about my friend recently but it turned out she was just bloated and wearing an unflattering shirt. Good thing I didn't ask!

Marlie, so sorry that the symptoms are still bad. I know that it just wears on you. Ugh.

Katy, I'm glad you talked to your doctor. I hope the Zofran helps.

PC, I know exactly how you feel. I'm afraid the baby won't be there at the next u/s even though I already had a good one. The nurse did use a doppler at my last appointment (it was just to touch base about the IV), and she was like, "The doctor is going to laugh at me for even trying to find a heartbeat at 8 weeks." And of course she couldn't find it. I know it's early to find it because I never even had the doppler until maybe 12 weeks with Claire, and they had a hard time finding it then. But still, ya know, you worry . . . Good luck with the NT scan!

Mannequin, yay! So glad you had a good appointment! Congrats!

LC, you're not hogging it. ;)) Hope your NT scan is here before you know it.


I'm doing OK. Things were OK the first day off the IV, but the second and third were bad, so I was sure it would be like that forever. Plus the Zofran constipation was catching up with me despite my taking Colace and Miralax, ugh. But somehow I turned a corner yesterday and was able to attend my godson's birthday party and a family dinner. I was glad they were both low pressure places where everyone knew about my situation and I could go lie down if needed. I don't think I'm ready to try going out in public yet. I was able to get my daughter lunch and put her down for her nap, which is a huge improvement. Things like that do wear me out, but baby steps, right? I'm hoping to go for a longer walk tomorrow when the babysitter comes to see if that helps. I feel so out of shape.

I got a prescription for a beta blocker today (metroprolol), so I'm hoping that will help. Dr. Google says that it's used to treat hypertension too (mine is hypotension) and that studies don't really show that it helps reduce symptoms or episodes of neurocardiogenic syncope, so I'm a little skeptical, but I've got to try it. Oh, and also I have a minor mitral valve leak, which freaks me out. Apparently a severe leak could cause my symptoms, but they are sure mine isn't serious enough to be affecting me like this.

Instead of the Zofran I'm taking Phenergan. I think it's working. It's so hard to tell what's morning sickness and what's pre-syncope. I don't know if they have to be mutually exclusive. But it does seem like for the brief periods where my blood pressure feels normal, then the m/s hits. Or probably more like, that's when I'm not distracted by worse symptoms, so I notice it.

Thanks so much for your support, everyone! I'm hoping I can be more of a wife, mother, and person this week, and less of a vegetable. Baby steps!
 
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Mannequin - squeeeee! Hello little zombie snack! You can see his/her little yolk sac too, it's the round thing under his/her head :)

LC - Knowing stuff is a blessing and a curse. Being in paediatrics, I see a lot of the kids who didn't do well and it is scary when placed in the context of gestating my own baby! Re the bloat, a couple of hours after dinner last night I literally looked 20 weeks pregnant. It was WEIRD. Today it's a "moderate bloat" day.

PG - how fantastic that you're doing ok without IV fluids! What is the beta blocker for in your case? I would have thought it would make hypotension worse... but my knowledge of these sorts of meds is limited as we rarely use them in kids. Don't worry too much about being Superwoman. I think it's just fantastic that you can do some of the little human things that make life a bit more bearable for you at the moment.

I forgot to say before, I'm 12 weeks 1 day today!
 
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(Tangential medical thought... I assume the metoprolol is being used in the same way it is used in migraine, to modulate spasm of blood vessels... excuse me and my medical mutterings... having trouble switching my brain off, just got home after a 14 hour shift!)
 
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Pancake, I have the same issue with the bloat after dinner. It's so bizarre and D thinks it's hilarious. Every night I say "this can't just be bloat, I am HUGE!" but then in the morning, it's (mostly) deflated. And congrats for hitting 12 weeks, that's great. Right now that's my goal! I'm really glad to hear that the nausea isn't so bad and hopefully it will just keep getting better from here on out.

PhG, I was really worried about how you'd feel off of the IV and it does sound like you had a bumpy couple of days, but I'm so glad to hear you had the energy to go out yesterday and see family. I know it's really hard a lot of the time. You feel frustrated because you're not yourself and you know there is nothing you can do. But you know what, you're getting through it every day...and each day you get through is a day closer to feeling better. I hope you continue to be able to manage it, but we all know how up and down it can be. I'm sorry!

MQ, little zombie snack, hahaha. I love it. I'm so glad to hear everything looks good and you're feeling okay. You do look glowing in your picture!! D and I both opted for the NT scan for two reasons 1.) we want to be emotionally prepared if there is bad news and 2.) We really wanted one more u/s between our initial u/s at 7 weeks and our anatomy scan at 20 weeks. If we were to get bad news, I don't think it would affect our decision, but I don't really know how I'd feel until I was in that situation. And I don't think about it too much because the chances are so slim.

Katy, I'm so, so sorry about your nausea. I'm glad you could get the Zofron, my insurance company makes me try another brand first and it's got codeine in it, so I haven't taken it. I really hope the Zofron does the trick for you, I really think that these next two weeks are probably going to be rough for both of us--we're right in the thick of it--but then it WILL GET BETTER! It has to! And three more weeks until you can tell work is not bad at all. We're almost there!

Marlie, happy anniversary! Sorry you had a bit of a scary week last week, but I'm so glad you got an u/s and everything looked good! I definitely understand the love/hate relationship with the symptoms. For me it's mostly hate, but I do worry if they disappear. And yay for fitting in your wedding dress! What's funny is that I haven't tried on my wedding dress in at least a couple of years (we've been married almost 4 years now), but a couple of weekends ago I got an urge to try it on for fear that I might not fit into it again. I got it zipped, though my boobs were spilling out a little. Hopefully we'll both be able to fit into ours again at some point!

LC, I do worry about my shoes not fitting because I've read that happening to other women. My feet are already big, so I hope they don't grow any more. I'd have to throw all of my current cute shoes out. I ruined a pair of work shoes last week and had to run out and buy more last night (I know, more shopping. Lordy!) and I thought "I wonder if I should buy these a little big in case my feet swell?

Oh, and I did finally find a few shirts...at Target, no less! I'm wearing one today!

Ally, sorry to hear that you're feeling bad...it must be really tough when you're chasing around a toddler while feeling sick and exhausted. My good friend who is pregnant and has a 2-year-old says that she doesn't think she can have a third because the first trimester + one toddler is too hard as it is! And sorry that you were outed, but I know your family is probably giddy and excited for you.

AFM, I have an appt. with a chiropractor in an hour because my hip is killing me. Man, the pain is already starting and I'm not even big yet.

I had to cancel my appt. with my ob tomorrow, which is frustrating. The client HAD to have a meeting and there was no other time to do it. I did reschedule for Thursday, but the appt. is no longer with my ob. I guess I won't get to see her until my next appt. I do like the nurse that will be doing the appt., but would rather see my ob since I haven't seen her yet.

It looks like some (LC, Pancake) are going to start moving over to the preggo thread soon! I'll probably just follow everybody over there--we'll probably just move as one big group!
 
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NEL, sorry about the appointment having to be rescheduled. But I find that you usually get more "face time" with the nurse, so that's possibly not a bad thing.

PC, all I know is that beta blockers including metoprolol are the usual course of treatment for neurocardiogenic syncope. I haven't read anything that I was able to grasp that explained how or why it works. ???? I just hope it does! I have read it will lower my heart rate, which I noticed today after taking a walk. Even while in good shape, my heart would have been beating a lot faster before. So I assume that at the same time, it's also increasing the pressure with which my blood is pumping. I don't know. My cardiologist has not been particularly helpful or available. He never sat down and told me what he thought I could have; he just said he would call me the next day, which he never did. So after I harassed the office and called four times, the nurse called me back a week later with my prescription. Definitely makes me nervous and if I hadn't gotten any answers yesterday, I was going to ask my GP for a rec for a different cardiologist (this referral came from my OB). If this treatment doesn't work out, I'll probably still pursue that course of action because I shouldn't have to harass the office to get them to help me.


So yeah, I went for a 1.75 mile walk today (in 30 minutes - pretty slow pace). For the first 20 minutes I felt great and was like, yeah, I could totally jog . . . And then the last 10 minutes I was like, oh my, this is really taking it out of me . . . I just feel like a different person today. Yes, I'm very tired, with a bit of dizziness and queasiness sneaking in at times, but I am UPRIGHT with no feeling like I have to lie down or else bad things will happen. But of course, the paranoia about loss of symptoms is getting to me. I do still have symptoms, but they are so mild that I can't help but worry. Darned if you feel horrible, darned if you don't . . .

ETA: No, I'm definitely still queasy. It's just hard for me to register "normal morning sickness" on the continuum right now, I guess. Not to discount what anyone feels because with my first pregnancy, I was soooo miserable, but the pre-syncope feeling is so bad that the m/s gets lost in the shuffle. Hey, silver lining, right?
 
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PhG, I'm happy to hear you're off the IV, but man oh man those days sounded tough! I hope it as a one time thing just for your body to adjust from getting off the IV. Sounds like things are getting better so I hope they stay on that course. I mean, wowza lady, you even had enough energy to attend a party! Take things slowly, but from an outside party it looks like to me you're doing a magnificent job handling all of this. And I've been wanting to tell you: Kudos for recognizing you needed help with your DD and the house, and asking for it. There are times when I'm MISERABLE but I'm too stubborn, stupid, whatever to ask for help! I'm putting this down on a note to self, thanks for being such a great example of a fantastic mother and wife. :) ETA: sounds like you're having a pretty good day! :appl: Enjoy the ease of symptoms. You had a healthy U/S and your doctor is paying close attention to you.

Pancake! Eeek! 12wks already!! Fantastic! And it totally sounds like you need to unplug after work, but I know how hard it can be. And I don't even have people's lives depending on my job! Hope you always take a few moments to unwind and relax. OMG I totally know what you mean about the SUPER BLOAT after eating. I've totally had that too I'm just like "UGH! This is so discouraging!"

NEL, Booo, you had to move your appt. But it's great that you love your nurse. I forgot to ask my doctor about midwives etc. I wonder if I should. Thus far I kinda like my doctor, but I also like the idea of the midwife being a more "holistic" approach to childbirth. Shrug, I guess I'll talk to them next week for the NT scan. Wowza I hear you on the hip/pelvic joint pains. I think I'm getting/have the same thing Pancake was talking about. I'm actually doing acupuncture today to hopefully solve it. My pain is in my low back area, but not along the spine, just to the left and right of the spine. And it hurts when I walk or twist, but it goes away after. It's most obvious if I stand after sitting from a long time, like at work.

So I dunno if DH reads my post here or not, but he always ends up talking to me about the same things I post about. (DH, if you're reading, please stop and I love you very much!) Anyway, we were talking about our vacation and when it'll work and how it'll work etc. He said he's really excited and really wants to go, but just can't plan it. I guess that's all I kinda needed to hear since at first it seemed he was just "Meh" about the idea of going. He also said he'd be OK with the more expensive flights too, but wanted to know the return policy of the hiking trip. So hopefully i can just go ahead with the Glacier trip, because that'd be totally awesome. The other wrinkle would be my MIL's recovery process and if/when she'd be released from the hospital/skilled nursing facilities.

That's all for me. Hope everyone's doing OK

~LC (10W, 6D)
 
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Hi all, quick post as am about to go to my mum's for dinner!

Had our appointment after the NT scan today - the scan was amazing, just the most exciting thing ever! The little mini one is a jiggly squirmy little thing, dancing around all over the place! Adjusted risk for Down Syndrome is 1:10,436; for Trisomy 13/18 is 1:18, 697. Apparently this is as low as it is possible to get for my background risk (related to my age). To be honest it was more of a buzz just to see the bubba! Our obstetrician said that our scan and pregnancy overall is so normal and uneventful now that "it's a shut up and get on with it kind of a thing" :lol:

Our next appointment is booked with the 20 week scan, although I have the option of seeing him any time in between.

(please excuse the mouse arrows on the mini one's face; this is a screen shot from the DVD recording, not the still photo, and the obstetrician was about to show us that he can see the nasal bones!)

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Oh, Pancake!! How precious!! Congrats on seeing your totally, amazingly healthy little one!! It's so amazing that they already look so much like babies at 12 weeks! I can't believe you're 12 weeks!!!

LC - I hope your husband isn't reading here, hahaha! But it's great that he's willing to go wherever as long as you plan it. That sounds a lot like my DH ;)) Ah, men. Hee. And your NT scan is coming right up!! Amazing!! DH and I feel the same way, that we haven't decided what we'd do if the results weren't good, but that we would want to know either way.

PG - Good for you for getting out for another walk! I hope you continue to feel better, you certainly deserve a break from all that!

NEL - Sorry about having to move the appointment! It makes me glad that I don't really have to coordinate time off with anyone at all - no one else does my job, but as long as I make up the time, it doesn't matter. Glad you like your nurse at least, but it would be really nice to finally meet your OB! Will she be around to poke her head in at least?? And I guess that if everyone else moves to the preggo thread, I will too! Don't wanna be here ALL ALONE!!! ;))

MQ - You are totally glowing!!! And what a cute picture of the teeny!! I can't believe that in a few short weeks the gummy bears actually look like babies!! Congrats on the healthy peanut!


AFM, I'm feeling much better with the Zofran. I actually ate pretty normally yesterday, and definitely consumed a lot more water. I still didn't pee as much as I'd have thought, so I'm pretty sure I was dehydrated which probably contributed to me feeling lousy. I've only dry-heaved like once in the last 36 hours!! WOO! I considered not re-upping the dose overnight, but I'm glad I did. I was at the 8 hour mark, and right after I took it I started feeling pretty queasy, so thank goodness! I don't have THAT many pills, so I guess I'll see how I feel when they run out (or I'll give it another trial before then) and call the doc if I need more.

Other than that, not much to report! I've shared with a few people, which is great fun, but I'm really just biding my time til after the NT scan (which I have to remember to schedule today!!) Today is 9w4d!! I can't believe baby will be double digits and 1/4 baked on Saturday!
 
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Pancake! I cannot take how cute your LO is! A real baby now. Amazing. So glad you got to enjoy your appointment and that everything is looking as healthy as possible. Hope you had a great dinner last night celebrating! And congrats on hitting 12 weeks! I'll join you in just 5 days.

MQ...you look fantastic as does your LO! Great photos!!

LC...thanks for the anniversary wishes! and we are almost NT scan twins (i go on tuesday morning). I'll be stalking here for your full report. Can you believe we are almost at the end of the first tri??? And my fingers are crossed for your upcoming trip! Did you start to plan it yet?

NEL...sorry that you appointment had to be switched and that you won't see your OB. that's just a bummer. When's the next appointment that you can meet with the OB? Surely he/she wants to meet with you at some point early on i'd imagine. How are you feeling by the way? Any better?

PG...i'm so glad that you are doing better. i know you aren't 100% but this seems to be a whole new world from where you were a couple of weeks ago. I can't even imagine how you were/are feeling. I hope that this progress continues even more this week and you are feeling like your old self soon.

Katy...so glad that the zofran is helping you! and glad that you are having fun sharing the news! way more people than i wanted to know before 12 weeks know...but i'm getting over it. it's such a hard secret to keep and way too much fun to tell!

afm...i think this week is a better week for me. my mood is back to normal. still feeling a little sick and my energy is low but that's sort of the norm for me so it's not even worth talking about. it doesn't keep me from functioning and i don't have it as bad as a lot of others so i can't complain. going to florida this weekend to visit the family and tell my grandma. i can't wait to see her face! plus i'm looking forward to a couple of days lounging by the pool (though me+bathingsuit=ew). counting the minutes to the NT scan on Tuesday morning. can't wait to see the little one again and find out results. they did my genetic testing last week (i'm jewish so there are a lot of tests that get done apparently and they did a couple more in addition to the jewish ones) so i'll have those results as well as the nt scan ones. its starting to hit me that next week i'll be in the 2nd tri! that snuck up.
 
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Pancake, super cute picture of the baby! I'm glad to hear that everything is going well, especially after all of the stress you had in the beginning.

Hello to the rest of you! You are all getting close to moving out of the first trimester! Yay! Can't wait to see more U/S pics of your babes!
 
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Marlie, you've got some exciting stuff ahead of you! Florida this weekend, the NT scan next week--that sounds great! Florida will be so fun and I do hear you on the bathing suit issue. I went to the beach this weekend and wore by bathing suit, then some surfing shorts AND a tank top over the bathing suit (to swim). Honestly, I would feel more confident in a bathing suit if I had a belly instead of my current bloated look :) And I can't believe how fast the time is going, either! It makes me a little nervous!

Katy, I'm SO GLAD the Zofron is helping. I'm sure you don't feel normal at all, but when you're dry heaving all the time, a break is really good for the soul! Only a few more weeks--and now that you've found a source of some relief, hopefully it feels even more achievable!

Pancake, oh my gosh, your blob has turned into a real baby! That's so exciting, this makes me even more excited about my own NT scan. And what fantastic results, you couldn't have hoped for better results! How strict are they with the 20 week anatomy scan, by the way? I only ask because I'll be travelling for my friend's wedding that week and I'm hoping to sneak in there earlier.

LC, :wavey: to LC's husband! Just kidding. So this trip is to Glacier National Park? I've always wanted to go there (I have this weird love affair with Montana even though I've never been--I keep trying to talk D into buying a ranch there). I would definitely go for it--when would the trip be? D and I had planned to take one last big vacation during my second trimester, but now we can't. I would absolutely plan a trip if I could travel. I hope you go and have a fabulous time!

PhG, isn't it amazing how quickly the queasiness can hit you? I will often think "I'm feeling pretty good!" only to start dry heaving 5 minutes later. I'm so glad that at least you're still upright and not completely overwhelmed the way you were a few weeks ago. And it's good to know your limit with the exercise--at least now you know you probably shouldn't go over 1.5 miles. I'm just so glad that you've got the energy to take some walks!

AFM, 10 weeks today! As Katy said, I'm 1/4 baked!

The chiropractor yesterday was heavenly--it was basically a butt massage for a half of an hour (pain was in my left hip). I'm going back again Friday and then I think I'll continue going throughout the pregnancy. I'll talk with the nurse about it at my appt. tomorrow to get her opinion.

I just checked the package tracking for my fetal heart monitor and it looks like it arrived on our doorstep about an hour ago. I might give it a shot tonight, but I'll probably have better luck after watching the nurse do it tomorrow. I hope I can hear the heartbeat, it would be very reassuring to be able to listen whenever I want. I'll let you ladies know how it goes!
 
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LC, yay for planning a trip! Glad your husband is on board.

PC, love the pic. Hi baby!

Katy, I'm so glad the Zofran is working. It's such a relief.

Marlie, glad your mood is back to normal and you're able to function. It's OK to take it easy when you're tired. Glad you'll get to relax at the beach. Have fun telling your grandma.

NEL, hope the heart rate monitor works well. I would totally get one if I weren't afraid of freaking myself out all the time if I didn't do it right.


It was hard to get out of bed this morning. DH had a chiropractor appointment before work, so I should have set my alarm but didn't, which meant I had to go from 0 to 60 to take care of Claire (he gets her up in the mornings). Oh well. Nausea, dizziness, fatigue -- they're all so interconnected that it's hard to tell what is blood pressure and what is just to be expected for being 9 weeks pregnant and having been sedentary for weeks. I'm definitely a lot less dizzy. I'd like to attempt a very simple workout with lower weights today. I know I'm a little crazy, but I feel so wretched without exercise. I definitely need to build my energy etc. back up. My back is all out of whack.
 
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Pancake - CUTE PIC! Glad your scan went well. Hubs and I are deciding on whether or not to do one this month, leaning toward yes.

PG - Yay for being able to go to a party! Glad you are feeling better enough to try and walk and work out. Hope your back doesn't give you any trouble with the weights.

Katy - I am glad the Zofran is helping! It's been really hot here and I struggle to stay hydrated - I feel ya on the water/dehydration. Looking forward to you being able to tell everyone, how exciting.

LC - I hope everything works out well for your trip! It will be nice for you and your hubby to get away together.

NEL - Wow, 10 weeks already! Woo hoo! Glad your butt massage gave you some relief. Which Doppler did you end up purchasing? Good luck with your upcoming appointment!

Marlie - Enjoy your trip to FL! One of my favorite things about being preggo so far was sharing the news with my family, particularly one grandmother. Savor that moment, it will be so special! Second tri already, woo hoo!

AFM - 8 weeks, 3 days here. Feeling good, overall. Had another miserable night trying to sleep with a congested, stuffy nose. I blame the high humidity and my allergies/sinuses again. Better already today, but ugh, that was no fun. I don't want to introduce more or new allergy drugs while preggo, and the saline stuff doesn't work for me when I am that stuffed up. Last night, I saw my parents for dinner and took them a copy of the ultrasound photo we just received. Mom is already asking when we will find out the baby's gender, because she wants to be at that ultrasound. I am going to have a room full of people there, LOL. One of my daddy's aunts is a quilter, and she has already asked about what the nursery will look like. She makes amazing quilts, so I can't wait to see what she will create.
 
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Happy Wednesday! Can't believe we're halfway through the week already. Yay!

LC: I wouldn't worry too much about fitting into your shoes after the pregnancy. My feet barely changed at all, but then again, I was one of the lucky ones that didn't get much swelling. Forgot who said it, but wear your dress on a date night! That's funny that your DH might be reading your posts PS. The upside is that he's showing more interest in planning/taking a trip. When are you planning on going? The second trimester might be a good time to go - when you'll have a bit more energy but won't be too big yet. Sounds like a great trip! So LC's DH, if you're reading, make it happen! :bigsmile:

Marlie: Happy belated anniversary! How awesome that you can still fit into your wedding dress!chIme nowhere near closet to fitting mine. My body has changed since having DD. Sorry you're still feeling yucky but glad you got to see your little bean. I've tried eating snacks and drinking ginger ale but it doesn't seem to be helping the nausea. Hope you find some relief soon. Maybe rest a little more? How exciting to tell your grandma this weekend. She'll be so so excited! Ahhh, trip to Florida. Lucky you!

Katy: Aww I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. I'm right there with you. I hope the Zofran will give you much more relief. I also found that staying hydrated and drinking cold water helps with the nausea.

PC: Congrats on 12+ weeks! Love love the pic of your little one! Yay for great results on the scan!

MQ: Great pictures of momma and her little bean! Your are just absolutely glowing. I wish I had pregnancy glow. I've been feeling tired and it shows in my face. And the sticker idea for your baby bump is such a great idea! ETA: handmade blankets and quilts are the best!! My sister knitted a blanket for DD that she always sleeps with now.

PG: That's great you're starting to get some energy back! And 1.75 miles is awesome! I know what you mean about wanting to get in some exercise but don't over exert yourself. Hope C was good to you this morning!

NEL: Sorry you had to reschedule your appt with your OB, but it's great that you like your nurse though. Is this a regular prenatal check-up? My check-ups consist of weight check, BP check, and an ultrasound or Doppler (depending on which examining room is available) to check the heartbeat, and then ask questions if I have any. It would've been nice to be able to meet your OB though. Yay for a great chiropractic appt. I could totally go for a back massage right now. I never got a doppler for DD so I'm interested to hear how you like it. Let us know!

Monkey: Hope you bring a BFP fhome rom your Vegas trip! Can't wait for you to join us over here. We need some new JBP as some of our lovely ladies will be heading to the other thread soon (which I'm so happy for them)!

AFM: The nausea has now turned into morning and evening sickness. I just can't believe it got to the level of throwing up. I have to say though that I felt much better after puking. I hope this is a good sign that little one is growing right on track.

Question for you ladies: Does anyone have a gut feeling about the sex of your babies? With DD, I knew immediately she was a girl (or maybe it was more wishful thinking bc I really wanted a girl). For this one, I really want another girl bc I want DD to have a sister, but everyone thinks it's a boy (based on traditional signs from my DD and my symptoms this time around).
 
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PhG, it's so not fair that your back is out of whack and you had to wake up earlier because your DH was seeing the chiropractor--he TOTALLY owes you a back rub when he gets home :) And I feel the same way without exercise--just sedentary and unenergetic.

MQ, a night without sleep when you're not pregnant is rough. But a night without sleep while in your first trimester? That's brutal. You're probably barely making it through the day! How lucky that your great aunt is a quilter--I would LOVE to have a hand-made quilt from a family member. That's really neat. Oh, and I ended up purchasing a Sonoline doppler.

Ally, yep tomorrow is a regular pre-natal checkup, nothing fancy. It will be all the things you described. I'll definitely give an update on my home doppler as soon as I can figure it out.

As for any intuition on the sex of the baby, I have none. The problem is that I have a preference (boy), so I don't know if that creeps into my subconscience. I prepare myself by telling myself "it's probably a girl"--and that would be FINE, but my DH refers to it as a "him" and I like to balance myself mentally. I did have a dream this week that it was a boy, but again, that's probably because my preference for a boy is just sitting around in my subconscience while I sleep.
 
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I'm totally hogging the thread now, sorry!

Appt. went well this morning--it took the nurse a couple of minutes to find the heartbeat with the doppler (which was making D nervous), but she found it and it was a strong 160 bpm, so that was good. I love this nurse, I wouldn't mind seeing her at every appointment!

Speaking of dopplers, I took the one I bought out of the box last night and tried it for a few minutes. I do think I found the heartbeat for a couple of seconds, but I lost it and couldn't find it again and I wasn't that confident about it anyway, so I just put it away. Now that I've seen the nurse do it, I think I'll be able to find it easier. It's great, though, it sounds just like the one they use in the office.

And finally, I've gained 5 lbs. :knockout: which is at the "high end" of the first trimester weight gain guidelines (and I'm only 10 weeks). The nurse said she's not worried about me and that the weight gain evens out for everybody, so as long as it starts slowing down (as I feel better), it should be fine. I tend to agree, because it's not like I'm eating out of hunger. I think it will get better and in the meantime, I'm eating pretty healthy (for some reason pregnancy has made my sweet tooth disappear).

Oh, and my anatomy scan is scheduled for Oct. 3rd, which is just 2 days before I leave to go home. It will be nice to have that news when I see my family!

Okay, done hogging the thread today!
 
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Hey everyone! Man I had a crazy meeting schedule at the end of the day yesterday. I mean who schedules meetings that end at 5PM. C'mon REALLY?!?! And of course my computer died so I couldn't get my PS time in during totally pointless meetings.

Pancake, holy cow what great baby picture!!!! Fantastic screening results, that's great! Hooray for being able to do more US if you like. You lucky girl!

Katy, I'm so glad you're feeling more like yourself. That's important for sanity sake :) Hope you got your appt for the NT scan.

Marlie, cool I'll be checking how your NT scan goes! Hooray, Florida! Hope you have a good time. Be *careful* with the FL sun, it's NO JOKE! SPF as high as you can go if you'll be lounging pool-side.

NEL, did you get your doppler? Hooray for baby-gadgets. My DH would just shake his head at me. :) I'm glad your chiropractor appt was a good one. I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to get a massage too, I might actually book one with the massage school near me. Good idea to keep going throughout pregnancy. I went to acupuncture about my SI joint pain, and he said acupuncture can help a little, but they can't treat it too "aggressively" because of the pregnancy. He wants to avoid points that draw things down towards my legs since we want to keep the pregnancy ABOVE my legs. :) Good one. So he suggested some kind of special massage too, so it'd be cool to try that. :) ETA: you're totally not hogging the thread! Cool you'll be able to bust out that doppler now that you saw how the nurse used it. Don't sweat the weight gain yet. I'm sure once the M/S kicks to the curb you'll be back to your active self.

PhG, Hooray you're seeming to get better with each day. Even though you're not back to your old self yet, it sounds like you're really getting around a lot easier. How was your workout? You're so good about working out etc, I don't have as good of a workout ethic as you do. My sis is the one that gets me off my lazy butt. :)

Manne, Ugh! Sorry about hte allergies/sinus! Have you tried the Neti Pot yet? It might be just enough to clear your nose so you can fall asleep. I usually found it helpful when i've been all congested etc with allergies or a cold. So cute your mom wants to be there. Wow, a handmade quilt is serious business! I have been kinda inspired to try to do some from crafty blogs I read, but honestly that's a lot that I'm not 100% sure I want to tackle right now...

Ally, I really hope i'm as lucky as you and don't have any foot expansion. I'll be SO SAD. I think I want to get one of those foot rests to keep my feet elevated when I'm at work. Sorry about the all-day-sickness you're dealing with. Hope you're staying hydrated. We're planning on going the first week of Sept.. Hopefully we can.

Intuition for the sex of the baby, nope. Maybe I'm just not "in tune" yet. Ideally DH and I would like a boy and a girl. And I dunno having an older brother-younger sister combo to me seems like a happy combo, because I have an older brother I guess. Plus DH's is Older sister-younger brother and they're like oil and water. It probably has more to do with SIL *fantastic* (sarcastic use of emphasis) personality than who was born first though. But then in the back of my mind, I feel like all the boys were screwed up in my family (both father and mother's side), that I kinda don't want to do that. It seems like the boys are ending up OK, but it took a WHILE to get there. Whereas all the girls have ALL been "success stories" so I'm kinda like "Wow, girls in my family are like totally easy." Anyway, that's a long rambly way to say, I'm all over the place and cannot make a decision therefore have no preference. I would still want to know at the 20 wk scan than not know.

Krisse, haven't heard from you in a while. Hope you're doing OK!

~LC (11 weeks today!)
 
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MQ...sorry to hear that you are so stuffy! i personally feel that since preggo symptoms can be sucky enough pregnant women should get a free pass on all other ailments for the 9 months. that's only fair.

PG...so sorry you are still feeling terrible. I know that once you are back to your normal self, you'll get back into your old workout schedule and will start to feel better. but since you are feeling less dizzy and sort of up to it, i think it's great to give a mild workout a go.

ally...yuck. sorry you are at the throwing up level of ms, but glad you at least get some relief from it. silver lining? barely. and to answer your question...i keep imagining lo is a boy. no real reason and not quite a gut feeling but every dream i have, it's a boy and i always call it "him". but i'd be 100% happy with either i think (though I do want a girl eventually). i love that you just knew your dd was a girl. mother's intuition is amazing.

nel...yay for a great appointment and a great nurse! so exciting that you heard the heartbeat! i cannot wait for that moment. and i wouldn't worry about the 5lbs (though i'm right there with you complaining about the lbs i've gained). i keep telling myself that at this point, half of that is probably boob weight, extra blood, a larger uterus. and i agree with the nurse that it'll all even out. and how awesome that your gender scan is right before you see family. it's less than 2 months from now! so exciting!

lc...thanks for the florida sun tip! I'll be bringing the spf and plan on spending the entire time in the pool to cool off!


afm...not much. been a busy week so i'm looking forward to the weekend bigtime. nervous a little that flying while already nauseous could be interesting but it's a short flight so whatever. i'm like nel and am stressing about a little weight gain. i think i convinced myself that since i was pretty active and healthy beforehand, i'd be one of those women who doesn't show at all until 20 weeks. yeah....that's not gonna be the case! my weight keeps fluctuating too which makes me think some of it is just bloat. i actually lost weight in the beginning due to major food aversion and no appetite but i'm definitely making up for it now. oh well! other than that, just plugging along.

oh, and back on the topic of gender. i can't decide if i want to find out ahead of time. dh wants to wait until the big day and i used to feel that way but waiting until february 20th seems like an eternity...not sure i can hold out! he said that he'd go with whatever i wanted though. any btdt mom's have any input? did you find out? wait? what were your experiences?
 
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Thanks ladies for chiming in about your thoughts on your baby's gender. I've just always been curious about the mother's intuition. We'll have a little study of our own I guess ;))

NEL: Yay for a great appointment! So cool that you can find the heartbeat with your doppler! And gaining only 5lbs for the first trimester is really good. Most likely its due to the bloat and water retention. Once you feel better you can resume some of your activities (walking B, yoga/pilates) to keep the weight gain at a minimum. Re: the way you feel/preference for a boy was exactly how I felt about DD and I ended up with a girl! And what perfect timing for the NT scan. Hoping for great results to share with your family!

LC: Blech on late meetings! I hate late meetings too so I try and schedule my last client at around 3 so that the meeting ends no later than 4. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on gender preference/older/younger siblings. I find that the boys in my family are not very helpful vs the girls who really take care of the parents and any problems the parents have. I also see that once the boys get married, they aren't around as often, they don't visit or call often, etc. Whereas with my mother and I and my girlfriends and their mothers, we all have great bonds with our mothers and we tend to take on the bulk of the responsibility in caring for them. Sorry for the rambling, but just wanted to say that I can relate to what you're saying. September is a month away, get to planning!

Marlie: I'll be interested to hear what gender you'll be having! And re: weight gain - like I told NEL, it could just be due to the bloat and water retention. With DD, I had major bloat weeks 7-10ish, and then the bloat went away, had a flat tummy until around 20 weeks when all of a sudden I popped. I remember because I wore a dress to my friends wedding at about 19 weeks and no one could tell I was pregnant, but then the next week, I had a visible pregnant belly. I'm so jealous of your weekend getaway!

AFM: I was working at my desk all day yesterday, didn't get up and walk around as much as I should have, so last night I started getting some really bad cramps. DH tried to reassure me by telling me that it's the uterus growing. Has he been consulting Dr. Google? He said he remembers me feeling this way around the same time I was pregnant with DD. I really have no recollection of ever having cramps that bad. Woke up this morning with a little bit of cramps, but they're gone now. The funny thing is that I was on fertility friend (pregnancy tracker) and it talked about possibly getting cramps because the uterus is growing. ;)) My mom usually watches DD for me when I'm working (usually at home office), but I gave her the week off and my younger sister has been watching DD. However, lil sis doesn't really do a good job and I hear DD crying for me (which she never does). So it's been slightly exhausting this week. Also, I gave the ginger ale a second chance and it seems to be helping with the nausea. Now, all I need is some more sleep.

(7w1d)
 
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umm....i just fell asleep at my desk. like, majorly asleep. you are the only people who i know can understand! how embarrassing! the sad part is i kind of want to put my head down and keep resting!
 
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OMG Marlie, I've done hte same thing. I actually go outside and sleep on the benches outside but away from the main entrance that is used by my company. So shameless.... It's great when it's nice out but not so great if it's rainy or crazy hot. Try drinking some water and taking a walk outside if you can. That usually freshens me up to get through the work day.
 
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Marlie - that was me from about 5 to 11 weeks! I would regularly fall asleep in meetings and presentations. Oops.

Ally - for some reason, I always think that everyone is having a boy. Unsurprisingly, I am right approximately 50% of the time!!! That said, I don't really have any strong intuition about my little mini one. I would be so happy either way... I really want to find out though, as I don't like saying "it"!

LC - ugh, 5pm meetings, whyyyyyyyyyyyy??? I have never had much tolerance for things like that but pregnancy just compounds things! Once a month I have a clinic that STARTS at 5pm and finishes at 9pm, and I always spend the entirety of Monday feeling a sense of impending doom. For some reason I don't get that sense when I'm just working a long shift (which ends at 9:30), only when I have that extra tacked-on clinic!

Marlie - I reckon that I was carrying extra weight in constipation (ewww, TMI - sorry!) for the first few weeks. Then it was just bloat. At the moment I fluctuate. Sometimes I look like I'm in the mid-2nd tri, and others I can't see it at all! I can see/feel that I have a fullness in the pelvic region between my hip bones that I never had before (always been convex there) but sometimes that is all.

NEL - I am too scared to get a Doppler for precisely that reason! Although now that I am about to hit the 2nd tri I am thinking I might... can't decide. Re the morphology scan, here they normally do it at 19 weeks. I'm having mine at 20 just because I'll be o/s at 19. I don't think it is strictly strict strict, if that makes sense - because there's no dating involved and therefore your accuracy doesn't decrease if you wait a week. I would have thought they'd probably prefer not to do it too much earlier though.

MonkeyPrincess, you are the sweetest of the sweet. I often think of you and am willing a BFP to come to you very soon. Fingers crossed here in the Antipodes for you!

Katy - I know, I can hardly believe I've hit 12 weeks either! You are not far behind, we will be celebrating the end of your 1st tri before you know it :) I'm glad the nausea is better with the ondansetron on board.

PG, I'm so glad that you're doing so much better! Looking through the last few pages of this thread, you have made huge strides even just in the last week! Your NT scan is so soon, very excited for you.

AFM - I want to thank everyone for being so positive and excited for me with my scan! I have to say that I have honestly not felt this happy since we found out I was pregnant! These last couple of days have been the first where I've really felt relaxed, thrilled and non-anxious. We have now told all of our extended family and a few friends. I plan to tell work next week. I'm a bit nervous about telling some people at work as I had a doctorate all lined up to start in February and now I'll be having a baby instead :S I hope they'll be understanding.

Today I am wearing jeans (it's a charity fundraiser for genetic research here - "Jeans for Genes Day"); I haven't worn these ones for a few weeks and they feel TIGHT around the waist today! I have 2 other pairs that I think I can get away with for a few more weeks and then I think I'm going to have to break out the maternity jeans if only just for comfort's sake (and so that others don't have to witness muffin top!). I am starting to thicken around the middle slightly, but am pretty sure that nobody would look at me and guess I'm pregnant. Yet.
 
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Pancake, I'm so glad to hear that you're really excited, it's contagious! And yay for being able to tell everybody soon! I'll be so glad when the cat is out of the bag, so I'm jealous that you can start telling people now. Oh, and the anatomy scan is done at 19 weeks here, too. I'll be travelling when I'm 19 weeks, so she just pushed it up a few days. I'll be 18w, 5d when they do the scan and she said that was close enough to 19 weeks.

Ally, how are the cramps today? I had awful, awful cramps until about 7 or 8 weeks (they would wake me up at night), then they subsided. Then one day last week I had awful cramps for one evening. And is today the last day your sis is watching DD? It will be nice to get a little rest this weekend after the long week! Glad to hear the ginger ale is helping with the nausea.

Marlie, haha, I fell asleep at my desk last week without realizing it. I woke up when my head sort of fell the side and I was confused for a couple of seconds about where I was. So glad nobody saw me. My coworker said she used to book a conference room for an hour, then face away from the door with her laptop on her lap, so if anybody peeked through the door it just looked like she was working. Pregnant women will find a way to get their sleep!

Oh, and as for finding out the sex of the baby--one of my friends was on the fence about whether or not to know, so she had the doc write it down on a card at the anatomy scan. A few weeks later she and her husband decided they did want to know, so they planned a nice dinner and opened the card when they ordered dessert. She was really glad they found out (she was hoping for a girl, but had a boy, so she was glad she had a little bit of time to mentally prepare), but more than anything she was glad she could just share the experience with her husband instead of with a doctor in the room.

LC, the girls in my family are pretty kick-butt, too. Especially the older generation (my mom, my aunts, etc.). What's funny is that I have 3 sisters (no brothes) and they have seven kids between them. Six girls and only one boy, so girls are definitely the dominant sex in my family! We need a boy to start balancing things out!

AFM, I had sort of a funny morning. You know how I have three breakfasts between 7 and 11 a.m. to keep from puking? Well this morning I was all freaked out about my 5 lb. weight gain and decided that instead of oatmeal and toast for breakfast #1, I'd just have a few bites of oatmeal and no toast. My reasoning was that if I just got a little bit of food in me, maybe that would be enough to keep me from being sick. I felt fine until I left the house, and then I started dry heaving on my way to the commuter rail station. I was afraid I'd have to turn around and go home. Luckily my company gives us free bagels on Fridays, so I got a bagel as soon as I got in and now I feel much better. So much for that experiment.

Oh, and my team had a little afternoon outing yesterday because we're all super busy and have been working until 8 every night. So I had to get to the bar early and order a mocktail. Everybody else had a few cocktails each, but what's funny is that because we're all so busy, we had to come back to work for a few more hours! I was trying to put together a client presentation with a coworker who was a bit tipsy and we were stuck here until 10. I just wanted to go home!

And finally, the doppler is a success. I can find the heartbeat fairly easily now and it's fun to listen with D at night before we go to bed (seriously, D says goodnight to the baby every night, it's kind of cute). I think we'll be using it fairly often over the next several weeks. It's nice to be able to listen at home without the nurse in the room.

Happy Friday, everyone!!
 
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Marlie, have a great trip. I hope the flight goes smoothly for you. Hopefully you'll get some much needed R&R and get back all recharged :))

Ally, I agree I need to start cracking on the trip planning, but DH didn't feel like talking about it last night. :rolleyes: So I have to wait until he's ready to talk about it I guess. Hopefully tonight we'll see. And between girls vs boys in terms of family dynamic I haven't really thought about that. I guess it's not necessarily a gender thing in either mine or DH's family. My brother is living in FL so he's around where my parents are, but he's only recently grown into a contributing member, rather than just a dependent. Sis and I are the major contributors in terms of finances, responsibility, emotional etc. But physically being present and doing actual physical work my brother is there and he actually does a lot of that. In DH's family his sister is more absent than him, so it's a mixed bag. I think for that my focus will be to try to raise really thoughtful and considerate children and hope for the best. Sorry the week has been so exhausting but at least we're almost at the weekend. Woo hoo!

Pancake, it's definitely a load off to let the cat out of the bag. Woo hoo! Comfort is definitely more important right now, so I'd totally swap out to the mat jeans. I also heard that some ladies used belts or hair ties to give yourself an extra inch or two before switching to mat jeans. YOu'll have to make sure you're wearing a longer top to keep your jeans covered though...

NEL, wow, that kinda sucks that you had to work with a slightly tipsy coworker while you were sober. But at least you were able to make sure good decisions were made. Mocktails are the best to throw people off, but you definitely need to get there early, or order seperately in order to do it. Hooray for the doppler, so cute that your DH says good night to the baby every night.

Not much going on for me. NT scan is on Monday. Looking forward it. DH is not coming. I dunno but I've kinda been concerned that something happened since I haven't been having any symptoms at all. I guess in my head I'm totally afraid of something bad happening and I'll be all by myself without DH there. Weird craziness I know. I'm sure everything will be OK. And it is what it is. But y'know crazy irrational fears and everything.

Not much else is going on. Might meet up with a girlfriend and her 7 month old for dinner.

~LC (11W, 1D)
 
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LC -- I'm sure everything will be fine. Enjoy the awesome views of your bebe!
 
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Ally, sorry you are throwing up now. :(( Glad you felt better after. As for gender intuition, I think this one is a boy. But last time I thought it was a boy too (but we really wanted a girl, so that might have been me trying not to be disappointed). Really, I've got no idea! And I'm glad your cramps went away. I do think the uterus stretches around that time.

Marlie, aw, so funny that you fell asleep! We get it!

PC, I think it's pretty awesome that you are still in the same pants! I can't even get the next size up buttoned; I'm using the Bella Band. But I think you pop sooner with the second one.

NEL, you're tempting me with the doppler! So glad it's a success for you. And what is this about working until 8 or 10 at night? You must be so tired!

LC, I think you're just one of those women who is lucky in the symptoms department. We know you've been napping on benches, so you're definitely tired (unless you do that normally too? :cheeky: ). I wouldn't worry! But if you want your DH there, I think you should make him go. He just may not have any clue as to why it's important.


AFM, well, yeah. Things are definitely better, but I'm queasy and tired and all that. I don't think the phenergan is really working, but it does knock me out. I haven't taken any today. I tried to do a cardio DVD and had to quit half way through because I got dizzy. But still, I did 20+ minutes, so that's something. And today is the VERY FIRST DAY I've taken care of Claire all by myself in weeks! We even went to the grocery store and blew bubbles in the backyard. Right now we're just watching tv, but I tell myself that's OK because she has the croup and is a little sick. So there is progress. But, you know, I'm still 9.5 weeks pregnant, and that means queasy and tired.
 
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OK another reason I've got this irrational fear is because last week, when I was in a training session, I got an electric shock trying to plug my phone into a outlet. Apparently there was an exposed current right next to the outlet and I touched it by accident. There was no label or sign about a live current or anything so it was quite a surprise, plus I wouldn't have been so dumb to stick my finger on it. I was kinda freaked out and still am, but I guess there's nothing I can do about it. I didn't get a burn or anything just felt a BUZZ. So I guess that's the other reason I'm kinda scared to go to this U/S by myself. But I'll be fine either way I'm sure. I'll let everyone know on Monday afternoon.

PhG, man, wouldn't it be awesome to be able to take naps every day while at work? Sigh! Acupuncture naps would be AWESOME! The ultimate cat nap. Sorry the phenergan might not be working. But HOLY COW for taking care of DD by yourself! I'm so happy to hear that! And go you for trying the cardio yesterday. It's making me very happy to hear you're slowly coming out of the horrible symptoms you were having early on. I'm glad your doctor was able to make your diagnosis and the IV and scrips has been able to help so much. Hope Claire gets over the croup. Is that a cough???

~LC
 
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