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I feel you all on the "what have we done," definitely exacerbated by feeling so poorly right now.

Had a good scan today! Measuring 6w6d, right on target with my chart and August 25 due date. They finally believe I ovulated late, haha. Heartbeat was 122. Still didn't look like much but def a sigh of relief. Also the subchorionic hematoma resolved itself so that is also good news. Hope to hear about everyone else's appointments!

@peachykeen: I keep trying to do that but so far I'm failing! I think I may have more like 4 weeks until I get results, I'm not having the blood draw until 10.5 weeks and last time it took a full two weeks. Hopefully they are faster this time!

We are pretty sure at this point that we are going to go with a home birth but I'll keep seeing my OB at least until the anatomy scan. I have appointments coming up on the 17th and 18th, hopefully we'll get to hear the heartbeat on Doppler at at least one of them!

@Revel: I'm so glad it went well!

I can't believe we don't have any twin pregnancies in this group yet. I feel like the odds are at least one person will!

@Mrs.Pinecone316: I understand that! By this point in my last pregnancy I had betas twice, one ultrasound, and was still on medications.

@Cole: as long as it's not me! I would flip out in a bad way.

@azjax: I'm so sorry.

@azjax: I'm so sorry. This community was so wonderful for me when I was going through my miscarriage. We're here for you.

@azjax I'm so sorry for your loss

@azjax: I'm so sorry. Thinking of you in this difficult time.

My appointment went ok. We saw a baby and the heartbeat. It measured 7 weeks though so I must have ovulated late. It's hard to really know since I only had one cycle. My due date is 8/25 now. I know I should be happy, but I'm still uneasy. I got my blood drawn for a Zika test. I go back in 3 weeks on 1/27 for the Panorama blood draw.

@azjax: I'm so sorry. As has been said, a lot of us have been through this, so if you need to talk please don't hesitate to reach out.

@Mrs. Pickle: I'm sorry your appointment wasn't as definitively positive as you'd hoped. That uncertainty can be so stressful. But yay for a baby with a heartbeat! Between not being positive of your O date (and having just gotten your cycle back can definitely make it wonky) and possible late implantation you surely have nothing to worry about.

I've dreamed twice now that I started bleeding. It's disheartening, even though it's a relief to realize it was just a dream. I am so ready to be far enough along to use a Doppler, or better yet, just feel constant movement.

@Mrs. J: Thank you! ️

@azjax: I'm sorry

@MommySLP: sorry to hear this. The unisom b6 wasn't working super well for me. My dr switched me to diclegis and we've had to up my dose a bit but seem to have it under control. It was expensive but has been worth it to me. Maybe ask your practice about it? I think the time release unisom element is the part I really needed.

@RacheBon: @Torchwood: thank you both for the reassurance! I'm just being all doom and gloom today. I'm so ready to be done with the first trimester and to feel better.

@Mrs. Pickle: No, but I also live in NY and have not been anywhere near a Zika location.

@Mrs. Pickle: My midwife hasn't mentioned it. I was on a cruise in October but we literally didn't see a single mosquito. I'll need to be careful come summer (there have been cases in TN), but honestly mosquitos just don't like me. I almost never get bitten. (Though I'm not allergic so it's harder for me to judge how many bite me.)

ETA- I am going to have to skip my husband's company trip (to the Bahamas) this year, which sucks because it's the 20 year anniversary. They did a private concert on the beach with fireworks for the 15th, so I'm sure I'll be missing some fun stuff. But with my risk of preterm labor I couldn't go anyway. L was born less than 18 hours after we got home from last year's trip!

@azjax: So sorry to hear that.

@Mrs. Pickle: Agree with pp, especially because you only had that one cycle and there is supposed to be a degree of error +/- either 4 or 5 days I have read so your next scan should have an accurate measurement. I know when I went in at 6 weeks they just said as long as they can see the heartbeat and everything looks good then there is no cause for concern and at that point everything is as it should be and it's a healthy pregnancy.

I searched for positive pregnancy mantras when I got pregnant because my anxiety got bad fast even though I have done this before. It definitely surprised me because I thought I would be cool and breezy...or cooler and breezier. Anyway, my current ones that I repeat to myself are: I'm pregnant. I'm healthy. The baby is healthy. My body will keep the baby safe.

@Cole: We are hoping to have another homebirth. Last time I stuck with my OB until the anatomy scan too. This time, we are with the midwives from the beginning.

@azjax: I'm so sorry. We are all here for you if you want to talk with a smaller group. Sending hugs.

@MommySLP: Thinking of you!! Keep us updated.

@Mrs. Microscope: Uh oh. This is something I didn't think about. We're going to FL in February for 2 weeks.

@Petitduck: I think my anxiety is a little worse this time because I have more of an idea what I'd really be losing if something goes wrong. I look at my daughter and it seems more real that we'd be losing a baby, not just a hypothetical. I'm actually really glad our 33 week loss was before we successfully had a baby, not after, because it just didn't have the same impact I think it would now. (We never held her, for complicated reasons.)

@Petitduck: I don't have another one scheduled. The midwives don't normally do many, so even with LO I didn't have a second until the anatomy scan, as best as I can recall. Since we do nipt they don't do the nt scan. But really, I'm just looking forward to being able to use a Doppler. I've had too many bad ultrasounds, so they're overall more stress than they're worth. My anxiety is sky high for days leading up to them. Right now I just want to make it past 9.5 weeks, when my latest miscarriage was. Then I'll stress about the anatomy scan.

I keep thinking I'm feeling pretty good about things, and then I realize I'm not letting myself look forward to feeling movement or anything that's still farther out. So apparently I'm less confident than I want to think I am.

On a more positive note, DH has declared he's convinced it's another girl. I would be totally okay with that.

@Torchwood: ah. The Doppler does make such a huge difference I feel before movement. Do you have one? I rented one for a month last time and bought one this time. My midwife couldn't find the heartbeat, but tried for 1 minute basically, but I found it at home and felt good.

I thought the scan and blood test went together. They do here anyway. So I have that scheduled and if I chose not to do the testing the midwife said she would have sent me for another ultrasound for dating because 6 weeks was too early to go for it and my cycles were a bit weird with breastfeeding. My due date and lmp don't match up, but they didn't last time either and I ovulate late.

One day at a time.