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@cascademom: No way!!! DD month twins, and anniversary twins!!

Who are you ladies having your 1st appt with? My OB practice has a mix of OB's, Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners. My 1st appt will be with a midwife. I'm really interested to see how this goes. I've attended my friend's home birth with a midwife before and it was amazing! Something that I would definitely want. DH would never be on board with a home birth, and the midwives at my practice are all working at the hospital I would deliver at. So I feel this might be the best of both worlds!

@78h2o: Yea I totally think I would chicken out with a homebirth. I too like knowing that I would be in a hospital in case anything happened for sure!

@cascademom: did you like him better during your labor? I was fortunate to get one of my favorite docs for my labor. Luckily, there is only one that I dislike and at the time, she was not doing deliveries. I hope that is still the case or I swear to you, I will cross my legs and wait for a shift change.

@cascademom: Glad you ended up having a good experience with him! My feet were super swollen too, it sucks!

I'm waiting for the nurse to call with my first beta result... they said Wed afternoon, so hopefully they'll call soon. I'm trying to drink more water in case that is why I'm cramping so much. I'm really nauseous today, which is both sucky and reassuring.

Beta was 251 (15DPO, I think), which seems fine. They were going to have me go Friday, but they are sending me tomorrow instead. That makes me happy (since I'll get the results Friday instead of Monday).

I wish I had been temping so that I would have a better idea of when I O'd. When do you think, looking at this chart? http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ttc/chartgraph_module.php?d=2014-09-12&mode=a&ts=1411585851&u=3723421 I had a positive OPK on the 7th, but on the 8th it was still pretty dark, though not quite positive (I was using a cheap non-digital kind). I still had EWCM on the 9th. In the past, when using CBE digital and temping, I usually had a surge that lasted two days (two days of + OPKs) and would O the day after the 2nd positive test... So, based on that, I am thinking my O date was the 8th or 9th, which would put at me at 15/14 DPO. Or do you think I could have O'd on the day I got the first positive? Do you think it might happen differently than for other cycles. Sorry... I know I am totally overanalyzing!!!

@MrsBrewer: I've been having cramps since my BFP. It's totally normal as long as there's no bleeding. It's best to stay hydrated. Hydration usually helps with cramps. I had to pop some Tylenol a couple days this week. I've been having back pain early. I've already started using my leg pillow, so I don't wake up in pain. I'm still nauseous at random times. I swear I'm more nauseous this time around earlier than last time.

@MrsBrewer: It looks like this. http://www.amazon.com/Contour-Original-Leg-Pillow-Ecru/dp/B007S2ASUU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1411665215&sr=8-2&keywords=contoured+leg+pillow

I found that it helps with back pain during bed and leg cramps during pregnancy.

I am wearing a dress today and it is so much more comfortable than the pants I was wearing yesterday. I am so bloated! I've decided I am only wearing dresses and skirts with elastic waist bands until I move on to maternity clothes.

I loaned all my maternity clothes to a friend who is due in January... I did not expect to be pregnant so soon. I want to wait until the 2nd tri before telling her and awkwardly asking for them back. If I can wait until Jan, that would be great, but I know I will need maternity clothes before then. My sister is coming to visit in October and will bring me some of her maternity... hopefully they will be enough until I can get mine back.

@78h2o: Last time, my back pain came from my sciatic nerve. This time, I'm not totally sure where it's coming from. I lift LO a bit, but try to keep him above my hips and belly when I do. I think I also read that it's normal to have pain when your body is stretching and readjusting to a growing uterus. I have a month until my appointment, but I'll address it then.

I'm 34, turning 35 before delivery. I don't know if they'll have me be AMA or not under those conditions. I'll have to see what they decide on that. Despite the infections last time, my pregnancy/labor/delivery was pretty straightforward. So, I'll have to see.

@78h2o: The only time I've had back pain has been pregnancy, so it's not a surprise for me. It's how early it that gets me. The baby's the size of a poppy seed, but everything else is expanding fast.

Good to know that they go by age at delivery. I didn't know that. My labor was 14 hours. I started labor during the day at work. It didn't get noticeable until I left work and couldn't get comfortable around 7pm. By 11pm, we were headed to the hospital. I had LO the next morning. I know that I got lucky with my labor compared to some friends of ours. We'll see what this little one does then.

@78h2o: I recently bought more maternity clothes since most of mine are summer stuff. For my last pregnancy, I could still wear most of my clothes until spring. Right now, I swear that I look pregnant at 4 weeks which feels way too early for that. I picked up some sweaters and long sleeve t-shirts to get me through the winter.

@78h2o: Yep, the bloat is bad here. It feels like rounded bloat instead, you're just bloaty no matter what you do. I've been looking at images of second pregnancies. It looked like popping early is going to happen for sure. With LO, I didn't pop until at least 15-18 weeks. By 13 weeks, people were suspicious of pregnancy. I have a feeling that it's going to be noticeable sooner.

Glad that you got the early ultrasound offer in case of spotting. I hate spotting in pregnancy. It makes me so anxious.

@dc yoga bee: Yay!! Welcome!!

@cascademom: @78h2o: I am soooo bloated too. Everyday when I get home from work, I immediately put on my sweat pants! My work pants (I'm an accountant in an office) are getting really tight....In your previous pregnancy, did the bloat subside before your bump?

@cascademom: I'm excited for this bloat to go down! I really want a bump, but at this point I just don't want to feel like I swallowed a pillow. LOL

So how is everyone in regards to their current weight?

For me, I'm definitely not at my ideal weight, in fact I'm at the heaviest I've ever been unfortunately I'm probably about 40-50 lbs overweight. When I have my first appt I'm planning on talking specifically about weight, and what's expected.

@MrsBrewer: I think I had the start of a a real bump by 11 or 12 weeks. I wore maternity pants to work starting at about 10 weeks, just because they were so much more comfortable. I started with maternity tops at 13 weeks... earlier than most. My sister got me the "Belly Book" and I took pics every week and filled it out... it's nice to be able to have that info now! I bought another one for this pregnancy so each baby can have one. I'm too nervous to write in it just yet though!

My BMI is 24...so technically healthy, but near the top of the healthy range. I am about 10-15 lbs over my ideal weight, but at about the same weight as I was when I got pregnant last time. I think they suggested I gain about 25-30 lbs, but I ended up gaining 50. None of my doctors said a word about it. I think a lot of it was water weight, as I had a TON of swelling, but I am going to try really hard not to gain as much this time!!! Last time they had me not exercise during the first tri, since I had spotting that freaked me out, and I'd just had a miscarriage. But I never really got back in the groove during the 2nd tri... I did swim once a week, but I didn't do much else. This time I am trying to take a long walk everyday and I'm going to try to get back to swimming, yoga, and maybe some classes. I also need to be careful about my diet. I am already really nauseous and a lot of things do not sound appetizing. Last time around, the only thing I wanted was carbs... like bagels and chips.

@dc yoga bee: Congratulations again! Can't wait to hear how it goes telling your husband.

So happy to be here!

Location:

EDD: June 9th

How far along: 3w6d

First child? Nope, I have a 23month old DS

First doctor appointment: Haven't even called my doctor yet, will today today...I imagine sometime the first week of November.

Any symptoms so far? none! Except having to get up to pee in the MOTN, which started the day I got my BFP, lol.

Who have you told? DH and HB! We may wait til after our first appt to tell family and friends. I am much more relaxed about telling people this time around--I figure if something bad happens, I would want support from people anyway.

@MrsBrewer: I am about where I was when I got pregnant with DS, except much less toned! I gained 32lbs with him and was happy with that, so I will try to do the same...I stayed really active with him, but I don't know how that will be possible now as a SAHM; I have no childcare to go to the gym or anything. We do walk a lot, and maybe I will get some prenatal workout DVDs or something.

@hilsy85: Congrats!!!

Whoops. Yesterday, I did a hit of Flonase because I woke up with a painful sinus. I forgot about this pregnancy symptom. I'm stupidly reading Babycenter where they're saying that it's OMG bad to use in pregnancy. Eek! I'm hoping that my one time use didn't do anything bad. I may write my OB to be sure.