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@spaniellove: hmmm, my answer is "sort of." I didn't get my diagnosis for almost a year after my attacks started, so I had to try to cope with diet alone.

I first started by eliminating almost all super fatty foods...anything fried, pizza, etc. Sounds hard, but they made me so sick, I didn't have a problem doing it. This also meant that I pretty much couldn't eat out. When we went out, it was usually for Japanese food...rice, chicken, miso soup, and sushi didn't make me ill, so that's what we went with.

The next thing I did was eliminate almost all processed foods. I also discovered I was allergic to anything with MSG added into it, so that was out the window as well. I ate a lot of rice, lots of chicken, applesauce, and fresh fruit and veggies. Most days, that seemed to work. A word of caution: avoid nuts! I didn't realize it, but there's so much fat in them that I couldn't process them, even almonds.

Making these changes made it manageable for a while, but by the time I got diagnosed and scheduled my surgery, I couldn't really eat very much. It took them so long to diagnose because I didn't have many of the risk factors, except a family history. In the end, I couldn't wait to have them out. A full-fledged attack is super painful, I hate to say, but I know that some people can control the gallstones with diet. Hopefully, you are one of them. If you do get an attack, try to breathe...they're usually short-lived and can pass as quickly as they come on. Hang in there. Keeping you in my thoughts!

Feel free to message me if you have any more q's! FX for a healthy and sticky pregnancy

Happy Friday everyone!! I hit 5 weeks today! Still 4 more weeks to go until our first appointment. I'm still having super light cramps, but am feeling better about it now that i know it's just the little nugget making some room! The constipation (TMI!), I could live without. My boobs are also starting to kill me and I had to go up a size, which kind of made me sad. I hope they don't get any bigger, I don't know if I can handle anything more than my current DD!

How is everyone doing? Any fun weekend plans?

Nothing fun here, it will be raining all wknd! hoping the days go by fast for Tuesday, my 1st appointment! So nervous!

My symptoms came back when I took the stuff today! I never thought feeling crappy would make me so happy!

@TheSwissWifeStyle: Tuesday will be here before you know it!

@Pirouette: I'm not telling either of our moms until after our first appointment on May 17th. Luckily MIL is going with us that weekend to visit my parents that night, so I get to tell them all at the same time. I have had four losses, so I tend to be a little more cautious. I do think it's a good rule of thumb to wait until the first ultrasound because chances of bad news tends to go way way down after the heartbeat is determined, but that is just me! I hear you on the lightyears away though! It still have a month and I talk to my mom almost everyday! It's killing me!

@Pirouette: Would you find it helpful to have their support if the appointment was stressful? We told our parents right away and I have mixed feelings about it. I told my dad first (my mom is not living and my stepmom has no relationship with me) because I thought he'd be hurt if he wasn't the first to know, and regret it because he has less than zero capacity to support me right now. I can't tell him what I'm going through, and instead he's telling me I'm going to make myself have a m/c by sitting in the car, walking too fast, or just by being old (FFS, I just turned 32). On the other hand I have no regrets about telling my ILs because they can handle the ups and downs with some grace. So I think it truly is a matter of how you feel they will support you in any situation, although hopefully the appointment will go wonderfully and it will all be great news!

hi! just wanted to introduce myself Long time lurker on the boards....just found out we're having baby #2. Unofficial due date is Christmas! I'm looking forward to getting to know all you ladies!

So we had a scare last night and went to the ER. My normal cramps changed and became kind of intense and rhythmic so I called my nurse on call and she told me to get to the ER. We did an ultrasound, some bloodwork, and a pelvis exam. My cervix is still nice and closed, my HCG level came back really high (almost 30,000 for only a little over 5 weeks, and we got to see our little sack...it's still too early to see anything in it. I was actually measuring ahead of what we thought, which now means my new EDD is 12/19/13 instead of 12/21/13. The cramps are just some more expanding of the uterus and because there was really no spotting and no bleeding, there isn't really anything to worry about, that it was just cramping. Now I can't wait until 9 weeks to see my little nugget and hopefully actually get to hear it's little heartbeat!

@mrsdoily: sounds like you got a lot of good news after a stressful night! That must have been really scary, but I'm glad everything is good!

@mrsdoily: I'm glad everything is ok after the scare! Now we are due the same day.

@elchalten: Thanks! I'm alternating between having hope and not having hope. I think I really just need to do whatever I can to keep myself from Googling things between now and my appointment. It's hard to break that habit, because it yielded a lot of great tips during IF treatments but nothing good can come of it now.

@TheSwissWifeStyle: @jaypegs: Hoping you guys have wonderful appointments tomorrow!!!

Thanks for the well-wishes ladies!! I am feeling much better, but I do have to admit that I am a wee bit worried about how high my HCG level is. My ER doctor said it was in the 30,000 range, which is pretty high for when I had it taken (5wks 2 days). I called the nurse in my midwife's office this morning for a followup and she said that it could be indicative of multiples, which now has me nervous as crap, lol. If I end up having twins, I will be a SAHM for sure, as we will not be able to afford child care! Scary how that can change everything! I guess we will have too see how it goes at our ultrasound in 25 days!

@elchalten: ha, see that's the difference - i see my parents all the time! they live really close. I also feel like if i wait until the end of the first tri they are going to feel like i shut them out of this very important time, and i don't want to hurt them. also, my parents are the ones that really expected me to struggle to get pregnant, so they are going to be ecstatic just to know i am capable of getting pregnant, even if it doesn't stick. i think i'm going to tentatively tell them this weekend, but also make it clear that at this point the pregnancy has not been confirmed, so it's not yet "real" so to speak. So they are in on it but don't get their hopes up too high before my appt. I totally understand your point of view though, and if my parents knew we were trying to begin with, i think it would be easier to hold off on telling them.

@spaniellove: google is evil! DH and I were convinced i was having an ectopic the other day because of what google says about shoulder pain in early pregnancy. i think i just may have exercised a little too hard or my body wasn't warmed up enough. That's a scary hour of my life i'll never get back! I'm thinking of you and keeping my FX for you every day!

@mrsmate: welcome!!

@mrsdoily: EEP!!! there might be two in there?! try not to let yourself get too crazy over it, a lot can happen with those numbers in the early weeks! don't go quitting your job yet

@TheSwissWifeStyle: sorry your appointment wasn't great. i know lots of women measure slightly behind in the first measurements, and at least you saw a heartbeat!! I hope monday's appointment sets your mind at ease...my first appt is monday - can't come fast enough for the both of us! Keeping my FX for you.

The appointment wasn't good...they confirmed that the baby stopped growing a week ago, at 5 weeks. So I think this is where I need to leave this group. I wish all of you very happy and healthy pregnancies and I look forward to seeing you post your birth stories with beautiful baby photos come December!

@spaniellove: my heart sank!!! i am sooo sorry!!! sending you many hugs!!! you will be in my thoughts and prayers..

So my ER doctor must have been overtired and overworked (it was a crazy night in the ER I guess). My beta was actually 3029 not in the 30,000's. That is within a perfectly normal range. 30,000 would have probably meant twins or a child with downs. So that solved the question of the mysteriously high HCG levels.

@mrsdoily: oh my god. that is hilarious!! tell your ER doc to stop drinking on the job

@spaniellove: I'm so sorry

@spaniellove: I am so so sorry to hear this! My thoughts are with you and your SO.