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AMC - so sorry :((

Hi everyone - I've been MIA for the last week or two (can't keep track) due to traveling like a mad woman at work. There's nothing worse than being in the first trimester and flying/traveling/carrying luggage. Such a pain in butt.

Had my first pre-natal visit today. I told the nurse practitioner that I've been really worried due to the lack of pg symptoms, especially since I was so sick with DS. She ordered an u/s to put my mind at ease, and lo and behold, there's a baby in there! :appl: Saw the heart beat (120 bpm) and he/she is measuring at 6 weeks 4 days, which is right on track. What a relief! Now I guess I should try to *enjoy* the lack of symtpoms...while it lasts! :cheeky:


Will come back and write more later - DS is running wild and needs to get ready for bed.
 
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Where is everybody? Come on ladies, let's liven up this board!

I had my first antenatal appointment today. They basically just took my medical history, measured my height and weight, requested a booking for my first scan, and took a urine sample. Oh, and they booked my next antenatal appointment on the 22nd. The midwife wasn't available so I'm having it with a doctor instead.

As for symptoms, I'm definitely bloated, and I think my breasts are a bit tender but I might be imagining it - I've never had tender breasts before. I'm actually a bit concerned that I haven't had any symptoms; maybe I need to POAS again :cheeky:
 
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He ladies! It certainly is slow on here, given the number of recent BFPs. I hope everyone is doing well!

Mayerling, sounds like the appointment went well! Will they do an ultrasound on the 22nd??

Sugarpie: Congrats on having a healthy little bean. Hope work stuff slows down a bit. Do you usually travel a lot?

Nothing new to report over here. Four weeks today. DH and I are getting a little more excited over this bean. I keep telling myself that it's not super likely that I'll have two miscarriages in a row. (Right?) I'm seriously considering buying some more HPTs at the store this evening. I feel silly, but like the extra reassurance that a positive test provides. Good news is that I'm not spotting at all- Woohoo! Last time I spotted from the get-go.

What else? Hmm...

Last night DH wanted to run to the bookstore to get some parenting/pregnancy books :love: My compromise was heading to a used bookstore around the corner and buying a baby name book. He made me flip through it throughout dinner and circle the names we both liked.

One of my teacher friends invited us to a sushi-making dinner party at his house tomorrow. Raw fish and wine, oh joy! Perfect situation for a newly pregnant woman :wink2:
 
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Hey Sugarpie! :wavey:

Mayerling & PPM- I think it's slow b/c this time is just a lot of waiting. I barely had any symptoms with DS. Had mild hang-over feeling from about 6 weeks till 10 weeks, but not really that bad, no bloat or tender breasts or anything. This go round, not so much. :knockout:

I think one of the worst parts about this time is you can't really tell anyone, so pretending to drink or not eat sushi, or trying not to fall asleep in meetings is torture.

AFM- We are doing our CVS test on Monday and I am NERVOUS. I've never asked for dust before, but any dust, thoughts, prayers you have to spare would be much appreciated.
 
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PPM, I'm in the UK so no ultrasounds unless they are deemed medically necessary. So I'll have a scan at 12 weeks - which they call a dating scan and which calculates my due date, and one at 20 weeks to check for abnormalities. I'm actually going back home for the holidays and I'm looking forward to seeing my gynaecologist there and asking him to print a pic of my baby (in the UK I would have to buy the sonogram picture).

ChinaCat, sending you lots of dust!
 
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CC - just poking my head in so I can wish you official PS dust! all fingers and toes will be crossed for you!!
 
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CC sending dust too!!!
 
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LOTS OF DUST CHINA!!!~~~~~~~~
 
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Dust to you China!! :wavey:

I fell asleep last night while DH was talking to me! He said he knew for sure I was pregnant now. It's normally the opposite, I get upset with him when he falls asleep during cuddle time. I think we've entered the stage of falling asleep without saying good night :cheeky:
 
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Another symptom: my boobs are finally tender. I've also had a bit of back pain lately but that's only a by-product of the pregancy; I suffer from allergies and I'm refusing to take the only decongestant that works for me while I'm pregnant, so for the past few nights I've been sleeping sitting up (it's the only thing that keeps my nose open enough to breathe).
 
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Good luck today China! Thinking of you!

A quick hi to the rest of you. Fatigue has hit me hard the last week but I'll try and find some time to check back soon!
 
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Dust to you China!!

I still feel pretty rotten. I'm not throwing up (except for that one time...) but I feel gross all the time. I don't want to eat anything, but my stomach feels SO empty. The things I'm eating are gross. Kraft Dinner is a fave. Soup. Toast. Poutine (do you guys know what that is? Fries with gravy and cheese curds).

My family has started calling my baby "poutine" but with a french accent "pu-tenh". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

The worst part is that KD and poutine are two of my guilty pleasures, and I am taking NO pleasure from eating them! What the heck!?

I also get crazy bloated by the end of the day. I've gained about 5 pounds. Probably all the KD and poutine :-)

My first o/b and big ultrasound is on December 8 so once we have that, we might start telling more people. We are planning on having genetic testing done though (DH has a cousin with downs) so we might wait too. Depends on how fat I get. :-)

I hate feeling sick all the time. My husband is sometimes sympathetic but other times he says things like "you should get up and do something - go outside - it will make you feel better". Which is of course super frustrating when I feel like shi* all the time.

Anyways - long post. All about me. Sorry :-)
 
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Muffdog, I'm sorry you're feeling so rotten. How far along are you?

I hadn't considered waiting until after the genetic testing to tell people but you might have a point. At which point is the genetic testing offered in the US? I think over here it's at 20 weeks which might be pushing it (but I might be wrong). We haven't told anyone yet; we want to wait until the first trimester is over, but we're seeing our families over the holidays so we'll probably tell them then even though it'll only be about 9 weeks.
 
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China, just wanted to pop in and send you some dust! Good luck!
 
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ChinaCat, I hope the test went well!

PPM, did you end up going to that party?

I'm not posting much because it will be filled with self-centered, panicky, irrational fear of all the cramps I have. I think I need to cut down the amount of work material I drag with me.
Have a great week everyone! Sticky dust!
 
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China-I hope all went well today! Please let us know how it went!

Mayerling-Are you taking anything for your allergies? I ask because I am really struggling with mine right now. I'm allergic to everything...like really everything. My doctor switched me from Allegra-D to regular Zyrtec and said it would be better for the baby to be on the Zyrtec than to not be on something and then get an infection as a result. Turns out I have bronchitis right now anyhow and they want me to take antibiotics but I'm refusing right now, at least for a few more days...I'm just too scared to take them.

MuffDog-I hear ya. I feel the same way all the time. I'm exhausted from the time I wake up until I go to bed and I nap in the evenings when I get home from work. My husband keeps asking if I want to do something to "make me feel better", um...no, I want another nap!


Choro-How far along are you? I had awful cramping for weeks (from about 3 weeks to 6 weeks) that no one could explain why but it went away one day. I have slight cramping now occasionally but not constant or awful like it was in the beginning. I'm sorry you are feeling so rough!

AFM-I'm sick and sleeping every spare second. My "morning sickness" likes to strike in the dead of night and keep me up for hours. I'm still not able to lift much or do much due to a sub chorianic hemorrhage. People at work are being good about it and helping me roll my machine down to the specials room to do biopsies and such. I scanned myself today and Bean is showing his/her face today! I was so excited to see her face and she jumped while I was scanning her!

The picture didn't photograph well but to the left of FACE is the eyes, just below that is the nose and beneath that is the open mouth. Where it says hand it's not technically the hand but the webbed bud where the hand will develop.

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choro72|1321289667|3061419 said:
ChinaCat, I hope the test went well!

PPM, did you end up going to that party?

I'm not posting much because it will be filled with self-centered, panicky, irrational fear of all the cramps I have. I think I need to cut down the amount of work material I drag with me.
Have a great week everyone! Sticky dust!
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:lol: :lol: You're a new teacher, right? HA! I feel your pain. There's NO way to avoid taking work home. My colleagues joke that I look like a pack mule when I leave each evening. (Admittedly, though, I take home about four hours worth of work and am lucky if I do 1.5 hours) Try not to overwork yourself. It's not worth it!

Hope your crampiness subsides soon!
 
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Hey ladies!! I've been MIA, got back from my work trip on Sunday. Thankfully it's over and I don't have to worry about it for a whole year!! I'm so happy to be home with DH and the cats!

Had my appointment today. My blood pressure has been high at both appointments so they ordered a 24 hour urine collection to check my kidney function and how it processes protein. Boo!! High blood pressure/hypertension runs in my family so I have to watch my diet now. I plan on doing the collection this weekend. I have to collect all my urine for 24 hours in a jug :o But on to the good news....I heard baby's heartbeat today!! Doctor pressed on my stomach and I was like "wow can I go to the bathroom first?" She moved around a little and said my full bladder could be why she couldn't find it. I came back and the nurse tried and had me elevate my hips. She found it and it was a healthy 160 bpm! I teared up. Such a cool experience! I have to go back in 2 weeks for a check up and get the results from my urine collection. DH can go with me this time so he'll hear the heartbeat with me!! Oh and they gave me a new due date of June 10th, not sure where that came from. The ultrasound tech told me June 9th previously. Who knows! So I'm about 10 weeks haha.
 
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Stepcutgirl, the only thing that works for me is Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride which I'm afraid to use during pregnancy. So I just keep sleeping sitting up. Also, it's so cool you have a picture of your baby!
Missy, it's so cool you got to hear the heartbeat!
I envy you both. I don't think I'll really get to "experience" the baby until they scan me at 12 weeks.
 
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Stepcut, DH and I were saying the other night how cool it is that you can just scan yourself! What a cute little one! I'm 8W4D today. I'm so relieved to hear that other people had cramping too!

PPM, yes, I'm a teacher :D I'm only part time, so I don't even have an office! I still carry tons of paperwork for the students and my laptop, textbook, etc all adds up to 20lbs. It's not THAT much, and I usually carry them up and down the stair. Yesterday I stopped carrying them and dumped them in a suitcase. I hope it eases the crampiness.

Missy, so nice that you heard the heartbeat!
 
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Missy-yay for getting to hear the heartbeat! That's so exciting!

Mayerling-I hear ya, Afrin (Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride) is the best, but you are right to stay off it for now. I hope you get some relief!

Choro-We are really close, I'm 8w2d today! I have always liked my job and enjoyed going to work but being pregnant has given me a whole new appreciation for it. I try not to over do it peeking at him/her but it is a relief sometimes just to see the heartbeat and know that all is well. Have you had any spotting? I never did but the cramping was so bad I thought it had to be either ectopic or miscarrying. My OB told me they don't know why it happens to some people and not others and they don't know what causes it but that they see it a lot. Have you talked to your OB or had an ultrasound done yet to confirm all is well?
 
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MuffDog|1321281451|3061340 said:
Dust to you China!!

I still feel pretty rotten. I'm not throwing up (except for that one time...) but I feel gross all the time. I don't want to eat anything, but my stomach feels SO empty. The things I'm eating are gross. Kraft Dinner is a fave. Soup. Toast. Poutine (do you guys know what that is? Fries with gravy and cheese curds).

My family has started calling my baby "poutine" but with a french accent "pu-tenh". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

The worst part is that KD and poutine are two of my guilty pleasures, and I am taking NO pleasure from eating them! What the heck!?

I also get crazy bloated by the end of the day. I've gained about 5 pounds. Probably all the KD and poutine :-)

My first o/b and big ultrasound is on December 8 so once we have that, we might start telling more people. We are planning on having genetic testing done though (DH has a cousin with downs) so we might wait too. Depends on how fat I get. :-)

I hate feeling sick all the time. My husband is sometimes sympathetic but other times he says things like "you should get up and do something - go outside - it will make you feel better". Which is of course super frustrating when I feel like shi* all the time.

Anyways - long post. All about me. Sorry :-)
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I am a lurker on here and had a little giggle when I read the version your family has given your baby. Pronounced like that, it is equivalent to damn/sh*t in French (poutain). :lol:

I think I'd encourage them to pronounce it "pu-teen" which would be how the French would pronounce it. ;)

PS- I had to google what that was and although it doesn't sound appetizing (cheese curd) it looks yummy!
 
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Wow. I totally forgot how bad the first trimester sucks. For the past few weeks I've been walking around like "la dee dah, I feel sooo great", and then it hit me. :? and this time it's worse than what I went through with DS.

Came home on my lunch break and thew up my lunch (and pre-natal vitamin), feel like I could sleep every single second of the day, wanting to cry and scream at the same time, starving but no appetite....shall I go on?? :blackeye:

Just gotta get through this trimester...... :knockout:

Hope everyone is doing well. It's comforting to know we're in this together! ;))



(7 weeks 2 days)
 
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Sugarpie, I'm sorry to hear about all the nausea. I haven't had any proper nausea or vomiting yet, except every now and then I feel sick at the thought of certain foods (which I usually like).

Also, I keep getting these painful muscle cramps whenever I stand up too fast, and I think my bloat is finally going away - now time for the real bump!
 
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I'm about 8 weeks I think. The emotional part is starting to kick in. Before, I would get weepy watching tv if anything even remotely sad/touching came on.

Today was a new one though.

I waited for public transit and when it came, it was full and I didn't make it on.

And I cried. I kept thinking "PULL IT TOGETHER, WOMAN!" but yeah, I was so upset that I cried. I knew it didn't make sense but I couldn't stop myself.

Oh boy.
 
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Ok, I'm gonna see if I can catch up really quickly during my lunch break!

Muffdog, sorry about the emotionalness! It's so annoying how you know you are being a little unrational but you can't help it! Lol at your babey's nickname!

Mayerling, I'm with you on not getting a scan till ~12 weeks. It seems so far away! In the US many patients are offered screening at around 12 weeks that can ID risks of genetic abnormalities, and if that shows anything, some people then get amnio around 16 weeks I think.

Sugarpie, sorry you are feeling so sick! I hope it passes quickly!

stepcutgirl, I'm jealous you get to peek at your LO so much! I haven't seen mine at all yet!

Choro, ouch to all the cramping. I've had some on and off myself, man it's annoying!

Missy, glad you are done with travel and things are still going well. Hope the kidney testing goes ok. It's less likely if you have a family history, but any chance you have white-coat hypertension? I have that and get sky-high readings at the Dr. but if I go to a drugstore or something or if they measure again at the end of the appt when I'm more relaxed it's back to normal.

China, hope things went great at your testing!

Hi to Kunzite, PPM, and anyone else I forgot! Hope your beans are baking away well!

AFM, I'm now 8w5d! Over 20% done! As I mentioned a few days ago the fatigue has caught up with me starting beginning of last week. Work has been CRAZY lately, as part of a major reorg on the horizon and a coworker leaving, I am taking on some new responsibilities. On top of that my regular work has just been super challenging lately, and it doesn't help that I spend about 1-3 pm every day wishing desparately I could crawl under a desk for a nap.

Other than that feeling good, still have the nausea managed, and still fitting into my clothes for now thank goodness! I have been craving fruit like crazy, went grocery shopping Sunday morning and it was hilarious how many different types of fruit ended up in my cart! DH has finally started to tell a few of his friends (well, he got drunk and accidentally told one, and then felt bad he hadn't told another friend so called him too). They are all so excited for us, I can't wait to tell everyone! Just about another month and we will come clean.
 
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Steph, it's always much higher at the doctor! I take it at home and it's at a more normal level. So I do believe I have the white coat thing going on.

I can tell when I'm going to get a high reading. Before going in the room I get the dreaded red spotches on my chest that stick out like a sore thumb with my pale skin!! I find myself getting nervous/frustrated a lot at work too. My boss is an insensitive micro-managing man and I have a hard time dealing with him. I feel like I walk around on egg shells just waiting for him to talk to me like I'm a child or pile more work on me. I don't want to talk back to him and stoop to his level so I usually keep my mouth shut. So I feel like I could burst at times and then get mad at myself for letting him get to me. I'm going to tell my OB about my work issues just so they're aware. Any advice for calming myself down or how I could talk to him or go to HR Dept anyone?? I know it's not healthy for me or baby!!
 
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Sugarpie- :nono: on feeling sick. I know how you feel, it was MISERABLE, esp with a toddler. Good news is that I am finally feeling better, so hopefully it will be short-lived for you. Not gonna lie, if you had told me that back at 7 or 8 weeks I would not have believed you, and if even if I did, would have thought that I wouldn't last until 12 weeks. The all day nausea moved to half days and evenings around 11 weeks, and now at 13 weeks it's pretty much gone (with an occasional drop by just to let me know I'm not in charge ;))). Just take it day by day, and do whatever you can to feel better. O got more snacks, watched more cartoons and played with the Ipad way more than normal, but hey, it got me through. And I had the occasional Dr Pepper or tea with caffeine in it, because somedays it was the ONLY way I could get through work.

Missy- That sucks about your boss. I worked with many a bully and/or passive-aggressive types and it's hard to figure out a way to handle them. The advice I wish I'd gotten was to stand firm on my boundaries, not react emotionally or at all to the tantrums, but be very clear about what was acceptable behavior and what wasn't. That is VERY easy to say, and very hard to do. Hugs, stress at work is no good for you. Perhaps when you can tell them you are preggo you can be very clear that you cannot get your blood pressure up???

AFM- Initial results of CVS all normal. :appl: For those of you that don't know, a CVS is a diagnostic test that is performed b/w weeks 10 and 14. So instead of doing the 12 week u/s and blood tests, which is just a screening that gives you odds but does not actually give you a hard yes/no, I had this test done. It is comparable to the amnio, but you can't do an amnio until 16 weeks. The reason I did this was because we had some abnormal results in my last pregnancy that led to a loss and because I am 37. If I did not have these issues, I most likely would have opted for the normal 12 week screening test. Needless to say, huge relief. I have not really allowed myself to think much about the baby beyond the day by day, and now it's like I am all of a sudden coming to terms with the fact that I'm really having a baby in May. WOW.

There is still a more detailed report to come, and of course there still could be something on there, but the initial results were negative for Downs and the other 3 trisomies, which are serious and usually non-compatible with life (or at least not long past birth).

Can tell people now, which is a relief b/c I think I totally look preggo!

13w1d
 
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China, you're right it is so easy to say and not easy to do! Problem is, my boss already knows! He has known for weeks now. I told him because there was a lot of lifting coming up and I wasn't sure I could help with it. So yeah, not sure what to do from here. I know others have had problems with him before and have went to HR and nothing is done. I guess we'll see what happens! By the way, glad your test came back with good results! We opted to not do any of the tests/screenings. It would just cause me to worry more if something came back with abnormal results. So we're better off not knowing!

My shirt that I tried on this morning was noticablly shorter in the front than in the back because my stomach is sticking out more that usual today :lol: Going to see Beaking Dawn tonight at midnight. I may not function too well at work tomorrow, but my boss (his last name is Harvey so I refer to him as Hurricane Harvey because you never know when he's going to land and ruin your good mood!) is sick so maybe he won't be in tomorrow ;))
 
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China - happy to hear your initial results came back a-okay. It should be smooth sailing from here. :))
 
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