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@Candy_nee: thanks!!! I'm so in love already!

@QBbride: What a perfect little baby!

@QBbride: Awwww beautiful! Love those little legs!

@simplyfelicity: You look so cute in that dress!

@sugarbee: sooo cute!!!!

It's been a rough nausea week for me. So many things seem to trigger my stomach. If I move too fast, I feel nauseous. If I smell my son's dirty diaper - nauseous. If I don't eat often enough, bleh. I really don't want to deal with this for several more weeks. But I know I was in this fog until about 15 weeks for my first pregnancy. Which means...5 more weeks to go. Here's to an icky holiday...or maybe a holiday of stuffing my face, not moving too fast, and not changing any dirty diapers. Wait...that actually sounds good

@sugarbee: your at home Doppler gave you that picture?! Amazing!!!
@sweetooth: hope your nausea goes away a bit earlier this time!!! Feeling sick over the holidays is the worst!

I had my u/s earlier ..measuring exactly 11wks 1 d..still July 2nd due date..hb 171..I feel so relieved I was surprised how much it was rolling around and kicking

@Mrs. Pickles: hi sweet baby!
@MamaCate: can't wait to hear how your appt goes!

For you second time mommas - are you finding yourself being more relaxed with this pregnancy? Like I'm seriously craving a turkey sub and will probably allow myself one. My last pregnancy there was no way I would have done that!

@Candy_nee: Yes! Deciding what I'm okay with is much easier this time, I feel less compulsion to follow every suggestion to a t.

wow these ultrasounds are amazing! Wish my OB had 4D one in his office hehe thats awesome. love the little arms and legs are visible!!

@sweetooth: thank you, i'm heading to my 2nd blood test this morning (once i get out of my crummy pj's). the zofran is working for the nausea but its causing chaos at the other end I was balled up on the couch for 5 hours with horrendous stomach pains yesterday, thinking I was going to have the runs (SORRRRY TMI i know!). 5 hours of nothing, I ended up having a very slight amount of light pink spotting (only once) so I had an absolute heart attack (probably from straining). Had a nice hot shower to calm my achey body down, and then pains seemed to dissipate.... this morning theyre slightly back but I'm guessing its trapped gas & constipation. damn you zofran you double edged sword!!

I'm finally joining, after seeing the baby's heartbeat today in an emergency ultrasound. I have a previous loss, so I was scared to join before then, although I've been reading along for quite some time

Location: NJ

EDD: July 31, although I will have a medically necessary csection approx a week before that.

How far along: 7 weeks today

First child? 2nd child, 3rd pregnancy

First doctor appointment: I had my first appt last week, first u/s today, and 1st maternal fetal medicine appt is next Wednesday.

Any symptoms so far? Tons of nausea. Seriously, tons. Also some lightheadedness.

Who have you told? My parents and a few close friends.

Baby is measuring right at 7w, with a hb of 126. They did find a subchorionic hemorrhage though, and while my ob insists they're fairly common, I'm really freaking scared. He said I may spot because of it, but not to be alarmed (is that even possible?!?) and that it "should" go away on its own.

Hope everyone is doing well - this is a big group!

@ValentineMommy: Congratulations!! I'm in the same boat with the subchorionic hemorrhage, and I'm pretty dang scared about it too. Lots of deep breathing and attempting to distract myself!

As for me, good appt today and saw baby twirling around and a good heartbeat! So relieved! Pic later!

@MamaCate: Yay for a happy ultrasound!

  July Mamas!  
July 1: simplyfelicity
July 2: Mrs. Pickles
July 4: dolphin
July 5: Reese
July 7: qbbride, fuzzypeaches, little bitty house
July 10: travelgirl1
July 11: Candy_nee, sweettooth, Mrsk
July 13: tidybee, sugarbee
July 14: Chocoholic, dreamer3311 (twins!), angelachase
July 15: nicole112
July 17: MamaCate, cvbee
July 20: Bluemasonjar
July 22: FannyMae
July 24: BlueWolverine
July 25: Mrsvdv
July 28: Spinny, MrsH
July 30: Cait
July 31: ValentineMommy

@cait: that's exactly it - most of them are guidelines rather than hard and fast rules. At least that's my approach this time.
@MamaCate: yay for a happy ultrasound!!
@ValentineMommy: welcome!!

Oh my this thread moves quick!

I had my first appointment and oh how things have changed since my first pregnancy - 2013! I got an ultrasound which I totally wasn't expecting, but was very reassuring. My midwife said she does them now at the first visit.

She mentioned a new early blood test they do that tests the baby's DNA for any chromosomal issues and it also tells gender. It's so crazy how things are always changing!!

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone!!

@FannyMae: I'm so freaked out, it's unbelievable. My doctor didn't seem all that concerned however. Did they say how big yours is?

@Chocoholic: totally agree. I had my son in 2013 and things are so different now! We are taking that gender blood test on dec 30!! It's crazy that you can know so early!

@Chocoholic: I haven't had my first appt yet but when I told my dr I was TTC she told me about the first appt ultrasound and I was so surprised - I had to wait until 18 weeks with my first in 2011! I haven't heard anything about that blood test yet but that's nuts (and exciting)!

@ValentineMommy: he didn't say how big it was, but to me it looked like it was about half the size of the sac. what I thought was an 8 week pregnancy shows a baby that is only 6 weeks along, so I'm not sure how big that measures in inches/cm. he just said to me that because of the size difference/bleed there may be a higher chance of miscarriage, but I know that they are fairly common occurances.