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@Honeygold89: awww that's no good! I'm the same at the moment with water - always thirsty!

I have to admit it, I POASed again this morning just because it all seems so surreal! The test line was raving pink before the control line even appeared so that was nice. I have two more tests left and have a feeling I'm going to get through them before my doctor's appointment on Friday and my midwife appointment the following Monday.

@Honeygold89: yes, my lips are SO dry right now. I've had to get a cocoa butter lip balm and I absolutely smear my lips with it before going to bed. It seems to help.

I hear you gals on the drinking water. I have a 24oz bottle that I put 3 rubber bands on to track my drinking...I've downed 4 1/2 already today! My hubby can't believe how much I've been going through already.

That, and sleeping. I am dead to the world! I napped 2 hours today and missed 2 phone calls and a visitor knocking on my door. Whoops!

Glad to see I'm not the only one tempted to POAS again between now and my Dr apt.

@AuntieEm: I have my first appointment this Friday at 5+6 but I know it's going to be super-basic, just registering my pregnancy with my primary care provider (GP/family doctor). I think it depends on what you are hoping to get out of the appointment as to whether you reschedule.

@SweetMamaM: I'm sleeping deeply and soundly and often! Even with my crazy dreams I still sleep soundly through the night and nap during the day. I love to sleep.

@MrsKoala: that sounds like me!

@SweetMamaM: Im a sleep monster. I take late evening naps almost every day and sleep 9.5 hrs a night. The first couple weeks I was sleeping lightly tho!

@citymouse: Sometimes implantation blood comes later. I had spotting at 9 weeks with my daughter and everything was fine. My mom spotted with both of her pregnancies around 7-9 weeks, too. Try not to stress!

@Danizaur: Yep, I already look pregnant, although it's my second and I popped right away this time. Didn't show until 20-24 weeks with my first. My bump has gone down a bit now that I've been so sick the last couple weeks though.

Still sick over here and canceling plans left and right. Sleeping every chance I get, desperately trying to get myself to eat and so far not so good. At the most, if this is anything like my first pregnancy, I only have 11 or so weeks of this left....ugh.

@sweetmamam: I cannot sleep enough. Fatigue seems to be one of the more major pregnancy symptoms I am experiencing, so I am trying not to complain too much since nausea has not hit one bit. I found that working out has helped with the need to take naps on top of my 9-10 hour/night sleep.

But, today is Monday and there is nothing I would rather do right now than go home and sleep.

@MrsKoala: yay congrats I hope mines go as smooth as yours today I'm a little nervous but DH will be there and as of today I'm 6 weeks 5 days so I'm hoping to see the sac and hopefully the heartbeat fx

@AuntieEm: let's us know how your appt goes mines isn't until 2:30 but of course they want us there an hour early for paper work good luck ma

@citymouse: don't worry everything is fines it was most likely implantation

@MrsKoala: yep it's at 2:30 but got to be there a hour early so I got a hour to go and I can't wait

@MrsKoala: So glad everything looks good!!

@Honeygold89: Have fun at the appt!!

@citymouse: my cramping has slowed down a lot over the past few days and it only seems to creep up in the later afternoons. My cramping though felt like almost what it did right before AF started, so it was uncomfortable, but any cramping during AF was much worse!! This time around it is just a lot of bloat and pressure along with it. Not enough to be really painful, just uncomfortable.

@MSBartlett: @MrsKoala: Thats what mine are like too. Maybe Im being a baby?

I agree with @mrskoala. If I was spotting I would definitely be calling the doctor. But also my AF's were never really that bad, and I already had implantation spotting during the TWW, so if I got something now I would probably be freaking out. But I think that if the doc's are assuring you that the spotting is ok, I would not be concerned about the cramping. Cramping and fatigue are the only two real symptoms I have right now.

Hi Ladies! So I'm going to give a quick(ish) update on my appt then I have to go back and read all of today's comments! You gals were active today
Ok, so as you may or may not know, this was my first appt with this OB ever. My last one was just really insensitive and had a 'churn and burn' mentality with her patients. This one is SO the opposite. She is the sweetest, most attentive OBGYN I've ever met (I'd say I've had 4-5 of them over the years due to moving, etc). She really took the time to listen and didn't make us feel rushed at all. It made DH not so mad about the wait we had beforehand - it made him realize its probably because she's trying to give everyone a fair amount of time He's a tough critic and he left the appointment really liking her too.

So, when I told her my LMP was May 15 and the first BFP was on June 8th she seemed pretty surprised (it was early, like 8dpo). Come to think of it, my PCP was surprised at that too. Anyway, based on that she said she thought I was at 6 weeks, I was thinking 5w5d. I told her my HCG #'s from my PCP's blood tests and she said they were excellent and a good sign.

So then we did the ultrasound. She did tell me beforehand that at this early there is a very good chance that we won't see anything but a sac. She said MAYBE we'd see the fetal pole, but most likely not a HB. Well all we did see was the sac - no fetal pole yet. But she said repeatedly that it is not unexpected at all this early. She measured the sac and said it was where it should be in the 5w5d range.
SO, she asked me to come back next Monday for another u/s because I'll be 6w5d-ish then and we should be able to see a fetal pole and possibly HB at that time. I don't think she is concerned due to what she saw today, but with the history of MC she wants to make sure its progressing. Which I appreciate, she knows it will make me feel better.
She also ordered a blood test within her office to check HCG again just to be extra sure (I should be at 7-8,000-ish) AND progesterone which I haven't had checked yet. I told her afterwards that I was worried I had low progesterone (someone told me recently that spotting before your period is a sign of low progesterone) and she said even if I do it is still early enough to go on supplements and all will be fine.

She told me over and over that everything is normal and to not worry at all. So, I'm really not that worried - just anxious for the blood work to come back in a couple days and the follow-up U/S. I knew going in that it was early so I'm actually feeling OK with everything. There's still that little tiny hope that maybe you're a bit further along than you thought and you'll see something But I knew that wasn't likely with my dates.

All-in-all it was a good appointment but not super exciting since we didn't see much. Either way, I'm so glad this is my new OB. She's awesome.

@Honeygold89: Thanks for the GL vibes Thinking of you too, hope it went well. Come give us an update when you have a minute!

@citymouse: So glad they told you not to worry. Hoping that puts you at ease!

I honestly haven't had that much cramping. Maybe some really dull cramps a couple of times? Ok, this might be TMI, BUT the only time I really had legit cramps was after I had a 'sexy dream' the other night that was very...ummm...realistic? haha. Which happened in my last pregnancy too - I actually read that vivid sex dreams is a symptom in early pregnancy (guessing its the raging hormones?). It woke me up with some mild cramps, but they went away after a few minutes. I meant to ask my OB about this today but forgot - I have to ask her when she calls with blood results!