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@winniebee: I'm so thrilled to see you here! Congrats, and prayers for a smooth pregnancy!
@MrsBrewer: still thinking of you and praying for good news

@MrsBrewer: I'm so sorry for your loss. Your family will remain in my prayers. And for what it's worth, you and your little one remain part of the group and are always welcome here!

@mrsbrewer: I'm so sorry.. sending you lots of love xx

@MrsBrewer: I'm so sorry for your loss. Sending positive thoughts your way

@MrsBrewer: o no! i'm SO sorry. unfortunately, i know the pain of losing a pregnancy. =( i hope you get your rainbow baby soon.

Hi Ladies!

Location: Pennsylvania

EDD: June 23rd

How far along: 5 W 4 D

First child? Yes!

First doctor appointment: Nov. 14th

Any symptoms so far? Tiredness and mild cramping

Who have you told? My husband

Hi ladies! I haven't been very active on here (I've been reading but not replying) since morning sickness is kicking my butt. Had a scare last week with some bleeding but had my follow up saying ultrasound yesterday and baby was there with a heartrate of 167bpm. Measured 8 weeks so my official due date is June 7. I am been absolutely useless at the moment because of severe morning sickness, my kids are basically in front of the tv all day and dh is having to do all the cooking and kids night time routines. Just hoping it disappears faster than with my other pregnancies! Hope you all are coping well.

@math.nerd: Oh thank you! That describes it almost perfectly! Its like a muscle or ligament is too tight and I have to wait for it to relax before moving more. I had kinda wondered if it was round ligament pain since I've heard it mentioned so often. I dont think I had it at all with my first, so I didn't know what it was! Do you feel like the ligament area is always a little sore too? Right now I'm just sitting, but I feel a some general soreness along my hip line. I have been sneezing a lot (allergies maybe?) so maybe the extra stress is making the area more sore.

@YogiBeachWife Welcome!

Today in very pregnant things...try to wrestle open new container of prenatal vitamins, somehow punch self in boob, cry. Now laughing about it, just thought I'd share this amusement with you all.

@MrsBrewer: I am so sorry! Sending you lots of love and prayers right now!

Hi mamas! So happy to be back on the date boards. DD was Feb 2015 and I missed the camaraderie of my mama month twins!!

Location: Alexandria, VA

EDD: June 6th

How far along: 8 weeks 2 days

First child? no, have a 20 month old

First doctor appointment: ultrasound last Friday. Saw and heard heartbeat, it was very strong! I think she said ~145 bpm

Any symptoms so far? feel like crap. All day morning sickness, vomiting, tiredness, craving anything sour, starting to feel the round ligament pain @BOOKWORMMAMA was describing, and I already look like I'm 5 months pregnant. Yay!

Who have you told? I have such a big mouth. DH, our parents, close friends.

So excited to be on this journey with you ladies!!

@YogiBeachWife: @GreeneB2: welcome and congrats!

@bookwormmama: I'm having the same and had it with my second too. I'm taking it as a good sign that things are moving along.

@msmilkshake: this cracked me up - thanks for sharing!

@GreeneB2: I looked pregnant at 8 weeks with my second and like 6 weeks with my last pregnancy. It's crazy how your uterus just puffs out immediately with subsequent pregnancies.

With holidays approaching, who is considering announcing their pregnancy at Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, etc.? Perhaps some of you will know the sex by then and will announce that. Thoughts?

@rattles: @tequiero21: @Winnie13: Thank you!!

@combatlibby: We decided to announce at Christmas. I've been trying to come up with a fun way to announce and I think I found it! I'm a big wine drinker and my family will know right away I'm pregnant if I decline. So I found these cute wine label's and will bring a bottle of wine as a hostess gift. I know my mother-in-law and mom will at least look at the bottle or want to open it right away. They won't suspect a thing! I found them on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/170054405/custom-wine-label-pregnancy-announcement

I don't think we'll do any sort of announcing this time. We will obviously have to tell people sooner or later. But no social media announcement until baby is safely here.

@rattles: that's the approach I have been taking too! I figured it meant things were growing, but I wasn't sure what it was!

@combatlibby: We are going to tell my in-laws when we visit for Thanksgiving and then probably FaceTime my family that day too. I will be like 10-11 weeks, which is later than we told our parents last time. We only see my in-laws a couple times a year, so it's fun we get to tell them in person! We told my parents in person last time, so we thought it was fun that it would be swapped this time! We are going to put our DS in a big brother shirt when we get to their house (they live several states away, so we will be driving there before Thanksgiving). We are going to tell my extended family (aunts, cousins, etc) at our family Christmas party...I think I'll be about 16 weeks. We will probably do the same thing and have our son wear a shirt. We won't announce on social media until after Christmas. We might wait until we know the sex.

@YogiBeachWife: it's sort of touchy because we had a pretty major loss back in June. I am guessing I'll tell my mom shortly (because I may need her to come to an ultrasound with me) and then maybe other close family after our first ultrasound. I'm going to try not to really tell any friends until after we have our NIPT (genetic testing) done in December. I I think most people go public around 12 weeks though! In other pregnancies we have told our family after our first ultrasound

@YogiBeachWife: so cute! Love it! We already told our parents.

@combatlibby: I actually had to tell the first person tonight - still feeling a little guilty I told someone outside the family before actually breaking the news to either set of parents but I told my netball coach to ask for advice. Netball is technically a non-contact sport but, like basketball, there's a lot of tussle and sometimes bruises and falls etc so I really wasn't sure if I should keep playing or not. She told me not to so I just played the first quarter and then came off court by saying I felt unwell. Unfortunately, one other teammate guessed right away. I really wanted to wait as long as possible - start of December at least but am already looking big and puffy. I'll try to conceal as best I can at work but haven't decided when to tell parents yet. It's nice just having this as 'us' time with my husband but I've already gone and blabbed!