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@kjpugs: oh goodie! I hear ya about the constsnt crying #preach !!!

@Torchwood: lol! got it

@MrsStar: My breasts have grown a lot too and my face is a hot mess!! I never had acne with my first pregnancy but ever since this one, I haven't had a day of clear skin yet.

@MrsADS: they will probably grow more...with my first I went from a 32b to a 32DD! I bought a C but then waited for the DD. I'm waiting to grow more now! Yay about the graduation to OB!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend! My first OB appointment still seems like it is years away...the 29th!

Sorry I've been MIA around here ladies.
Do you guys think morning sickness vomiting and stomach flu vomiting feel different? I woke up at 2:00am with a horrible stomach ache, so I ate some crackers, which usually calms it. But it didn't go away. Eventually I threw up and it just seemed different, maybe more acidic? (Sorry if TMI). I'm hoping it was a one off and the toast I'm about to eat will stay down!

My MS has been much better lately - but ohhhh, the emotions! I cried while finishing a book yesterday, and then about 7 times during the Golden Globes.

@OhCaptain: I had a little bit of the flu over the holidays, and I think I puked once or twice from stomach issues (not MS.) The only reason I think it may have been different is because when I'm throwing up with MS, I usually feel better right afterwards - when it was from the flu, I still felt miserable. Not sure if that's the same in all cases - but I definitely hope you feel better soon!

@OhCaptain: Did you feel better after you puked? Hope you're feeling better!

I'm feeling somewhat better today, so I'm hoping that's here to stay! No puking in a few days, so that's nice.

I feel like I'm showing at work though! I feel so bloated that I can barely suck it in.

@Mrs. J: no, I didn't get immediate relief after throwing up, and then after I posted this morning, I threw up the water I drank. But, I've been ok since then. I've only had a piece of dry toast, half a clif bar and some Gatorade today, and my tummy still hurts. I don't think it's morning sickness., but I don't have a fever either, so hopefully it passes soon.
Ugh-I'm so over this trimester.

@torchwood: can't wait for you to find out!! do you have a gut feeling?

@OhCaptain: so sorry you're feeling crummy. Hope it's not the flu!

Sooo, how many best friend types have you all told your pg so far? are you planning to let more know or just wait til 12 Wks at this point? I've told 3 besties, and have 3 more I want to tell but I can't seem to pull the trigger! I'm 10 Wks tomw.

Sorry I don't post on here too often! I'm still around, though. I've been having some crazy emotions lately. Last night I had a major breakdown because I couldn't find DS two matching socks. I don't understand where all his socks go! I've also blown up on DH a few times for virtually no reason, which I feel bad about. You'd think he would've learned from the first time around not to try rationalizing with me about anything when I'm being a crazy pregnant lady; it only makes it worse. We had a conversation about it last night and I think he understands now. My face has also broken out horribly. It's so depressing! And the fatigue...oh how tired I am all. the. time.

Just a lot of whining from me right now!

@OhCaptain: sounds like a stomach bug to me rather than ms. I hope you feel better soon!

@Torchwood: Hope you get your results back this week. How exciting!

@buttermilk: so far I've told 7 friends. My best friend where I currently live; my best friend from the last city I lived in; and then my best friends from college and high school. I've also told my birth month group from my first pregnancy that I still keep in regular touch with. I barely told anyone before 13 weeks with my first pregnancy...quite different than this time! I kind of wish I hadn't told so many people yet. I have my first trimester screening next week and for some reason I feel paranoid that I'm going to get bad news. Hopefully that's not the case.

Finally started going to the gym! It's such a joke though, with how bad of shape I'm in. People assume since I'm not overweight that I must be in decent shape. Ha ha ha, NO. I can't do the elliptical for more than about 5 minutes, if that gives you some idea. But I'm going with DH three times a week now. I'll do the elliptical as long as I can, then the treadmill. Starting with just a mile on that, but I think I'll up it a little each week until I reach a good distance, whatever that winds up being. I know that sounds like nothing, but for me it's real cardio! And I don't want to push myself super hard while pregnant. I'm not doing any weight type things now, but when I work at the library I do a lot of shelving, which is constant up and down. I'm more or less doing squats and stair steps (up on the stool for high shelves) for three hours straight. That's only once a week right now, but planning to go to at least two days soon. So, that seems like a good start, right? I know it's not much to someone who works out, but for someone who never, ever does, it seems decent.

I had my first official prenatal visit today. (I've had a confirmation visit and ultrasound so far.) It was fairly uneventful except they drew 5-6 vials of blood (!!!) and decided to go ahead and give me an early gestational diabetes test due to my family history. I wish I'd known they were going to do the glucose test early, because I'd just eaten lunch on my way to the doctor's office. Now I just have to sit back and wait for the results. I've been feeling queasier than usual since drinking the glucose drink too.

I go back for my next prenatal appointment in a month. In the meantime, they've put in a referral for me to get the genetic blood testing and ultrasound done. Those will be at the hospital instead of the doctor's office, so I'm still waiting on a date for an appointment. She said that it would be sometime before 14 weeks, and I'm 9 weeks now.

@Torchwood: good for you! I need to get working out again. I'm just so exhausted!

I've told the important people (close family and close friends) every one else can find out through Facebook or through others. Not sure yet if I'm even going to announce on Facebook this time though.

Counting down to my ultrasound on Tuesday (the 20th)- keep getting thoughts in my head that baby hasn't grown etc so hopefully everything is good!

Had a dream about the baby last night - that it's a girl and is 7lbs 3oz when born so that was interesting!

@Mrs. J: I have my NT scan next week, so we'll probably start telling people at our school then (I'll be 11.5 weeks). I'm hoping they can keep it off FB for another week or so. I want to announce when we find out gender. We should get the blood test results when I'm around 13 weeks!

@Mrs. J: Oh, I'm exhausted. I've been sleeping 12+ hours a night. But DH has started going and encouraging me to, so I figured with his support I can do it. I felt really guilty for not working out last time, but by the time we got around to researching gyms I had started getting BH's every few minutes if I was even on my feet too long, so I couldn't.

We've already told some parents, and we're going to officially announce once we have genetic screening results and have heard the heartbeat. If all goes well that means mid-late next week, when I'll be 11.5 weeks.

Congrats to the good appointments lately, and good luck to the upcoming ones!

@MrsMccarthy: It is Tuesday, but it's next Tuesday (oops) so a week to go!

Also, last thing and I'll quit posting so much. How many of you have had pelvic exams this pregnancy, or know they're planNing on giving you one? I never had one with any of my previous pregnancies, but they said at my 9 week appointment that I'd have one next time (14-15 weeks). I sent an email today asking if it was actually necessary and basically refusing it if they don't require it. Pelvic exams are always painful for me, and having to do the whole feet in stirrups thing would be very triggering for me. I was just surprised since I've never had that before. (And I was with the same midwives until around 24 weeks last time.)

@Mrs. J: Other than close friends and our parents, we haven't told anyone yet. I'm hoping to keep it quiet to the rest of the world until mid-Feb (so like 15-16 weeks?) for career purposes. I may have a heck of a time hiding it physically for that long though so we'll see. We probably won't go public on Facebook until we learn the gender on March 17.

@Torchwood: I had a pelvic exam at my last appointment but I was due for a pap and have a history of a couple abnormal paps so didnt want to miss it. That'll probably be it.

@Mrs. J: our next appt is at 13 Wks so I think we will go public later that day! Just 3 more weeks.

@Mrs.Scientist: I too have been so irrational lately. I'm either crying or yelling at DH, tho it's gotten better since our ultrasound. I think a lot of it was anxiety. But it's like I just fly off the handlebars so much more quickly these days.

@OhCaptain: good luck today!

@Torchwood: I had a pelvic exam at my first appt but i didn't mind at all. I was eager for her to give me any signs that I was actually pregnant! In fact that's the only sign I got. They didn't confirm my pregnancy in any way, basically just assumed I was pg!