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@Reese: I'm glad you loved her! Midwives are the BEST! In a lot of the world midwives care for all low-risk births leaving OBs for high-risk births/deliveries. It makes so much sense but it hasn't caught on as quickly here! Having said that the midwives in my area have to turn a lot of women away. Embarrassing confession: I cried at my 6w PP appt with them! They did so much for me and it was so sad saying goodbye! Haha! (I'll blame it on PP hormones )

Thanks ladies, I've spend the night going round and round in circles, and had such a bad tummy ache through the night as I had worked myself up.

Basically - Day 14 - Pap Smear/US - OB states no ovulation taking place, clearly no follicle is mature/popped an egg.

Day 21 - Progesterone Blood Test - Comes back as 22, told that I have ovulated. Starting to think, maybe I was GOING to ovulate instead? I forgot to ask if hcg was tested at the same time.

Did we DTD unprotected between maybe days 19 - 25ish? OB says I must have ovulated MUCH later than Day 14, obviously follicle needed time to mature and pop the egg when there was nothing there at day 14? I doubt that sperm from Day 14 could have lasted a week and a bit later if I ovulated around Day 21 onwards. Makes sense that I concieved at a later date and that brings dates closer to 6 weeks.

Day 26ish I think I tested first, which came back negative. Day 28/29 symptoms were crazy bad, light spotting (I thought implantation) and missed period. Preg test came back positive but fairly light, a few days later another test was darker, and then about 5 weeks preg it was dark as anything (control line was lighter). Still a bit concerned about the fact he says there was some blood visible on the ultrasound, and hoping that its not getting worse.

Yep, I've driven myself batty all night.

@FannyMae: thinking of you, it's so so hard not to think it over and over again and worry. I totally understand, I hope you can find some peace as you won't find out until next week the results of the blood tests, right? That's a ways away, have you got any projects to keep yourself busy?

@Reese: My midwife was the same way. I asked her about epidurals, because I do hope to have a med-free birth but I am not determined to do so if it isn't working out. She told me that her whole goal is just to get to know me better to help me make the choices I want to make. She gave the example of, "if you're 9 cm dilated and you say you want an epidural, it's my job to know if you actually want one, or you want me to talk you through it." I felt very supported and not judged.

@FannyMae: Thinking of you, hoping everything is okay!

@Tidybee: It was a pretty pointless appointment, really. She didn't check me or anything because I had just been there in July.

Forgot to mention: the u/s started off with quite a scare! OB inserted the probe, and first thing he said was: "oh, there's a big cyst on this ovary", and immediately the screen fills up with a giant black volume. My heart almost stopped, but then he very quickly said he could see the baby too, but wanted to check out this cyst first. Well, apparently it's a fluid-filled sac on one of the ovaries that's formed with or previous to the pregnancy and has grown to 6 cm (like a golf ball). It's rare but harmless, both for me and the baby, but could cause acute abdominal pain if it should twist around it's attachment point (or at least that's what I understood). After delivery, it should go away on it's own but they'll keep monitoring it along the way. I'm still scared though, I've had endometriosis and I do not want anything around my ovaries that shouldn't be there. DH has googled it and apparently it's no big deal so I'll try not to worry about it and focus on baby instead!

@mrsvdv: great picture, so exciting!!

@FannyMae: still sending good thoughts your way! I do think with your timeline it is possible that you are not as far along and I hope that tour testing leads to clear and positive results! Hugs!

@mrsvdv: hi gummy bear baby! Great photo! And what a scare at the appointment! So glad all is well with baby and hoping the cyst doesn't cause problems!

@mrsvdv: hello little baby!!! Congrats!

So I'm thinking about buying a doppler. Crazy? I read great things about the sonoline b!

@Candy_nee: oh poor you! I think we have all had days like that! Hope things pick up for you! On a practical note, do you have a Bella band? I got mine at target and it was perfect for those in between days when maternity was too big.

@mrsvdv: yay glad things are going well ..

anyone have total irrational thoughts like at my u/s tomorrow I keep dreaming they see nothing yay crazy pregnancy dreams

@Candy_nee: this was our Tuesday so I feel you!

@Candy_nee: it is like a super stretchy piece of fabric, like part of a good camisole? I used to fold mine in two over pants that were unbuttoned and it smoothed things out enough not to be noticeable, plus kept my pants up! The real name brand ones are a little pricy but I think they are like $15 at target? I wore mine later on too over maternity pants where the band wasn't quite tight enough, so I felt like I got my money's worth.

@QBbride: good luck! Hope the time flies by! Mine is tomorrow and I am getting really nervous. I said to DH, I guess we will see if I sm really pregnant! But he said you are pregnant, you just need to see if everything is ok. So sensible!

@mrsvdv: Yay and congratulations on a happy ultrasound!@Reese: I have thought about it but know I will FREAK if I can't find it due to my own error. I know a lot of people love theirs, though.
@Mrs. Pickles: @QBbride: @MamaCate: Wishing you all awesome ultrasounds!

So... I wore this dress without thinking today. Ummm...hello, blump!

@simplyfelicity: so cute! But yeah you can see the blump!!

@simplyfelicity: if it makes you feel better, my first thought was "cute dress!" Not "hello blump!"

@Reese: how often do you think you will use it? Like every night before bed? After pregnancy you can sell it so it sounds like a good plan.

One perfect baby measuring 10w3d!!! I'm SO relieved! I'm not sure what that makes my due date? Probably around July 7 which was my original guess!

@QBbride: Yay! So glad that all is well with you and baby! What a great photo!