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@evansjamie @chillybear -- I definitely get dizzy, especially at night. Part of it is also the fact that I can't see without my glasses. I also get dizzy if I get up too fast or move to fast. I asked my Dr. last time (didn't have this symptom last pregnancy) and it's all normal. He just told me to take it easy and came to the ER only if I pass out or lose sight (partially happened two weeks ago for about 15 minutes). I'm surprised at how different my symptoms are this time. I had nausea and fatigue, but this time it's much worse. Just muddling through...

Here is the baby.....

@Jennimac: happiest ever! You're now exactly one week behind me! If all is well we will go public the same day-ish! (Would you go public on April fools day? I didn't feel like dealing with that so I am waiting til 4/2 and made our 12 wk appt that day too)

@KJfromNJ: my ten week appointment is April 1st. I was thinking of going public at ten weeks but not in April Fools!

@Jennimac: you're one week ahead of me! I'm so glad your appointment went well. Gives me hope for mine

@evansjamie: @KJfromNJ: @ladybee: @KaitlynB: thanks!!!!!

It is a huge relief to see that things are how they are supposed to be. Based off of my lmp I should be 8 wks and 1 d. Baby measured 8 wks 0 d, which is close enough for me!

I think we probably go public on April's Fools Day. People know that we wouldn't joke about that and I think it could be set and funny enough that everyone doesn't lose it completely when we tell them. We will see.

@Mrs. Yoyo: I'm living on cocoa puffs. : / I was so hungry after our appointment that I got a headache. We went and grabbed food and I inhaled it. If I eat, I feel okay. not so cool for the weight gain, but whatever to keep this baby healthy and here.

Ps. I love that we are due date twins! My baby sis is a little upset. Her bday is October 22 and she is worried about the baby being born on her bday. I secretly think she would love it, but the idea upsets her now. I get it--she has been the youngest for 23 years.

@Mrs. Yoyo: I eat a lot of fruit these days, followed by a giant bowl of cereal. I'm glad, because I spent a lot of weeks eating french fries for dinner.

@KJfromNJ: No shame! I just had a week where I ate two a day. They had to be piled high with cream cheese, too.

@T.H.O.U.: Last night for dinner, I had strawberries, two muffins, cantaloupe, scrambled eggs, two biscuits, and a large bowl of cereal. It was comical.

On a side note, if you don't drink enough water, do you get a desperate feeling? I drank about 40 oz yesterday at work, and on the way home I started feeling desperately ravenous. The only thing that made me feel better was water. It was a terrible feeling and from now on I'm going to try to keep a full liter of water in the car for the ride home.

@Jennimac: So happy your appointment went well and you got to see the baby's heart beat!!!

@Mrs. Yoyo: I'm like you, I'm getting full so fast but then I'm hungry again in 1-2 hours. I'm grazing at this point.

@Jennimac: Glad to hear things went so well!
@KaitlynB: I'll definitely be trying that combo, I've already been taking Vitamin B 50mg 3 times a day to help along with Zofran too.

I'm sorry for the silence ladies, we have our ultrasound this afternoon and I've been a bundle of nerves/craziness all week. I just can't help but zero in on all the things that could go wrong so I'm hoping this appointment will help alleviate all those fears.

Also last night my dinner was a handful of pistachios... healthy eating has gone out the window.

@Redmini1: good luck today!!!

Went to our first midwife appointment at the office (we had an ultrasound at 6 weeks). Honestly, I was not thrilled. We saw a student midwife for 98% of the appointment, and she seemed very young and didn't know all her stuff completely. The actual CNM came in at the very end for like two minutes. I hope future appointments are not like that.

Also, they didn't even try to get the heartbeat with the doppler (something I was afraid of). They said we would hear it when I came back at 14 weeks. I expressed that I would feel more peace of mind if we could hear the heartbeat before then, so they are letting me come in two weeks from now just for that, which is good. Still, overall, I was not super excited. There was nothing to reassure me the baby is doing okay -- just lots of information I already knew mostly about diet and that kind of thing.

Also, who is opting for first trimester screening, and who is opting out? I always thought I'd want all the screening possible, but I'm afraid false positives would just make me more stressed out for no reason.

Walking my dogs I noticed I could see my bump in my yoga pants! Well bump under FUPA under bagels consumed. Haha!

@knockedup_nowwhat: I'm sorry you had a so-so appointment. How many weeks are you? I had my 10 week appointment and we heard the heartbeat. Also, like you, there was a student midwife there doing most of the stuff.

We are opting out of all testing right now.

On a side note, they went ahead and did my Pap at this appointment, and HOLY HELL I don't remember the speculum hurting that much. I kept saying things like, "It's okay, I know you're not trying to hurt me," while breathing deeply and DH just wasn't sure about that part of the exam until I told him that was what they did for a yearly exam.

@knockedup_nowwhat: we're going to do all screenings just so we can prepare and see the baby again.

@KJfromNJ: Thanks! DS is 18 months old.

@KJfromNJ: He'll turn a two almost two months before the newest LO gets here. I'm a little nervous! We were planning on waiting until he was 3 or 4 before trying for another. I was so surprised to get a BFP!