I can't believe I posted a pic of me with no makeup on and messy hair but my husband just snapped that picture and when I looked at it I couldn't believe how big my belly was - you have to try it. Baggy maternity pants and a tight tee made me look less fat, I feel so huge! I will post nursery pics whenever my husband gets around to moving the computer out of the room, it used to be the study. I am so excited. No flu shot or swine flu shot for me either and so far I have been super helathy, when everyone else at school has been sick with either swine flu, strep or bronchitis. babies - That masage sounded wonderful I will have to try that.
truebeliver - I kind of get a sharp shotting weird felling in my tummy from time-to-time too. What are 17P shots? I am so sorry to hear about your loss, how far along were you? Was it an IVF pregnancy? I haven't really gained any weight yet, I went up to 3 lbs but then I will weigh myself again and am back to normal. No real cravings, just tired and loving food in general.
angie - I must say I am happy witht the health coverage here in the US, I don't even pay a deductable anymore so my visits are free. I have had 5 ultrasounds since I got pregnant, so I have felt very well taken care of. I am 14 weeks today.
dogz - how far along were you when they said they thought it was a boy? for me I was 13 weeks and it was for the nucal test that they said it was a girl, do you think I can trust that?
AFM - They just took me off the supositories and I am 14 weeks. I am kind of nervous because what if I needed the progestrone. I reald that some women start taking it their 2nd tri-mester as it keeps them from having early-term contractions. I don't know, I am a nervous mommy. I never ended up getting the flu shot and I am pretty much the only person at school who has not fallen ill. So, I am pretty happy with my decision but still hope I am doing the right thing. I am sleepy all the time, hungry all the time and my belly is finally popping. Plus, my OB said that I may not have to hav a C-section so I am so happy about that. I can't believe in a month I will be half way through the pregnancy.
I have to have weekly cervical checks, which also means I get to see the babies weekly! This week the measurement was definatly different than the one taken last week. Dr. Said that since the last one was at the specialist it's hard to tell what is really going on because you've got two different people doing them, two different machines, two different techniques. I'll go back next week to the same u/s tech and hopefully there will be no shortening. In the meantime they were very bent on the rest rest rest! It scared me. For the first time I realized how quickly something can happen and how real the posibility of me going really really really early is. I'm trying to just follow the rules and hold these babies inside.
As far as due dates, I am confused. I had always calculated my due date from the date of egg retrieval. However, my OB's office recieved my info from RE and they have it two days later. I was looking when she typed into my chart last week and it says that the RE's office had date of fertilization as two days after the ER. Is that correct or do you think there is an error. I don't know why I even care. I think it's just because every single week I go to the Dr. on what I consider my "weekly graduation" into the next week of pregnancy and every single week they say "So you're (one week behind) weeks along?" and I say "Almost to the next week." Like I said, I know it sounds stupid, but it matters to me for some reason. Did any of you have a day or two tacked on? Is there a reason for that that I missed?? Does it not count as fertilized until it reaches a certain day? I just assumed that all occured that day.