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@Dandelion: that is the sweetest. I seriously had to choke back some tears reading that. Pregnancy hormones are getting to me

@T.H.O.U.: Yeah it was really hard talking about it in code with DH. Luckily, DS is usually pretty oblivious, so it wasn't too hard.

@Dandelion: Aww, so sweet! Glad your appointment went well!

@lovelyplum Just realized you're due on my anniversary! Glad everything went well today.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! I've had like four people around me announce they are due in Feb/March. I am just still not ready to tell anyone!

@tarabonno: thanks Good day to be due, then!

So we're officially out! Called extended family and I told my coworkers at a department meeting on Friday (my how word travels fast!!) Holy moley, it is starting to feel reaaaaal!

Anyone else out?!

I think I'm getting a bump...well, I know I am...but it's looking less like a gut, finally. I think it helped that I put on some maternity pants this morning, and it's shaping it all up nicely.

@HazelEyes: We have only told parents and siblings. My co-workers all know because I work in a clinic, and I have multiple people that have seen me at my appointments. But we have not told friends, FB, or other family yet. We are waiting until our 12 week scan.

@luckypenny: aaah, you're 12 weeks on Friday?!!

I think I'm coming out today...telling my gram is basically telling everyone, and it's her birthday. I figure, our NT scan isn't until 13 weeks, so it's either now, or wait until the beginning of October. And I'm impatient! Plus, I've had random strangers guess, so it's probably better I tell her myself. Still, I'm nervous!!!

hooray for sharing the news! we've still only told a handful of people--mostly people we've seen in person (all except my parents). so, my parents, his parents and sister, our friends that we went camping with when i was 7 weeks, and a friend I was with at a conference abroad when I was about 5 weeks (and really sick!). oh, and my friend who's wedding I'm going to miss in early April. so, my brother and sister in law don't know yet--we're going to visit them in early october so we'll wait until then. and most our friends don't know. I want to tell my bff and I've seen her twice recently, but always with other people so I haven't told her. and dh wants to tell his best friend but we haven't seen him yet. i need to tell my phd adviser soon--probably early oct so it's the end/near the end of the first trimester--because I need help figuring out if I should tweak my research/teaching schedule for le bebe!

dh's bday is this weekend so we invited friends to a bar on friday...it's going to be really awkward with people not knowing! i'm going to have to pretend to be drinking...and people will probably be buying me drinks...so awkward!

@LovelyPlum: aww telling your grandma is so sweet! we don't have any grandparents with us anymore so I'm jealous!

@LovelyPlum: thanks! I think she'll be supportive--she has kids herself, though she waited until she had tenure to have them. I think my other (not main) advisor will be great--she was a single mom getting her phd in the late 60s so very much an advocate! plus I hear she's had doctoral students with babies in the past (though I don't know them) so hopefully she can put me in touch with some of them to figure out the grad school policies.

@jhd: I'm trying...I slept all weekend, too! The fatigue has abated a bit, but after some nausea relief in week 8, it returned about 10 days ago and will. not. stop. I tried one more no-Zofran experiment, and it lasted about an hour, so it's still my trusty friend. If I'm tired, it's because of the nausea, but it now does this fun thing where it will wake me up and not let me fall back asleep. I've recently discovered the magic of graham crackers and am trying not to eat a box a day. I'm 10w5d (eek!) and am also looking forward to some relief hopefully soon. We can hope, right?! I hope that you feel better soon!

@LovelyPlum: oh no! it did that to me during weeks 5 & 6. seriously could not sleep because the nauseau woke me up so often. i really hope that ends soon for you. no fun at all. i am sleeping better now so that's a plus.

@sweetkeight: oh i'm so sorry. i hope the zofran gives you some relief. i've been taking it non stop for 3 or 4 weeks now.

I'm so sleepy! I'm very ready for second trimester to come along and wake me back up!

Ugh I'm so glad to hear that some of you with earlier due dates are feeling relief from the nausea. I have not thrown up yet, but nothing sounds appealing to eat and I'm basically living on saltines, peanut butter, apples, and ginger ale. I'm trying to eat a little bit over the course of the day, but I am really just forcing myself to eat. Any recommendations?