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@nanilani: Welcome! I'll add you to our list. I bought the weeks estimator on eBay and thought it expired but not yet! So excited that your appoitment is so soon! This is awesome timing for us, too, so of course I'm convinced something will go wrong. Fingers and toes crossed!

@ChiCalGoBee: Interesting... I feel like I've noticed some bloat lately but who knows. I am waking up to pee and not sleeping the best but I'm also out of town and not in my bed so that could be why?

@LindsayInNY: I had a ton of symptoms during the TWW that I told myself were all in my head. I'm kind of telling myself these symptoms are also in my head. I guess I'm in a fair amount of shock/denial still! Hoping to have a healthy heartbeat appointment in a few weeks that might make it seem more real. When's your first appointment?

@nanilani: I would have been so bummed to have that happen with my last weeks-estimator tester! Maybe it was the test itself and not you!

@ChiCalGoBee: I hadn't thought to look on ebay for the weeks estimator. On amazon, they are upwards of like $90!

@LindsayInNY: I'm not feeling any symptoms yet! How were you able to get an early appointment at your ob? My ob's office said they won't take me until 8 weeks.

@Chicalgobee: thanks!

@agold: even though I'm a second time mom, this is going to be my first baby born in the US -- so I'm feeling a bit like a first timer. When I had my phone appt this morning with a RN to go over dates etc. I had to ask her how prenatal care worked here in the US. She was very sweet and gave me an overview of how it worked at their hospital.

Does everyone do the 8 week ultrasound? Anybody skip it?

@agold: I have no idea. When I went for blood work, the doctor said I'd come back around 8 weeks, I think? But then the doctor who called with the results the next day said they'd bring me back in a week to confirm everything was growing in my uterus. That would've been today but I'm out of town. I'm glad for the extra days though since there's a better chance of seeing something more now!

@agold: Gender is usually around 20 weeks! We did the genetic testing with gender last time and knew around 13 or 14 weeks, I think? I want to ask about it again but DH isn't on board with paying so who knows if we will. Our appt is friday - I'll be 5w5 or 6d I think?

@LindsayInNY: That's exciting you have an appointment coming up so quickly! I can't wait to hear all about it.

@ChiCalGoBee: My appointment is on the 25th, so very close to yours. Will you get an ultrasound? My husband's work schedule changes so much lately that I'm not sure if he can make it. There is a possibility I will go to this appointment alone! I can't imagine. But I pray I will at least get a printout of the whatever the ultrasound shows. I would love to be team green, too! I think I will cave to my husband and find out. And I'm also not sure if we want to spend the money for the early genetic testing. We certainly wouldn't pay for it just because of gender finding out purposes.

Do any May moms feel a little cramping? I am and of course it sucks. Is this a normal early pregnancy thing? I had this last time, but also bleeding and I was put on bed rest. No bleeding now, thank God.

@LindsayInNY: Thanks for commenting and reassuring me this is normal. I am otherwise worrying about the worst. But if its just normal, then I will consider it a minor annoyance for something that is otherwise great happening!

@agold: I'm also having "twinges." They aren't quite cramps, but they are sharp little pains at the top of my uterus. So far no spotting (fingers, toes, eyes crossed it stays that way!) but of course I'm nervous about it. September 29th cannot come soon enough! Hope your spotting stays away, too!

I almost threw up at Target this morning. I'm 5 weeks on Saturday and didn't have any symptoms to speak of at this point in my last pregnancy, so the nausea, exhaustion, etc. are shocking to me. Hope they continue if that's what this babe needs!

@agold: @LindsayInNY: @ChiCalGoBee: I concur, some cramping is totally normal. I think you only need to contact your doc if it's severe or accompanied by bleeding. I've also had cramps on and off for the past week or two, and occasionally more acute abdominal twinges like ChiCalGoBee described. Had some this evening in fact, although the probably lasted no more than 5-10 minutes.

@ChiCalGoBee: @nanilani: girls, I'm also having a wildly different pregnancy this time around! The cramping is on and off and it's definitely very noticeable. And turns out I have a low grade fever, which explains how bad I was feeling. But no other sickness. Do you think low grade fever is a pregnancy thing? Or do you think I should call my doctor? It's really weird to me to not be at the doctor every week for blood work and ultrasound.

@nanilani: I hear you on not wanting these pregnancy symptoms to interfere with work. I'm worried about the same thing. I hid out in my office all day today and am so glad I will be working from home tomorrow. I have no desire to disclose this pregnancy at work any time soon.
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So excited to be here!!!!

Location: Phoenix, AZ

EDD: 5/20

First child?: nope, #2, M (my daughter) turns 1 on October 1st!

Any symptoms?: not really.... Some light nausea but that could just be in my head.

Who have you told? A couple of close friends, DH, my due date group from M.

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? We're just so excited! This was the perfect month for a ton of reasons (I'll be past the first tri for a big trip in December, I won't have to be preggo in the AZ summer heat again, we'll be able to go on a big trip with family for 4th of July next year, we can do a cutesy fall announcement, etc). I have no history of miscarriage, but we'll still be nervous until we see a heartbeat. Dr appt isn't until 9/27 so hoping these next two weeks ish go by super fast! Also hoping I don't have HG this time!

@Bernieboo: Welcome! I'll add you to the list!

Location: Southern Maryland

EDD: May 23

First child? Haha...nope, fourth

Any symptoms? A few shitty pimples and PMSy moodiness

Who have you told? No one telling DH later today. And I have plans to tell my best friend sometime this week.

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? I'm kinda dreading telling people. People don't get excited for fourth babies We have three boys, and I don't wanna hear people speculating on gender so I might try to hide it till we know, but I'm not great at hiding it. We shall see...

@agold: Yay!!! I'm definitely nervous about 2 under 2, even though this was our preferred age gap! We're going to visit family in December (about 2,000 miles away), but we're going with my parents so 4 adults (well me pregnant lol) for just M. So that trip should be pretty easy. Though I'm worried about packing for snow bc i have no idea how to handle that weather for M or myself while preggo. Then, next year, we're planning a trip to Yosemite and Mt. Rushmore for 4th of July with my parents in their camper trailer. This baby will be about 2 months old. So that will be interesting!!

May Mamas
5/1: NaniLani
5/5: Agold, Pollywog
5/7: LindsayInNY
5/12: Chicalgobee
5/13: MamaLlama
5/20: Bernieboo
5/23: Navy_Mommy

@nanilani: yep! It was all kinds of awful. I lost around 25 lbs in 4 weeks. And the diclegis actually gave me vertigo, which made it that much worse. I'm really hoping to be on top of it this time. Last time, i was between jobs for the worst of it, so I had the luxury of doing nothing. This time, I'm in a pretty demanding role at work. So I need to be able to function. My first question at my first appt will be for the Zofran rx!

@Bernieboo: Oh man, that is rough!! FX it doesn't happen this time!

I stopped testing after my second round of betas, I think? When I was still less than 5 weeks. Today is 6 weeks.