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I'm glad to hear everyone doing good!! I don't have another scan 'til my 12 weeks mark, so I'm just patiently waiting. Nothing exciting or un-exciting is happening lately so I'm just praying everything is okay w/ the peanut. I have about 7 U/S pics thus far that lets me know he is doing just fine in there. I love looking at my little creation. He/She's making me a proud momma already :smug:...
As for the discharge, swampmaiden, I did throw away like 8 pair of undies, I know 7 for sure!! After that, hell I stocked up panty liners at the dollar store lol. It comes 24 in pack, good enough for me. I just can't afford to buy underwear like that, like your meat situation, it's just too expensive lol. I mean $10 for 6 pair!! That's a little too steep for me to buy a whole new line of undies. I hate having to change it every couple of hours, but it beats buying a whole new wardrobe of undies, at least for my pockets lol.

So no :coffee: this morning, and I feel like I'm lagging dreadfully right now. Any former coffee drinkers that have new remedies to waking up and energizing yourself in the morning, even if it is psychological, I just need something.
 
Ok, this is gross, lol, but the discharge that had me concerned was kind of a like a glop of snot. Eek! It happened two times on Saturday. I haven't had any since then, though, just an irritated feeling down there, like something rough has rubbed on it. I'm 6 pills in, so hopefully things are getting better!
 
Swampmaiden - Yay for a clean bill of health!

HopingCarter - No advice to boost energy, sorry! I'm trying to come up with a solution for that too and I didn't even drink coffee before, I'm just dragging.

Karen - I'd bet the irritation you have is from the pills probably drying everything up to clear away any infection. That's my best guess but I'm no doctor lol


I've been feeling so gaggy (is that even a word?). Everything makes me want to gag which makes me feel like I want to throw up. Even just thinking about food gets my gag reflex going. I'm not sure what to do about it. I keep reading that all of you who are around 9/10 weeks are starting to move past the nausea point so I'm going to count down until then and just try to make it through these next 3-4 weeks. I feel so bad for DH. He made himself dinner last night and he made it for both of us the night before that. I always had dinner ready when he'd get home from work, I'm slacking. I know he understands, its just hard for me to feel like this and like I'm letting him down with not keeping up with my duties. I feel like I don't have many of them and so it shouldn't be so hard.
 
OMG Sweetbliss I hear ya 150%!! I feel so bad for my hubby, b/c I normally have dinner by 6, maybe 7 depending on what I'm cooking, but for the last 2 nights, he's been eating at like 10, last night it was almost 11pm!!!! Thank god he's willing to be patient and understand why I've been slow poking and dragging my feet lately, but I still feel bad. He doesn't know how to cook, AT ALL lol, and he doesn't want to go buy food b/c he knows I feel like I've been useless to him, so he just waits for me to get'er done lol. Oh I love him so much sometimes haha!

Karen, I'm sorry you're so irritated down there. I just hope the pills do what they need to do for you and you don't have to worry about after that.
 
Karen I hope things keep getting better for you! Sorry about your scare.

Sweetbliss I'm with you! Sometimes just the thought of a certain food is making me gag. The last thing I want to do when I get home is cook dinner, so it's been several frozen dinners and easy salads.
I'm with you too hopingcarter, I'm glad my DH isn't a picky eater at all. If I'm too tired to make dinner he insists he just wants to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich anyway so I don't feel bad.

I haven't tried those sea beads, I'm afraid I'll get too many questions because it's really hot out and I'm always wearing short sleeves so they'd be very noticeable...but if I get desperate I'll have to try anyway.
 
glad Im not the only one slacking off around the house.. if I drudge up the energy to cook dinner/wash dishes now.. its only because I guilt tripped myself so bad over not feeding my DH who works 10-13 hrs/day with barely anytime to eat an already made dinner, let alone make himself something. And hes SO NICE about everything, it mkaes me feel even guiltier!!
So when I do scratch up the motivation, I usually do easy stuff, like pan-grilled chicken, rice and salad.. also last time I went grocery shopping I got alot of frozen stuff like meatballs, shrimp, chicken patties, pork dumpling etc that can just be heated up and served with something easily boiled.

as for the panty liners.. thats actually a good idea. I should start wearing them because yeah, undies can get expensive especially if you have to replace a bunch of them, even just the cotton ones (and Ive stopped wearing my fancy lacy panties.. my belly is starting to pooch out just a little bit to much for them now, and I want to spare them the horrors of this 'seepage' lol
 
Had a scan today and still soaking in that bliss :cloud9: The baby measures 8w1d, just 4 days behind and we could hear the hearbeat too. Hearbeat measures 170 bpm. Really, the wonderful feeling which can make us forget what happened in the last 4 weeks :)
 
Those 7 pair were the sexy ones Swampmaiden lmao!!! All I have know is the cotton ones lol. J/K I do have a few left, but I really did have to throw away 7 Lacies, no lie. Trying to be all "MOULIN ROUGE" every night, not knowing the leaking faucet I had down there, smh, SHAME! Anywho, I was really bummed about those one I had to throw out. I'm glad I still one of my fav sexy ones salvaged haha, I will be saving those until post baby for sure!!

SanJan, so happy to hear your little bun is doing good. Those U/S are the best things sometimes for our confidence, aren't they? :cloud9:
 
SanJan - so lovely that you've had a scan and got to see your little bub!

I managed to book myself in to see the doctor this afternoon and I'm feeling a little less anxious now. I'm getting bloods done tomorrow morning to check my hcg and then again on Friday morning. Unfortunately that means I'll have to wait until Monday to see if my numbers have doubled but on the plus side, I did another ic when I got back from the docs, having held my wee for about 3+ hours and I had a much darker line than I've been getting these past few mornings.
 
Oh, also forgot to mention that the doctor is going to try and see if he can wangle an early scan for us! I'm not sure if it'll be possible but here's hoping!!
 
That's awesome, Welsh! I hope you get that scan because I know that would be reassuring to see the cute bean!

Sanjan, congrats on a healthy u/s!

Sorry that your feeling sick Mia! I hope the nausea eases soon!

I scheduled my first appointment for Sept 25. I'm not sure I get an early scan but I really hope I do. Does any one have an opinion about OB vs midwife?
 
My OB and the midwife that works there were both present at the 2 times I had my appointment. While my midwife is actually pretty nice we had a rough start cause she left a bruise on my arm from taking blood and didn't let me leave the office until I peed and made me chug my gatorade when I was feeling so miserable because of the stomach flu lol
I'll have an u/s appointment with only her on the 5th so we will see how that goes.
 
I've decided to go the midwife route simply because here in Canada, you have to choose either OB or midwife, and the OBs here are generally very pushy on epidurals, and are basically just there to "catch" the baby, whereas the midwives develop more of a relationship with you and are there for the whole labor. They are really into leaving choices up to their clients.
 
So happy to hear your scan went well and you got to hear the heartbeat :)

Karen hold things settle down for you.


I'm just going to throw this out there- I got my BFP on Saturday morning. Immediate feeling was happy and excited but then that night this wave of anxiety and fear ran over me and I started questioning if I really want this. I know it sounds terrible, after preying and hoping for a BFP for so long I don't understand why I felt that way. Since then I've been up and day- have burst of confidence where I think everything thing will be fine and then bursts of anxiety where I think omg what am I doing??!!! Plus were only 26 and I'm worrying if were too young? I know plenty of people have babies younger than that but I'm just get stressed. I spoke to oh about my concerns and he admitted he's pretty scared too which didn't help. I know this sounds awful but has anyone else felt like this at all? Will it get better??
 
Oh wow Klink, that sounded intense!! I'm glad you guys are on a good note now b/c that was definitely a rough start..
That U/s you have as your pic looks really awesome though. Cute little bean already:)
 
Yeah Samantha, I feel like that still sometimes, like its too good to be true! I always prayed that God gave me a baby when I get married and because it happened so fast I didn't believe it would be full term, but so far so good. You're not nearly alone hun, but the further along you get the more confidence you gain, honestly.
 
I totally understand how you feel Samantha. I'm totally nervous. It is such a life changing event. I also wonder what I was thinking....Thankfully we have 8ish more months to get ready and feel more comfortable. You always have us to lean on too :hugs:
 
yes Samantha, I'm going to echo what gator said.. you have many looong months to get used to the idea of having a baby.. and feeling second thoughts is totally normal. just have faith that everything has its time, place and season. right now the baby is just an idea, but as your pregnancy develops, and you see the little one on the u/s, then hopefully youll start to really embrace the pregnancy. best of luck to you hun, the 1st trimester can be pretty rough emotionally :hugs:
 
Thank you ladies. Iv been thinking about a baby for ages and spent months trying I just thought that when I finally got my BFP I'd be the happiest person in the world so have been really confused as to why I'm feeling so unsure. And then feeling guilty for having these thoughts.. Thank you again xx
 
Sanjan, that's great that you had such a good u/s! Isn't seeing the heartbeat amazing?

welshgem, that's wonderful that your test line has darkened. It's very reassuring, isn't it? I bet you'll get great numbers with your blood tests. It's a hard wait, but it'll be worth it!

samantha, congratulations and welcome to the thread!! I think it is normal to feel lots of emotions all at once. Hormones are elevated, so many changes are happening... it's a lot to process! I know for myself, I am very happy, but also very nervous because I know next to nothing about babies. I am very comfortable with children because I've worked with them for years and years, but never babysat a baby, never had a younger sibling, heck, have only held babies a few times. But I just remind myself that the instinct will kick in, and everything will be fine. And, knowing you're not in it alone helps, too! :)

How is everyone feeling today?

I am excited, because I went maternity shopping yesterday! My birthday is coming up so my mom took me to get some maternity clothes for the fall and winter. It was so much fun!! The jeans are amazing. I want to wear them now and go to the casino buffet because there's so much room, haha! :p A surreal part was that in one store, the lady had me put on a pregnancy pillow under the jeans, and seeing myself in the mirror looking that pregnant was a crazy moment! I had my mom take a picture of me so I can show my husband. I didn't have a chance because he worked super late last night, so I am looking forward to sharing it with him today.

Has anyone else started looking at maternity stuff yet?
 
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