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@TrailRunner: Yay for good scan results and a boy!!! So exciting!!

@csross217: aw, don't listen to the negative like that. Some people really shouldn't have had kids. I'll be honest. Your life will completely change and your priorities will be all different. I sometimes wonder what happened to the old me and I often miss the old me. But I wouldn't change it for anything. My children have given me the greatest joy in life. They have shown me what true unconditional love is. They are the absolute best thing I have ever done. Don't be scared! Be excited for what's to come.

@csross217: I think that is just so miserable! She must be in a bad place in her life or have some other issues. Thats not a nice thing to say to anyone, let alone a mum to be! Becoming a parent is the hands down the hardest job we'll ever do but it is also the most wonderful and fulfilling part of my life - no question! Just last night my 6 year old DD wrote me a letter out of the blue while I was in the bath and it was so sweet and she came over and gave me the biggest, longest hug and it just totally made my entire week

@iluvboba637: 3 boys is definitely a challenge but so worth it! They all play with eachother and I know down the road they will have that "brotherly love." I'm not sure what I'm having yet but a fourth boy might put me into the "I JUST DONT KNOW ABOUT THIS!" category!

@TrailRunner: Congrats on baby boy! So much fun!

I'm just gonna vent for a minute...
I'm starting to stress every minute of the day with this pregnancy weight gain. 13 weeks in and already gained 10lbs I am such a health freak and gym rat and there seems to be nothing I can do to control this continuously upward spiral of numbers on my scale. My poor husband already cannot wait for this pregnancy to be over bc I haven't stopped complaining about my thighs and butt! I am so petite too and I thought this would be like my last two pregnancies (16lb total weight gain and 28lb weight gain with twins). I just don't understand. I am trying to figure out a safe way to slow my weight gain down...any suggestions? Has anyone experienced this?

@fitfigure87: I had gained 10 pounds in the 1st month! Now I haven't gained anything the past few weeks and am holding steady at the 10 pounds. I know it sucks to see the number rise but your body is doing what it needs to do for the baby. If you are making healthy choices and working out, then you are doing all you can do. Your body must need the extra weight. Also, I don't think you can compare your pregnancies. Mine have all been different! Also, I don't know how long ago your other pregnancies were, but weight gain/management is so much harder as you get older!

@fitfigure87: I have gained at least ten pounds as well. I wasn't small before I got pregnant...higher end of healthy weight, and now I'm officially overweight. It was a real blow the last time I stepped on a scale. I am now just diligently counting calories again. I didn't make the best choices before bc of food aversions and this random sweet tooth I picked up, but I am going to get back to eating right.

So are any moms feeling better and over the nausea phase yet? Give me hope! Eleven weeks here and I throw up at least once every day. Just wondering when I'll feel better.

@fitfigure87: @iluvboba637: @Mamasig: @TrailRunner: Girls I am right here with you on the crazy weight gain. I know the culprit, I ate like total crap in the first tri b/c I was so sick! Now I'm at a point where 90% of my wardrobe doesn't fit. And not just cause my growing belly, if you know what I mean. I have to wear leggings every day. I'm not even going to get on the scale because I think I'd be horrified. I'm trying not to stress though, I feel better now (14 wks) and have started making better food choices, plus I'm starting to think about adding some light walking to my day or joining a pre-natal aquafit class. I know that all the weight will come off eventually!!

On a happy note, we had our NT scan on Friday and all looks great, plus our doppler arrived in the mail yesterday and we enjoyed listening to the heartbeat together

@My Only Sunshine: Good call! The last thing we need is anymore reasons to freak out. It's great and DH enjoyed being able to find the heartbeat himself, the only downside I foresee is that it will make these early dr appointments less exciting as thats what I really looked forward to with lo1 pregnancy

Also, I've decided to switch practices! Switching to a local midwifery group that does only hospital deliveries (including water births!) nearby. It's the first time I've spoken with a practitioner and haven't feel the need to explain my desire for an unmedicated etc. birth. Very excited about the switch.

I'm 14 weeks and still have nausea in the afternoons and evenings. Better than all day, but it's still here..

@Mamasig: 14 weeks here and my nausea is completely gone! Replaced with all-day ravenous hunger and strange cravings though...

@atoz: That sounds like a great switch!! I live in a really rural area and unfortunately there are only a few practices/hospitals around to choose from unless I want to drive 2 hours... but it is kinda cool that I'm going to be delivering at the hospital where my entire family had their babies, and where both myself and DH were born!

@TrailRunner: What is the tdap?

@Autumnmama79: it's a combination shot that covers whooping cough.

@Mamasig: my obgyn made such a big deal about the tdap, so I got all freaked out. That and coupled with those videos online made me so sad. I'm not a germaphobe by any means, so it's weird to me that I am so insistent on this.

@TrailRunner: I think I got that with my 2nd pregnancy but not my 1st. It's a blur after a while. I've never seen the videos. I will say that after becoming a mom I shy away from too much info. It's all overwhelming after a while and you begin imagining the worst happening to your child. So for me partial ignorance is bliss.

I am terrible at keeping up with this thread, I have been AWOL between crazy work projects, sick toddler, vacation, etc.

We did find out we're having another boy! So excited for my son to have a brother.

Is it possible to have lightning crotch this early? I didn't get it last time until the third tri, but here I am at 14 weeks with it. In the last two hours I've felt it 4 or 5 times, one time I gasped. Ugh.

@Mamasig: Yup, nausea is gone for the most part! Every now and then something induces a gag but I haven't thrown up in weeks and mostly I feel good. I'm 14 weeks.

@fitfigure87: this was me the last pregnancy, I started putting on weight and it just never stopped. What's strange is that hasn't happened this time (yet...), it's more like what mamasig said, about 10 lbs right away but nothing since. Although last time I was also nauseous for longer which I think contributed (more junk/carbs).

@sharpie: Yeah I have finally stopped gaining for the moment and even lost half a pound overnight somehow! Anyways, did you have an early ultrasound to find out what you were having? I have a gender reveal on Nov 16th and am praying we can tell!

So I had my OB appt yesterday. She did a superquick u/s to make sure the bean is doing ok and I got to see the heartbeat flicker, which is always such a sigh of relief in these beginning weeks! Then I just had an enormous amount of blood taken. 7-10 days until we can find out the sex! Its going to be so weird knowing ahead of time!

Next appt is the u/s with the NT scan in two weeks.