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Location: California

EDD: 10/3

First child? DD is 2.5

Any symptoms? A little tired, swollen painful breasts but other than that feeling pretty good! I have more energy (so far) this time around than I had with DD and my last two miscarriages.

Who have you told? DH, my mom and my aunt.

Current thoughts/feelings/fears?

I’m excited but feeling a little nervous about adjusting to having 2 kids. DD is a stage 5 clinger so I hope she adjusts as well as she can not having our attention 24/7. I had a little bit of a rough delivery with dd, hemorrhaged right after delivering so I’m a little nervous about that happening again. I was induced with cytotec so idk if that had anything to do with it? I’m hoping I don’t have to be induced this time around. Other than that I have total baby fever and can’t wait to meet this little one

Finally alone in my house so I can join in!

Location: Baltimore

EDD: 10/12

First child? Second!

Any symptoms? Nausea, sore boobs, intense hunger, headaches

Who have you told? Husband, sister, a few friends, medical professionals

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? Concerns about sticking but also concerned about being super-sick again or having GD again or having a rough L&D experience again. I'm actually really excited this time, which is new for me because last time I was terrified and just so, so, so anxious the entire time.

Oh man, I'm so annoyed. My friends and I have been passing around all our maternity clothes for the last 4 years and I've loaned a bunch of stuff to various people and somebody has my demi-panel pants and I don't know who! I remember from last time the 5-6 week bloat was really terrible, and the demi panel pants also really helped keep things looking kind of flat, without being terribly uncomfortable and I was really hoping they would be in one of my bags of clothes.

The good news is, my sister gave me back a bag of maternity stuff which included my maternity yoga pants! I was not expecting to get them back because she had her baby in them in the car on the way to the hospital, but the placenta appears to have come out nicely!

@flowercrown: I'm a lawyer so leggings don't fly and I found last time the bellyband just absolutely didn't work with my dress pants and how low I carried. I did dig it out of the bag to be used soon, but I don't expect to use it for long. I ordered two more pairs of dress pants on Swap.com today though so that should fill out my collection.

@Ms.Mermaid: still wearing same regular bra. It’s strange my boobs were way more sensitive last week like to the point even shower water hurt. Now it’s almost non existent. Good to know about the preggy Pops. So far I’m not experiencing any nausea but I’m sure I will at some point. I am however completely exhausted. No matter how much I sleep I’m tired. DH and dd and I all came down with what I’m guessing is the flu on Saturday so I’m hoping once it passes I won’t be as exhausted.

Hope we get some more October moms soon!!

@Littlebear: and yes, I’m struggling with this period too. I haven’t told my Office but it’s constantly on my mind, I’m analyzing my symptoms to see if my nausea is worse and therefore it means development has stopped, I’m worrying about pumping at work without a sink, we have to decide where we are taking my LO to Daycare/preschool next year, it’s just a lot.

Is anyone else struggling with extreme germ phobia? I am normally NOT a germophobe at all (like I never use hand sanitzer, and I'm terrible at both remembering to wash my hands and reminding my kid to do it), but I find myself both hyper vigilant about CMV risk (why, child, are your hands always in your mouth and then you're rubbing them all over your face?!?) and I'm also struggling with paranoia about flu. I'm washing my hands constantly and avoiding social interactions (aka the myriad children's birthday parties we have this time of year) because I'm so freaked out.

When is everyone planning to tell their LO? We will tell our families around 10w and 12w and I was kinda hoping to wait until 20w to tell our kid but I think when we tell my husband's parents she will want to know what everyone is so excited about. Then she will tell like, everyone, hence waiting longer to tell our families.

I’m in- and terrified/excited/anxious/nervous... first timer here!

Location: Baltimore

EDD: 10/12- based on LMP
(@ms.mermaid we are officially soulmates haha)

First child? Yes!

Any symptoms? A little bit of bloat this evening and feeling a tad gassy?

Who have you told? DH knows! We are going to tell our best couple friends on Tuesday night because we’re going to trivia and they will side eye me if I’m not having a beer. Hopefully my best friend this weekend when I see her! Family soonish, depending on when we see them!

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? This is my first BFP after a year of trying so I’m totally psyching myself out and just keep thinking “is this real??” Also I’m a major planner so the lists are already circling through my head. We were also going to sell our house and attempt to move this summer but looks like we will be putting that off until spring 2019. So then there’s baby stuff plus house projects we need to get finished before October- I feel overwhelmed just typing all of that!

I’m also typically not a worrier but today I woke up and took another test- not a much darker line than yesterday, but it was still there. I will be nervous until my OBGYN confirms! I will call them tomorrow.

Gah, this is the craziest feeling for me.

I have a really bad feeling about this pregnancy, and wasn't going to join this board until after my first appointment- but I feel like I need somewhere to post about this. Its long and ranty, sorry for sounding a little needy on my introductory post.

Location: Northern New England
EDD: October 20
First child? Third (daughter will be 5 this spring, son is 18 months)

Any symptoms? So- I miscarried in between my two children, a missed miscarriage at 6 weeks. My symptoms started out early, but definitely went away for the most part. I had the tiniest bit of spotting and kept pestering my doctor until they agreed to give me an HCG test, which was lower than it should be (and then I started bleeding more so they had me go in, which confirmed the miscarriage)
I'm sort of feeling like the same thing is happening again. I have a bad feeling, which as a therapist I am very acutely aware means absolutely nothing- but I can't shake it.

And my symptoms are generally going away/very mild. My kids both had a stomach bug all weekend, and I came down with it Friday night. I was nauseous most of last week- even before I got my positive pregnancy test, but its mostly gone away now.
I am tired, but honestly with two kids I"m kind of tired all the time anyway. My nipples were briefly tender last week when my son nursed on Thursday- but they haven't been since. (and- side bar, I just realized he hasn't nursed in two days! my baby!!!!) .

My only symptoms, and it feels like a stretch to call it that- are that I feel more hungry, and in the afternoon I tend to get nauseated if I don't eat often. I'm bloated in the evenings. And I"m still having very vivid dreams (which was actually my very first, super early symptom!).

So there's that. I honestly feel like I"m just waiting to see spotting at this point. I don't want to call my doctor to get an HCG test yet, because I'm not sure if they will do it (they did do it for my when I was pregnant with my son, but that was the cycle after my miscarriage and they knew i was nervous)- and because the process of going in for blood-work twice this week seems like a lot to figure out.

Who have you told? A few close friends. I'm going out with my mom on Tuesday so I will probably tell her then, since I won't be drinking.

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? Ha! I think I covered that. I should add that we got pregnant on our first try. I shouldn't be surprised at this point- we are four pregnancies for four tries. But it has always felt a little early- my son will only by 26 months when the baby is born, if this pregnancy is viable. My oldest was nearly 3.5 when my son was born, and 26 months seems tight to me. There are several reasons we decided to give it a shot now, and obviously I really want this to work out, but I do feel sad about kicking my son out of the baby role so soon. Also, my oldest kind of hates having a baby brother around (she loves him, and they have their moments, but she really has struggled and continues to struggle with the transition)- so I sort of feel like I'm going to kick all of that into high gear again too.

@Ms.Mermaid: haha! I totally agree. I don’t have any currently pregnant friends- but so cool we are local, and due at the same time! I’ll write on your wall!

I called my OBGYN that I’ve had for 10 years here, and was SHOCKED when they said they had an appointment for 2/21. She asked when my LMP was and I told her, then she said how about 2/21? I repeated my LMP and she still said 2/21 was fine or if not it would be after 3/1. So I guess I’m going next week! Not sure what all they will be able to tell me, I’ll only be 6.5 weeks at that point, but I guess it can’t hurt? She said they’d do bloodwork, paperwork, and likely U/S.

@Ms.Mermaid: yeah- I thought it was a tad early. We did have a fertility consult with her prior to going to the RE, so maybe that’s why? Not entirely sure. Oh well, we will see next week!

Even though I’ve had several BFP tests, and no AF, I still feel like I’m symptom spotting like I’m in TTC mode. Every twinge, every bloated feeling day, etc.-I’m still in that mentality and it’s playing with my mind. Will that stop soon?!

Decided to jump in...

Location: Boston area

EDD: October 5

First child? 2nd. My little guy will be 2 in May.

Any symptoms? Good ol' nausea, vivid dreams and peeing in the middle of the night (which happened literally every night in my first pregnancy).

Who have you told? Some close friends and my entire yoga teacher training class because I couldn't hide it! Luckily it's only 5 people.

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? On Friday I had some red bleeding and freaked out. My RE tested my HCG and Progesterone (which were good) but otherwise I just had to wait for my 6 wk u/s which was today. Everything looks good except for a little blod clot, which apparently isn't uncommon and I guess explains the bleeding. So I'm trying not to overdo it while chasing around my toddler and waiting until my OB appointment in a few weeks.

@Kmomartin: I can't say for sure because it's been 4 years since I was pregnant, but I think for me it faded once I started getting really sick. This time around, so much of it feels familiar, like the constant uterine cramping that last time I was like, "is this normal?" and now I remember enough to tell myself, "I was worried about an ectopic the last time because of all the cramping on one side".

@yogifish: I know a lot of people who tandem nursed or nurses through their pregnancy with no issues. Definitely do your research bc I think if you want to keep nursing you can. (Also it’s cool you made it this long.)

I am convinced the whole “wait til the end of the first tri to tell ppl” thing was made up by people’s friends who didn’t want to listen to endless whining about nausea and exhaustion. I’ve been telling people as needed this time bc not telling folks last time exacerbated my stress and nausea.

@Ms.Mermaid: I know there seems to be no definitive answer on the nursing thing. My boy just loves boobies...it's so bad that now he can actually say boobies. He knows it's only a bedtime thing. Truth be told it's my own sleep crutch for him because he has always nursed to sleep and even though he doesn't fall asleep anymore 90% of the time, it's like his wind down time before bed.

Haha yes that too. I feel like I need some people to talk to. My own rule of thumb is I will tell people I am comfortable telling if something does go sideways because then I will need to tell people more than ever.