HA, I couldn’t agree with you more. Our society is so based in fear that we are told to stay away from everything for fear of a law suit. My step-father was a pediatrician but he was born and raised in Spain. His whole family still lives there. Drinking wine is part of the culture. He would always tell expecting mothers to have a glass of wine every now and again. He never got sued because it was never an issue. Of course, after all of my losses, I don’t think I’d be able to indulge in a glass of wine. Not now anyway, maybe in the third tri. And I can’t bring myself to drink a cup of tea for fear of the caffeine. Before my losses, I would have been fine with some green tea, but I’m just too scared.
Tracie, pleased to meet you and congrats on getting to the popping phase of pregnancy! I can’t wait to hear once you’ve popped. A woman on the RMC thread also has balanced translocation and just days ago suffered her 4th loss. I just told her about you to give her some hope.
Fili, yay on the lack of nightmares and cramping! I think anything that is different from the others is a good thing. I just had a lovely dream that I was pregnant and was invited to sing on stage with Sting. I kept rubbing my belly on stage. Normally I have pregnant dreams when I’m not pregnant. It was so nice to wake up from that dream this morning and remind myself that I am pregnant! Oh, and I don’t feel very dizzy, but I get a lot of head rushes. When I get out of bed, or if I stand up too quickly after sitting, I almost feel like I’m going to pass out. I have to grab onto something to steady myself. Once I didn’t have anything around to hold onto, so I crouched down and put my hand on the floor. I think it’s because we have so much more blood pumping in our bodies.
Puppy, hope the dedication went well today. Sounds like your symptoms are kicking in really early.
Titi, my heart goes out to you. I know how impossibly anxiety provoking scans are. With my first pregnancy I had some spotting around 6 weeks so I was sent for an early scan. They saw the little bean with a heartbeat. I didn’t realize that would be the last good scan I got for many more years. Every scan after that for that pregnancy and 3 more after that were all awful. I seriously believe I have PTSD around scans. When soldiers have severe PTSD, they don’t send them back into combat where they will be triggered again. But with our PTSD, we are constantly being thrown back into the trenches. The good scan I got on Friday was at a different clinic than I usually go to. The one I’m getting on Thursday is the place where I consistently get bad news. I’m almost hyperventilating just thinking about it. We’re here to hold your hand. And don’t forget, you are still so early that they might not see much.
Embo, yay for the 3+! Try as hard as you can not to compare this to the pregnancies that you lost. Try and compare this to the pregnancies that produced your gorgeous children.
9, having a cold is no fun when pregnant. You can’t really take anything to help move it along. Hope it goes away quickly.
Phew, by the time I wake up, you’ve all been up for hours and chatty. I feel like my morning posts are always novels! I’m having a bit of a freak out. I thought my nausea would be back today, but it’s not. Boobs still hurt, but I want my tummy to feel yucky! I was able to eat the Thai food just fine last night. It did cause a little heartburn, so I’m trying to take that as a good sign. I just really want to feel like crap!
That would make me feel so much better.
this is my 7th pregnancy and only child... i no its kinda late to join seeming im gunna pop anyday now 
did you ever get early af cramping with your children? This is my new obsession. I'm pleased i've not got it. I always get it from 11dpo to say 5.5 weeks and of course miscarry. So now i've had no sign of cramping i'm more hopeful. Ive heard mixed stories though so what about you?
on sushi. As for the lunch meats, he said it has more to do with deli meats cut in the store and the fact that there is typically a lot of cross-contamination on the slicers. He said pre-packaged lunch meat was fine, the kind that comes vacuum-sealed. So clearly there is a lot of conflicting advice out there on that one. 
Personally, I haven't worried too much about the lunch meats (whether I'm pregnant or not) because I've been eating it for a bajillion years and have never ever gotten listeria before.... I have no problem avoiding the moldy cheeses, though - I am just not a moldy cheese kind of girl! 
