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So yesterday I had a half-marathon in the morning and a wedding at night. In case you were thinking of trying this combo DO NOT. My legs hurt so badly and I can't take Advil because the internet is divided on whether it is safe or not. Plus my husband ran a full marathon so it's not like he's really able to take care of me and so I'm trying to take care of him. But the good news is, my nausea abated long enough to run the half, and nobody at the wedding asked why I wasn't drinking!!!

I told my running buddy last week, and she said she wasn't going to tell her husband, and then we stopped by her place after and right after I left, he went and asked her if I was pregnant! I find this really funny and appreciate that he at least didn't ask me.

At the wedding, I was really worried because my friends are all totally suspicious and on high alert for one of us to not be drinking. I mostly got my own drinks and just requested sodas with a lime wedge and cocktail straw (one of the bartenders was really cute about it and was like, "here's your vodka tonic ma'am"); I think bartenders are used to this. At one point I had to go to the bar with a friend so I ordered a rum and coke and then sat it down between my husband and I and then he decided to go get himself a rum and coke and swapped our drinks. My friend who was sitting next to me drank a lot, so I don't think she was noticing me. I also drank a ton of water, but so did everybody else, so it wasn't suspicious at all.

@hardtoconcentrate: Haha yeah my friend is about 5-6 weeks (she's not sure) and she is SO nauseous! I feel awful for her. Meanwhile I'm like, eat ALL the things!

@Ms.Mermaid: Girl you are a machine! I can't imagine doing either one of those things right now, let alone both. Advil is a no-go as it's an NSAID but Tylenol is fine. Hope you're okay today!

@thisisme: Wooo ultrasound! Post a picture when it's done And I hope hubs can make it!

@MrsScottish: I'm so glad to hear that you have cramping too. Mine come and go and they're pretty mild, but I still manage to worry about it!

My symptoms are all over the place for the last couple weeks my face was horribly broken out which I originally thought meant AF was fast approaching. I've had the sore boobs since then as well although they seem to be not as sore the last few days. The cramping has finally subsided and I still get little twinges of pain but it's not constant anymore. Unfortunately the nausea and vomiting started yesterday I'll be calling for a zofran Rx today just so I have it on hand. I had to call into work last night because nothing I tried was making it go away. I've also had low back pain on and off, and a combo of fatigue and insomnia mixed lol.

@Ms.Mermaid: very impressive, no way I could handle running right now. Have a safe trip!

@ChiCalGoBee: That cosmo looks like it was delish!

@katieleigh_82: the reveal package for your mom was so cute! Did you make that onsie?

@MrsScottish: awww, I love hearing your parents and MIL's reactions!

@Mrs.Panda: you might just be one of the lucky ones who never have to experience nausea!

@tororojo: I hope the Zofran did the trick for you!

@ChiCalGoBee: I've been smelling things that DH can't lately too. We were doing some work on our house this weekend, and I kept swearing I smelled cat pee. I think it was either the drywall or smells coming up from the crawlspace under the house. He couldn't smell a thing!

@Ms.Mermaid: so glad to hear your marathon was a success, even if your legs were sore!

@thisisme: hope your scan on Wednesday goes well! That is definitely one advantage of having to be with an RE, the early scans!

@MrsScottish: your symptoms sound a lot like mine with the lots of cramping and occasional shooting pains and sore boobs, although the sore boobs have let up a lot the past week. My DH is probably missing all of the constant BD'ing from TTC at this point, lol.

@Lolo: I have no idea when baby brain sets in, but sure sounds like you may have a case of it!

@Sprite: Board jumping from August, but here are a few things I either DID early on or freaking wish I had already done:
- Called my insurance and found out about the breast pump I get under them and dealt with all of that (supposedly this is a NIGHTMARE)
- Worked on baby names and started down that rabbit hole (made finding out the sex so much more fun and when you announce the first question is, "do you have a name??" -- similar to when you get engaged and the have you set a date).
- Worked on cleaning up the baby's room .. currently a junk room
- Ordered / started at least perusing maternity clothes ... I waited until I needed them and it was a big mistake. I had to order the clothes online and waiting for them to deliver just about killed me (I was busting out of my pants).
- Deciding on my gear / researching my gear - I made a secret Amazon registry that I have heavily researched. I also made a spreadsheet of costs so that I could watch for the best deals and know the major stuff I was looking for.
- Find out if pre-registering at your hospital gets you any incentives and get that taken care of before you forget -- my hospital guarantees a private room if you register before 16 weeks!
- Pick out your baby book, work on how you are going to reveal the gender... in other words, make some secret Pinterest boards and have some fun!

Time goes by super slowly - the two week wait quickly becomes the one month wait as you wait between appointments. Whenever I feel like I'm getting too ahead of myself, I remind myself that I'm going to be the biggest come summer and need to get stuff done NOW. You have an even better excuse because you are going to be in your "honeymoon trimester" during the heat of the summer (when most people get a lot of their stuff done) and you will be SO glad you got everything squared away early.

Sorry for the novel!

Oh yea.. when all else fails, I obsess over this website and the various things that are/will be happening to the baby at various points: http://www.justmommies.com/pregnancy_calendar.php

@Lolo: I think I'm already having pregnancy brain, too! I keep forgetting and mixing up words, especially late in the evenings when I'm really tired. The other night, I tried to say something about a "fail safe" and it came out as "sail fafe." Unfortunately, that's not the only one recently!

@katieleigh_82: I hope that zofran does the trick for you!

@Sprite: I've had so much time at home recently (will winter ever end???) that I'm not sure what to do with myself anymore. I'm with you on feeling it's too early to do much more than look at a few pictures online. I did find a cool book at the library called Pregnancy Day by Day where each page is info about what happens that day. Sort of like several of the apps that I've also obsessively checked each day. I am working on crocheting a baby blanket for a friend who is due next month. I feel kind of bad since I had a hard time relating to her while she was KU and I was going through IF stuff, but I finally feel like I can be truly excited and happy for her.

@BakerBee: Good call on ordering/browsing maternity clothes.

I told my husband that he's got to get my box of maternity clothes out of the attic next weekend. I am a SAH/WAH mom so I wear yoga pants most of the time but I tried my jeans on this weekend and they are uncomfortably tight. I've already got a serious baby bloat, but I guess that's what happens when you just had a baby 15 months ago.

First round of nausea hit this afternoon. Not too terrible, but dinner is on the couch tonight and consists of chicken broth, popcorn, and hot lemon water with honey.

@Ms.Mermaid: how'd your half go? I ran a half in October for the first time. I have a 15K this weekend! My pace has already slowed by about 30 seconds to even a full minute per mile, but I am so thankful to be pregnant that I can't even care about being a slowpoke! I intend to make this race my last long-ish race for a while. FX the pregnancy progresses well and I can keep doing (sloooow) miles for as long as my balance allows:-).

@Chicalgobee The half went pretty well. I normally run 10 minute miles, and I finished in 2:15. My PR is 2:05 for a half and my worst time was somewhere around 2:20/2:25. My goal was to finish in 2:30, and/or not pass out, so I was very pleased. I kept my pace under 10 min/miles for the first half, and then I had to fall back after the really big hill, which just wore me out. I also didn't eat as early as I should have - I had a big snack around mile 9. I think for a 15k I would have been fine, it was just the last three miles that got a bit exhausting. I'm doing an Olympic distance triathlon in May, but this was my last long distance running race. I'm planning on doing a couple of 5ks.

@Sprite I mean, I signed up to run a half marathon and then an Olympic distance triathlon and I obsess over my training, but maybe that's not the kind of suggestion you are looking for? I find it hard to spend time with other people because we can't tell them, but it also totally distracts me from what is going on.

Is anyone else hitting the mood swings? So yesterday, my flight wound up getting so delayed that I wouldn't make my connection, which meant I flew out this morning instead, in a massive snowstorm, so I spent 3 hours waiting on the runway, eventually got to my second leg of the flight, which I had to be bumped to the next flight since we were so delayed, and while I begged for an aisle seat, they didn't have any, and then they gate checked my bag and then when I finally sat down, they told me the TVs in my row didn't work and I burst into tears. That's normal, right? It was SO EMBARASSING. I feel like, first of all, if I was showing, they would have made more of an effort to find me a seat, and I would have felt less ridiculous being the hysterical crying pregnant lady.

I'm fine now, I made it to my hotel in one piece and I just ate a whole bunch of vegetarian sushi, which I've been craving for the last week. Why am I craving all of the stuff I can't have? I also really want a margarita.

@Lolo That's where I've been since last week. Sorry to hear it. First of all, as soon as you wake up, eat something - saltines, gingersnaps, crackers, whatever. Before you even get out of bed. It helps SO MUCH. Then, I've been just eating a cracker or two or ten every hour or so, which keeps the nausea at bay. When you do eat, take it slowly - I find that if I go one bite in the wrong direction, the nausea comes back. I've been eating a lot of simple food - pasta, pizza, fried rice with almost no soy sauce, oatmeal w/ maple syrup, etc. I bought some string cheese today because I've heard good things about that. I also try to snack on healthier options, like trail mix, if I can handle them. I'm sadly having issues with vegetables, but if I put a small amount of veggies in with pasta, etc., I can handle them. I bought some baby carrots to snack on at my conference today, I'll let you know how that goes.

Back to the doctor today because of some more bleeding yesterday/last night. This is getting old, fast. Anyone else having small cramps or "pulling" feelings in their lower bellies? The pulling I feel more toward my hips, but the pressure/cramping (though mild) is in the bottom center.

@Sprite: Have you had any spotting? I think the pulling feeling is normal, maybe just the uterus expanding. Why can't 3:30 come soon enough! Plus he's a doc that is habitually late... I'll be bringing a book.

I can not keep up with this thread! We went out of town Thursday- Sunday of last week & I was slammed at work yesterday so I'll have to sit down tonight with my laptop & catch up!
@Mrs.Panda: I hope your appointment goes well. Sending good, happy thoughts your way!

@MarieJ: Thank you! I'll keep you all updated!

@MrsScottish: I'm not so worried about the cramps (though with my bleeding they are a little more worrisome) I'm more concerned about the bright red spotting I had a super vivid dream I was BFing though, that was weird!

@Sprite: It's still good to hear that spotting is normal. I had come to terms with the brown/pink spotting but the bright red is what gets me!

@Mrs.Panda: good luck at your appointment today! please keep up posted.

I have been getting cramps for the past 10 days. Typically at night, they wake me up. I have noticed they've been less frequent and not as painful. But for about a week they were REALLY bad, I was convinced I had a tubal pg. When I went to my Dr last week she said everything looked okay. I am 6 weeks today, and I go back again for another u/s on March 27.

@Lolo: add me to the list of mamas who hit 6 weeks (today!) and felt nauseous! No throwing up, but I have a constant level of feeling nauseous and have since 7 AM. It isn't terrible, but it's there!