8 weeks today!!!! I am definitely feeling optimistic today, seeing as nothing has gone wrong in the pregnancy so far... so far, so good, and I'm trying my hardest just to take it one day at a time.

Morning sickness is definitely on and it's really hitting me hardest right after I get up. Something about the empty stomach... I usually feel like puking right there! But I haven't thrown up yet, and I've managed to keep all my foods down, which is a definite plus!

The women in my office with children are no help, though -- all of them (without exception) say that they never had morning sickness! Grr! So while they sympathize, there's no one I can really trade war stories with. Argh, I work with some lucky bitches.

So now it's LESS THAN TWO WEEKS until the ultrasound, and I am giddy with anticipation! DH managed to get the 28th off, so he'll be able to come with me when we get to see our little bean for the first time. Now that makes me happy!

I'm just hoping that everything turns out well... if I can just hang in there until the ultrasound, I know everthing'll be all right. In the meantime, people keep telling me that I am being paranoid when I voice worries over miscarriage. I don't think it's paranoia, really... okay, maybe a little, but it's a healthy and (if you look at this board) normal paranoia in the first trimester. Though my mom loves to say that she never even gave it a thought when she was pregnant with my brother and when she was pregnant with me, and nothing happened and everything was ladeeda.

Umm, and everyone at work has been super nice over my morning sickness and pregnancy. Offering me chairs so I don't have to stand, pushing food on me (!) because I'm "eating for two", which even though it's a misconception, is a sweet gesture on their part. A day doesn't go by that I'm not asked about the pregnancy. I'll feel better when I actually have something to report, rather than "feeling sh!tty, thanks for asking!"

Glad you're feeling optimistic and looking forward to the scan.

The key to battling the m/s IMO is very allowing your tummy to get totally empty - no mean feet when you cant face a single morsel!! The second I feel mine rearing its head I eat something - I have to force it sometime but it definately works.

x

Ten days 'til the scan... I am obnoxiously counting down every day now. But I'm so excited!

Nine days left. Woo! And only three 'til I'm in my 9th week, which is also super awesome.

My morning sickness has been better for the past few days... though I have been trying the suggested post where I keep eating and not let my stomach get empty, and it totally works! I have been bringing bananas for a midday snack at work and the morning sickness definitely eases up!!! So a big THANK YOU for that one!

So I read this study (I know, I need to stop with the Google) that was done on something like 700 pregnant women, to show the risk of miscarriage with a good scan on asymptomatic women. You know how you hear that the risk of miscarrying is like 5% after a good scan before 12 weeks? Well, their study showed that if you're asymptomatic at 9 weeks or later and have a good scan, your odds are .7% of miscarrying. .7!!! That is a good number, if you ask me.

You sound happy.
I ate bananas through my sickness (biscuits worked for me too). Can't touch them now it's gone though!

I am feeling really happy, actually. And you know what's funny... you said that you can't stand bananas now; I have a similar situation. I used to love this one kind of microwave cheese enchilada, and I ate a couple early in my pregnancy, but now I can't even visualize eating them or I feel like I'm going to heave! It's the weirdest thing...

I think I have been happier and happier the longer I've been pregnant without any negative signs. Early, early on, I was so nervous about getting my hopes up, but I can say now that my hopes are officially up! Okay, a lot of that has to do with the fact that I heard the heartbeat on the doppler yesterday!!!

I am still stunned and a small part of me is convinced that I imagined the whole thing, or that I was wrong about it being the heartbeat, but I can't imagine what else it could've been! It was such a fast pulse that seemed to come out of nowhere, so I'm sure the bean was turning towards me. I knew the odds were (really) small I'd hear it so soon, but I am really ecstatic about it! It was almost eerie, after not feeling officially pregnant for so long, having some kind of concrete proof of the baby actually existing!

I still have a residual happy going on this morning, too.

Read your post about the heartbeat in 1st tri

How cool is that? i bet you were soooo pleased!! Actually i bet it kinda freaked you out at first lol

Today I'm nine weeks! Woo hoo!

Last night I used the doppler again and picked up the heartbeat, so DH was able to hear it for the first time. I handed him the reciever end of the doppler and he held it to his face with this look of shock, it was so cute. The second I wiped off the ultrasound gel, he started kissing my tummy and hugging me... it just made him really happy, I think. And yeah, it's a little freaky to hear the heartbeat. The first time I heard it, my stomach felt like it was relocating itself to my throat, but it was so cool. I am just happy that I was able to pick it up a second time for DH.

Six days 'til the ultrasound, and I'm so impatient! The only bad thing about getting my BFP so early is that it feels like I've been waiting for this appointment fooooorrrreeeeeevvvvvveeeeerrrrrr... next week cannot come soon enough!!!! I feel like an anxious kid waiting for Christmas to roll around.

Five days until the ultrasound, now, though my mind has been a bit occupied by work lately (which has been sucky beyond my wildest imagination). For example -- there's a trashcan located a few feet from me that people have been dumping into for the past week... which wouldn't be so bad, but it's a little trashcan, and the garbage is literally overflowing. Which wouldn't be terrible, but it's filled with old food, and this morning I honestly thought I was going to retch from the smell of week old hamburgers. So I finally took it out, though I was a little peeved, as I hadn't even used the trashcan. I just think that when the can is so overflowing that you have to teeter things on top of the 'mound' to keep it from spilling, it's time to man up and take the damned thing out. But then, I'm crazy that way!

Yesterday was more fun with the doppler. I think I'm getting better at locating the heartbeat, now that I know where to find the bean (more on the right side than the left). I just locate the placenta noise, and the heartbeat is always around there. So yesterday I got the perfect angle, and DH and I were listening to it for at least 3 minutes, until my hand got tired from holding the doppler in one place for so long. DH recorded it on his phone, and we sent the sound file to our respective parents, who really liked it. I calculated the hb at around 150-160 -- man, that sucker's fast, so no mistaking it for my heartbeat, thank goodness. So that part was really cool, and almost makes up for the fact that work sucks. Hardcore sucks. Thankfully I'll be getting some time off for a few days... I could use a vacation!

Tomorrow is my ultrasound! And today is my one-year wedding anniversary with my hubby (he got me a gorgeous white gold and diamond band, and I got him a Wii), and we're having a great time. Still, I am so excited about the ultrasound!

Heard the heartbeat again today, and it was stronger than ever before (which made me happy, too). I guess I'm just in a really happy place right now. I will make sure to post some pics (though probably poor quality, knowing me) of the ultrasound tomorrow. Wish me luck!