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@jetsa: I hope your appointment is great! you get to see the little bubba

@jetsa: great news!! Glad to hear it.

I went ahead and bought some maternity pants. Best decision ever. So much more comfortable with the nausea and it does make using the bathroom with crutches and the leg brace a little bit easier (I'll take a little bit easier anywhere I can find it).

Anyone else make the jump to basically dressy pajamas at this point?

Hey everybody. I'm sorry I am SO bad at keeping up with this thread! I hope everyone is feeling ok

I graduated from my RE and I'm definitely feeling super pregnant (all day nausea, food aversions, but super hungry). I'm basically good for nothing as I just eat, sleep, and sit on the couch.

@MsHangry: I have bought some maternity jeans because I was sick of wearing yoga pants out in public. I imagine I'll be ready for maternity leggings as soon as I outgrow my target yoga pants.

I need a brown maternity dress for halloween but couldn't find one that wasn't $100+, so I bought this pattern and will buy some fabric online and make my own dress I'll make a couple of cute tops, too!

Anybody else moving into maternity clothes? I'm 9 weeks and DONE with regular clothes. This second baby is showing like no joke.

@blackbird: That's a really cute pattern! How awesome that you're talented and can put that together yourself!

I'm also bigger in the belly than I was with my first LO. I have a couple of pairs of favorite jeans that have a lot of stretch in them, a Paige pair and a JBrand pair which I guess are known for always hugging nicely not harshly, so I think I'm going to be okay there for a while. But my work pants - I'm going to have to get a belly band soon. I unbutton my pants while I drive all day (I'm a drug rep, so my car is my office), and have forgotten to button them a few times when I got out! Fortunately I'm always wearing a flowing shirt untucked, so I hope no one noticed, but still....Need a belly band!

@Keppa: I'm sure everything is ok!! Exciting your appt is here!! I went through there dresses before finding one that fit ok @PrincessBaby: I'm gonna have to buy some nicer maternity pants. My new job is in a law type group so I don't want to wear jeans as much as I do now

@macintosh: Congratulation! I also officially graduated my RE last week and am having first OB appointment this Thursday. I was awfully tired last several weeks but I felt much better this weekend.

I didn't buy much of maternity clothes during last pregnancy since I had so many dresses/tunics with stretch and empire waist line. We will see how it goes with #2!

@Keppa: well?!? hope your u/s went well.

DH & I saw baby today & the hb had increased from 112 to 143 (I think it was) today, so looking strong! We next will see the intake nurse back at my OB's office next Tue, so unless something goes wrong before I could get into my OB, I've graduated from the RE, as well!!

@PrincessBaby: I'm going to have to get a Doppler, for SURE!

@GoGoSnoGirl: Yay! Great heartbeat! So glad you had a good appt.

We had a great appt today! Little bear was measuring right on track (or possibly a day ahead) and we got to see the heartbeat! It came in at 164bpm. Everything looked good! It made me feel great and certainly was a relief....however, I'm still feeling a little removed from the whole thing. Hopefully that will come to pass.

@Keppa: Woohoo!!! So happy for you!!!!

@Keppa: Awesome news!!!

I have another scan today. And a friend of mine is shipping me her doppler to borrow, so that'll be fun! i always get nervous right before a scan, like they'll find something wrong. Thankfully I only have to wait until 11:30 CST to know!

@GoGoSnoGirl: I swear I was MORE tired with #1 than #2. I mean, yeah, i take long naps on the weekends this time, but EVERY DAY with E, i was putting my head down on a conference room table for a nap at lunch. I'm definitely faring better! it's weird how I can go to bed at 9pm, wake up at 7, take a 2 hour nap, and then still go to bed at 830/9

Everything looks great measuring on schedule with heart rate in the 160's. I have a pocket of fluid outside my uterus she pointed out that was odd

I'm also booking my newborn photographer for May. I *love* her work and am so excited to work with her.

@blackbird: Love that photographer's work! You're so on the ball to have a LO and also be thinking about NB pics! So glad LO2 is doing well in there:)

@Mrs. Lovejoy: That's a great way to put it, it does help me connect with this LO, especially in a chaotic world working FT with a toddler, and solo parenting 50% of the time due to my husband's job. It's nuts, and I forget a lot of the time that I"m pregnant, and there's not enough time in the day to think about this one because he/she is not on the outside demanding my attention:) So it was lovely with the doppler to sit and listen to that little heartbeat and know someone is in there that is going to be as amazing as my daughter is:) It did drive it home. Sort of like seeing him/her kick a foot on the u/s last week. It made it "real." And it's totally helped curb my pregnancy anxiety about missed m/c. I heard it yesterday, and I'll probably check on him/her this weekend. It's nice to be able to check in:)

I have my NT scan a week from today! I guess I'll be the first from the May Moms and I'm really nervous. I was really nervous with my daughter too.

@PrincessBaby: We just finished potty training our LO this past summer. We started in mid May (LO was 27 months) and he was 80% successful by early August. We used the M&M approach as well! My advice is being really consistent in the beginning. It's can be daunting when your LO continues to have accidents and you want to give up and slap a diaper on her but keeping at it will pay off in the end. Also, for the first couple days, LO just played around at home without a pull up or underwear. I think when he had an accident and his pee would run down his leg, he understood more that he had an accident. Take your time with it and remember to have lots of patience….they've been wearing diapers since they were born so that's all they know. Good luck!

@enjollah: That is great advice! My LO is only 22 months, so we're just kind of establishing what the potty is right now, we are going to go hard core after she turns 2. But we have already established that she LOVES M&Ms, so I am pretty sure that will what works for us when we go full-force! I'm glad to hear it worked for you, I've heard good things about the M&M method from several people:)

I am 100% making the transition into maternity. I ordered a Bella Band today on Amazon to take care of the pants situation for now and Ann Taylor Loft had 50% off today so I ordered a bunch of work tops. I have already gotten some casual stuff - tee/tunics from that Jane website that I love (check it out! They have so many cute tunics!), and several light maternity sweaters from the Gap. I also found the cutest dresses today at a local maternity store, and then I found charcoal boots on clearance on Piperlime (I'm obsessed with gray!) and now I'm all excited about being on the maternity bandwagon I was dreading it but I'm over that:)

I got the dresses in black and cobalt and I can't wait to wear with these boots!

@blackbird: so glad your appointment went well!! And that you're not too worried about the pocket of fluid. Seems there's always a quirky thing or two in our bodies that usually works itself out. And the photos are adorable! You picked a good one

@enjollah: Hawaii sounds wonderful! But I would have been in the same boat, not able to completely enjoy it like normal. I feel like I haven't been fully enjoying much due to this nausea and food aversions! Oh and I think I remember the 8W ultrasound being vag.

@PrincessBaby: hottie boots! Those will look great with dresses, and pants too! I need to get my butt over to Loft. They have so many good maternity work options!

@PrincessBaby: Noo.. just online. I wish! I have no idea how their jeans would fit, so I'm just refraining. I did put a few blouses and cardigans in my basket though! Our gaps just got maternity in. Limited selection, but better than nothing!

Just got back from my ultrasound and everything looked great! I had a huge scare last night when I started randomly bleeding. It got pretty heavy too, so I was sure we'd be getting bad news this morning, but baby looks perfect and had a strong heartbeat at 179. He/she is measuring exactly 8 weeks which lines up pretty closely with when I think I ovulated (later than usual for me), but it probably means my due date will be pushed back to 5/21.

The bleeding is just some spotting this morning. She said as long as it stays brown, try not to worry. She didn't see anything that looked to be causing it, but they will bring me in again for another scan if it seems to be getting worse. So fingers crossed it was just a blip. I had a ton of spotting with my son, but I don't recall it ever being like it was last night

@SeptMomma12: thank goodness you had your u/s so soon after your bleeding so you could check out baby & not worry for long. So happy to hear everything looked good!