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Just updating the due date and next appointment...

DUE DATES:
duckduckkristen 9/6
bisou7585 9/8
misskabers 9/8
NBLChicago 9/9 - saw heartbeat! (I think it's a girl)
mrsmoreau 9/9 - saw/heard heartbeat! (I think it's a girl)
mrsrey122 9/10
evenstar982 9/12 - saw (but didn't hear) heartbeat! (no idea on gender yet)
ktgee04 9/13
joanlindsay 9/16
merr 9/17
marionberry 9/18 - saw/heard heartbeat! (I think it's a boy due to IUI, we both want a girl though)
mamamagpie 9/18 - saw/heard heartbeat! (Thinking "boy" right now)
izzy 9/19--saw heartbeat! (If I had to guess right now, I'd say girl)
char54 - 9/20 heard heartbeat!!
littlegbee 9/20- saw heartbeat! (If I had to guess now, girl)
mrs squirreld 9/20 - saw heartbeat! We think it's a boy!
mrsstormy 9/21
colee 9/22 saw/heard heartbeat (I think its a girl)
jetsa 9/22 - saw heartbeat! (I keep calling the bean she so I'm going girl! My hubby really wants a boy though!)
mrsclownfish 9/23
mango.sprays 9/24 - saw heartbeat!
meltini 9/24 - saw heartbeat!
jbean 9/25
runnerd 9/30 - saw heartbeat! (My gut says boy, DH thinks girl - we both are hoping for a girl)
MapleMoose 9/30
UPCOMING APPTS:
2/19 mrsmoreau
2/20 Marionberry
2/20 LittleGBee
2/21 merr
2/21 MapleMoose
2/22 mango.sprays
2/26 NBLChicago - First Trimester Screen / NT Screening Test
2/26 joanlindsay
2/28 Marionberry
2/28 runnerd
3/1 Colee
3/7 jetsa
3/5 mrsstormy- first ultrasound
3/6 evenstar982 - nuchal screening
3/11 mamamagpie - monthly scan, opting out of NT testing
3/11 mrs squirreld -nuchal screeening
3/11 izzy- first trimester screening
3/15 char5
3/21 mrs squirreld
4/01 mamamagpie - 3D ultrasound and gender scan!

Our Thoughts Are With You:
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I've also updated the google doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApS_SxgRbqUFdHY4bzNqNVpHRzZmUmZFeWhGUHpSekE&usp=sharing

@marionberry: yay! So glad to hear! I know that was awesome seeing your LO!!

@char54: Oh my goodness what a storm!

@marionberry: @runnerd: so precious guys! the 9w one is like a legit baby yay! My last photo was 6w and I don't get another until 12w.

So I announced to my bosses yesterday. I got take all the unpaid time you need...lovely. We don't have short term disability or anything. I'm guessing I'll have to be back at 6w what are everyone else's maternity leaves like?
Final thing, my bosses dad passed away sunday so we are all going to the funeral, and check out this pic. I've always had a pooch but this is more than that and this dress clings, hopefully none of my co-workers ask but at least my bosses know.

@char54: fingers crossed that snow doesn't mess you up!!!!

@jetsa: aww so cute and love that dress. That's still smaller than where my belly is right now due to cookies haha

I dont know our official policy, but since I'm in benefits I've been checking out records for people who had babies and it looks like most of them were out 12 weeks with full pay, but I can't wait to tell work so I can officially know the policy and what to expect! I plan to tell at 10 weeks after our next u/s

ETA: actually looks like 8 weeks paid, then anything over is unpaid.

@runnerd: Ha, thanks! So jealous of your 12 weeks! I'm hoping once it sinks in they'll offer something (50% for 6 weeks) but I may be dreaming. I work for a tiny company so maybe I should just be thankful they are giving me unpaid time but ugh.

@char54: aww so sweet! You guys are making me want another scan lol. My 6w pictures are just a dot lol. Yea, I knew the benefits would be crappy but oh well. Thank you!

@char54: LOVE!!!!! Man I can't wait for that!

@marionberry congrats on a great appt.
@char54 what an awesome sono! I almost cried when I first saw the baby just out of pure relief.

Can't wait until my next ultrasound in two weeks!

re: maternity leave -- I am talking to my bosses tomorrow. I am an attorney at a super small firm, I haven't already discussed with them previously about taking 3 months off when I have a baby as far as paid time off I do not have high hopes.

@littlegbee @mrsstormy Morning sickness is the worst. I was sick for like 16 weeks with my DD and have been worse with this baby. I finally called the Dr and they gave me an antinausea prescription. I feel sort of freaked out about taking it but at 8 weeks I had lost about 7 lbs. so probably better to be eating. Hope you feel better soon and truly it's so worth it in the end.

I finally go in for an appointment and u/s on Tuesday. Excited to see baby and hopefully get a "healthy pregnancy" thumbs up. I'm wondering if this will be my only ultrasound. With DD we had one early because if spotting and I think one around 18 weeks. We are team green so no anatomy scan and we declined most of the tests so this might be it.
Fun to start seeing little teeny baby photos.

@Joanlindsay: Oh no! I hope you are feeling better soon....good luck with your u/s My hospital does one and only at 20 weeks (we are team green so they just skip over the gender anatomy parts!) but I was able to get this one since they thought I might be farther along.

@marionberry: We are going with big and expensive! (Yikes, that scares me just saying it, lol). But after going through the other house a few times we realized it needs more work than we thought. This home is literally turn key which will be so nice. We are hoping to get them down a bit in price but I'm the worst negotiator ever so DH has to take care of that! Lol!

My sister just pointed out something to me...look at the baby's head on the ultrasound picture...there's a heart (shadow?) right in the middle. I don't know why but I find it so sweet! This baby already feels all the love that's out there for it

@runnerd: it's so fun telling people! I panicked too after we told the world sure that I would start miscarrying.

I found this great research article online today - I like that its a legit science based article and it calmed me down a lot! Basically at 9 weeks after a normal first appointment with ultrasound MC rates go down to 0.5%. They lay it out week by week - the 8 week rate is really low too!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18310375/

@runnerd: We still haven't really told many people, but every time someone finds out, I seriously panic and think all my symptoms are gone and something is going to happen, its silly, but normal!

@char54: How did going to see the house again go? That is so exciting! Big and expensive was gorgeous, that will be a great home to raise baby

Also I only have 1.5 weeks until my ultrasound, thank God, because reading all those statistics just doesn't help me, here I am at 10 weeks tomorrow, and I still can't feel much sense of relief, or even like we can tell anyone. Thankfully we will be out of town this weekend, so that will hopefully make time go faster!

@duckduckkristen: Yay for good appts! I can't wait to go back for my next appt, 13 more days, they are going to try to hear the heartbeat with the doppler then.

@runnerd: yes, I think I have the earliest due date - 9/6.