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Where are you located?: Vancouver, Canada
• EDD: based on lmp, September 27th
• How far along are you?: around 7 weeks
• Is this your 1st child?: 3rd
• When is your 1st doctor appointment?: TBD
• Any symptoms so far?: Feeling very sick. Morning sickness that lasts all day.
• Who have you told?: DH and 2 friends

This pregnancy has already been a rollercoaster of emotions. Last week I had blood work done and the beta HCG got me worried. First draw at 27000 was very promising, second came in at 35000. I was convinced it was over as it didn't double (turns out at such a high starting number, it doesn't double every 48hrs) Went for an ultrasound yesterday to confirm viability and was SHOCKED that there was a healthy heartbeat of 165. Cried tears of joy on the ultrasound table, was grateful for a kind and understanding tech.

September 2019 Mamas

Sep 2: IRunForFun (#2) - 11w2d
Sep 2: BananasAreYellow (#3) - 11w2d
Sep 4: Jellyfish (#2) - 11w0d
Sep 4: DanaH725 (#1) - 11w0d
Sep 9: SouthernGothamCityMama (#3) - 10w2d
Sep 15: youboots (#2) - 9w3d
Sep 15: ModernDayJibarita (#2) - 9w3d
Sep 25: JennyPenny (#3) - 8w0d
Sep 27: Autumnmama79 (#3) - 7w5d

@IRunForFun: Thanks! So lucky to be getting special arrangements from the midwife you really like - what a good feeling. Care during pregnancy and delivery is SO important and it must be nice to know she's got your back

Good luck at your appt!

@IRunForFun: Wishing you a great appointment today!

@SouthernGothamCityMama: Oh no, I'm so sorry you're so sick! I haven't caught the flu in recent memory (knock on wood) and I think it varies so much depending on the strain. One piece of advice I do have though is to pay attention to whether breathing gets difficult since pneumonia is a complication of flu and you'd want to have that treated asap.

@IRunForFun: yay!!! Congratulations!

Also our first gender reveal!

Good morning! How was everyone's weekend? Mine was nice and relaxing. I actually got a lot of sleep and it helped me feel so much better. This week is going to be crazy for me though. I have my first appointment (FINALLY!) on Thursday and I can't wait to hopefully get some peace of mind that everything's going okay. I've also got some big meetings and we'll be finding out if my son got into the magnet school we want for him for K next year. *fingers crossed* this week is full of good news

@JennyPenny: yay for your appointment!

I’m still getting sick. But we are going to go out of town for the weekend without DD. It will be our last chance before baby comes.

My mom is coming in from across the country and we are going to tell her Wednesday.

We told DD tonight and she said ‘Wow’ and then acted like a maniac and rolled around on the floor. She’s been really silly tonight. She seems to get it and I’m glad we had the photo to show her. She kissed and patted my belly- which she does normally when she hugs/greets me because that’s the height she’s at- but she seemed intentional about saying there is a baby in there.

@SouthernGothamCityMama: Ugh, sick when pregnant is always the worst. I hope you get all the way better soon.

@youboots: That's so exciting! We'll tell DS this weekend assuming everything goes well at the appt on Thursday. I'm so nervous about how it's going to go.

@Autumnmama79: They've always done an ultrasound at the first appointment in the past so I expect to be able to see a heartbeat I'm sorry you're feeling so badly, but I hear you on the symptoms providing reassurance. It's a terrible worry cycle.

In other news, we found out today that my son didn't get into the magnet school we wanted Not the best way to start off the week, but hopefully everything else goes smoothly from here.

@Autumnmama79: I'm not sure if it means different things in different states - but here it's where you have really good schools with strong academic programs that are situated in lower SES neighborhoods. The idea is that the unique academic programs encourage diversity by bringing in students from outside the base area. And the programs vary by school so we have some that are play-focused, Montessori, International Baccalaureate, language immersion, etc. So we were excited for it for our son because of the academic program and just having a diverse student body which we value. In our district it's all part of the public school system and its a lottery if you get in.

@Autumnmama79: Yeah, schools vary so much depending on where you live and I think the extensive options we have are even pretty rare. There's actually a charter school that we also applied to - we'll find out about that next month. I don't know if you have charter schools, but those are basically public schools that can operate without a lot of the oversight that typically is required. So they can set their own way of doing things and be very flexible. The one we applied to is a Montessori school. But it's also a lottery and they usually get 8-900 applicants for 70 spots, so it's pretty unlikely. Since we didn't get into magnet we were automatically assigned to our neighborhood school. It's a fine school, just nothing special and not too diverse.

@Autumnmama79: Thanks And I agree with you 100% that home environment and having positive learning experiences are what are most important at this stage. I work in Ed Tech and as part of my job spend a lot of time in different schools in my area and its crazy the difference between schools here. I'm really grateful that at least my neighborhood school is good and I don't doubt that my son will do well there. I would love an opportunity to explore Canadian schools sometime too. I get a general sense that you guys have everything (parental leave, medical care, etc) figured out much better than we do here and I'd love to just see how your schools differ as well.

@IRunForFun: woah! You’re feeling movement already!? That’s incredible! And I’m glad you got good results at the NT scan. For my sons school, we can try and apply every year. DH and I haven’t talked about if we’ll go that route or not. I guess it depends on how we feel about the neighborhood school after the first year.

I’m also getting so excited but also anxious for my appt tomorrow. I’m so glad it’s first thing in the morning otherwise I would get 0 work done.

Mom Moms flight has a weather delay so no Toronto for us. hopefully we can get away for a night locally this weekend.

My AMA ultrasound is 3/1 and I have an appointment with my midwife 3/4.

DD also outed is to MIL who has a hard time keeping things to herself. We were on the phone in the car. “Mommy has a baby in her belly” oh well we were going to tell her soon since we will be headed back to the West Coast in less than 2 weeks. I’m just not ready to tell everyone yet.