First-Timers Thread?

Great idea, Mara!

I just got my BFP this morning, so I'm still in a little bit of shock.

So I read that you need about 71 g of protein a day when pregnant. I started keeping a protein log today, and boy was it hard to hit 71! I'm a vegetarian, so maybe that makes it a little harder than for meat-eaters.

What's really surprised me is the feeling of nausea already. I started feeling it yesterday...it was my first clue that something was different. It hasn't been terribly strong, but if I don't eat something every 1-2 hours, I start feeling a little queasy.

What has surprised you so far about being pregnant?

Thanks for pointing out this thread to me! I need it! There is so much going through my head right now, shock, questions, worries, etc!

I'm 34 and this is the first time i've ever seen a BFP! I actually don't feel pregnant, I have pretty much no symptoms other than being really hungry at times and feel that I must eat NOW!

I'm only 4 weeks, but we decided to tell our parents today. My Dad lives states away so I had to tell him over the phone, but my in-laws live close so we went over and told them today. My father in law, bawled. Totally happy shaking uncontrollably crying. He made all of us cry. That was amazing!

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That is so sweet. :

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DH and I hadn't really talked about who we were going to tell, besides in a generic sense the last few months saying we would wait til 3 months. Then after we found out this morning, I went to run some errands. When I got back, DH said his mom had called. She lives halfway across the country, and they talk once a week. She knew we were going to be trying sometime this year, but we've been very careful not to tell her any dates.

So she calls DH today and says "Happy Father's Day...are you a father yet?" He kind of stuttered and said "Why do you ask?" She said "You'll learn that when you have a child, sometimes you just know certain things." So he said "Well, funny you should ask, because we just found out this morning that Kelly's pregnant!" He said he could hear her crying on the phone. When he told the story to me, I teared up too.

At first I was a little annoyed that he got to be the first person to tell someone but I think it's a good sign that he was so excited to tell her. He's writing up what happened in our pregnancy journal right now. :

Brilliant idea for a thread!

Two of my girlfriends knew this past Wed. was POAS day, and called me. I couldn't lie, and I was in shock. We really haven't been trying very long at all.

We're waiting to tell our families until the big family cookout to celebrate DH's birthday. This little person will be the sixth grandchild on his side, and the first on mine.

As I said in another thread, while I have no symptoms besides a general PMSy feeling, one of my friends is exactly four weeks ahead of me, and she says the Nausea Fairy is juuuuuuust around the corner.

I start a new job in two weeks; I'm really dreading telling them about the pregnancy. I found out two days after the interview, but I'll admit here that I suspected, and deliberately didn't test so that I wouldn't have to outright lie. I know they aren't supposed to ask, but it's not like an interviewee is in any position to complain. I would love to hear any ideas y'all might have.

Congratulations to all the mamas! It's nice to have a big crowd of first timers!

I have a question about pregnancy sig tickers. Are you counting by last menstrual period or by gestation? I'm doing gestation, but I wonder if LMP is more common and I should clarify in my sig?

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I found that almost all sources for *everything* go by LMP, so I'd imagine that the tickers do as well.

Although this is going to be my first baby, I was pregnant earlier in the year and had a miscarriage two months ago. What is really surprising me is that the "symptoms" seem to be coming sooner this time around. I don't know if it's because I know what it feels like or if it's really different.

Good question Kelly!

My Ticker is going by LMP. I figured that was most common, although I am not positive about that. I am pretty sure of when I conceived, but I am waiting until my first u/s, which isn't until 7/3 (I'll be 8 weeks).

Keeping the news from our parents has already proven to be difficult. I honestly don't mind my in-laws knowing, but I am more unsure about my family. My in-laws are scattered throughout the U.S. (SC, MA, KS), but my family is ALL in AL (in the same town!).
I am afraid that if I tell my mom, she will blab to all the relatives. If something happens with this pregnancy, I don't want my mom to have to go back and tell everyone the bad news. Also, I have been getting the "when are you going to have a baby?" since my early 20s. DH and I have been married 8 years and there are many of my relatives who cannot seem to accept that we would want to wait that long. Most in my extended family have children starting in the late teens/early 20s, so I am a complete weirdo to them. I have a few aunts who have even said to my mother that my fertile days are numbered, and that I will have a great risk of problems. Like it is their business!!!! UGH! Anyway, I am afraid that in case of m/c, many of my relatives response to my mother will be that it was MY fault because I waited. I should note here that many of my relatives are not the most educated, nor are they very sensitive to others' feelings. :

Maybe that will better explain why I want to keep this a secret for a little longer.

BTW, I woke up with a little nausea this morning. NOOOO! I wanted it to stay away, at least until next week. I have to go to a big conference this Thursday, which lasts 4 days. I hope that I am not spending most of my time in the bathroom. Yuck!

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I know it sucks, but I read somewhere that pregnancies with m/s tend to have better outcomes/birth weights. Isn't that odd?

btw, I just called my local birthing center. They say they don't have the first appt until 9-10 weeks along. Since I'm 2 weeks gestation but 4 weeks LMP, does that mean I have 7 weeks to go or 5? :

I had the same situation with my practitioners' office-- that they won't do an ultrasound until at least 8 weeks on the grounds that there's just not much to see/hear before then. But that goes by LMP dates, so I think you'd only have to wait 5 more weeks-- i.e., roughly forever, right? :

I just called the nurse at that office and basically blubbered at her that I was pregnant again and freaking out and wanted my progesterone checked and quantitative hcg and am really really scared but she took it in a stride and is having me come in tommorow and Thursday for bloodwork. I think I love her, she's always so calm. I feel better.

If everything goes OK with the bloodtests and etc, I'll tell my parents and siblings in a week or two. Two co-workers already know, and anyone that reads my blog. Everyone else can wait until I get through this trimester, because I don't feel like going through what happened in April again with having to un-tell everyone.

Oh, and where do I go for a ticker?!

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That pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole thing!!!! CONGRATULATIONS JUDY!!!!!

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AWWW! Lauren, where in Michigan are you? I'm in the Fenton area.

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Hehe...RIGHT!

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That's so great that you found someone you like!

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Welcome! I highly recommend checking out/buying the book Having a Baby, Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth. It has a great overview of the various options and pros/cons of each so you can make a good decision. I'm going to tour a birthing center tomorrow!

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It IS confusing. You have 5-6 weeks to go - the birthing center is almost undoubtedly referring to LMP, and that is really what most people are talking about when they're talking in weeks. I tend to think in gestational, but if I'm talking about it, I talk about LMP.

Hi! I'm a first-timer, 32, this is my second pregnancy, but will (hopefully!) be our first baby. So far no nausea or any other pregnant feelings, at all. I think I forgot that it took 4 weeks last time before WHAM - the all-day nausea kicked in. It's odd to not feel pregnant at all, and makes it that much harder for me to believe that it's true, but I have to remember that I didn't even test until I was 5 weeks last time, and I'm hitting 5 weeks this week!

Hm, the only change is that my breasts are already creeping up - I lost a full almost 2 cup sizes after my m/c (much to dh's chagrin!), and I think I'm back up almost one.

We're not anxious to tell anyone yet. We're going to try and hold out until our u/s at 10 weeks to tell our parents. I would love to tell them by e-mailing the picture to them! Friends are going to be harder. Not that we are itching to tell them, but b/c they are going to notice when I don't have a glass of wine with dinner....

This thread is a good idea!