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@gingerbebe - ahh that's crazy. Glad you aren't dealing with billables at least. And I'm SO glad the zofran is kicking butt! Woohoo!

@gingerbebe: That sounds great compared to the pill! Wonder if side effects are different also? Glad it's working for you and you're able to feel better!

@Mrs. Jump Rope: I feel like not great chances of being breech again, but I have no clue? Maybe a good qiestion for your next appointment?

@Torchwood: I'm feeling like I'm changing in a similar way, but I haven't gained any weight yet. Maybe you haven't gained any extra weight yet?

@Torchwood: my OB told me to try to gain about 20-25lbs and I was all "each trimester? DONE." I gained so much with Chloe (and lost it all) but I don't want to gain a lot this time! So, 20lbs it is!

OMG y'all Saturday I hit 9w and it was like this baby decided to bring the pain. (I always notice my symptoms get worse/change each week, on the dot).

On Friday night, I started taking Miralax for my insane constipation (doctor said it was okay) and I got nothing. Like through Sunday, I had nothing. Meanwhile I was so clogged up that I couldn't eat very much before feeling full to the point of illness. But I wasn't actually eating enough to keep me from feeling nauseated. So I basically spent the entire weekend in the fetal position. (I was able to get away with not coming in to work this weekend).

I kept taking the Miralax and stayed home in case anything happened, but I just kept getting sicker and sicker. By Sunday I missed church and couldn't take it anymore so DH had to give me an enema(!!!!) It got me going within a minute, so that was effective I guess, but for some reason, having my digestive system open again made me SO SICK.

Usually, I can get away with just gagging or dry heaving, but last night, it was full on vomiting. Vomiting out of the blue, vomiting while (trying to) brush my teeth (twice) and vomiting WHILE peeing (that was a new one). And I vomited as soon as I woke up this morning. AND I just vomited at the office (which I try VERY hard not to do).

We have been talking about me becoming a SAHM eventually (got law school loans to pay off), but I've been telling DH that if this is the way its going to be, I can't be working when I'm pregnant with our next kid. Especially if we have another one to take care of at the same time. This is just too hard!
What's scary is that I'm on Zofran! So I'm wondering how much sicker I would be WITHOUT it.

@Pancakes: Next visit is on the 19th, which will be almost 2 weeks since the last - a record for us. You know you're there too often when the receptionists start joking that you are part of the furniture!

Edited because of insane typos. Whoops.

Leaving for my ultrasound in a few minutes! I'm nervous, but not really any more than I was for my first (with my first pregnancy), which turned out fine. So glad DH is going though, he'll help me stay calm! I'm also wearing my "stay calm and don't blink" shirt, for the reminder to stay calm. And cause it's one of my favorite shirts, so it makes me feel better.

@gingerbebe: Sorry to hear you're feeling so awful. That sounds SO miserable. I hope you get some relief soon!

@farawayviolet: Great news!

@farawayviolet: yay! Glad everything is alright and looking good! Hopefully u r no longer in pain.

@gingerbebe: ugh that's so rough and sounds so miserable.i was like that with my previous pregnancy, but this time, it's much better. I've only thrown up less than a handful of times and I'm 10+ weeks. I can attest that no two pregnancies are alike

Got my nuchal scan in 9 days! Still have to find a new obgyn. Ugh!

@SweetiePie: eeeeee great update!!!!!!

@sweetiepie great update! woohoo!

@mrs. jump rope I'm sorry. Today is not the most fun day for some reason... maybe it's a full moon? Hang in there.

@LatteLove: None of my providers have done ultrasounds at the first visit. They basically had me come in to confirm pregnancy (pee in a cup), do some checks (take blood), and check what questions I had/let me know what not to eat, etc. I think they don't want to tie up an ultrasound appointment before they even confirm you're really pregnant and not just assuming from a late period or something. As for questions, I never asked many at my first appointments. They usually covered everything on their own. You might ask for a preemptive zofran prescription just in case. My doctor gave me that without asking, even though I was never sick. I still keep some in my purse, just in case.

@SweetiePie: So glad you had a great appointment, and glad to hear we'll be seeing more of you! I was just wondering if we'd ever hear back from some of our non-active mommas on here, and you gave me an explanation why some might be hanging back right now!

@LatteLove: How exciting for your first appt!
The first two times we conceived naturally and both times they did an ultrasound first appt! The first I was 7w3d (same as today which gave me the major heebie-jeebies since it was a bad appt) and the 2nd I was just about 6 weeks.
Not sure why some do an ultrasound and some don't. But I hope you get one AND get to hear the heartbeat

@Torchwood: good luck!!!

@SweetiePie: yay! Congrats! On all counts! Baby doing well, hitting milestone, no more pio shots, graduating!!

@LatteLove: good luck tomorrow! Glad u survived the wedding! Usually, they ask for history and they tell u what u can and can't do. Take blood, do a Pap smear, take urine.... I've gotten ultrasounds, but not everyone does it. I don't think they would use a Doppler though, too early? Dopplers usually at 10-12 weeks? Can't really think of questions... Just if you are exercising actively, whether I should tone down? Good luck!

@LatteLove: They may do a dating ultrasound. That's what I was told I would have at my appointment on Friday (although I'll be almost 10 w, and I technically already had one when I went to the ER for my SCH). We have lived in 3 states in 3 years and each place has done things differently.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Thanks for letting me commiserate - so sorry you are having a rough day! My doctor told me Zofran shouldn't cause that much constipation - he said it may exacerbate an already sluggish system (which was true for me), but that he hadn't really seen it CAUSE constipation to an extent where the patient was completely miserable like me. He told me I needed to blast through everything in my system with laxatives and then take a stool softener with fiber to keep things moving along afterwards, otherwise I was going to end up in the ER. Hence our enema (which while gross, worked SO FAST that I became a believer). I have the water/pee problem too, but on the nights I really need sleep, I take half a Unisom instead of the Zofran and I usually can sleep until dawn when I have one long pee. It makes me feel so much more rested.

Congrats on the great appointments everyone! I understand being sorta detached too. With our prior losses and everything, I was pretty stoic in my first ultrasounds and asked really frank questions like "Is it alive? Is there a heartbeat? Is the heartbeat good? What drugs can I take to not feel so sick. GO." The doctor sorta laughed at my business-like tone and was like super serious with me.

On the other hand, my DH was like in wonder and cracking jokes with the doctor and hamming it up because he was so excited and emotional about the experience. While I felt pretty unemotional about the whole thing on the way home, DH kept raving to me and our friends about how ultrasounds had always been this traumatic thing for him and he's so happy we finally had a good experience and how cool it was. So, everyone deals with it differently.

Everything looks great! Measuring 10w2d, which is *exactly* what it should be. Heartbeat is 164. Feel infinitely better now! We got to see her/him moving! And since it was at a training hospital, we got to stay a lot longer while the trainee practiced! S/he has little hands and feet! So happy now!

@gingerbebe: Yay for two poops
As for Metamucil, I swear by Metamucil "Free & Clear". It's not flavored and dissolves really well. You can mix it into anything or sprinkle it on food. And it works! And it's all natural vegetable fiber. I do think it makes me a little gassy, but when needed its worth it!

@Torchwood: That's wonderful news! Oh my goodness I just can't wait till my next U/S now and I just had one today! I've never seen anything past 8 weeks (that's when we stopped growing last time) so seeing something as big as yours makes me so amazed!

I am still a little worried about my lack of sore boobs and lack of night-peeing. But the RE told me not to worry at all so trying not to!
Finally some nausea and just overall blah feelings happening. And fatigue. I get through the day ok but at night I am out by 9:30.

@Torchwood: SO exciting to see that little one! Thanks for sharing.

and thanks for all the feedback on our appointment tomorrow. I decided to just call the dr. office to ask and they did confirm I would have a measuring u/s! YAY. Looking forward to reporting tomorrow evening!

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Thanks. It's the advice I give everyone too but it's so hard to follow yourself!
Next appt is 2/25 with the OB. My husband and I were just brainstorming on stuff we can do to keep us busy between now and then! Ha. We're making lots of dinner reservations and maybe going to see a broadway show or something.