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I like thinking about the exciting things!

- I'm excited for my morning sickness to be gone and have some energy again.
-I'm excited to find out gender (18-20 weeks) so I can go shopping!
-I'm excited to do the nursery (we already have the furniture from when LO used it) but I never got to decorate when I was pregnant last time so I'm excited.
-And I'm excited for the newborn baby snuggles

@FliegepilzHut: I think I'm on the early side, but I like to plan and I REALLY want this specific one. I mentioned maybe waiting till April in some emails, and all of them came back saying they'd probably be booked by then. So I think sometime in Feb/March would be more normal.

@lilteacherbee: So this is probably more teaching her like you train a dog haha but when I point to my belly E pulls up my shirt and says BABY and today she even rubbed it LOL. It cracks us up!! She's not even 16 months so she doesn't "get" it, it's just fun for us!

@kjpugs: I'm excited about sporting a baby bump! And to find out the gender so we can start shopping for clothes and stuff! And I'm soooo excited to hear the heartbeat for the first time next week and announce to the rest of our friends!!

I am excited for a real bump (I loved being pregnant) and for sweet sibling snuggles.

@lil owl: AHHHHHH so excitingggggg! That's amazing. What is the cutoff for when they can tell you?! Could you tell?

@lil owl: Wow, that's crazy!! So interesting how things are different in other countries!

@Mrs. Microscope: I have a doppler and I've been consistently hearing the heartbeat since 9 weeks! It takes some practice, but it's pretty amazing.

Hi everyone-- so sorry for disappearing off the face of the planet (or at least Hellobee) this last month! Between crazy fatigue (more on that in a sec), a toddler who has really decided to embrace the terrible twos this month, and work craziness, I have been MIA from a lot lately. As I inch closer to the second trimester, I am starting to get a little energy back so hopefully I'll be able to engage more

So excited for those have found out the sex already!! Exciting....

How far along are you? 12 weeks 1 day

How are you feeling? Any symptoms? Generally feeling ok (no m/s and only a little nausea that has pretty much subsided) but the fatigue has been TERRIBLE this time. I think it is largely due to not being able to rest at home thanks to a very active 2.5 year old. I have really embraced the 9pm bedtimes. Also my boobs are huge already...I have been wearing one of my maternity bras from last time (which I don't think I bought until 20 weeks) for the last couple of weeks. My friends joked that my boobs were bigger than my belly last time and seems like we may be headed in that direction again (ugh).

Best reaction to your BFP news?
We haven't told anyone yet-- really excited about telling my parents. I think they will be ecstatic. Hopefully in another week!

Worst reaction to your BFP news? see above

Any appointments coming up?
Our NT is Monday-- yay! Assuming things go well, we will probably start telling family and close friends.

Anything else? I am really looking forward to feeling baby movement and being able to tell people (except work-- I am really nervous about telling work since I just got promoted and a little worried about my boss' reaction; although I have been to 3 work events since getting my BFP so I am sure someone must be suspicious of my club soda consumption by now.)

@Torchwood: is there a point in pregnancy when excedrin is ok? I've been sick this past week and been slightly obsessed with what medicines are and are not ok, and I didn't know excedrin was!

@Torchwood: awwww man! I was going to get so excited. Tylenol is totally useless.

@OhCaptain: Tylenol is literally pointless. Even with E, Motrin helps her pain way more than tylenol AND lasts longer.

Oh, DH ordered the nursery furniture (dresser and changing table) yesterday! He did our taxes and we're getting a pretty good refund, so he went ahead and went for it! We also found the glider I want, and he said we'll probably order that as soon as I get the last bit of painting done. Yay!

@Torchwood: exciting about the furniture!

@krispi: everytime I look at baby stuff I've walked out empty handed. I just can't seem to pull the trigger yet!

@Torchwood: I'm SO excited to take excedrin again, too. I have a 12 month old so between two pregnancies and breastfeeding I haven't been able to take it in nearly two years. Assuming I BF this one for a year it will be over three years before I finally get to take it again!!

@raspberries: So sorry about your NT scan having to be rescheduled twice now. i hope the weather cooperates and you can get in soon!

Has anyone else been having crazy dreams? I have been having very vivid nightmares almost every night for the last couple of weeks. I hate it! I know it's pretty common in pregnancy but I didn't have it to this extent with #1. I hope it doesn't continue for my entire pregnancy!

@Mrs.Scientist: I've been having crazy dreams every night. I've always dreamed more than most people, but pregnancy definitely makes it even more extreme. No true nightmares, thankfully, and the general bad dreams (usually that I'd started bleeding) seem to have stopped. I hope yours stop soon! Nightmares are awful.

I can now say with a great deal of certainty that I've started getting Braxton Hicks already. I didn't even know it was possible this early! But last time I got a TON (got to every 3 minutes on multiple occasions, and never fewer than 3 or 4 an hour), and it's a very distinctive feeling. I've been feeling it for at least a week, but thought surely I was wrong. I couldn't confirm because I really can't feel my uterus standing up. But it happened while I was laying down today, and sure enough, my uterus was rock hard. I'll talk to my midwife about excercise, since that always made them worse before, but the MFM's last time were never worried. Though I was really hoping it wouldn't be as bad this time!

Apparently I'm "talkative" today. DH and I decided on a slightly different carseat this weekend while at BRU. I just looked it up on Amazon, and it's $70 more expensive than BRU, plus $20 shipping (versus free)! I always expect Amazon to be cheaper, but not on this! I'm going to have to pay closer attention to things when it comes time to make some of those bigger ticket purchases.

I heard back from my midwife. She said to do what I'm doing, staying hydrated (at least 2 liters of water per day) and resting periodically. She also said to contact them if I have any pain, discharge, or bleeding, but otherwise not to worry. So I'll just be planning to deal with lots of BH's again.

Also, heard back from the doula about the no show on Friday! She was very apologetic, and had what I consider a very good reason for it. She had to attend a sudden, unexpected neonatal loss, and then came home to a husband and 2 kids with a major stomach virus. I mean, if that sort of thing were to happen frequently (she is a loss doula, but I believe most of the time she's dealing with expected losses along the lines of our experience with R), it would be a problem. But this sounds like a once off situation, and she was very professional and duly apologetic. Also, their website is down for maintenance. I had worked myself up into worrying that something had happened and they weren't in business anymore, so I'm very relieved! Hope to schedule another meeting with her soon.

Hiiii! We have our 13 Wk checkup this afternoon. Will they listen for the heartbeat? Is that pretty standard practice at every prenatal appointment now? Last time she said it was too early.

@buttermilk: too funny about the sex dreams. Sounds way better than the nightmares I've been having!! Lol

@krispi: YAY for a good NT scan!! For both LO and this one, my MaterniT21 results took exactly one week so maybe you won't have to wait too long! And we need more girls to even out our group