Mrs: Awesome you can tell people soon :) That's always so exciting! I hope you feel better soon. 13 weeks is when I started feeling better.
Sphinxy: I had lots of achy, mild cramps early on - with my DD and this one - and I don't have a tipped uterus. It really is normal but I know it can be unnerving - for me, it stopped around 8 or 9 weeks. And then other "weird" things start ;) You'll get used to it and I would imagine your first u/s will ease your mind a bit!
Eta: Good to see you here, lise :) It sounds like you are doing a great job but I'm sorry about the discomfort. I can't remember if you've said so but will you, DP and the boys live off island for awhile?
Update from the first trimester, exhaustion, still nauseated, feeling like I'm coming down with something ALL the time, but never do, feeling very huge, my left eye has twitching/spasms = annoying. I got out of the habit for taking B6 and my prenatal in the morning, and took them in the evening for 2 days, and it caught up to me and I got very nauseated after I had been feeling great for about 2.5 days. Now I am back on the morning schedule for B6 and prenatal and evening schedule for B6 and Unisom and felt awesome yesterday, so here's to hope!
DSp is still being a JERK and some days it really feels like it's pretty much over for us. 
But I'm hanging in there because I really can't afford to do things on my own and I really don't want to give up on it just yet.
Update from the first trimester, exhaustion, still nauseated, feeling like I'm coming down with something ALL the time, but never do, feeling very huge, my left eye has twitching/spasms = annoying. I got out of the habit for taking B6 and my prenatal in the morning, and took them in the evening for 2 days, and it caught up to me and I got very nauseated after I had been feeling great for about 2.5 days. Now I am back on the morning schedule for B6 and prenatal and evening schedule for B6 and Unisom and felt awesome yesterday, so here's to hope!
DSp is still being a JERK and some days it really feels like it's pretty much over for us. But I'm hanging in there because I really can't afford to do things on my own and I really don't want to give up on it just yet.
Just sending a hug. First trimester is so horrible, especially when you're dealing with relationship challenges as well. We're all here for you no matter what. And hopefully, you'll be feeling much better very soon! xoxo
Now I'm going to go boil some diapers.
Also booked my anatomy scan for March 27 - I'll be 21 weeks.esenbee, I am so sorry that things are difficult right now. Take care of yourself first and foremost. I hope it resolves itself in a way that is happy for all involved.
lillie, I feel like I have to tell you that my wife sometimes just stares at those pictures of your son! I am trying to find a way to say that that doesn't sound creepy, haha, but she's 22 weeks pregnant, and we are both super into babies all the time. :) I hope our little boy is as adorable as yours!
AFU, getting down to the somewhat unpleasant tasks that need to happen before baby comes in June. Spent the long weekend looking at car seats, redoing our kitchen floor (some of it was damaged in a small fire last weekend), steam cleaning all our carpet and rugs, and basically turning the house inside out for cleaning (which I am sure will be completely undone by June). It feels real, real, real quite suddenly, which is awesome, but he could also stay in there another year or two if he feels like it.
I just realized that I missed some questions that were directed at me. Moms.
My mom was very supportive at first, talking up all the pros. She is sad, however. We share coffee and dinner a couple of times a week but otherwise she is a very busy person. We will be here every week to transfer the big kids so there will be plenty of opportunity to visit. She is in the city a few times a month for work (which is a whole other issue, her job is ending this fall) so we will have chances then, too. My sister is mad that I'm taking the big kids away from her. She sees them monthly? She will be moving into the apartment we're leaving, so she will be around for weekly dinners, too. They're both worried about gangs and violence for O.
The kids' mama was a little sad about them being so far away for the week they're with us and then realized that she could spend an extra evening with them on the weekend she works up there. She knows how many great opportunities there are and she's been talking it up to them. O was in tears (she said, "He doesn't like change. He doesn't even want to change his clothes.")
Work opportunities, my company has a branch up there. Transferring is a simple process. Before I realized this, we spent a lot of time looking at want ads. Retail, retail, truck driver, retail, zipline tour guide. Holy what? I filled out that application first because who in their right mind doesn't want to get paid to hang out with new and interesting people while flying through the air and chatting about local flora, fauna and history? Why on earth did I go to nursing school instead of zip line school? FWIW, my mom said it sounds like the best job ever.
The first trimester can be so difficult. If it were me, I wouldn't give up on your relationship right now--it is just not the time to make big decisions like that! I am sure it must be really hard but emotions on both ends can be higher with such a big change. Hang in there! 
Same old shit around here...should be obvious since I am entering photo contests! Nearing 28 weeks!
esenbee - Oh, no! Tensions can run so high these days, as I'm learning, I hope that things improve for you two. 
Not to say that the pregnancy is causing anything, but of course, it probably complicates arguments.
lillie - Burlington in VT, I assume? There are a few in New England, but I think the one in VT would be great for raising a little one!
easttowest - I am so jealous of your productivity!
Afm, I feel like crap. Just got home from a two-day business trip that just took all my energy out of me. I randomly strained my neck/back/shoulder on Mon night, got about 4 hours of sleep in between the pain and icing it, and then sat through 9 hours of meetings in a dry windowless room yesterday. All day I felt awkward about yawning in front of the executives without being able to say, "hey, I have a good reason!". After it was over I was alone with my boss in his office last night and I briefly put my head on the desk to jokingly comment on how exhausting the day was, and right away he said "so, how far along are you?" I wasn't planning on telling him yet but he's known for a while that we were trying so it was actually nice to get to talk about it and he was really supportive, as usual. But the other thing... OMG my NOSE. I've struggled with allergies (dust mites, mold, and feathers) since my early 20s, went through a couple years of allergy shots in my late twenties, spent a few years taking Zyrtec daily, but stopped when we started TTC. At first I was doing OK being off of it and I just needed a nasal spray once or twice a week to get me through (also quit the nasal spray when I got the BFP). But these last two weeks have been brutal. Some terrible combination of allergies, dry winter air, and whatever the hell my body is doing right now I guess. I have a love/hate relationship with my neti pot that usually makes me avoid it until things are too bad to be helped, and I just recently started using a humidifier because in the past my allergist told me it would make things worse - but I mean, if it's crazy dry in my house I have to do something. So far I think it might be helping, I've been sitting next to it ever since I got home a few hours ago. I still have that itchy inside my nose, I'm about to sneeze feeling all the time, and when I do finally sneeze it's like 7 times in rapid eye-watering succession. Ugh... thanks for letting me whine!!
Steph, she looks like a mischievous little one (in the best possible way of course)
isa, yay for southern california! DP and I used to go to CA once a year or so but we haven't been since DD was born. We hope to get back there soon! We would consider living somewhere else for a year or two but we both love Vancouver and would like to end up here even if we wander a bit.
We are going to wait until he or she is born to find out the sex. We love the surprise! DD thinks it's a girl ("because boys don't have long curly hair"....not sure about that logic especially when her uncle has long curly hair lol) and DP is leaning towards thinking it's a boy. I have had more boy vibes but some girl vibes too! I think sisters would be awesome but one of each would be equally awesome...I'm honestly excited about either!
Have a GREAT vacation!!
sphinxy - i have pretty bad allergies since moving to washington state. i usually use flonase daily and supplement with saline rinses. i used to take a lot of zyrtec until i realized it made me into a zombie. i have been suffering so much since getting the BFP. my OB and my fertility clinic recommended claritin, so that's what i've been taking. i dont know if it helps, but that's what they told me was safe to take. anyway, you should be able to call your doc and get a recommendation for what they think is safe. it is a quality of life issue!
lise - do you & dp have names you've settled on? i think BH shouldn't panic you.i have friends who had them for months without real labor starting. good luck keeping the babies on the inside.
carmen - i'll guess boy! glad you're doing well.
Steph - those photos are precious. thanks for posting them!
Seraf - which city are you moving to? i think i missed it.
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