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Another vote for crazy dreams here! I had he most odd and vivid dream that my FIL had a tail, and I only found out at Christmas. Totally weird.

Aside from some tiredness and cramping, no symptoms here. Last pregnancy I had gained a cup size and was battling morning sickness at this point. I'll see my OB on January 5th at 6w exactly, and assuming I still test positive will probably schedule an ultrasound for the 7-8w range.

@Mrs. Blush: I just keep telling myself that it's worth it in the end, and this is hopefully the last time I have to go through this (we only want 2 kids). Anything to get through!

@Mrs. Microscope: good mantra. I will remind myself.

@Mrs. Pickle: are you home with LO full time? That sounds even harder! I work full time which has it's own set of challenges but I feel like time at home is harder right now...

@Mrs. Blush I have been so down about how sick I have been. This pregnancy has been way worse and less manageable than my first and I basically missed Christmas dinner because I was sick in bed.

I had my first apt this week and everything measured right where I expected and I got a prescription for diceglis which has helped me quite a lot. I still don't really have much of an appetite but since I started it I haven't thrown up which feels like a massive victory.

@Mrs. Microscope: I didn't know there was a pregnancy series!! Would you recommend it??

@Mrs. Blush: I was thinking about you and wondering how your appointment went. Glad it went well! My nausea comes and goes and I know other people have it much worse. I haven't been hungry for two weeks now. I also had the stomach flu two weeks ago. And I never want to drink anything. I have to force myself to drink water and it's not much. . I find that adding lemon juice makes it easier to drink.

I stay at home with my daughter and haven't been the most energetic lately. I think I only felt crappy until about 12 weeks last time.

After reading posts on here yesterday I did try on my maternity leggings...so much more comfortable than my regulars and today I have maternity skinnies on. They are a bit baggy, but my leggings and pants are cutting me off at my c section scar and it has been uncomfortable because it's a bit puffy there these days.

I'm anxiously awaiting my first midwife appointment next week (10 weeks) and really hoping she'll be using the Doppler and able to get the baby's heartbeat. I also just bought a Doppler online and am waiting for it to get shipped. It was my Christmas present to myself. I rented one for a few weeks last time and it was so worth it.

@Torchwood: good grief. That's ridiculous and fear mongering.

@Cole: Right?! And really, what's the heaviest perishable item I'm likely to buy? A gallon of milk? I have books heavier than that, not to mention my freaking toddler.

@Torchwood: ugh. It was written by an old man. Because who else says that? I use ovia, and it's nice. Still some weird stuff, but not sexist junk like that.

So, I was using two apps (already deleted the one I posted about now), and apparently they're both written by idiots, though for different reasons. It's "helpful" to clean cutting boards and things that come in contact with raw meat? How about absolutely necessary at all times? What the heck people?

@Mrs. Microscope: Yeah, I generally don't order eggs at restaurants while pregnant because they so frequently don't get the whites fully cooked, but I will never choose to ruin a steak by having it well done!

@Cole: I didn't start until 9 weeks last time so I'm waiting until then again. That will be after my first appointment so I'll feel better about taking them.

@Cole: I'm waiting until at least after my ultrasound to be sure everything is good. I was just so over it by the time I was pregnant with my daughter that I didn't take hardly any pictures, and since she came early we never got maternity photos. I'm sad to have so few pictures so I really want to do better this time. ETA- I'm definitely showing *something*, so I need to start soon!

Speaking of my ultrasound, it's in 3 days and the anxiety is really kicking in. I keep thinking how nice it'll be to see the heartbeat and then freaking out there won't be one. I've never had an ultrasound where I expected there to be a heartbeat and there wasn't. Part of me thinks that's good, and part of me just feels like that'll probably happen this time. Everything else has gone wrong at some point, why should we miss out on this one? 🙄 I'm very ready to have it over with.

@Mrs. Pickle: that definitely makes sense, I kept telling myself I'd start at 8 weeks but I feel so crummy that I don't even want photos of myself right now.

@peachykeen: I've got something happening too. It's such a weird phase where it's not uterus yet but at the same time is growing so fast that is pushing our organs around already which makes for a funny "baby bump" since the baby is like the size of a blueberry!

@Torchwood: I did a lot while I was pregnant with my daughter so I feel pressure not to let this one gave second kid syndrome. I do love having them. It's funny though, if this baby is a boy I'll feel less pressure though since I think a girl will care one day and want to look back on it but I doubt a boy ever will. I'm really crossing my fingers for you that this ultrasound looks perfect. I was doing the same dance of emotions and I'd imagine yours are even more heightened. I desperately wanted to see a heartbeat so I could go calmly into the holidays and it turned into an extremely stressful lead up when they didn't find it the first time. I'm so thankful my doctor didn't even question me coming in again 4 days later even though everyone seems to say wait a week. Hopefully they will turn it on and the baby's heartbeat will pop up immediately with no surprises.

It's 3:30am on new years day, and DH isn't home. No call, no text. He went out with his brother and a few friends, and they took an Uber, but I'm a mess. I woke to pee, and noticed how late it was. The bars closed at 2! Wtf?! I'm imagining him dead somewhere. He won't respond to my texts. Total wreck!

Stupid husband update: they went to the friend's house for a few hours after midnight. So he's fine. Just a jerk. We have a VERY STRICT rule about checking in with each other when we are out and about, but apparently that went out the window last night. So we got in a fight at 4am, he started loud snoring and I slept on MIL's couch. We go home today from vacation.

He needs to remember he has a wife and a child, responsibilities, and his brother doesn't. So he has to check in with me, while it may not look so cool in front of his brother. I also have a "don't get drunk" rule while pregnant, because I don't want to deal with it. A drink or 2, sure, but not so many that you turn into a jerk.

Hey, guess what, we are having babies this year! Yay!

@Mrs. Microscope: glad he's ok, but, ugh. I don't blame you for being upset.

@MommySLP: thanks for this info! This will be day 2 of the full 75 mg of b6 so I'll hope that I start to see that kind if improvement. I've only been doing the unisom for 6 days maybe but was way under on b6 because I misread the mgs on my bottle.

@Cole: totally, thank you. My house is completely destroyed from Christmas but I have no ability to do anything about it. I don't remember feeling this bad the first time but I'm sure i was sleeping more and had no 3 year old to deal with obviously.

@Torchwood: I know what you mean about symptoms being reassuring, even though I'd give anything to feel better than I do. Good luck at your scan! I have my next one on Thursday, and I would expect to see a heartbeat for how far along I am.

How is everyone doing? I'm back at work today and feeling pretty rough. I did get diglecis yesterday so took a dose at bedtime and another this morning. I'm finding I can manage some semi functional hours in the afternoon so we'll see. Need to survive until then. The all day every day sickness is such a slog because there is just no relief.

Anyone else unable to eat sweet things? This time last pregnancy I couldn't eat anything first tri without it coming back up... this time I want salt salt salt all the time, and just thinking about sugar makes my stomach flip. Not such a bad thing after the holiday season I guess!