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@Foodnerd81: The insomnia is the worst - I am so exhausted and just lie there unable to fall asleep. I learned it was a symptom during my middle of the night Googling!

@Elizachase: Welcome! We may have to have a Maryland mama get together down the line.

@Foodnerd81: I'm having a rough time falling asleep at bedtime, too! At first, I blamed it on my afternoon cat naps, but then I realized it was also happening on days when I didn't get a nap. So frustrating to be so tired at 4pm and wide awake at 11!

Thanks for all the welcome and congrats messages. Wanted to write something sooner, but my phone kept doing this weird thing of writing two words at a time! Seems to be fixed now

Really excited to see all these names. I never thought to skip December (.... but I was trying really hard to get pregnant!). Think it'll be lovely to have a baby at Christmas time. And by the summer they'll be at a really nice age to get out and about.

@Mrs. Taco - you're a teacher too?! What do you teach? I'm finding it really tough with the non stop nausea. I even had to have yesterday off work. Felt incredibly guilty as colleagues have to cover and pupils have exams coming up.

@aprilfool, @lovehoneybee, @foodnerd81, @Elizachase - No headaches or insomnia for me yet. Perhaps that'll be next

@Mrs. Taco: I teach Maths at a secondary school (ages 11-18).

That's so strange - the exact same has happened to me! I teach a girl in year 10 who has definitely sussed me out... 'Do you just feel ill in the morning Miss?' etc etc when I said I wasn't feeling great the other week. I keep sneaking bites of crackers too and she seems to spot it every time. It's quite sweet really as she's now being extra nice and helpful

My drawer is full of crackers, nuts, sweets, ginger biscuits. I've given up trying to eat between lessons. It's sneak a bit of food or be sick. I sound so professional right!?

Isn't it weird how some people just know. I thought my mum would know straight away too, but she didn't. Anyone else been rumbled already?

@Lady Baltimore: That's so funny! That's never going to happen at mine... They're going to notice any bump straight away. And you'd better believe they won't be too shy to ask

Had my first prenatal today at 9 weeks with the NP. I don't think she was going to try and listen for the heartbeat by doppler until I asked her. She said "I'm not promising anything, but your little so we might be able to pick it up". We didn't hear anything though so I'm a little bummed. Realistically I know it's probably just too early, but of course I'm a tad bit nervous now. Go back in two weeks to try again.

@lady baltimore: So exciting!! Good luck

@skipper2010: Super early! They won't even try here until 14 weeks.

@MamaBehr: My 2 year old is touching my belly and wanting to sit on it all the time.

The universe is playing some kind of sick joke on me! I am craving chocolate and yet it makes me feel soooooo sick. Not fair!

@AprilFool: Ha. E just wants to elbow jab my stomach! We haven't explicitly *told* him yet, but last night, after being elbowed for the 15th time I told him he needed to be careful because he was going to hurt the baby...I don't think he understood, though

@sotofamilia: Yay for hearing a heartbeat! I'm so jealous, lol!

Sorry the list is getting posted a lot...I want to make sure it's up to date without having to keep scrolling back to see the any changes

December Mamas

December 1st: skipper2010 (#2)
December 3rd: berly (#1)
December 4th: happybluebird (#1), shortiecake (#1), hummusgirl (#2)
December 5th: truth bombs (#2), Lady Baltimore (#1)
December 6th: lulabee (#3), Mrs Hedgehog (#2)
December 7th: myboxerstella (#1)
December 8th: Running Elley (#3), sotofamilia (#2)
December 10th: maybebaby (#2), mrstiz (#2)
December 11th: Yogina Bee (#1)
December 15th: nyxee (#1)
December 16th: aprilfool (#2)
December 17th: foodnerd81 (#2)
December 19th: Mrs. Taco (#2)
December 20th: littlemisskeiko (#1)
December 22nd: mamabear2 (#2), Kali (#1), Elizachase (#1)
December 24th: lovehoneybee (#2)
December 29th: MamaBehr (#4)

@sotofamilia: yay for a great appointment and hearing the heartbeat!

@Skipper2010: As others have already said, I've also heard it's really hard/unlikely to detect with a doppler so early, so try not to worry.

@Sotofamilia: Congrats on a great ultrasound! I won't get mine until 12 weeks here... Seems a long way away yet.

@Lady Baltimore: Hope yours has gone well too

@Mamabehr: So many teachers on here! Funny to hear it was those pesky year 10s as well!

@lovehoneybee: Eek report back how E responds when you actually do tell him! Elliot basically thinks that the baby is a demon. We told him about it and he was excited and the next day I was sick so I explained to him how sometimes when mommies have babies in their tummies it takes a lot of energy for them to grow so mommies feel sick, etc. Now anything that goes wrong he asks if it's the baby! I have a rash on my foot and he said "Ahhh mommy, what happened??!! Did the baby do it?" LOL.

@sotofamilia: Yay for hearing a heartbeat!!!

Does anyone have a home doppler? I have one that I used in previous pregnancies but I'm pretty sure I didn't buy it until I was like 13 weeks with Elliot and I don't know when I tried it for the first time with Emmy. If you have one how early could you find the HB yourself? I've been dying to try it!

My appointment went well, I guess. The CRNP tried to hear the HB with the doppler, though she made me promise not to get upset if we didn't hear anything, and we didn't. @skipper2010: She said she normally doesn't even try until 12 weeks.

I have a dating U/S scheduled for next Friday, though! She also ordered a scan of my thyroid for the same time, because it felt a little enlarged to her.

I was left feeling a little down, however, because when we were chatting in her office afterward, I felt like the answer to every question I asked was "no." Can I drink this? No. Can I do that? No. I know that they have to error on the side of caution, but I'm also not going to live my pregnancy in a bubble. I kind of wish I just hadn't asked.

And right after I left the appointment, I went to the grocery store and carried around a >20lb basket for 15 minutes before I realized it.

@lady baltimore: Sorry your appt was a little disappointing. I wasn't particularly good at following the pregnancy rules the first time. I just tried to minimise risk rather than avoid things.

@sotofamilia: Yay for a good scan!! Must of been nice to see the bean

@Foodnerd81: I change my mind about food every three minutes! I see something and want it desperately until I see the next thing. I have less aversions this time, I couldn't even smell a vegetable at this point last time. Also, now I really want a salad with creamy dressing

@AprilFool: yeah I can eat almost anything with Caesar dressing and croutons. So that's a win in my book.

@AprilFool: eat it now- who knows if you will want it in an hour. Seriously.

@Foodnerd81: So true!! I just made H a grilled cheese and want that now so I am going to make my salad.

@Running Elley: I have one (lent it to s friend) and I think I got something Round ten weeks last time. But, it could have been the umbilical cord versus the baby's heart beat, but I figured if the umbilical cord was beating so was the heart! I remember having to push pretty hard and it was low, like at my pubic bone.
@Foodnerd81: I have the opposite problem. I don't want to buy anything because it all sounds terrible. I've even let my older two kids have "snack lunch" because we have nothing in th those and I can't bring myself to make anything!!
@lady baltimore: what kind of things did she tell you not to eat/do? It's so interesting to my how different doctors can be!

I just noticed how the vast majority of us are having our second! How did that happen? Lol. With DD I was in a month were it was all our first! Next time I get pregnant I guess I will have to find a month with all #3's. So excited for everyone! Esp, the FTM's here!

@Mrs Hedgehog: same- first pregnancy we were almost all FTM. Maybe more people try to avoid December for their first? I have a LOT of friends with babies C's age who are pregnant with their second- like in our playgroup more than half the moms are pregnant and at least three others are trying. It's nuts but I hope it will make it easier to keep up our play dates even after the new babies are born.

I actually have less severe symptoms that last time. I am NOT complaining, and I definitely don't feel great, but it's not as bad. Just the insomnia is worse.