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@cyoung: That’s wonderful!!!! I can’t wait for our first appointment!!!!

I realize I forgot to post a picture of my blob, so here he/she is

I finally got the tiny baby hand! I'm 8 weeks today. I started having some brown discharge again but I'm thinking that'll just be my norm this pregnancy

@cyoung: cute! What app is that? I feel like I’m tired of the regular baby is a poppyseed, etc ones.
@LAZB: oh no! That’s terrible! Did you start tamiflu? Eek. We all got our flu shots but that’s always a fear of mine!

@cyoung: I like that app
@MenagerieMama: Walgreens messes up my rx, but I should be able to get tamiflu this morning. Wish I got it last night though! I didn’t get my flu shot this year, I wanted to, but I had to take steroids a couple of times for my back, and you can’t get a flu shot for a couple of weeks after. By the time I could, I forgot

@LAZB: I hope you feel and get better quickly! Flu just sucks and being pregnant... ugh!! So sorry to hear that.

@smuckers: My pants are a little snug. I’m approximately 6 weeks ish. I hope it’s just bloating for me lol.

My bloat is bad too. I look a fee months pregnant already. Also I've told everyone. People are excited. this is the pic I used to announce on social media

@LAZB: awesome! Thats so exciting!!

We are big gonna do sneak peak!! Its a early gender test and its 99.6 percent accurate. They say of its wrong you get a full refund. You can get it at 9 weeks!! I just ordered it cause I'll be 9 weeks this saterday and wont get it till the 3rd of January on my birthday. We really want another girl! But in the end we are happy with whatever.

• EDD: August 29th
• How far along are you?: 5 + 1
• Is this your 1st child?: Second
• When is your 1st doctor appointment?: Jan 15
• Any symptoms so far?: Not much and the symptoms I do have so far have been very mild- crampy, bloating, tender breasts. I am, however, hungrier and thirstier than usual which is new this time being that it’s still so early.
• Who have you told?: The hubs, parents, sister and coworkers (I work around some hazardous chemicals)

So far I’m just anxious to get to my first appointment to confirm heartbeat. I’m excited and also a little nervous about a second child and what life will look like next year but couldn’t be happier to be pregnant with this little bean!

Have any of you ladies had a similar experience where you had/have mild to no symptoms and a successful pregnancy? I don’t remember when exactly my symptoms really kicked in with DS but that fact that mine this time around have been so mild thus far makes me nervous!

@Petitduck: that’s really reassuring to hear! Thank you for sharing your experience. All I remember from being pregnant with
DS was major bloat around 12 weeks but I don’t remember when it started... also had some nausea weeks 6-8. Trying so hard to not read into anything unless I have obvious miscarriage signs but it’s so hard to relax when there are no labs, ultrasounds or symptoms to prove one way or another. DS just turned 1 in October and is a ball of energy so I can’t wait for him to have a playmate!

@Mrs. K: yeah I didnt feel pregnant with my daughter. I had no symptoms. This one I hardly have any besides being tired and food aversions to meat.

@cake2017: I totally understand where you’re coming from. I’m not sure exactly what our life will look like once there’s another baby in the picture but I’m hoping to move closer to family in the next 9 months so we will have more helping hands around.

@cyoung: It’s crazy how every pregnancy is different and how the presence or absence of symptoms equates to nothing! I’m starting to have a little more bloat and I swear I’m already rockin a bump but my husband says it’s my gut 🤷‍♀️

Will any of you ladies be having the NIPT? I’m 35 this time around so I’m fairly certain my doctor will be ordering around 10 weeks. Also, any hopes of boy or girl? Or team green?

@cyoung: Thanks! Yes, I’m taking a great prenatal from my OB that I had with LO1 and I am trying to eat healthy just can’t get past these food aversions, smells and thoughts of food lol

@Petitduck: what was the biggest adjust, would you say, after LO2 was born? I kind of imagine that my husband and I will just have to divide and conquer I can’t wait for DS to have a playmate ️ Is your oldest a girl or boy? Did it take a long time for your first to notice or care about the second one?

@cake2017: will you have help with your kids once LO2 is born? I think the only thing that gives me peace of mind is knowing I’ll have my mom nearby to help. Hoping your aversions and nausea don’t last long!

@Mrs. K: The biggest adjustment was probably that I couldn’t do everything myself anymore. Bedtime was my hardest adjustment because that was fussy cluster feeding time and my husband travels for work. It was nice when they finally got on a matching bedtime schedule...at just past a year old. Haha. It’s nice to throw them both into bed just after 7 now.

My first is a girl and was very accepting of her little brother. She noticed him more probably a few months in. But I was lucky that it was actually a really easy process. I think I just have a very chill first kid (my second is a lot different). I will say that it does make entertaining both kids easier when they have someone to stare at or poke. And now they have someone who steals toys...mostly the younger from the older.

@cake2017: How old is your first? That’s great that you have family nearby to help. It’s been been huge for us to have my mom who comes to help us a couple days a week. She lives a little over an hour away and drives in on Monday nights and leaves Wednesday’s around noon. DH is a stay at home dad as he is in between jobs so having my mom to come and help him keeps him sane! Our plan is to hopefully find new jobs closer to my parents in the next 9 months and relocate so my mom can help more regularly. Ideally I’d love to be able to cut to part time and have my mom watch the new one and maybe do part time day care for DS? How much time will you be able to take for your mat leave?

@petitduck: I bow down to parents who do it on their own! That’s incredible that you were able to take care of TWO, ALONE! I always feel a bit guilty of how much I look forward to his bedtime but it is so nice to have a few hours to myself before we get up and do the whole routine again. Lately I’ve been waking up extra early in the mornings (not sure why I can’t sleep past 5:30am) so I get to enjoy my coffee before DS gets up. Cherished minutes! Hope your stomach starts making more room for you so you can enjoy more food again

Some other random thoughts and questions:

Did you feel guilty when you had baby #2 and had to divide your energy/couldn’t give as much time to the first?

If you nursed your first, did you find that your milk came in faster with #2? Did you have a more positive experience the second time around?