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Hello everyone. Well, I had my first midwife appointment today, at 9 weeks. Over here in the UK, all our prenatal care is carried out by midwives. She took 4 vials of blood for all kinds of tests - Down Syndrome risk, HIV, Syphilis - all kinds of scary things - and filled in form after form! Oh, the questions! The appointment lasted two hours (argh!)! I have to wait now for a letter to come through with a date for my 12 week scan. How exciting!!!

@glimmersnaps: awesome that you were able to hear the heartbeat, if just for a moment. Dd anyone get a physical internal exam at their first appointment, and if so, care to share what it was like? I've heard it's not pleasant :/. Just wondering if it feels the same way as a regular annual.

No ultrasound for me either, found out they don't have one in office.

Any good questions to ask? The only one I can think of is about the dentist.

Oh yeah, and we've told quite a lot of people now. I can't keep a secret!

@Strawberrybee I didn't have any internal exam. I'd had my pap in April and she said that if I was sure about my dates and we heard the heartbeat that there really wasn't any reason to do one. I go to a very, very hands-off practice. During my last pregnancy, I never had an internal exam (except for first appt. pap and being checked during labor).

The only question I had was if it was okay to get a flu shot in the first trimester. Last time I remember having lots of questions and I had them written down. Regarding the dentist, I think they recommend waiting until the second trimester to get any work done. And make sure your dentist knows you are pregnant because your gums might bleed like crazy.

One other thing to remember is that they will take lots of blood and you might want to make sure you eat before going. I had forgotten about that and barely had breakfast. They had to give me a juice box lol, I have a tendency to get woozy after blood draws.

I hope everyone is feeling alright! I'm still about the same, but a little less tired. Travel was rough with nausea. I nearly threw up on the plane... and bus... and train... but I managed not to!

@Bookworm: @glimmersnaps: @Pepper: thanks all! Bummer having to wait another month for the ultrasound ...I will survive it somehow ;).

Glimmer: glad to hear you kept the nausea at bay!

Pepper: SO glad to hear your NT scan went well!

@StrawberryBee: I was right there with the migraine and the nausea the other day. Is there any protein you can stomach? Or even juice can help. Good luck!

So... What are you all wearing these days? My pants are all getting really snug in the waist-- and I know it's a tiny bit baby but mostly eating carbs all the time for nausea and not exercising. I don't think any mat pants will fit yet. Since I'm at the tail end of July due dates hoping some of you have figured this out already!

Also any suggestions for tights? I do have some high waisted dresses but a lot of my tights are really tight and uncomfortable lately.

@StrawberryBee: Aaw, I'm so glad your step kids are excited!!

@Foodnerd81: I'm 10 weeks now and I've outgrown all my pre-pregnancy trousers apart from two pairs of jeggings I bought without trying on about 3 months back and were a little too big at the time! I'm mostly wearing them and a few dresses I have, over leggings.

I have also bought a few maternity pieces - two tops and two pairs of full panel jeans - but i'm not wearing them yet. I think I'll start wearing them soon though because, with the bloat, they fit perfectly already!

Hi Everyone! I can't believe what a quiet bunch we are!! I keep seeing the August threads and the June threads updating but never ours!

I got my appointment letter through today, finally! My 12 week scan is on 17th January (when I'm almost 13 weeks. Oh well!). I can't wait to get it under my belt so we can finally announce to the world. I really hope everything's ok in there.

@glimmersnaps: When you say you cleaned out the refrigerator do you mean you ate everything in it??!! Lol! Ooh, you're hurtling towards the second tri now!!! How exciting!! And showing too - when are you going to start posting bump pics?

I think I have a little baby bulge now - although it's under so much fat it's hard to tell! But when I suck in my tummy a bit remains below the belly button that just wont go down. It's pushing all my fat tummy out though so I look super bloated!!

@glimmersnaps: Ugh I cleaned out the fridge yesterday too-- it was really bad smelling everything (we didn't clean it out before going away for Christmas-- whoops!) I was pretty annoyed at DH for not just doing it since hello, he doesn't have super sense of smell and constant nausea right now!

@Cherrybee: I have my first ultrasound on the 15th! I'm so excited to finally see this bean that's been making me sick for weeks! We are going to start announcing after we see the heartbeat, though no on social media yet. I have the same tummy happening-- it's definitely starting to be more all in the front instead of bloating all around, which is nice. It's turning into a baby bump for sure.

I did finally break down and bought a pair of maternity jeans, though I haven't worn them yet. They are just the demi panel, which was more comfortable for now, but probably won't be at the end. I figure at the end, I'll be too hot for jeans anyway though. AND, I think the nausea is finally starting to go away! Fingers crossed it stays away!

Hey ladies! I agree we are a quiet bunch. We have our 12 week ultrasound today!! Just want to see the heartbeat again and know everything is ok!!

@glimmersnaps: ah the fridge I steer clear from even if its not spoiled I cringe lol. Hope yours is better now that it is clean!!:). Good luck with your announcement!!!'

@Foodnerd81: soooo happy your nausea is starting to subside!!!

@Pepper: So it was great! We got to hear the heart beat again and see the baby. They did measurements and all appears well, we should get the results of the nuchal translucency scan in a week or so. So exciting and reassuring to see the heart beat and know that all is well!! Excited for you guys and all the upcoming appointments!

@SouthPaw: Yay! So glad it went well! It is sooo reassuring to see that everything is going well in there.

@Pepper: I've been thinking about strollers and carriers since way before I got pregnant! Most other things, I'm waiting on. We are moving in the next few months, so it's hard to imagine what we will need in our new place.

I'm wearing maternity pants today, and I seriously never want to wear anything else. Why bother with tight waistbands when this is an option?? I don't NEED them yet but they are so much more comfortable!

@SouthPaw: I think I actually look slimmer in the mat pants-- my old pants were starting to do a very unattractive digging into my pudge/bloat, but the elastic on these almost acts like tights in smoothing things out, but without sucking them in. It's better than the unbuttoned jeans, i figure. But you need long tops to cover up the panel for sure.

Hey ladies! Sounds like everyone is doing well!! We had a 12 week checkup where we got to hear the heartbeat again and the doctor prescribed me miracle pills for my tension headaches. I've suffered from them for nearly a decade, and this stuff she gave me (ok for use when clearly needed in pregnancy) is AMAZING. my neck doesn't hurt! It just made my pregnancy 18x better.

The only thing annoying me right now is the lack of maternity stores or even maternity departments in my town. Other than Target and Motherhood maternity, there is like, nothing. I ordered stuff online from Old Navy and only half the stuff fit. I'm running out of clothes!!

@Bookworm: So happy to hear that you have had good news!!! I can only imagine having tension headaches during pregnancy and not being able to take Excedrin (which is my go to not pregnant).

I agree with Pepper there is a lot of stuff at Old Navy currently that is on sale even so you can stock up =) I went on Target to the clearance section and was able to get two dresses for $10 each that I hope to wear to weddings I have coming up (they are dressier).

Hope you are all having a nice week!!

We had a check-up today and I got to hear the heartbeat loud and clear this time The midwife questioned my dates because she said my uterus is feeling larger than 13 weeks. It could just be me though. I've also been feeling some fetal movement, which is possible this early for second+ pregnancies.

@Bookworm I should have asked about my headaches! It's been awful I am going to try acupuncture next week and see if I can get some relief.

I'm going to be out of town for a few weeks so my next appointment won't be until about 18/19 weeks. Eeep! It seems like it's going too fast!

@glimmersnaps: Glad it went well and that you got to hear the heartbeat!

@glimmersnaps: great! So happy you got to hear the heartbeat and had a good appointment...

Keep the good news rolling ladies