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@coddergirl: I ate half a bag of Trader Joes plantain chips yesterday while watching TV laying on the couch while DD napped. I'm all about the salty and spicy right now! Everything else makes me want to puke!

Thanks everyone for commiserating with me about all day nausea crappiness! 9 weeks today!!!

@revel: I hear you about the pity party! My family and I went away for a couple of days so that did help to take my mind off of things.

@Mrs. Microscope: Haha yes, I keep telling myself hopefully only 3 more weeks of this and then it’ll get better, and I’m not going to think about having to go through this again until I must!

@Mrs. Pickle: Sometimes I think the thought of food is worse than eating the food itself. But I hear you – I just want to not be hungry.

@KNS: I’m sorry ☹ that stinks. I hope that it gets better for both of us!

@Cole: I spent so much time being excited about getting pregnant that I think I didn’t stop to think about how crappy this first tri might actually feel!

@PetitDuck: Thanks! Yes it was awesome to have everything confirmed and official. Plus so cool to have that first ultrasound print-out to carry around I hope your first appointment goes smoothly as well!

Everything is good! Heartbeat 121! That seems low since my others were higher, but totally good! The tech said the yolk sac makes it look like the baby has a little balloon. ️

@coddergirl: I can eat sweets (really taking pills is the only thing causing me major issues right now), but they always give me bad heartburn when I'm pregnant. Bleh.

@Cole: Yes! The heartbeat is such a big milestone. Now I have to get past 9.5 weeks, when my first pregnancy miscarried. Of course, I was right about my dates being wrong so I got pushed back a few days, so that much longer till then. And yes, definitely doing nipt. I just emailed the midwife asking if they can put that in or if I have to meet with the genetics counselor again.

For whoever is doing the list, new due date is August 21! Two days before DH's bday

@Torchwood: I'm so happy for you!!! Also the u/s photo made me smile. Baby does look like a little, happy balloon!!

You guys ... the nausea is real. I am miserable. I made it 9w1d without puking - today was the day. Food aversions are horrible too. I am ready for this 1st trimester to be OVER!!! We did bump photos last time (officially starting around 15 weeks). Here's my 1st and last (which is 39 weeks + 1 day). It'll be a miracle if we can manage to do it each week this time (with a 3 year old).

@Torchwood: at my ultrasound the doctor made a point of looking around to make sure he"didn't miss anything" I went from thrilled there was a baby there to temporary panic at the idea of twins!

@littlejoy: those photos are adorable! Morning sickness is awful, I'm sorry you threw up today. I hope it tapers off quickly for you, it's brutal.

@Torchwood: heck yeah! Balloon baby!

@littlejoy: beautiful photos! I'm going to try to remember to take some this time, also mulling over if we will do a maternity shoot this time. I didn't really like my photos last time, as I thought I looked fat. We will definitely do newborn photos though!

@Cole I am down probably about 6 pounds at this point and the same thing happened my last pregnancy too. No one was remotely worried and I think as long as you didn't start out super underweight and the baby is growing on track it is fine. Just do your best to get something down and stay hydrated. Have you tried diceglis? I think it is basically a timed release of things similar to the B6 unisom combo but I have found it makes a big difference for me. I went from throwing up daily to now being able to eat a bit during the day and only throwing up about every three days. Also when I went in last week my doc was utterly unconcerned and was almost happy I was so sick because she said that usually means that everything is good.

@KNS: I'll see if I can get the diclegis, our insurance is a super pain so I'm not counting on getting it which is why I haven't tried yet.

@Torchwood: I'm in that gray zone for dehydration, I am probably getting about 25-30 oz a day so not quite with but enough to keep me from needing to go to the er. You're definitely right about baby but needing much, it is part of the miracle of pregnancy. I was way sicker last time and she came out perfectly at a normal weight.

I don't know if it's already been discussed but has anyone given any thought to finding out the sex? We were team green with our first, but with everything wound up finding out, and then found out with dd. I was thinking it might be fun this time but DH is super against it and I don't feel strongly enough to fight it so we'll find out with the nipt.

If we have a boy I'm so glad we had a girl first. I feel strongly about offering options that are both girly and boyish for both genders, but my family does NOT approve of boys having girl things so they would never buy them. This way if we have a boy he at least has all of his sister's stuff to choose from, since we won't be buying as much for a second kid ourselves!

@Cole: I'm sorry you're feeling so awful! I hope it lets up soon and you can get some relief

@Torchwood: We're planning to find out with NIPT as well - my blood draw is 1/17! I kind of feel like I'm having a boy but also feel like another girl would be kind of easier. I'm also against DD having only super girly stuff but we do still have tons of girly clothes in the smaller sizes that I'd like to get more use out of. I'd still be very happy with a boy, though.

Update! My due date is August 19th! Ultrasound measured me at 7w2d yesterday and baby had a heartbeat if 156!

@MrsBrewer: that's great!!

We are definitely finding out the sex ASAP. DH and I will need several months to find and agree on a name. Plus I want to have a monogrammed coming home outfit for the LO like I did for DD.

I'd love to know a bit more about you ladies - since we talk every day!!! Please share as much or as little as you'd like!!

My family and I live in Portland, OR ... we are originally from the Midwest, but moved here 5 years ago to be closer to nature. I own my own design studio, which has been such a blessing (the flexibility during these first years of parenting is something I absolutely do not take for granted). In my free time, I love knitting, hiking, camping, traveling, and binge watching shows on Netflix. We're planning to have this baby at home (like we did with LO 1) ... I'm also a vegan, so this is the part where I promise I'm not one of *those* weirdos, haha. DH and I have been married 8 years ... we met on MySpace when we were in college. I'm excited to get to know you ladies better.

@Torchwood: I'm 31 too! I love that you identify as a humanist!! And, baby names on a theme (especially when the theme is "badass humans") is great.

@littlejoy: good idea! And I hope the nausea cools its heels soon. It really degrades your quality of life!

I'm in the middle of a move to Portland, OR (@littlejoy yay!). My husband and I are moving there to be closer to family, but right now are visiting my family in Europe. I worked up until October of 2016 when I took a break for a few months. I'll be working again after we get settled in Portland. It's been nice to have the whole first trimester basically be 'on vacation' so I don't have to deal with trying to keep a schedule while also feeling badly! I have one cat that I am obsessed with (I am one of those crazy people who is still wondering, what if I don't love my baby as much as my cat?!) My husband and I got married earlier this year - we're both 26. I also love Harry Potter, LOTR, etc Glad to hear there are some other nerds here. I'm an avid reader, and I love to go to the movies, travel, and cook at home. I love the Ottolenghi cookbooks - I mostly cook healthy, vegetarian food with the occasional side of bacon!

@Cole: sorry you're feeling so poorly. I ended up getting the diclegis, even though it was a bit expensive, and I think it is helping more than unisom/b6 was.

@peachykeen: thanks for keeping up the list! So many of us go in on Thursday.

@littlejoy: interesting to hear about everyone's background. I'm 36, live in the Philadelphia area and work a corporate job. In my free time I cook, crossfit and hang with my husband and daughter.

@peachykeen: my hubby and me met online and got married 2014.

The receptionist at the midwife booked my appointment a few weeks ago and I have the same midwife as last time (which I don't really care about because she was okay) but she said she is away for the whole month of July. However, the receptionist said "since you went two weeks late last time I thought it wouldn't matter". Haha. They did ask me if it was okay that she was going to be away. I'd be shocked if I even went into labor on my own since I was induced last time anyway.

We were TG last time, and I'm planning on staying TG this time too! DH doesn't really care either way, so he'll just go along with what I want. Actually, once our son was born, I had to ask what the baby was!

I live in upstate/Western NY. DH and I are highschool sweethearts that were married in 2010. We are both 28. Our son is 3 (I was induced at 37 weeks due to preeclampsia and had high blood pressure for majority of the pregnancy), and we have a lab/pitbull mix who is 9. I have a master's degree, but am currently in a civil service job as a secretary at an elementary school. We are super involved in our church, my FIL is the pastor and DH just did all of the renovations in a building we just bought for the nursery school (where our son goes) and the church. We have been living with my ILs in a duplex style house since we've been married. It's not the worst thing in the world (everything is totally separate), but we don't have a ton of space.And I love Disney

So, I am going to quietly slip in here . . .

First, congrats to everyone! I'm so excited for each of you and have been silently cheering you on while I stalked this thread for the last few weeks.

Location: Texas

EDD: August 17

First child? Ummm....no. This will be Numero 4, officially making me the crazy lady with all the kids.

Any symptoms? Lots of nausea, but I've only thrown up a few times, which makes me feel like it won't be twins this time! I had really awful cramping the first two weeks, but that has subsided. Oh, yeah, and I look like I'm 5 months pregnant. Super.

Who have you told? Pretty much no one. Telling people always feels kind of awkward to me anyway, but this time I have a lot of anxiety about it. I just worry that no one will really be excited since it's our fourth kid. DH knows, of course, and I've told two friends that don't live locally. That's it for a while.

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? This is definitely our last one, so it's weird this time. On one hand, I'm so excited to to have one more baby...love that stage so much. On the other hand, I'm really starting to feel ready to be done with this stage and move to the next. It's kind of a bittersweet feeling to know this will be the end of the baby-having stage for us.

I'm jealous of all of you with appointments. My first u/s and first appt are Jan. 25., so I'll be 10.5 weeks by then. We had u/s at 8 weeks with our other two pregnancies, so it seems like I'm waiting forever this time to make sure everything is okay.