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@maddyz: My goodness! I am so sorry for your loss.

@maddyz: oh gosh! So sorry to hear about your friend. That must be rough.

@maddyz: I am so sorry to hear about your friend. I can only imagine how hard that is. Please take lots of extra good care of yourself during this difficult time. Sending hugs.

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@Legowife: I know nothing about nub theory! I hope someone else does and they can play along!!

@mrsjd: congratulations on your daughter!!! That's so exciting!

I hope everyone is doing well today not sure if it's just me but the weeks feel like they're flying by so quickly all of a sudden. We are supposed to go back in the morning to try again to hear the heartbeat and while I haven't been too concerned about it, I'm feeling a bit more nervous now that it's upon us.

Also, I have not been feeling well so I am looking forward to seeing our doctor again. Has anyone experienced any breathlessness/feelings of being "winded" all the time? I am not in bad shape (although, exercise has not been on my radar of late) but honestly, everything I do feels like I have just run a marathon. Even on days when I am not super exhausted, going about my everyday tasks takes every bit of energy/motivation and when I am done, I often feel like I am gasping for air. I have a new cold this week and I am hoping that the breathing is tied to that but I just feel so, so lousy again. Has anyone else dealt with this? I remember feeling winded a lot during my last pregnancy, but way, way later.

I told some other moms from LO's school over the weekend and one of the teachers I worked with today and they were all pretty surprised and asked where my belly was. So that was nice since both my ass and stomach just feel really fat right now. I gained 3 lbs in the past 2 weeks. Yikes.

Anyone else feeling gross about weight gain yet? I know 3 lbs at 14 weeks is not bad but it just feels like extra fat at this point and not at all baby.

@skipra: thanks so much I'll keep you posted on tomorrow's appointment.

And omg re jiggling parts. This has become the thing I focus on all the time. I have been gaining weight so far (the right amount, I think) so every piece of loose skin, flab (that was totally there before!) looks way worse to me now. I'm just at the point where my normal pants are starting to get too tight so instead of thinking "how amazing, it's time for maternity pants to accommodate this growing baby (!)," I'm thinking "ugh, why do my pants not fit me?!"

@Periwinkle: They are painting the entire building and won't be on the floor that we are occupying. Then we will move while they do the other floor. We can't open our windows. It's a historic building and the windows are either painted shut or non-functional. I am going to ask the doctor about it at my appointment in two weeks and speak to our CBO/HR person.

@Periwinkle: good luck with your appointment today! I'm useless at nub theory. The ultrasound was 12weeks 1 day.

Thanks, ladies! The appointment went really well and we got to hear the HB! I am hugely relieved and glad that we were able to come back to listen for it again.

Also, we received our NIPT results back and everything is normal! I got the call yesterday but missed it due to a crazy work day, then went home sick, and then was too nervous to listen to it last night. Listened this morning and was so relieved. As soon as we walked in to our OB's office, she shared the results she got too and it was great to talk about it. Although we were on the fence about finding out (and I asked the genetic counselor not to leave the information on the message for us), I think that we are going to find out now. Our OB placed our test results in an envelope and I am now walking around with them in my bag. I am SO nervous/excited/scared/in disbelief/all the other feelings especially since I am just coming around to wanting to know. The more I think about it, the more I realize that we already had the amazing experience of waiting until delivery to find out once, and it might be fun to know this time. My husband feels strongly that knowing will help us in telling our son, just so he has a more concrete sense of what's going on. I don't know if I totally agree with that, but I am feeling much more excited about finding out now than I was previously...

Oh, and the being short of breath/winded all the time... apparently that's common and due to progesterone. My OB said hopefully it will let up soon-ish, but that it's not anything to worry about (even thought it's frustrating).

Thanks, ladies, for all of your amazing support

@Periwinkle: Good news! Let us know if you do decide to find out the sex and thanks for asking about the winded feeling. That is really interesting! I had never heard of that symptom before and I'm glad it's nothing to be concerned about.

@avivoca: I'm playing catch up. Have you guys thought of making a trip to Ikea. They have some really cute stuff in the 500-700 range.

@maddyz: I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you are feeling okay.

@mrsjd: A girl! How exciting! For some reason, it is so much harder for me to wait this time.

@Periwinkle: I feel out of breath a lot, but it comes and goes. Some days I don't notice it, but if I climb the stairs or talk for a long time (I'm talkative) I notice it. Obviously, I notice it during workouts, but I expected that. Good to hear a good update from you, too!

@avivoca: I wonder if there is anyone you could talk to-get a note from your doctor or something? They painted where I was working when I was pregnant with A and they made me stay home since they knew I was pregnant. Everyone else had to work. I didn't get paid, though.

@tlcbaby: I don't think we are going to make the trek to Ikea. I have emailed our CBO/HR person to set up a meeting about reasonable accommodations. I really think it is my supervisor who is dragging her feet, the other pregnant person has been told that she can work in the stacks or work from home. I'm pushing for working from home.

We are officially team

@pelikila: yay!!! Congrats on the !
@Periwinkle: Greay news!!! I am excited to know what youre having! I could not handle having that info so close without looking.

And its so exciting that we have a boy and a girl expected already.

@avivoca: sounds promising that HR will work with you. Good luck!

Ugh so sorry everyone is feeling jiggly with me but it's nice to know I'm in good company.

@pelikila: Ahh! Awesome!

I am headed to a kids consignment sale today to see if I can pick up a few of the baby things we need! We were so convinced we only wanted one child that we donated/sold a lot of stuff.

@pelikila: So sweet! Congrats!

Our board is so quiet! How are we all doing? Hope everyone is starting to feel better by now.

@Christy412: Also that totally sounds like sciatic pain. I've gotten it a ton in the past and you can Youtube good stretches for it. It's often related to hamstring tightness. I recommend looking up stretches and incorporating them daily. Sitting for an extended period of time and not exercising is what does it to me. I'm worried about getting it later in pregnancy because I'm prone to it.