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@lilteacherbee: It IS really annoying. The ultrasound tech apparently didn't even know what charting was. I told her I knew when I ovulated and she just brushed that aside...We'll see at future appointments but I still think I'm 7w4d today. I could *maybe* have ovulated one day later based on my chart, but not 3. When I do the chart stack for previous months it is obvious that I have an ovulation temp - my temp is always the exact same on O day.
@beachbee: So, after a previous attempt at cio - which I swore I would never do and HATED, we used the "sleep lady shuffle" method this time and it has worked so much better. DD used to only be nursed to sleep - now I am nursing her before her bath and putting her down after her bedtime routine, she cries for about 2 minutes and then goes right to sleep. It's been 12 days now, and she is still waking once - we go in, give her a hug and some water if she's thirsty and she's back to sleep within 5-10m. I really like this method, even though it was rough at first, because at least you stay in the room so I knew that she was ok and getting reassurance from my presence. After a few days, she figured it out and is falling asleep pretty easily now.

@Duckling: welcome and congratulations!!!

@Duckling: congratulations!

Nothing really new here. I have my first appt on 11/5 and will be 10w1d per my calculations. My early risk assessment/ultrasound is scheduled for 11/20. I am hoping to wait to tell family until after our ultrasound but I may end up telling my mom on her birthday which is 11/16. I'm not in as much of a rush this time as I was with DS. Maybe because I remember all the badgering about names, etc and I am not ready to deal with that again. I'm sure I'm going to hear lots of advice about weaning DS and I am afraid I may snap at someone if they do.

My u/s was supposed to be tomorrow but they're bringing me in today because I've had pink spotting for a few days now and we didn't want to take any chances with my loss history. Kind of scared.

I've been nauseous 24/7 since week 5 but I haven't actually thrown up yet. Sometimes I think I'd feel better if I did.

I've told a few of my besties...we're telling the in-laws over Thanksgiving cause we're flying out to see them and will tell my parents shortly after that when we see them in early December. We'll probably go "public" closer to Christmas.

My first appointment is Nov. 5th, can't wait to see if everything is going well!

@Spaniellove, keep us posted about your appointment today, hoping you receive nothing but good news.

@BabyBruins: @DCBW: @kentuckygirl: Thank you guys. I will try to update afterwards.

I think I'm getting used to this pattern now with the appointments being "okay news with a catch". We saw the heartbeat which was reassuring but it was also the second appointment in a row where I caught the nurse saying the measured age was behind our dates. I think at 5 weeks it measured 4 weeks 3 days and today at 6 weeks 6 days it measured 6 weeks 1 day. Hard not to obsess about that!

@spaniellove: Glad to hear that you saw the heartbeat today! Did they take any other precautions, other than moving up the u/s for the spotting you were having? More progesterone? I know it's hard not to obsess over the details - it's what has kept you going all this time for so long. For now, just keep talking to your belly and telling it to grow

@spaniellove: So glad you saw the heartbeat!!! I really can't imagine with a baby that tiny, the measurements would ever be perfectly accurate. I'm no MD but there are also tons of stories where babies "catch up"! So happy that you had an overall good visit!

@TheSwissWifeStyle: I think the CRL was 5mm. But I'm trying to just let it go since there's nothing to be gained by obsessing about this. And yes, everything feels better without the suppositories!

@spaniellove: yay for no more suppositories!

@spaniellove: so glad you got to hear the heartbeat!! and yay for no more suppositories... I did a happy dance when those were done our OB office is rather large and from what I understand one of the doctors in the practice will do the delivery. I have never heard of random on-call doctors from the hospital delivering, that seems odd to me. then again, I am not excited about possibly delivering with a doctor that I may have only met once at a check-up early in the pregnancy..

Hey all....I'm out

@spaniellove: thank you.

@TheSwissWifeStyle: I'm so so sorry. Love and thoughts from Australia

@TheSwissWifeStyle: I'm so sorry for your loss. It's such a terrible thing to have to go through, and to have it happen repeatedly, my heart goes out to you. I hope you get some answers with the testing you want to do.

Thanks guys. I just feel so broken.

@TheSwissWifeStyle: I'm so so sorry! Hugs

@spaniellove: this was common at my practice. I ended up with someone else delivering but she was great.

@TheSwissWifeStyle: I'm so sorry to hear that....I hope you get some answers soon.

Ugh, I lost my job today. They are doing big cuts globally and I was one of them. I'm upset now, but I hope I'll get over it. Even after my first one was born, I toyed with the idea of not going back, but was too chicken to actually do it. I'm hoping this is God's way of saying I should stay home with my kids.
But it still sucks.