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@travelgirl1: I am so very sorry for your loss. I was in your shoes only a few short months ago. Here for you if you ever need to talk.
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@Mrs. Confetti: congrats!! And that was so sweet of your midwife to skip right to the ultrasound
The ultrasound was literally the last thing they did at my appointment and I was there for 2 hours. I was starting to go crazy, it was worth the wait though
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@Mrs. Confetti: Congrats!!!
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@Mrs. Confetti: Yay! So glad things are looking good and so happy for you!
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@charmed: @Raindrop: @Radish: thank you guys
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@travelgirl1: Sending you so much love dear! Thank you for sharing with us and being open. You're wonderful.
@Mrs. Confetti: Congrats!
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@Mrs. Confetti: heyyyyy there, due date twin! I'm actually one day behind you!
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@travelgirl1: so sorry for your loss! I hope you get your sticky baby soon, and the family day is a great idea.
I'm flying to Iceland in an hour. In looking forward to it but I'll also be excited to come back since I'll have my next ultrasound coming up
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@Mrs. Confetti: yay, congrats! So glad everything is looking good!
I'm getting more and more excited for my appointment on Wednesday.
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@pmrlady: Enjoy your trip!
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@Mrs. Confetti: congratulations!!! So happy you're joining us here. I was so excited when @Mrs. blue came out of hiding, and I was equally hopeful that @MOJ was really you
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@keepcalmcarrie: thank you so much for the warm official welcome. It is still sinking in that I'm really here.
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@travelgirl1: I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Sending you lots of
and good luck for the future. I think the idea of a family day is really a special way to commemorate your due date. Take care of you!@Mrs. Confetti: You know I'm super thrilled to have you out and about on this thread! What great news and such a sweet picture of Confetti 2.0!
Our ultrasound is tomorrow afternoon. I'm more and more nervous as it gets closer. I have got to get a bunch of work done tomorrow morning and I know it's going to be so hard to concentrate. Other than nerves, I'm doing pretty well. I've thrown up a couple times, but mostly just so exhausted. We've traveled the last three weekends, and I'm just so done. We spent this weekend with all of DH's family. I thought it would be hard not to tell, but I'm not really in a rush this time. Although, the bloating is seriously making me look 6 months pregnant by the end of the day, so I can't "hide" it much longer. Last but not least, we're hoping that tomorrow we can put an offer on a house and close before we have to be out of our rent house. It's been really stressful to have to move earlier than we planned, but I think it just may actually all fall into place, which will be a huge stress reducer. Must. Go. To. Bed. Now.
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@pmrlady: enjoy your trip!
@Mrs. Blue: good luck at your appointment today!
This weekend, we told my siblings that I'm pregnant. My mom is so happy b/c now she doesn't have to worry about slipping up and saying something in front of them
Then we're planning to tell our close friends/family in person over the next few weeks, but we probably won't make it public news until July (I'll be 13 weeks then).What has everyone else been up to lately? It seems quiet around here
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@Mrs. Blue: good luck tomorrow! You really have been busy, and I hope you caught up on your sleep last night. Moving is very stressful, and we have one on the horizon. I dread it. I remember seeing a blog post where you were deciding what to do with your career, but don't remember if you had made a decision.
@Charmed: hi! Did you have fun telling your siblings? I'm still waiting until fourth of July weekend when I think almost all my family will be in town. I may have to tell a friend or two about it before then, and feel a little guilty about telling friends before family. We'll see. I kind of like having a secret like this.
I go on the 17th to talk to a nurse--I think they spend about 30 minutes loading you down with information about pregnancy, the "rules," the practice, and labor. Then on the 19th for another check-in.
I'm a little sad about moving to a new practice. I'll see the same doctor for the first half of the pregnancy, then rotate through all the other doctors since there is no guarantee who I will have deliver the baby. I was with a midwife and loved the idea of that personalized care, but there are a bunch of reasons why I decided to move on. I wish things could be different, but in the long run, it's not a big deal.
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@Mrs. Blue: Hope your ultrasound goes well and there is ONE perfect little one in there.
@charmed: Telling siblings is the best. They get a new family member, too!
@Happygal: @Mrs. Blue: We are also moving this summer. Blech.
I've just been generally feeling crappy and not doing much lately. I actually had a decent nights sleep and woke up feeling okay this morning.
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We told my parents this weekend, it was really fun. We put DD in a shirt that said "This girl is getting promoted to big sister", and waited to see how long it took for them to read it. My mom started reading it but got distracted, then finally finished and was really excited for us.
It felt good that they were happy for us, because also this week I told my sister who had a MC two months ago, and that did NOT go well.
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@Mrs. Blue: Thinking about you today! I hope your appointment goes well!
@charmed: Glad you got to tell your siblings!
@Happygal: I hope the new practice will be a great fit for you. I drove through your stomping grounds yesterday (just on the interstate) on the way home from my BIL's graduation and thought of you!
@MrsTiger: Sounds like your mom was really excited! That is awesome. And I'm so sorry it didn't go well with your sister. From your posts about it, though, it really sounded like you were working hard to be really respectful and considerate. I wish it could have gone differently!
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@MrsTiger: oh no. I know you were worried about telling your sister, too. What happened? If you want to talk about it that is!
@Mrs. Blue: can't wait to hear! What times your appt? I'm a creep.
@charmed: I've been reading along but barely have the time to post I've been so drained, lol. Hoping this nausea ends at 12 weeks and not 40 like DD!!
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So DH got into two accidents. In a 12 hour rough period. His car is totaled, no collision on it because it was such a low valued car. So now I'm super upset that not only do we have to use half our sad savings acct to put a DP on a car, but also have a car payment. We've been working our asses off to pay down credit card debt before I'm out of work with baby2. I know it'll all work out, and grateful he's ok, but so stressed
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@sorrycharlie: Oh no so scary about your DH! Glad he is ok but that sucks it throws a wrench in your planning.
@mfa_lady, @sorrycharlie: Thanks, I was SO worried about telling her and it was just everything I worried it would be. She was really angry and scream cried at me for 30 minutes or so, and then just got really depressed and un-hopeful for her and her DH's chances at having kids at all, saying she didn't think she would ever get to be a mother. I feel awful that I am causing her so much sadness and putting her back into that depressed zone, but we talk on the phone a few times a week and I felt like I was lying by carrying on like normal and not mentioning it.. We haven't talked since and I sort of doubt we will for a while. I told my parents to just spread our news to the rest of our family, because I don't want to make a big deal of it or have to tell anyone or talk about it when my sister is around. It's a crappy situation all around.
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@sorrycharlie:
Money stress is the worst.
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@MrsTiger: I'm so sorry. That is a sad situation all around. I hope your sister can work through her situation and be happy for you. Family tension makes me sick.
@Radish: have you not been sleeping well b/c you feel bad, or b/c of insomnia?
@sorrycharlie: two accidents?! Oh no! I'm glad he's ok, but know that money stress is the pits. It's hard to feel like you're getting ahead.
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@MrsTiger: I so feel for anyone who has difficulty conceiving, but it isn't right to take it out on you. I'm sorry you have to go through that. I hope she heals quickly and that you two can talk more about it.
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@sorrycharlie: I'm so sorry to hear about your DH! But I'm also so glad he's okay. We're about to have some huge car costs coming up, too--my car is going nuts and everything is messing up at once--but for a way less scary reason. Thinking about you guys!
@MrsTiger: Oh, honey. I am so sorry. Having been where she is, I totally understand her fear of never getting to be a mother--it's easy to feel that way when you've experienced a loss, especially when it's your first pregnancy. HOWEVER...I know you were so respectful of her feelings, and I hope that you are able to enjoy being pregnant despite this experience. I'm not sure how to say this, but it is not fair for her to be angry at you. And, honestly, she's probably less angry at you than she realizes--but mostly just angry at the whole experience and deeply upset because of her loss. I'm pretty sure I'm not making sense here, but all that to say--I hope things settle down soon, and that you can enjoy and be excited about and celebrate this pregnancy. I will be thinking of both of you guys!
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@charmed: @Happygal: @Radish: @mfa_lady: @sorrycharlie: Thank you, ladies! The appointment is at 2:20 central time.
@MrsTiger: Glad your parents were excited! I'm sorry it was so hard on your sister. That's such a tough situation for both of you.
Hope she gets a sticky baby soon and that she'll be able to be happy for you eventually. @Radish: @Happygal: Moving is the woooorrrrst. Pity parties for all of us! I wish our move was a little further out so maybe I would be done with the first tri exhaustion, but I guess it's good that we'll be settled in earlier. Happygal, as to you question about what I'm going to do. With the news of this little bambino, I'm definitely going to stay home for at least a year. I was going to look for part time work, but I would need to go on mat. leave 4 months after I started, and we decided to just give staying at home a shot. We're having to move earlier than we planned thanks to my "lovely" landlord, though, so I'll still be working for about 5 weeks after we move. I can do some work from our office in our new city, but I'll still have to drive back to the main office a few days a week. It's not ideal, but it's better than no job!
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@Happygal: mostly I wake up having to pee and then feel really sick so have trouble getting back to sleep.
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@sorrycharlie: So sorry about the accidents and stress! That sounds like a weekend that would make me reeeeeaaally miss wine. Hope things fall into place for a new car and you're not set back too much.
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@Radish: THIS IS ME, TOO. I wake up at like 4 or 5 every morning (usually between 6 and 7 is my wakeup time) because I can't handle another minute of not peeing. Haha. And then I feel so nauseous I can't fall asleep again. I've started keeping saltines by the bed so I can choke down a couple of those in hopes of sleeping until 6.
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@Mrs. Confetti: Welcome!! So glad you're here!!
@Mrs. Blue: Good luck today! Praying it's not baby3&4. We're moving next month. It's not a fun pregnant thing to do but better now than six months from now. Good luck with the move too!
@MrsTiger: So sorry it didn't go well with your sister. Hopefully she can be happy for you soon.
@sorrycharlie: Hopefully your hubby is ok. That sucks about his car. Car payments are the worst.
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@MrsTiger: ugh that is awful.
I am so sorry.@Happygal: @mfa_lady: @Mrs. Blue: @oliviaoblivia: Thursday evening he was trying to merge from one highway to another, and was boxed in by another car and a tractor trailer. the TT clipped him, but he swerved just as it happened, so it only really dented the rear left quarter of his car. so we thought. but the TT didn't pull over, DH got all his information (fat lot of good it'll do us anyway). State police tried to find him but couldn't. Nothing like answering your phone to, "I just got hit by a tractor trailer."
then Friday morning, he calls and I get, "can you pick me up at the hospital?" someone needs to teach him how to break bad news!! on his way to work, on a back road (thank god before he hit the highway) his rear wheels slipped and fishtailed, he spun 180 degrees, went into a ditch and hit a tree. he smacked his head off the window but luckily was wearing a seatbelt and that was the extent of his injuries. car was not so lucky. tow company said it took them over 2 hours to get his car out.
anyway, long story short to say it just sucks when you finally feel like you're ahead. We had 2x the savings we did when DD was born, much less CC debt, I was feeling so good! now we're going to have LESS in savings than before..and another $100+ in bills a month. which means, no money going toward cc debt aside from min payments.
he's not worried about it. he always says, "everything will work out! we will be fine." but I can't help but freak and stress. ugh.
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@Happygal: I did have fun telling them! I probably would have waited longer, but one of my sisters is getting married (she's thinking this November) so I wanted to let her know she'd have a very pregnant bridesmaid. Then I couldn't keep it from the others since she knew!
Hope it goes well for you at the new practice!@sorrycharlie: Two accidents?? Not fun!
@MrsTiger: so sorry it didn't go well with your sister. That is such a tough situation, but hopefully she'll be able to be happy for you after the shock/newness of the announcement wears off.
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@charmed: I feel you on the wedding bit! I am a bridesmaid in an out-of-town wedding when I'll be 28 weeks. YIKES. Should be interesting...
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@Mrs. Blue: sounds like we could start a bad landlord support group. I can't wait to buy our own house, but that's probably 1-2 years off.
I'm glad little baby helped you to make your career choice! I know in my town there is a child advocacy group that operates based on the volunteer work of lawyers--they take a certain amount of cases each year. Maybe that would let you practice every now and then if something like that is near you as well? My husband also does a lot of his CLE courses online, but he says they are pretty boring that way.
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@Radish: @mfa_lady: I hope the nausea eases up soon. I normally get up 1 time a night, but pregnancy has be going up 2-3 times now. I'm a pro at shuffling along and not really waking up, but I've experienced some insomnia where I am just WIDE AWAKE!
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@sorrycharlie: "It will all work out," is something my husband says often, too. It doesn't make me feel better--I need to know there is a plan!
@oliviaoblivia: are you guys buying a new home?
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@Happygal: We closed 1.5 weeks ago. Won't move for a while because it needs work but we'll happily have almost 2.5 times the space.
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@oliviaoblivia: I'm SO jealous of your space; that sounds amazing! We can't decide which house to make an offer on (and we need to get under contract in the next couple of days-eek!). One is smaller but in a great neighborhood with great resale, and the other is much bigger and SO awesomely updated, but it's about 20-30K more than the average price in the neighborhood, and I'm scared we'll be screwed on resale since we don't want to stay longer than 5-10 years. House hunting is hard work!
@Happygal: I feel ya. I've been pretty lucky with good landlords for the most part in the last 14 years of renting, but the last two have been anywhere from duds to flat out awful. I'm really looking forward to not having to deal with anyone but the bank!
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@Mrs. Blue: It took us three years and 12 failed offers to finally get a house. It's looong over due. Over 100 people toured our house in the five days in was on the market. Real estate is crazy up here. It would have been nice to take our time deciding but we signed the offer the day we saw the house.
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@sorrycharlie: Bummers about the car and spending money! Saving money is always hard because something always comes up to dip into it. Grrr.
@Mrs. Blue: Good luck on your appointment.
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@Mrs. Blue: Hope all is going/went well this afternoon!!
Money stress is the worst.
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