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@Banana330: haha. Just content! Trust me by the time you get to the third, I've almost forgotten I'm pregnant altogether!

I am very special. Go to a normal prenatal doctors appointment and leave with a prescription for antibiotics for strep throat I didn't know I had.

@YouGotMe: did you tell them they were looking at the wrong end? Ha! Strep is the worst.. but it does clear up fast with antibiotics

@Bibliolove: yes we're lucky they are close and retired. I'm hoping they can help a lot in the next week or two, we just got good news that our cabinets can be installed a week earlier than we thought! Lots to do in the next week though.

@Bibliolove: It was my regular family doctor so she thought I sounded funny and so she took a look. I wasn't even in pain but my throat is full of pus.

My family doctor released me to my OB and they called me today to tell me when my OB appointment is booked for... April 11th. I have to call my OB and make them try again because that's two months away.

@Banana330: My Family doctor gave me all the forms and everything will be sent back to her.

My OB usually doesn't take people until they are 19-20 weeks. But after our loss last summer he said he would take me at ten weeks. Clearly someone forgot and I'm going to have to call and tell them I'll see them in march lol

@StrawberryBee: happy to hear you grape is doing well! I hope I have the same luck... had my appt yesterday and everything looked good, measuring exactly to the day. The brown spotting I've been having turned into red blood today and I'm having some mild cramping. Not sure if it has to do with the exam yesterday because she also looked at my cervix to confirm it's closed. She didn't measure heartbeat.. Called the doctor but they aren't going to do anything because if I'm miscarrying there's nothing they can do. I guess I just have to wait and see...

@strawberrybee So happy to hear your news! Glad the ultrasound went so well.

@MsInformation: thanks!

@Mrs. K: whew, hoping that the cramping stays away and that this was just a momentary blip! Seeing red is so scary

@StrawberryBee: yes it is!! Trying to take it easy today and tomorrow and hoping for the best. First trimester is such a period of waiting and watching.

@kemma: waiting for the body to catch up with your emotional state is hard when you are just wanting to move forward... thinking of you

Hi all.... I was really active on HB during my last pregnancy but not nearly as much this time so far. I actually totally forgot about the due date boards until just now and thought maybe I'd come say hi!

Location: Ohio

EDD: September 27

First child? This is my 2d

Any symptoms? OH yes.

Who have you told? We've told my parents and a few close friends. I just had an ultrasound though, so I'm feeling like we might start telling people more widely now.

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? ... overwhelmed? This is a planned-for and wanted pregnancy, but I'm scared. Of being pregnant with a toddler, and having a newborn with a toddler/preschooler, and handling 2 in general.... I know it'll be fine but I just have a lot of mixed emotions right now.

@Mae: hello and welcome!

@lazypanda: I'm sorry for your loss.

@lazypanda I'm so sorry for your loss. Wishing you a smooth recovery.

@Bibliolove: @Mrs. K: @MsInformation: @Boopers: thank you ladies. I just thought we were in the clear after seeing a healthy heartbeat two weeks ago & had dreams of a boy. My LO is my awesome rainbow baby so I'm hoping that means I'll have another awesome rainbow baby #2. I'm choosing to let it pass rather than scheduling a d&c as my previous loss occurred relatively quickly.

@Mae: welcome! Lots of 2nd time moms here. My lo is having major mommy preference lately.

@lazypanda: I'm so sorry for your loss and hope it's over quickly for you

@lazypanda: Sorry for your loss. Hopefully it's over quickly.

@Mrs. K: Any more spotting?

@Mae: welcome! I hear you on being scared about having a baby and a toddler. I am terrified. The pregnancy hormones don't help, I am a bit of an emotional wreck about it all. We don't have any family even slightly close so I just don't know how we are going to cope.

I've had a really rough week. We have had to take our toddler to the ER twice in one week. First for suspected meningitis (which turned out to be strep throat) and then 6 nights later we had to take him in again for croup (he has had it about 5 times now). I'm struggling to deal with the stress of him being sick and having to go to the ER as well as my pregnancy symptoms/exhaustion and now I've caught something and am sick myself. Plus we were supposed to go on vacation last week but we had to cancel as my son was too sick to fly. So I'm super sad about that. We have no family nearby and I'm a bit of a mess. It's not helping with the 'how am I going to cope with 2 kids?' feelings. I hinted at my mother that I wanted her to come and help me but it's a 24hour flight for her to get to me so she can't exactly just 'pop over'.

@Banana330: oh my gosh, it just gets to the point where you think "enough!" It's like as soon as things start to get a bit tough, the rain just pours and everything goes wrong! Hopefully your renos will get done promptly! I have a friend whose renos were still taking place when she was 38weeks! ugh!

We do have some really great babysitters that we can call on, thankfully, but the problem is that babysitters don't exactly want to come around when the kid is all germy and infectious! And because we just moved, we don't really know our neighbours and only have a small handful of local friends. DH said last night that he is going to go and make friends with the neighbours this weekend and get their phone numbers! Ha! I could never just knock on someones door and do that, but he is that kind of friendly person and can get away with it! hopefully we will have more of a support network by the time the baby comes.

@lulu22: That's great DH can do that! Our friends started a reno in the first tri and it finished when the baby was 3 months old! Ours will NOT go that long...

@Bibliolove: ugh.. there have been an unusually high number of losses on this board. It does freak you out. I've got a week until my next scan it's been almost a month since the last one.. it's constantly in the back of my mind.