Hello everyone!
Welcome MellyBelle! I hope you are able to schedule an early scan, but I'd recommend waiting until 7 weeks, as at 6 weeks it might still be too early to see the bean. That's what happened to me and now I'm stressing about it!
RGN: Wow! 8 weeks already!
I'll be at 7 weeks tomorrow - a blueberry!
Vixmar: Sorry to hear about your friend's situation. I hope the bean fights through it and she gets to see the heartbeat next week.
I hope your scan next week helps you to relax. I'm confident that you'll see your bean in the right place.
Kizzy: I'm always prodding at my boobs to 'make sure' they're still hurting! And I'm gassy and bloated as hell, too! I just tell my husband that if I held it in I would be hurting the baby!
Grand: the nickname will come naturally (see the rest of my post for a continuation of this). How are you feeling today?
It sounds like none of us have too many symptoms as of yet.
Besides the CONSTANT boob pain, my main symptoms today were serious bloating and a bad attitude - EVERYONE was pissing me off! Have you guys been grumpy or impatient at all? I mean, more so than usual...
I slipped on some ice walking home today and fell on my butt.
I think I caught myself alright so it didn't hurt too much, but it did scare the shit out of me. I know that I'd have to fall pretty damn hard to do any damage to the little one, but of course I spent a couple of minutes fretting over it.
When I told my DH about falling he said, "Oh, I'm sure it's fine."
IT?!?
Is that what we're calling our unborn child?!?
So, I said that we needed to come up with a nickname for 'it'.
DH had called our angel bean 'the little builder', and suggested we continue the tradition with this one, but I was against it as 'little builder' was the only name he/she ever got.
So, I suggested 'the kid'; actually, I've had that in mind practically since day 1, but haven't said anything out of fear of getting too attached.
Here's the significance:
I've always had a boy's and a girl's name picked out - Sidney (boy) and Audrey (girl). They work in both English and French (DH is francophone) and Sidney was my paternal grandfather's name; also, my father grew up in Sydney. As for Audrey, well, I just love the name.
Now, here's where I begin to sound like the stereotypical Canadian:
Have you ever heard of Sidney Crosby? Well, he just happens to be the best hockey player in the NHL if not the world right now. He started his career when he was very young, earning himself the nickname 'Sid the Kid'.
So.....
My bean's name is now 'the kid'!
Take care of yourselves, ladies. It's a pleasure sharing this experience with you all.