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@annem1990: Welcome! I feel very similarly. I'm really happy we were able to get pregnant, but I feel like its jinxing it to get too excited when loss is so common. If this pregnancy is viable, it's going to be a very long couple of months until the second trimester arrives.

@StrawberryBee: I've been waking up around 4am and having a difficult time going back to sleep. I haven't been able to fall asleep that early, either, and it's exhausting. I was ordering sea bands yesterday and Amazon suggested I order magnesium flakes for pregnancy. I googled it and learned that magnesium deficiency is very common in early pregnancy and can disrupt sleep. Last night before bed I had a lukewarm bath with epsom salts, and I think it helped. I still woke up at 4 to pee, but was able to eventually fall back asleep and sleep until 7.

@StrawberryBee: I'm sorry, that sucks. I hope it will resolve soon!

Location: CA

EDD: based on LMP would be 9/11; based on ovulation would be 9/24

First child? 2nd

Any symptoms? None.

Who have you told? DH & 3 close friends

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? I'm timidly dipping in but feel that if I add my name here, it'll make it feel real. I struggled with infertility to conceive LO1 so a lot of fears & worries are surfacing. I'm super excited but having changed jobs & insurance plans when we decided to be more serious of ttc #2 is leaving me a bit nervous since I have to find a new medical practice. I'm so used to the handholding I got from my old RE's office that I'm baffled I don't have betas ordered (no PCP yet) already & my first appt is not lined up until 1/30 with a new ob.

@lazypanda: Welcome and congrats! i've added you as the 24th but we can move it after your appointment as needed.

@annem1990: Welcome and congrats!

@periwinklebee: Ya, apparently discontinued in the US but available outside the US (hence how I got them.). I find they provide some reassurance but I needed to be pretty confident i'd be in the 3+ range before I would test.. ie. don't do it too early they an be a bit finicky.

@periwinklebee: I always took them in the mornings... but I drink a TON of fluids during the day

@periwinklebee: Thanks! I think I just have to force myself to stay up late ;). I just get so cold and tired in the evenings I need to crawl into bed.

@lazypanda: welcome and *hugs*. The waiting is so, so hard. Better to have company while doing it

@periwinklebee: @Banana330: Wow, was that recently? I'm pretty sure I still have one left over from September.

@lazypanda: I hope it gets all worked out soon and that you can get betas if you want them. I agree that it's super important to focus on now and not what could go wrong...Easier said than done, but I figure now is a great opportunity to get better at that!

Question - are you guys seeing an ob or midwife?

My betas and first scan were ordered by an RE office, but I need to choose a regular practice to be transferred to. I'll probably go with the OB practice in the same hospital as the RE - the hospital has a bunch of MFM specialists should complications arise and a fantastic NICU should anything go wrong, and gets really good reviews for L&D. However, near my office (and house) there is a birth center attached to a community hospital, and people rave about the midwives there, so I'm also considering that. Downsides are it's small enough that you might have to deliver elsewhere if it's a busy night, and if something goes wrong that the attached hospital can't handle, it would require a transfer.

@periwinklebee: I'm hoping a midwife again, but my last pregnancy ended in an emergency c-section and I'd like a repeat c-section but an immediate skin to skin one which I'm hoping the midwives can help me get. If not I'll go with an OB who does them here. I really like the aftercare we get from midwives here. Can you meet with both then decide?

@periwinklebee: I previously had Kaiser so I went back to the ob who had referred me to an RE for my LO. I liked my previous insurance because it was so easy to transition from different clinics if needed & go to several different labs. I also had the option for a midwife if I chose to deliver at the hospital closer to my home. For my new insurance, it took me awhile to decide on an OB since I now need to find one who delivers at the specific hospital I would want. Along with that, I have to find a primary doctor in the same practice so I can no longer choose to have my primary care in one city & specialist in another. While we live near a reputable large hospital, it makes more sense for us to be at the reputable hospital near my parents' house. When I give birth, it would be easier to have LO stay with the grandparents as they are unable to drive to our house.

It also felt a bit jarring to go from weekly visits with an RE to a regular OB with only once a month checkups for prenatal care.

For everyone on their 2+ pregnancy, do you feel like the belly is expanding more rapidly? I was changing this evening & my pants just felt tighter all of a sudden. I couldn't wait to get into my lounge pants once I got home!

@periwinklebee: I'm sorry to hear you following in my sleep footsteps!

@lazypanda: I just feel bloated lol. I switched into mat pants pretty early last time.

@StrawberryBee: @periwinklebee: everyone in my house is awake at 5:45 on a Saturday morning I usually am able to sleep a lot very easily but since I found out I'm pregnant I've been sleeping a lot less and waking up a lot more easily.

@StrawberryBee: @Boopers: I haven't taken a test since Monday but decided to take one when I woke up in hopes it would calm my nerves waiting for my beta draw results today. It showed up immediately and was dark - yay! Waiting for my beta draw now.

I hope we all get enough sleep over the weekend - I was expecting pregnancy to make me tired but I thought the trouble sleeping wouldn't start until much later!

@Boopers: thanks! Everyone's awake now (7am). Got halfway through my show!

@periwinklebee: good luck with your beta draw today!

I wasn't going to join until after my ultrasound this week but I'm giving in.

Location: Ontario, Canada

EDD: Sept 5th. Although I highly suspect this will change

First child? no

Any symptoms? Food aversions, peeing constantly, overheating

Who have you told? DH and three of my coworkers (three managers who noticed right away)

Current thoughts/feelings/fears? I lost my last pregnancy at 24 weeks in July. I also usually have insane morning sickness that I haven't had yet so part of me thinks I'm just crazy and not pregnant. I have my ultrasound on Wednesday to date the pregnancy so I'm pretty sure I'll feel better once I see it.

Yay! September Mama's!
Sept 5 - yougotme (#2)
Sept 8 - Banana330 (#2)
Sept 13 - theotherstark (#2)
Sept 14 - StrawberryBee (#2)
Sept 18 - Periwinklebee (#1)
Sept 22 - annem1990 (#1)
Sept 24 - Boopers (#2), Lazypanda (#2)
TBD - Kemma (#3)

Appointments
Jan 18 - yougotme
Jan 19 - Banana330
Jan 27 - StrawberryBee, theotherstark, Periwinklebee
Jan 30 - Lazypanda
Early Feb - Kemma

How's everyone feeling? I'm 6w2d and starting to get nauseous in really hoping it won't be as bad as last time!

@YouGotMe: welcome

@periwinklebee: congrats on your beta doubling!

@Banana330: no nausea yet, but I know it's just a matter of time. I'm starting to wake up with my hands asleep (something about circulation and pregnancy, I forget the particulars).

Sitting in a parking lot across the street from our house, waiting on another showing. It's been on the market three months and this is probably our thirtieth showing, and I'm just over it. Someone, PLEASE, buy our house! Keeping a house clean and dragging a three year old and a dog out of the house is just no fun.

@periwinklebee: it sucks. They showed up more than a half hour late and only stayed for 10 minutes . Whole day was lost, plus had to completely skip nap time.