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@bananasareyellow: ugh I know! I don’t know how you guys do it. I shouldn’t brag since it’s super unfair to almost everyone on this board!!

@cyoung: It sucks to be stuck in limbo. I hope you get clarity soon.

@bananasareyellow: welcome!!! Glad to have you join us!

@QBbride: thank you for starting the list! I’m also super envious of your 18 month maternity leave!! Mine will probably be around 5 months but I’m debating taking some partially paid leave for a total of 6. Oh and my first is a June baby, he’ll be 3 when this one arrives and I think it will be a good age difference. Although right now when I ask him if he wants a baby sister or brother, he says “no way!” 🤣

@cyoung: sending you positive thoughts!! I hope the fact that you’re not bleeding or having cramps is a good sign!! Hugs

AFM I’ve just been super exhausted and have been really busy at work. I need to go in for the 1 hour glucose test before my first appointment and I’m not looking forward to it. Did anyone else have GD in a previous pregnancy?

Test was almost negative today. I'm still not bleeding or cramping. Idk what is going on.

@QBbride: yes I had GD with my first! I’m
hoping not to have it again but if I do it’s not a big deal since I’ve been eating low carb/keto anyway.

@cyoung: oh no! That is so weird and it must be hard to be in limbo. Thinking of you!!

Ok, the WEIRDEST thing happened to me today. We were at my daughter’s gymnastics class this morning and out of nowhere, my son says “mummy, you have a baby in your tummy”. I have NEVER mentioned anything even around my son, so how weird is that?! I’m like ummm no! Why do you think that?

@cyoung: awww, I’m SO sorry. Been there and it really sucks. Thinking of you and please take care of yourself

@cyoung: oh no!!!! I’m so so sorry! will be thinking of you, please take care of yourself.

@starlitsky: hey! I’m doing well thanks. I have a midwife appointment with the first group tomorrow it seems so early, but i’ll Take it! I’m leaning towards the second group though so I don’t know if it will be awkward when I decide not to go with one of them.

Feeling pretty good, just tired and thirsty. So much stretching too. Isn’t my uterus already super stretched? 🤣

@QBbride: oh wow! that's exciting that your first appointment is tomorrow! will they do an ultrasound? hopefully it won't be awkward if you decide to go with the other group; i'm sure it happens all the time!

@bananasareyellow: oh no, i'm so sorry. was this your first beta, or did you take previous ones that were higher?

@bananasareyellow: oh no! I’m so sorry!! Sending you love.

@QBbride: oooh ok so when do you get your first ultrasound? mine is on 11/16 and i'm super nervous!

i've been super tired too and i've been falling asleep earlier than usual. do you have any nausea yet? i have very slight nausea throughout the day but it's not severe. i didn't have any with my first LO though so this is a little different!

@starlitsky: I’m not sure, im hoping to get a dating u/s which will be between 8-10 weeks I hope?! Then my anatomy u/s! That will probably be it for me unless there are issues. With my second, I got a bonus u/s at 32 weeks because I had a low lying placenta (it moved up). Have you thought about if you’ll do any genetic testing? And which tests if you’re going to?

@starlitsky: I had my first midwife appointment! I really liked her so I might just cancel my other one to make it easier. She just went through health history, went through some prenatal stuff like what to eat/not eat, taking vitamin B6 for nausea and suggested magnesium to help with sleep, leg cramps etc. We talked about prenatal testing a bit and I’m definitely interested in NIPT but she thought it was about $750! (I thought it was $450). So we’ll see about that. She gave me a requisition for other basic bloodwork too (blood type, thyroid, CBC etc). Next appointment with her would be December 6.

@starlitsky: no I’m not nauseous yet! I’m assuming it will start at 6-7 weeks but I won’t see her again until 10 weeks. I had bad morning sickness with #2 but nothing with #1, soooo you never know!

I got the NIPT done with my last pregnancy, but I got it for free because I did it as part of a study. I looked up the fee and it’s $495. Expensive but worth it for peace of mind I think. I’ll have to talk it over with my husband but I think he will probably go for it.

Sooo I've been spotting for 7 days thought maybe implantation spotting? Anyways took a pregnancy test today 11 days dpo and was positive! I hope this is good news!! Will give it a couple weeks and if no period comes and still positive I will call the doc! Ahhh!

Thank you!!! I will!

Thank you!!! Never been so happy!

Ugh, the nausea has started. I’m so thirsty but can barely stand the thought of drinking nothing sounds appealing. Wahhhhh.

@starlitsky: no we haven’t. My u/s is on Nov 29 so I’d like to hold off telling everyone until after that, probably sometime between then and Christmas. Only catch is my mom is coming to visit next weekend and I think she will suspect because I’m not one to turn down wine so I’m not sure if i’ll deny it or just tell her.

@starlitsky: was your husband’s family so excited? How did you tell them??