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@Winnie13 Yay for another first time person! Congratulations!

@Tequiero21 Congratulations!

@Winnie13: Congratulations! Welcome!

@tequiero21: Woohoo!

Hi everyone! Congrats to all the June '17 moms so far! I'm cautiously joining here as well! I was pretty active on my birth month board with my first son, but kinda stopped posting after he was born (although I still check in and read the boards on a regular basis). I have known since last Thursday, but I had the tiniest amount of pinkish spotting (just enough to see on the TP after wiping, but never any on a panty liner) on two different days (the last time was yesterday morning) which kinda worried me because I didn't have any spotting with my first pregnancy. But I took another test this morning and it was super dark so I'm hopeful that's a good sign and the spotting was just related to hormones/extra blood flow.

Location: MN

EDD: June 13th

How far along: 4 weeks 1 day

First child? Nope, my son was born March '14...he's just over 2.5 years old.

First doctor appointment: November 1st! Just a couple days before my birthday I have an ultrasound first and then my intake appointment will follow the ultrasound. It will be a new doctor/hospital since my son was born in Iowa and we moved to MN last year.

Any symptoms so far? I had a couple days of nausea and dizziness before my BFP. I have had some light nausea in the past week, but nothing terrible. I'm mainly feeling a lot of bloating and tired. I was really bloated with my son too and had minimal nausea, so I'm hoping I get lucky with this pregnancy! I have had some heartburn, which I had pretty bad with my first pregnancy as well. I showed really early with my first pregnancy, so I'm curious to see what happens with this one! I had a c section with my son, so I have also been feeling some pains in my scar, especially on the edges.

Who have you told? Just my husband. We are thinking about telling our son next week some time.

@bookwormmama: welcome! Congratulations

Thank you ladies for the warm welcome. I'm definitely excited to be here with you all... still in shock! I went in for my 2nd beta and it was 3,677!!! Thank you Lord! This is definitely getting real! U/S is officially 10/19!!
@msmilkshake: Yes!! This whole first baby thing is quite exciting and overwhelming all at the same time!
@tequiero21: It's really real when the digi says so!! So excited for you!
@bookwormmama: Congratulations! So happy for you! I've had a bit of spotting too, and it totally wigged me out as well. I'm thinking it was a good thing though!

@MrsF : @rattles: @Winnie13: thanks ladies! Congrats to you all as well! DH has been googling the spotting and trying to reassure me. I know a lot of people deal with it, and every pregnancy is different, but it is hard to see when I never dealt with it last time! I haven't spotted for a couple days now I think, so I'm hopeful it's behind me. I really didn't see a lot at all, but any red can be scary to see! If it does get worse at all I might call to see someone. I don't really have an established OB yet since I've only lived in my current location for about a year, but hopefully they'd be willing to get me in to see anyone if I need it!

@bookwormmama: @newlypregnantlady: I have a new doctor for this pregnancy too. We've moved to the burbs since my last baby, and that labor was so quick that I am worried I wouldn't make it downtown in time if this one went the same way. (Which of course probably means I'll be in labor for days this time )

@newlypregnantlady: I delivered my first son at a university hospital. I loved the care I got, but it was a luck of the draw on who delivered me. I actually got really lucky and one of my doctors did my c section because she was working that day. It the grand scheme of things it wasn't awful to have another doctor possibly deliver me, so I am going with a university hospital again. It will be interesting to see how different this one is!

@rattles: it kinda makes me sad I won't see the same doctor for this pregnancy because I loved my doc! But I'm also interested to see how things will change with a new doc!

We had a very interesting night...we are out of town and DS split his lip open, so we had to go to the ER and get his lip stitched up. It was actually at the hospital my son was born at so they had a lot of his information already, which was nice, but of course our first ER visit is while we are out of town! And the small/hot room made me feel super nauseous, so I'm freaking out about my baby and trying not to throw up. It was a long night!

Oh man I just got news my urine culture came back and I need to take antibiotics. So now I'll be super paranoid about thrush while I breastfeed my 14 month old. I guess luckily I'm totally asymptomatic for UTI?

Anyone have any advice? If I weren't pregnant I'd be downing Kombucha but I'm a little worried about the alcohol content (from what I understand it's about the same as a non-alcoholic beer). I do have tons of yogurt though, so me and the LO will be getting lots of probiotics.

@newlypregnantlady: not the same, but I had to take antibiotics when I was nursing my twins and I pumped and dumped.. :T my only concern with tandem nursing is that babies are supposed to get colostrum... do the boobs know which to produce? I don't know... good luck with the new practice! I'm still trying to find one ugh.

How's everyone doing/feeling?

@rattles: Glad you managed to avoid thrush! What a pain.

@Winnie13: I'm exhausted - but I also worked overnight last night I've been queasy and tired in general though. I went this morning for a serum hcg and I guess they'll schedule an ultrasound based on the result - so anxiously awaiting that! How are you feeling?

@Winnie13: woke up with some intense nausea today, it's currently 8.40am so I'm going to attempt to have breakfast so see if it helps.
Have my first ultrasound later today! Will be finding out if I'm a May or June mama!

@rattles: that's great to hear! I'm about 30% through with my pills. Did you do anything to prevent thrush? I've been eating yogurt and giving my LO probiotics.

@Winnie13: today is definitely my worst day so far. Bad nausea, headache, super tired. I feel so bad for my toddler, and she's such a sweetheart! She keeps bringing me books to read to her. Thank god DH is coming home fairly early today.

Last week I bought fish for us to eat for dinner and we need to eat it today! I'm already dreading the smell.

@rattles: Glad you're not having any nausea yet! The exhaustion is probably a mixture of both! Progesterone suppositories are pretty rough! I've been pretty blessed to have little to no symptoms on the PIO besides a literal pain in my butt! Lol! I'm about to switch to the gel (so over getting stuck in the booty every day), so I'm wondering if I'll have any other symptoms!

@MrsStar: Ugh, so sorry about the nausea! How did the u/a go? So exciting!

@MrsF: Did you get your HCG level back? Overnight?? What did you do? Pregnant and all nighters?? No wonder you're exauhsted!

@tequiero21: Sorry about the OB! Hoping you find one soon!! Still no good recommendations? Hoping the nausea stays away!

@newlypregnantlady: Ugh, so sorry!! That is just rough! So awesome DH coukd help you out today! What a sweet little pea! That's just precious!

@msmilkshake: No fun! I'm sorry! Hoping everyday isn't like that! What grade do you teach? I'm a K teacher and I just love it! We've had tons of hurricane days, so I haven't had a real full day with the exhaustion that's hit!

AFM, no symptoms really. I have some cramping, twinges, and pressure. Other than that... maybe some exhaustion (at the end of the day) and some waves of gas/nausea. As much as I don't want to be sick, a part of me wants to feel pregnant! It's hard for me to even believe I'm pregnant... especially with no "real" symptoms. I keep reminding myself though, totally blessed to not be sick!

@newlypregnantlady: just yogurt parfaits for breakfast, but that was more coincidence than intentional, tbh. I hope the fish didn't make you nauseous!

@MrsF: overnight? You're a hero.

@Winnie13: No results from the hcg yet. I think it will take a day or so for the labs to get to my dr's office and then they will contact me. And yeah - I'm a nurse in an ICU so I work overnight about 2x/month. Totally not fun while pregnant, but I got through it with both of my kids so I guess I will this time!

@MrsStar: That's exciting just that you got to see the yolk sack! I'm so eager to know that there's something there and this isn't in my mind

@MrsStar: awesome! So it sounds like you will officially be a June mama?

Sorry I've been MIA...we were out of town over the weekend and I've been trying to get back into our normal schedule. I haven't had a ton of symptoms, but I have been feeling really run down the past couple days. It's hard to get moving and I just crash at night. I have also been really irritatable...every little thing drives me crazy! I also haven't had a very big appetite. Nothing sounds good to me and I feel like I can go a very long time without eating. It's the polar opposite of my first pregnancy! I ate all the time! But I am only 5 weeks and I remember being starving later in the first trimester so there's always time for things to change!

DS's lip is looking much better, but I did have to take him to the doctor yesterday because he (most likely) tore out a stitch a little early. Luckily he didn't need more stitches and there's no infection, so now we just wait for it to heal. I had to cancel family photos on Sunday because of his lip. Luckily I won a session with another photographer later this month, so we will still get pictures at least! Thanks for all the good thoughts! He's definitely not letting it slow him down!

@bookwormmama: Glad your DS is feeling better!

@MrsBrewer: I keep going back and forth! I've been saying that this baby will determine whether we are a crazy boy family or a family with one crazy boy (My daughter is cautious, verbal and princess loving while my son is sweet, and snuggly but very physical and definitely keeps us on our toes!!)

@bookwormmama: glad your sons lip is better! How fortuitous that u won a session w another photographer!

@MrsBrewer: I predict a girl for me!

@MrsF: woo hoo! I really need to book an apt... well, find a doc!