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@MrsRcCar: so glad dh can be with you and the boys. Sending you love

@HLK208: Thank you so much. It is such a relief. Now if I can just stop worrying about everything else. I have this odd obsession with neural tube defects that I can't shake.

@MrsSCB: Wow that is a crazy long wait list! I have never heard of one that long. Maybe some other people on the list will pass up their spot because they don't have a kid yet? Just a thought, since it appears people put their names on the list before their children are born. Fingers crossed.

@pregnantbee: @dcw6411: I thought it was crazy, too! Glad it's not the norm. I think I'll visit tomorrow and put our name down, but we'll definitely have to find an alternative, at least for a little while. I plan to take 12 weeks off so this won't cut it! It's pretty ideal in terms of location and price, and it has a good reputation. If we get in after LO has started daycare elsewhere, it may still be worth switching.

@pwnstar: seriously, when she says 18 months I was like, "I'm sorry, what?!" Craziness!!

@Pirouette: LOL. I'm sorry! Welcome to my world! I think I had another of those last night, but I'm not sure.

Maybe the weird sleeping patterns thing is going around! I went back to my hometown to get my hair done last night and stayed at my parents. Normally I sleep really well there because I can just check out and wake up totally refreshed. Standard wake up time for me is 4:55 am and even though my alarm goes off, i usually wake up without it. I stayed up probably an hour later than normal just chatting with them. This morning, I slept through my alarms and woke up naturally at 7:10!! Was supposed to be at work by 7:30 about 40 min away. Whoops!

@pwnstar - THANK YOU!!! I am laughing hysterically right now, in a very quiet and heavily populated office. What a discovery!!

@pwnstar: Oh, this is awesome. I've never seen it before! Thanks for sharing.

Besides tired, how's everyone doing?

Here's the latest entry in The Sweater Chronicles. I canNOT wait to finally tell people at work. Will do so after Monday, as long as the NT scan looks good. I'll be 12w 3d on the Tues., and I think that's close enough to the 2nd tri. EEK. Hiding has been exhausting. We'll tell family Monday evening, also as long as the scan in the morning looks good! (All by Skype or phone since everyone is long distance.)

The nausea is slowly getting better over here. But man, I am just exhausted all the time. I feel so bad that DH has to take over so much with DS because all I can do at night is lay on the couch. I keep leaving work and going home to lay in bed for a little while before DH and DS get home.

So I'm currently trying to decide when to do the bloodwork for the Panorama test. I mentioned upthread the nurse tried to get me to just do it at the 11w appointment because there might not be enough fetal DNA yet and I could need a re-draw. At first I was considering it because I thought you had to be 10w at least. But with Panorama you only need to be 9w. I dug into the numbers a little, and Panorama says that from 9w-10w your chances of needing a re-draw are around 10%, and after 10w your chances of needing a re-draw are around 5%. I really want to know the gender, and I also want to know that everything's ok with the baby. I'm 37 years old and ovulated on CD 25.

So I'm thinking of rolling the dice and going at 9w1d, and if I need a re-draw, I think I'll know by my 11w appointment (though it might be close). The only things is the office is out of my way. And DH thinks I should just wait and not put more on myself by having to go over there.

@dcw6411: Thank you, my fellow bed rest companion. How seriously do you take the bed rest? I take is pretty darn seriously. I basically only get up to pee. I do shower, also. And on my gosh, showering is exhausting. I honestly need to take a nap after I shower. So weird.

@MrsSCB: Ugh. I'm so jealous you are still doing spin classes. I cannot hardly wait to get back to them. Praying its sometime soon.

@pregnantbee: You look adorable! That must be so exciting to tell everyone. Do you plan to make like a big announcement at work? I feel sort of funny telling people and its just kind of seeping out to different people at different times.

@Pirouette: How exciting to be noticing a bump! Is this your first or second? I'm around 8ish weeks and my husband said last night that he sees a pouch on me! Ha! I didn't quite like that, but I suppose a pouch is bound to come before a bump.

@ShootingStar: Is there any reason why you would want to rush it and do it at 9 weeks rather than 11 weeks? I think the risk of being inconvenienced by having to repeat it would be reason enough for me to wait until 11 weeks.

@pwnstar: That's a funny weekly calendar. I only read through about 10 weeks. But she actually has interesting info. Like problems with sciatic nerve - I thought that was just a PIO shot problem, but maybe its a true pregnancy problem. And she also showed how weight gain is to be attributed. I hadn't ever seen that before. Thanks for sharing!

@ShootingStar: Oh funny girl! Then go get it done!

@ShootingStar: As long as insurance will pay twice, no reason not to go when you want Otherwise, save a trip and wait. Waiting is hard, though!

@agold: oh just what i'm calling it I'm petite, so maternity clothes are enormous on me. I never fit into maternity shirts at all with my first, though i suspect I'll be bigger this time around. So i got regular (non-petite) sized work shirts, so they are a little long on me and will fit over a bump. and because there was a big sale, 2 dresses that will accentuate the bump once i'm out of the closet!

@Pirouette: Oh darn. Sorry maternity clothes are going to be tough for you. I feel like being petite, you will have such a better selection. I wear a size 30 normally and I'm reeeaaaalllyyyy worrying about being able to fit into the the maternity size of jeans I normally like to wear. Like, if my hips get an inch wider, I'm out.

@agold: Yeah, risking it for a donut isn't the best idea But ask husband to bring home some later

@pregnantbee: it's so true! i took weekly pics last time but somehow lost them when i got a new phone, so the earliest one i have is from 13.5 weeks. My stomach is flat as a pancake! I actually wonder what the earlier pics looked like because maybe this is more bloat than bump, but in reality, I know i'm gonna show much much earlier. Which is good for me, I think, because #1 was so small, and though my doc said there's no connection, I can't help but want to give #2 a little more room to grow

@agold: maternity clothes shopping SUCKED! I couldn't fit into anything and just ended up buying bigger normal clothes. maternity clothes made me look like i was playing dress up in my mom's closet (not professional for work). short people problems! you might find they fit you better than you expect. there's so much stretch to them that the hip size might not be as big of a deal.

@pregnantbee: yes, this exactly! I hated the full panel pants, and mostly wore the ones without the panel. and seriously, WHAT is with horizontal stripes? not flattering to a pregnant belly!

I just realized my ultrasound is tomorrow! Cue freak out.

I've been so good about being positive until now and today I feel like I'm gearing up for horrible news. What an emotional roller coaster pregnancy is!

@coopsmama: Hooray for u/s! I'm on the rollercoaster with you. Thank goodness for all of you to have for support.