Hi!

According to my calculations, I am due April 23rd. I will find out for sure when I meet with my doctor on September 5th.

We have a son who turned 3 a few weeks ago. I gained 40 pounds with my first and lost all of that plus another 15 over the last 2 years and I hope to only gain 25-30 pounds this time around.

~Leah

I know the panic feeling. It will get a little easier, but being a little paniced is a good thing. It makes you do everything possible for that little one starting to grow inside you.

With my first pregnancy, from the moment I found out I was pregnant I was constantly hungry and everyday after work i would come home and crash on the couch for an hour and this one is totally different. I have been having loose stools 3-4 times a day, am not hungry at all, but get so nauseaus if i don't eat something every 2 hours. So far the only thing that seems to curb my nausea is carbs and Triscuits with a cheese stick. I cannot stomach any vegetables right now so i am trying to find some smoothie recipes that have them in it.

Anyone else in this boat? I want to shout our pregnancy to the world, but my husband wants to wait until I am thru the first trimester. I know that is probably the logical thing to do as most miscarriages occur during this time, but I feel as if i could burst!

I had my dating ultrasound apt on Monday. We heard a heartbeat and It put me at 6w6d even though I was 7w3d by LMP. Close enough I guess? We agreed to stick with my original due date. I am sure of when my LMP was but I didn't track ovulation or anything.

I felt relieved to at least hear the heartbeat and know that everything was alright so far. My symptoms have been pretty minimal compared to some ladies so I was nervous.

I got again on the 14th for a "New OB-GYN" apt. Whatever that means. I will be 11 weeks then. I thought that was when they wanted to do the NT screening, but she didn't mention doing any tests.

One more thing.... my doctor said 1600 calories a day (what i'm on), was not enough. He said as long as I'm gaining 1/2 pound a week on average, he would be okay.

Hi Ladies,

I'm Amanda. I've been married to my husband for 4 1/2 years. We started trying to start a family exactly a year ago... got pregnant right away, and miscarried at 8 weeks. We took a few months off and got pregnant again in Feb, only to lose that one at 8 weeks as well. We literally just moved across the country a week ago from Arizona back to Michigan to be closer to family, so it's been a stressful month or two.

Well, low and behold, we just found out we are expecting again, with a due date of April 23rd! I am trying not to be too nervous, although after 2 losses getting pregnant again is pretty scary. I loved this group the first 2 times and look forward to this pregnancy with all of you! We are praying that we get to meet this little one this time.

Ok thanks for the advice - I've booked in to see a doc on Monday:) Though I've taken a pregnancy test at home that's positive, I keep wondering whether I'm imagining being pregnant and the doc's gonna look at me with a sympathetic shake of the head and give me rennie tablets...heheee.....roll on monday!

If you're feeling nauseous, I've found 2 things that really help me this week....one is chewing mint gum (not strong, but peppermint) is a real relief....not that I'm much of a gum fan but it gets me through the worst part of the day. The second thing is a frozen fruit ice pole that also helps.

Both aren't too bad for the diet either.....just thought I'd mention it in case any of you are suffering a bit too (lucky you guys that aren't suffering - hope you keep up the good fortune!)

I'd been taking just folic acid supplements for a while, and had recently taken iron as my levels had dipped a bit low (it happens with me once in a while) but a general doctor check a couple of months ago revealed my vitamin and mineral/cholesterol levels etc were top notch so I wondered whether to take the pre-natal supplement....I did stare at them in the chemist yest- heheee Think I'll ask the GP and see what they recommend.

Doubletnurse\jelybe/keyalus.......thankyou, its good to know a gauge of how much weight gain is normal in the first trimester.....lets hope there is just one in there (my husband's a twin...agghhh!)

Really hope you are all keeping well (as can be) and glad to be excited with you all:) Congratulations!

Hi All!

I am very excited to join this thread My husband and I have a 4 1/2 year old daughter and I am due April 17th with our 3rd baby, yay! We had a very easy time getting pregnant the first time and I had a very normal pregnancy and delivery. I started at 170 and was at 200 when my daughter was born which wasn't "great" but not too much gain. After my daughter was born I kept up bad eating habits I developed during pregnancy and gained another 25 lbs after she was born. I never really thought about my weight until 2 years ago when we were TTC. It took us over a year to get pregnant but we finally did get pregnant in October of last year. Unfortunately in December when I was supposed to be around 8 weeks I started bleeding and a scan showed that we had lost the baby at 6 weeks, all my scans before never showed a heartbeat and the sonographer twice told me they may just be off on the dates. The loss really hit hard with me and I decided to channel my energies to getting healthy before we had another baby. Between January of this year and now I have lost 54 pounds and am so glad to be starting this pregnancy at 172 instead of at 226!

We had our first Ultrasound on the 24th and I am exactly 6 weeks 5 days today and we got to see the heartbeat which helped take a little of my worries away. Looking forward to a healthy pregnancy and crossing my fingers that all goes well! I am currently eating at around 1850 calories (set at maintain) and for exercise I walk and do light jogging for now, will probably switch to just walking in my 3rd trimester or when running gets uncomfortable. If you want... feel free to add me Would love to meet new mommies and mommies to be!

Jennie

Have any of you told anyone that you are pregnant yet? I am 6 weeks today. My husband and i would like to wait until the end of the first trimester, but being this is our second I've heard you start showing about a month earlier. This would mean I would show around 8 weeks. We are also going to visit my family this weekend and i have a feeling they are going to know something is up, especially since I am so exhausted lately. I hope they don't say anything b/c I have a shirt for our son to wear that says big brother on it (the way I want to tell them).

Emily- I am glad everything is okay. I am actually down a half a pound from my prepregnancy weight but up a pound from 2 weeks ago (from the nausea and i had a stomach bug).

Jennie- Congrats on the pregnancy and losing the weight!

Hello, everyone! I'm pregnant with our third, and due April 19th!

Congratulations everyone!

I have my first "real" ultrasound today! i can't wait!

We already told most people, there have been some complications and my thought is that by not telling people I'm depriving myself of prayer as well as support should something go wrong. It's not facebook official yet, but that will probably come soon. I think I'm going to show pretty soon. Somehow the server at the diner near our house knew without us saying anything. Also I had surgery scheduled for yesterday so all the guys at work know now because they were asking why I didn't get surgery.

Hi! Im so excited about this page and looking foward to getting to know you all. I'm due April 7th with our third child. We have a 16-month-old and a 2.5-year-old.

I'm 42 and will be 42 still when this baby is due. I'm super, super tired. I have no energy to put on makeup or fix my hair or to do anything else. I can't wait until the 1st trimester fatigue eases up.

My appetite/ food aversions/ food cravings are out of control. I've already gained between 6 and 8.5 lbs (at 9.5 weeks). I can't remember, but u don't think I gained this much this early on with my other 2. I know I'm making bad food choices but I'm just eating what sounds appetizing at the time. It's strange, I'll think I'm so hungry, then I eat and it's not a whole lot , but then I end up being stuffed and feeling nauseated. I gained about 30 to 35 lbs during each pregnancy and lost it quickly after. With my last pregnancy and thanks to MFP, I also lost another 27 on top if that putting me right in the middle range for a normal BMI.

I went to the doctor Friday and all is good so far. He did tell me no running. I don't know why because he let me last time. I'm disappointed about that and have trouble motivating myself for "light walking". I plan to do bodypump, yoga, walking, and other classes at my gym as long as I can. I just need to get the energy to actually go do it.

I plan on eating better as soon as this queasiness eases. I normally love to cook but I can't even look at a recipe right now without it repulsing me.

Oh, I told lots if people early on. For one, I am an RN in a hospital. Generally, we look out for our pregnant coworkers when we can and try not to let them take violent patients or patients with radiation treatment or those with some kind of harmful bacteria. Also, I've got to have some kind of explanation for randomly gagging. And if this pregnancy weren't going to make it, I feel like I would want support from people and not to have to secretly go through such pain by myself. Knowing how I am, I'd probably end up talking about it and that would be doubly hard because then I'd have to explain that I had been pregnant.

I am now 7 weeks and have my first appt tomorrow afternoon. I think I have every symptom known to man now (nausea, food aversions, joints ache, exhaustion, and as of yesterday a really strong nose). I have been slacking on tracking my food because I like to preplan what I am going to eat and i end up having to redo everything and it is making too much work for me.

I am excited to go to my OB tomorrow. My husband and i decided that for this one we will be finding out if it is a boy or girl, but will be putting it in a sealed envelope and giving it to my sister to make a gender reveal cake or cupcakes. Our first was a surprise and we feel like since we've done that it would be fun to find out this one.

I am starting to gain some weight despite my food aversions and nausea. Probably because of all the carbs I have been eating to help my nausea. I am up 2 pounds this week, but only 1 pound over my prepregnancy weight.

I hope everyone else is doing okay.

Hi, everyone! I'm new to the group, but not MFP - it helped me get to my goal weight literally the week before I got the positive pregnancy test I'm due with my husband's and my first April 25. Looking forward to seeing how all you ladies are keeping in shape while dealing with the fatigue and serious food aversions of the first trimester!