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I had my first appointment today. I need to choose a new doctor, as my last OB no longer is seeing regular patients, she is only consulting with high risk patients and delivering the highest risk moms/babies (very pre term, triplets, etc.). So, I need to decide if I want an OB again or a midwife. Pros and cons with each one! I wish I could speed date all the practitioners in my practice to see which one I like best, haha! The midwife I saw today was very nice, but I am not sure I will continue seeing her long term.

Anyway, it was just a urine sample "confirmation appointment" and it came back positive (lol not like I haven't done that three times at home already). She scheduled me for my dating ultrasound on the 16th, which is a week from today. I was supposed to get labs done (HCG as well as my prenatal panel), but I was shaking too much from not having yet eaten, so she asked me to come back. I guess I will try again tomorrow with some food in my stomach.

Still no nausea and nothing but period-like cramping as far as symptoms go, but cramping is a pretty regular first trimester norm for me.

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@Chuckles: woooooo! @Ms. RV: @Beebeeholiday: glad to hear about all these good appts!!

@Beebeeholiday: are you in the US? I’ve never had to do a confirmation at the doctor like that! Haha Like yes, I’ve peed on enough sticks at home thankyouverymuch

@Ms. RV: yeah that is really early for a Doppler! GL at your US tomorrow!

@Chuckles: look at that little gummy bear

@nwm: @bees_knees: @karenbme: @Ms. RV: Thanks, everyone! I'm starting to feel a little confident that this might actually be it. @Ms. RV: I was surprised, too. I think we got just the right angle.

@karenbme: oh gosh I am really sorry to hear that! It sounds like I had even more than you did. At the risk of TMI, it was like a pretty heavy day on my period, but with no clots. I fully ruined a pair of undies and used two pads before I even got to the doctor. It took probably four to six hours for it to taper and I’m still seeing some modest spotting.

@karenbme: fingers very crossed!!!! Sounds from this board like sch is actually pretty common and I bet there can be lots of reasons to see a small amount of blood like that. When I mentioned the bright red spotting last time my doc was basically like, meh first trimester spotting is just so common.

@Ms. RV: Thanks for sharing your experience. I’m a little less worried than I was earlier. It seems like it is mostly over, but I’m definitely still going in tomorrow. This whole thing is impossible.

I have my dating ultrasound next week, when I should be about 8.5 weeks. I was supposed to have it this week, but I had to reschedule. I still feel much less nausea than I did with my first two pregnancies, which made me nervous initially, but exhaustion has hit me hard this week.

@Ms. RV: great news!

@karenbme: how are you holding up? what time is your US today?

@Ms. RV: I remember when I was pregnant with my first and I didn't drink caffeine. Now I'm like...GIVE. ME. THE. COFFEE. I literally can't function without it Congrats on the awesome US!

@karenbme: GL! Hope it was nothing! Blood is so scary though...I wish you could just have a nice easy 9 months, it's not fair with your history!

@karenbme: Yay!!!

@Ms. RV: @karenbme: Great news, ladies! So happy that everything looks good.

@karenbme: soooooo glad to hear this news!!

@Ms. RV: That’s good to hear!

So glad everyone's appointments are going well! And @Chuckles: , what an awesome ultrasound shot!

I had my first appointment today, but it was just an intake appointment. They calculated my due date by my last period, so it's a week earlier than the date I was using (my cycles are 34 days long, and I was tracking ovulation, so I'm prettttty sure it's the date I was using, but oh well.) I scheduled my NIPT testing for three weeks from today though, so I'm super excited for that!

@karenbme: It is funny, I used to use soda for my caffiene and now I can't stand the stuff!

@raspberries: Are you going to get a dating ultrasound?

@raspberries: Thanks! I'm sorry your due date's a little fuzzy, but I'm sure once you get an ultrasound they'll have a better idea.

@Ms. RV: Soda's a good suggestion that I hadn't even thought of (I've never really been a soda drinker). I had been drinking some tea, but it's just not the same. I wouldn't worry about 1 day difference. At this point they're so tiny that a day or two in either direction is within the margin of error. I hope your kidneys are OK, though.

@Beebeeholiday: That's a great number! Just be aware that when the numbers get bigger the level rises more slowly. When my level was ~2600 earlier this pregnancy the doc said that she would start looking for doubling every 72 hours at 3,000. I don't know how quickly it should be rising at 35,000, but try not to worry if it's not 70,000 in two days. And good luck with your US!

@Beebeeholiday: that level is perfect for our due date! Agreed about doubling, but hopefully it’ll go up enough for you to feel confident.

@bees_knees: my uncle is a neonatologist, and he swears that craving fruits/veggies means girl more often than not. Seems like another old wives tale to me, but fwiw

@karenbme: happy birthday!

I’m getting annoyed by how late my first appointment is. I really wanted to wait until we’d seen a heartbeat to tell people, but it’s becoming obvious to anyone paying attention. We ended up telling our kids and DH’s parents after DD and my MIL both (separately) asked point blank. On the upside, the kids were so, so cute and excited!