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EDD: July 19

How far along?: 7 weeks, 4 days

How long TTC?: 1st month

First child?: yes

First doctor's appointment: two weeks ago, but first ultrasound isn't until next Monday. The waiting is killing me! But the doctor confirmed I'm pregnant, told me my hormone levels are good, and everything else was good.

Symptoms so far: Horrible, awful, terrible 24-7 all day long morning sickness. I have tried sea bands, forcing myself to eat bland foods, lemon drops, ginger drops, ginger tea, ginger ale, coca cola, potato chips, peanut butter....you name it, I've tried it. I'm currently on Zofran, which allows me to be at work, but I still have to carry a barf bag around with me. =( Just hope it goes away in the second trimester! I'm also having the sore breasts, bloated belly, etc. Fun stuff!

Who have you told?: DH of course, and just our parents. We're waiting to tell anyone else until the second trimester

Well, update on me. The spotting appears to have completely stopped. My doctor didn't seem the first bit concerned about it, either. He did say, though, that he wanted me to have an early appointment with the midwife owing to my history - rather than the usual appointment at 9 weeks. The soonest they could fit me in, though, was 21/12/12, when I'll be 8+2 so I'll only be 5 days early but it's exciting to have my appointment date!

@Anagram: Hi and welcome!!! Oh, poor you, that sickness sounds awful. It must be super hard dealing with it at work when no-one knows you're pregnant.

@mrsvdv: Thank you. Yes, our scan is on the 14th. I'm super nervous but also really excited. I really hope they can see a heartbeat.

@Bookworm: @Cherrybee:

Thanks for the welcome ladies. Yes, "morning" sickness is the worst misnomer of all time. In all seriousness, had I known it could be this bad, I would have waited until May to concieve so I could just be sick all summer when I don't work (I work in a school). Kicking myself now..... =)

@Charcole2011: I'm confused about this Belly Band thing. You wear it over your pants so you can leave them unbuttoned, right? Don't your pants always feel like they are sliding down, then? I feel like I'd always be hiking them up, like when you wear a pair that are a little big without a belt.

I've just been wearing skirts and dresses, since most of mine are stretchy or loose anyway.

@anagram Welcome and sorry to hear you're feeling so terrible! The only two things I can think of that may help are eliminating dairy and acupuncture. In my first pregnancy I was eating yogurt and cereal all the time and throwing up constantly. My midwife told me that some people can become lactose intolerant during pregnancy. Who knew!! Acupuncture also helped me. I used it for nausea and lots of other ailments.

So I think I'm going to go try on a pair of maternity pants and see how they fit. I feel really silly but I only have one pair of pants (that have to be safety pinned) and I'm going to Canada next week! Yeah, I was cold today and it was 65 degrees where I live.....!

@glimmersnaps: I actually just read about eliminating dairy on Sunday, when I was looking for an acupuncturist online! I found an acupucturist near me, and on their website it mentioned that dairy can sometimes make morning sickness worse.

That makes sense to me, because Saturday was a really bad day for me, so all I ate all day long was..... three bowls of rice chexx cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I picked it because I couldn't think of anything more bland, but I kept feeling worse and worse as the day went on!

So, today I'm trying dairy free and I'm going to see if there are any improvements. Crossing my fingers!

@Bookworm: aww, congratulations on a great doctor's appointment! I also wonder how the time-moving thing works. I charted so I'm 99.9999% confident on the day I O'd. If they move me I'm going to be very confused ^^;;.

I've been eating tiny bits of things all morning trying to hold the nausea at bay. Mostly raisins (I heard that the sugar can help; yesterday I swear jelly beans were helping me, but I definitely don't want to eat that all day!) and crackers and bread. Carbs are definitely my comfort food.

Three weeks exactly until my Dr's appointment...sigh!

So, I hate facebook. My BIL, who is a very nice guy with not a mean bone in his body, misunderstood something we told him about letting people know about baby, anddddd posted a happy, congratulatory post about how his brother is having a baby! on facebook! Before I had said ANYTHING on facebook,. This happened last night and he's since apologized and I've calmed down from nuclear fury...but man, I'm so freaking annoyed. Now my x-mas card announcements are meaningless, and our extended family found out from someone other than US!

@Bookworm: oh no!! I would be really upset too. But, I don't think your Xmas cards will be meaningless. There have been plenty of times I've heard rumors and was no less excited when the parents told me. Everyone will still be thrilled.

@anagram how are you doing since you've been off dairy?
@bookworm I'm so glad my in-laws don't have FB! Hopefully you can make your gender announcement a big deal.

How's everyone else?

I've been worried lately that something is wrong. It's just this nagging feeling I have and I know my DH thinks I'm crazy. I just wish I could hear the heartbeat! I guess I'm just struggling with is this normal pregnancy anxiety or is it my intuition.

@strawberrybee It's hard to explain. I guess I don't feel pregnant. And I keep thinking how sick I was last time and this time it's not as bad. My appointment is the 21st. When is yours?

@strawberrybee We are going out of town for a week on Thursday and when I initially called they said that it was "unlikely" that I would hear the heartbeat this week, even thought I'm 9 weeks. I don't know why but they don't want to see anyone before 10 weeks. I'm hoping that traveling at least will help get my mind off of it.

@strawberrybee I go to a midwife and they don't have ultrasound machines so I guess that why they don't see any point in the early appointments. I know a lot of people hear the beat early but I guess it's better to wait than be in limbo!

@glimmersnaps: I am the same way - and I have already seen (but not heard, because it was only 7 weeks) the heartbeat of our LO! But it's been two weeks and I don't have many symptoms, so I am still worried. I have another appointment next Thursday and I think I am going to beg for another u/s then just to check on things!
@Cherrybee: the fact that you aren't having many symptoms and all is still fine with you makes me feel a bit better! isn't the transvag u/s weird?! my tech was moving it ALL around up in there...so strange, haha.

@Cherrybee: yep, same here. DH was awkwardly trying not to get in the way (the room was kind of small), or stare...haha. but yes, once she pointed out the heart beat, no longer awkward =)

@Charcole2011: @Cherrybee: I've been wondering how it will go with DH there. Not just for the transvag u/s, but all the other things, questions, etc. I mean, we made a baby, we are pretty close and all, but I'm not sure I need him to be there when I'm asking about all the gas I've been having (he's sadly experienced enough of it already, doesn't need to hear too much about it!). At the end of the day, I don't really care, but still. I haven't had someone in the room with me at the doctor's since my mom brought me to my pediatrician.

Anyone else think the first trimester is going really slowly??!

I just had my first appointment, finally! Sadly, no ultra sound. Silly me keeping careful track of periods and knowing when I ovulated, they said a dating ultrasound isn't necessary (plus they couldn't have done it today anyway). They tried to hear the heartbeat but at barely 8 weeks, we couldn't hear it. So, nothing really new although I got answers to my questions I didn't want to trust to the internet. We'll go in a month for the early screening and that will be the first ultrasound.
@Cherrybee: Yes, it's definitely going slowly, especially when you consider the first 4 weeks you weren't really even pregnant! It's not just the not telling people-- I am holding on to the belief that the first trimester nausea and exhaustion will go away totally at 12 weeks. Only 4 more weeks, right??

@Bookworm: Haha I know-- we told our friend last night and while she was drunk, she was like, you're already such a cute pregnant woman! I was like, yeah, that's just me eating carbs all day, that's not baby bump...