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[quote=Anonymous]LJ, wow, you lost quite a bit of weight! Remind me, were you throwing up a lot or is that just the food aversions? (Pumpkin here - trying to catch up on the updates). I don't really know exactly where I started with my weight before pregnancy, but I would guess that I have gained no weight. I thought I was at 130 to begin with, but not positive, then I was 132.5 at 9 weeks (first appointment) but I would guess that the 2 lbs were bloat and that might be back to normal now and I'm wondering if I even gained anything. This is very different from my first, where I gained I bet 8-10 lbs in the first trimester. (For that reason alone, I'm wondering if this one is a girl, since first was boy). Enjoy your doppler! I think I would drive myself CRAAAZY with one, but then again, I drive myself crazy anyway, so ha ha!

Interloper, so glad your appointment was good. I have my next appointment Weds. I'll be almost 13 weeks at that point.

Sleepy, GRR!, uh, yeah, no thanks to the unnecessary comments. I'm glad you are going back to a provider you clicked with.

JinDC, I'm so glad you had fun telling your family! So, you're from Philly? But do you have family in Pittsburgh? I don't know if we covered this or not but I grew up there and love the city. Can you bring me back a Primanti's sammich? (Wisdom midwives would be so horrified :) :) ) .

I'm going to try to make it to barre this weekend. I did not make it Sunday because I had too much going on. But I'm planning on this weekend for sure. Then I'll skip two weeks though because I'm out of the country. I'll be back May 13. (And I'll be out of my first trimester the week prior). I haven't been to Le Diplomat but that sounds fun. So does Caribou before a barre class, if you're up for it. Hopefully others will join, too!

I have not told ANY family yet outside of my sister, who I trust with the secret. I had some drama with telling my mom last time around. I told her despite some misgivings that she wouldn't keep the secret, and just told her why I wanted not to tell further right away (first trimester risks, I'm a private person, it's my news to share, etc). Anyway, not only did she tell everyone, she actually made an announcement and a huge family gathering. Then she asked people to pray for me as "they aren't sure if she will hold on to the baby or not." So holy shit, she not only tells my news, she creates this false drama that suggests that there's something wrong with me and / or baby. I started getting concerned calls from extended family members, so I not only had to deal with all of these people knowing, but I also had to do damage control "no, I'm not at risk, things are fine, I just didn't want to tell broadly yet, no, Aunt Sally, I'm not on bedrest and don't need to be..but thanks for your concern..." Ay yi yi! It was, dare I say, a nightmare.

My mom apologized up and down, knows she messed up, and we've patched things up since then (though there were a few months of radio silence between us) but I just still can't bring myself to tell her this time until I'm good and ready. And I don't know when that will be and make no apologies! My sister wonders if I'm starting to cross the line between being private and being punitive and she may be right but I just can't bring myself to tell yet and am not going to do it before I want to.  Yikes - am I oversharing? Heh heh.

Soooo....how 'bout them Nats? :) Seriously, how about everyone else? Are you all fully out of the pregnancy closet by now? I also think I'm the only one still in the first tri, technically, right? If we go by day one of the 14th week, that's May 2 for me. I hope it's not selfish to hope you guys will wait til I'm stateside again for the second tri brunch...anytime after May 13!! [/quote]

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