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@wahine08: lemonade and bagels! I have been living on bagels and crave lemonade all the time!! My breasts are just fuller too, not much bigger that I can tell.

@abbydabbydoodlebug: those dreams do sound crazy! Bet DH is a fan though

I have been feeling better yesterday and today, which scares me. Before that I was often miserable. I still feel nauseous when I really need to eat and if I eat too much (which "too much" is usually not nearly as much as I normally would've eaten pre-preg). Sometimes boobs will hurt. A few cramps here and there. I am definitely tired! I am really praying I am just "lucky" and not as symptomatic and that it's not all because of something bad. I'm hoping Monday we will at least get to Doppler the heartbeat (no u/s though, I'm almost positive). I'm 8 weeks now.

@Sugar.Biscuit: ugh, yeah, that low potassium sucks. My MIL has that chronically, and the supplements hurt her stomach. Viscous cycle! If I could just hear the heartbeat I think my mind would be a little more at ease. I think...

@Emsmems: @Emsmems: @wahine08: I'm with you ladies! Some days I have absolutely no symptoms...and it always worries me! But then I have a day like today where I'm so exhausted I can't even make it through a 30 minute workout, and I know I'm definitely still pregnant, haha.

@wahine08: Hahaha, it's NOT easy! I've been pretty good about keeping up with exercising, but I also haven't been sick at all - just exhausted!

@sugar.biscuit I have found my workouts have gotten a lot harder! Running is a bit more difficult and my muscles just fatigue a lot easier. I also need to take it easier because I am finding that if I work out even slightly hard, I start to bleed ever so slightly or get brown mucus discharge (tmi, sorry). So don't over do it!!

@Emsmems: this sounds horrible but I am so glad to hear you get winded easily because that means I'm not alone. Today I had a hard time carring on a conversation without getting winded. It was horrible! My MIL was like what is wrong with you.

Oh gosh... I get winded SO easy! I feel like a 70 year old who has smoked for 50 years! I have been having some cramping and last night I woke up with diarrhea (yep theres that tmi) and still crampy today. Not sure if its something I ate or things just getting adjusted down there. Im trying not to worry but it is really hard not too.

Besides all that fun stuff, I am still really tired and waves of nausea. I cant wait for this stage to be done! Exciting thing is we are having LO first Bday party next weekend and we are going to wrap a 'Big Sister' tshirt for her to unwrap last and surprise our family! Eeeek we are so not people who like to do this kind of stuff but its a good opportunity to tell everyone!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: I definitely notice the more worn out I feel, the worse the nausea seems to be! And carbs and cheese are all I seem to want, I totally feel you!!

@lindsay05 That's an AWESOME way to announce it! I love that idea!

@sugar.biscuit I have started to feel pretty good myself. The exhaustion is pretty consistent, but the nausea is starting to calm down a bit. And my constipation has been pretty bad. I have had to get up in the middle of the night to poop a few times (sorry tmi). That's the worst.

@Sugar.Biscuit: maybe say DH has a 'grace' for todays meal and BOOM! Haha hope you can do that it would be a great idea!

@MamaBehr: Thanks! It should be interesting!

So I had a doctors appointment today and I thought I would get to hear the heartbeat but apparently its too early yet we dont have our dating scan until June 21st so im bot sure if we should even still announce this weekend! It would be such a great time to do it. Technically I will be almost 11 weeks. UGH!

@wahine08: no scans yet first one is on the 21st and it will be abdominal. I thoughg the doctor may do the doppler but didnt.

@MamaBehr: Yeah for sure. Its just making me question whether we should do the announcement now or not. I am sure all is well but I hate to make a huge production of it and then something isnt right.

@MrsH: Hey lady! Some people say humming while brushing helps. Nothing helped me. I honestly passed on my cleaning cuz I still gag at 16.5 weeks. I didn't wanna vom on the dental staff. Eeeeeeeeew.

Today is the first day in a LONG time I haven't struggled with m/s in the morning while waking up. I didn't wake up ravenously hungry but I ate my couple bites of Kashi Honey & Flax granola bar anyway.

I'm 8w3d and I have an appt today for the dating scan! Last scan they took showed me at 6w5d (which set me back about 4 days from where I thought I was) For some crazy reason, I'm hoping they'll stick me back where I thought I was haha. Anything to make the first tri shorter!!

I have a tilted uterus so I've heard that makes dating the baby early difficult.. anyone else heard of this?

Copied from the Due Dates & Appointments thread.

My labs came back great! She said my HCG was threw the roof (I think she said over 1,000) & my progesterone was at 25 (which she said is good) & to continue taking my supplement.

I seriously had to pull over and cry while I was talking to the nurse. (I'm so glad this didn't happen while I was at the gym, that would have been embarrassing!) I go back in two weeks for more labs. She said to try and get an appointment set for July 5th so we can hear the heart beat. We plan on telling DH's family that weekend so it will be perfect timing.

I am seriously over the moon right now. I have been feeling so good the last week I was terrified something was wrong.

@wahine08 I have to say this week I have started to feel worse!!! Ugh. Yesterday my nausea was worse (though mild compared to others) and the exhaustion was terrible. I'm so over the first trimester......

This sounds dumb, but the fun and novelty of being pregnant doesn't exist the third time around. I just want to get to 15 weeks, I'm so tired of this nonsense. With my first pregnancy, every day was kind of exciting and this time I'm just over it.... OVER IT Anyone else?!?!

Sorry for the rant, I'm just so tired all the time that I can't be a good mom to my current kids, a good wife to my husband, and my house looks like a disaster zone (and I'm not a clean freak....)

@MamaBehr: This is my first pregnancy (to this point, at least) and I'm already over the 1st Tri FOR SURE. It's just full of anxiety and precautions right now, so it's not AS enjoyable as I would've hoped pregnancy would be so far. The best parts are just planning and looking forward to the future. I know it'll get better, it's just GETTING to that point that seems forever long.

I totally feel for you. My SIL is 1 week ahead of me and this is her 3rd as well. She is EXHAUSTED and really feeling a lot of symptoms, which she didn't as much in her last pregnancies. I can't imagine nursing this first trimester crap on top of managing a household! I'm sure you're doing great!

@Lindsay05: The exhaustion is hitting me harder now, as well. I had to go to my car at work to nap for 20 min yesterday!! The only thing that's let up a little is the nausea. You're ALMOST there girl!! Hang in there! I hope you start feeling some relief soon!

I'm smack dab in the middle of week 11, and feeling some dull cramping (almost like ovulation pain) on my left side. Hoping this means baby is growing & stretching. I thought the cramping was done, so it freaked me a little, but I imagine this is just the beginning of weird cramps, punches, bumps, and pains. Hooray for the 1st trimester ending in a few weeks!