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I've got a cold. Waaaaahhhhhhh!!! Just wanted to pass on a tip - Breathe Right Nasal Strips are AMAZING!!! I wish I could wear it to work without looking like a giant nerd.

@.twist.: Seriously right on the bumps!! I'm starting to get a itty bitty lower abdomen pooch, but am ready to display a prominent bump bump. I'm sure once we do, and start getting uncomfortable, we'll be like where's my non-bump. haha! It's like being a kid and wanting to be an adult, then once you're an adult, all you want to be is a kid again. haha!

So...when are you ladies planning to tell your boss/coworkers you are preggers? I am totally laboring over this right now.

I work for all men, who are great and I have great relationships with all of them but I do feel some limitations (like most women) being a working mom in a male dominant field. Anyways, I am an auditor so my job includes some travel (last year I traveled about 12 weeks, 8 of which was international) and these trips are usually planned out in advance - to balance resources. I almost broke down last week (at 8 weeks) and told my boss because I feel so guilty letting him plan out our year knowing for 3 months I'll be out.

The rational me won and I kept my mouth shut. Right now, I am planning to tell my immediate boss after my next appt (I'll be 11.5 weeks) - I had wanted to wait it out longer as I am close to being up for a promotion and dont want to screw that up but I think it'll become obvious when I travel for the first time and they notice I am not drinking...

...what are you all planning?

@Mrs D: I am going to try and hold off until 14ish weeks (I am a little over 10 weeks now), but I also have a desk job and don't have to worry about scheduling/travel or anything like that. I can totally see why you'd want to tell earlier, though.

@Mrs D: I already told my work family. Told them really early actually, when I felt like I had to explain why I was being so unproductive in the afternoons (nausea and exhaustion).

As a side note, having to drink 32 fl oz in 15 minutes is so hard! I would feel like I had to puke even if I wasn't pregnant just from doing that. Appointment at 1:30 and my DH just txtd me that he's already there (35 minutes early).

@Alivoo01: why hello fellow auditor! I joked last year that I was going to get pregnant just so they couldnt send me back to India this year - now they are going to think I was serious! Seems like we're on the same timeline...are you nervous to tell your boss?! Let me know how it goes!

@Mrs D: I think I'm going to tell them after my NT Scan. Which is next week. Eep! So soon. I just kind of want to get it over with.

@Modern Daisy: Oh, I have hated keeping this a secret over the holidays! I totally forgot that Christmas and New Years come with a lot of social events! Pain in the BUTT.

@StrawberryBee: Yay! So glad your appointment went well!!! Love hearing about healthy little babies!!!

@StrawberryBee: Yay for an awesome appointment and getting to see the baby!!!

@Mrs D: So I just told my boss and he congratulated me on the news. He then proceeded to make a comment about how I chose a "great" time to be preggo since Texas gets up to 116+ in the summer time. I responded that sometimes, you just don't get to choose when you become pregnant! I'm just lucky that I am. I had to really hold my tongue from telling him about my previous loss. Any how, that was it! No further discussions. I announced it at the end of our one-on-one as a final note.

@Alivoo01: So glad it went well! I have 2 weeks to prep for my tell all but its great to hear when others have a good experience! I feel like at the rate I am putting on lbs mine is going to be like "good, I thought you were just getting fat!"...ha

@Mrs D: I am NOT looking forward to telling my supervisor or anyone at work for that matter. She's 20 weeks right now and getting plenty of attention. I'd prefer the attention stay on her. I'm kind of the odd man out and it's going to be awkward having people ask me the same things they've been asking her for the past couple months.

My next appointment is in 2 weeks! I'm so nervous, I just want baby to have a nice, strong heartbeat!

@StrawberryBee: That sounds amazing!

@Mrs D: I haven't done any research on them myself, and my one girlfriend had one after her miscarriage and she said it saved her a lot of grief. However, I have heard that excessive use of them can be detrimental to the baby! Don't quote me on that, it's just what I've heard. Like I said, it saved my girlfriend a LOT of stress with her first baby and she is a healthy little 3 year old!

@Mrs D: Heehee, I bought one a few weeks ago - it came up for sale on kijiji. So far, I've managed to find DH's heartbeat and some weird pulse that runs along my midline. It was only $40, so i don't feel too crazy. Oh, and it's apparently really hard to find before 12 weeks. Last time I tried was almost a week ago - I'll have to try again.

EEEEEEP. Look what came in the mail todaaaaaaaaaay:

@Alivoo01: @msmay: This is what I am afraid of! I'm going to hold off for a while longer! I am worried it may do more harm than good at this point!

@.twist.: Very nice...I know I have read about these somewhere but I clearly need to read more because I dont remember why they are so amazing! Ugh...so much reading to do!

@Mrs D: I am not planning to buy a Doppler but only because if I did we'd be in the emergency room every time I couldn't find the heartbeat (which would probably be a lot!).

@.twist.: So exciting! And I love the prints you got!!

@Mrs D: my coworker just lent me her Doppler :). She had a miscarriage before a viable pregnancy, and she said this made her feel soooo much better. She didn't have a problem finding the heartbeat. I haven't tried it yet.

@.twist.: Aiden and anais blankets!!! *Ooohs and aaaahs appreciatively* :D. Can you feel a difference between the bamboo and regular? I had bamboo sheets for years and loved them.

Thanks ladies! I am sooooo excited about them. I got the star prints for the baby and the other ones are for me. haha I figured the baby wouldn't care what print was on them so I got some Mom-approved-non-baby printed ones.

@StrawberryBee: I can TOTALLY feel a difference between the bamboo and regular. They're both super soft, but the bamboo... it's like touching clouds.

@runnerd: I would totally consider buying bed sheets from them. I haven't decided if I will or not yet, I really don't think the baby will quite notice the difference between generic sheets & A+A Sheets, so if I did it would totally be for me and not the baby.

@.twist.: LOVE them!!

Is anyone else dancing around social commitments for this summer yet? My cousin is getting married late July and my aunt is hounding me about whether or not I'm coming and if I need a hotel room. It's past my safe travel zone and it's a far enough drive where I'd have to spend the night so it's not looking good, but I haven't announced the pregnancy yet so I don't know what to say! Also my Mom is scheduling out our beach house for the summer and I want to make a case that my week start earlier in the summer, but I can't say why!

@Ocean girl: Oh wow, that's serious!! Have you announced the pregnancy yet to your family? Not that it would change whether or not you attend b/c I guess you're going to both events regardless? My cousins wedding will be a bummer to miss, but not a big deal at all. It's just the forcing to commit in January that's annoying me right now, can't we wait a couple months??

@Alivoo01: The Vegas trip would make me nervous too, especially since you probably have to book your flights ahead of time so backing out will be harder.

That's a really good idea of using work as an excuse for not being able to commit to the wedding, I hadn't thought of that. I already replied that I woudln't need a room and just didn't give an explanation but if I'm pressed, I'll just say i can't commit because I don't know if I'll be able to take the day off work.