Name: Emily
Age: 20 (will be 21 on October 6th, speaking of October!)
Location: Canton, MI
Partner: Florian, my husband
Due date: October 16th
Other kids: furry ones!!! Katie, Anna and Bella, one white/gray tabby and twin black cats ^_^ , I'm a first-time mommy though
Other: I'm having a little girl, and we're naming her Anya Kerstin. :)

Well this may be too much info, but I figure a ton of stuff about pregnancy can be that way! 
I woke up from my nap this afternoon and went to the bathroom. My urine was pink. Freaked me right out. I have had bladder infections and UTIs in the past. I even went through kidney stones, but not while I was pregnant. I called our ask-a-nurse line and she asked all the questions I had already asked myself. No red foods in the last 24hours etc. So I am drinking plenty of water and paying attention. I did enjoy when she asked if I was uncomfortable or had any pain in my abdomen. Duh. I am 26 weeks pregnant. I feel hijacked! I have muscle pains in muscles I didn't even know I had! 
So I will go in tomorrow. I am trying not to freak out. I know if it was the amniotic fluid I wouldn't be able to hold it and then let it go like I was going to the bathroom. At least I think that's true. When my water broke with my son, I had no control over it. I am telling myself not to google it. I am sure anything I find online will just send me to the ER on a sunday. Ugh.
Any thoughts or ideas?

75 days until my due date. In the beginning I took a huge stance on wanting a natural unassisted home birth, but now, Im filling out papers to preregister for the hospital, and Im including that Id like to be asked for pain medication. Im getting scared, I just want my baby healthy. I suggest everyone watch the Business of Being Born, it'll open your eyes to a lot. Also, I need to hear some views on vaccines from other mommies. Im choosing to not get Jack vaccinated until he is at least a few months old. Opinions?

 OMG only 89 days till my due date! Thats like 2 and half months! Its coming up sooo soon! I dont know what to do! HAHAHAHA! I am sooooo excited and i cant wait to see my new lil boy! But i am sooooooo scared too! He is mine and my husbands first child! Its all so new and scary! :o( 

Hi, my name is Sarah. I am 19 years old, and Im expecting my first baby on October 9th, 2008. I live in Florida with my partner, Jeremy(19). We've know each other for more than 10 years now, and we've been dating for a year and a half now. I'm having a Boy, and his name will be Jackson Taylor Azinger. I'm currently 24 weeks along.
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Name: Alison
Age: 31
Partner: Brandon, DH
Location: California
Due Date: 10/15/08

I'm glad to finally be "out of the closet", as it were :)

hi, introducing myself. my name is krista and im 25 years old, 26 nest month. my SO is andrew and he's 29 tomorrow. i found out i was pregnant again after 1 miscarriage a little over a month ago. im 9 weeks 2 days today. due october 23rd. hope to get to know everyone in here well, and congrats to all of you! oh yeah, this will be my first baby. :)

Name: Helena
Age: 28
Partner: Matt (husband)
Location: Florida
Due Date: 10/25/08
Other kids: None--this will be the first

Just had our first ultrasound this week and heard the heartbeat. I think I was a little superstitious about joining pregnancy communities before then, but everything seems to be okay and I feel a lot better about it all. Looking forward to being a part of this community. :)

Hi all,

I have to say I really enjoy this community and hate to be a drag on anyone, but I really dislike seeing ultrasound pictures without any warning! Perhaps it's weird, as I'm also a mother-to-be and don't mind looking at my own, but I really dislike seeing them without being asked if I'd like to see them and would greatly appreciate it if they could be put behind an LJ cut, as is requested by the community rules; I guess I'm a little squeamish, but that's just me.

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The feet/arms were kicking, waving in protest.

Being pregnant again is a miracle all over again. It is amazing to make life. How exciting and fantastic!!

That being said. I am already tired of being pregnant. LOL. Actually I kind of wish I could just skip ahead to about the 5th month. Then I actually Look pregnant, not just bloated and chubby. My body will have gotten kind of used to this already and I will be able to smell and eat things without wanting to hurl. And hopefully because I will look pregnant by then people won't think I am a lunatic because I cry at the dumbest things. Right now I just feel like a bloated, chubby, weepy, crazy, pukey lunatic. 


Bleh.

I have been feeling sick since last Friday.  Well yesterday I woke up and felt like I had been hit by a bus!  I called the doctor and they wanted to see me.  Turns out I have pneumonia.  I was given antibiotic and told to get plenty of rest.  The good news is, they did a sonogram to make sure everything was okay and it was.  I have the cutest gummy bear picture of my baby.  It really made my day.  Heart beat was fast and strong!  I think yesterday it really hit me that I am really pregnant and going to have another baby :)  


 

9 weeks, 3 days! 

Wow, there have been a lot of ladies taking pregnancy tests lately! =)

So i'll be 9 weeks tomorrow and for the last 3 or 4 days i've been seeing dark brown blood when i wipe. It happened twice a couple of weeks ago after sex but this seems to be different and is starting to scare me. i have read it's "common" to see spotting and i know what a miscarriage looks like (i saw the bright red blood and clots a couple years ago), i just don't like this. We have our first OB appointment in 3 days so i'm sure i can wait until then... has anyone else seen this though?

i'm also shocked at how big my tummy is already. i just had a baby 6 months ago so i guess it's normal for the uterus to "pop" out with the second but man, i'm not ready to drag out the maternity clothes yet heh.

Well, hope everyone is feeling good. Twenty-four hour nausea sucks.

Name: Amy
Age: 35
Partner: Joel
Location: Arroyo Grande, CA
Due Date: 10/19/08
Other Kids: None

Hello! I'm at 7 weeks (almost 8) and I'm excited about being a mom. I have just started feeling a little bit of nausea in the last couple of days. Tomorrow is my OB orientation appointment!

Name: Alayna
Age: 35
Partner: Husband Rob
Location: Chicago
Due Date: 10/16/08
Other kids: none, this is our first!!!
Other stuff: I'm currently 9 weeks pregnant, experiencing a little nausea, a lot of fatigue and a whole lot of excitedness!! I hope to meet great people here and share experiences!!
Congrats everyone!!!

Name: Corie
Age: 25
Partner: Chris
Location: Currently, Bury St. Edmunds, England. But we're moving to Maryland this summer, so that's where baby will be born!
Due Date: Halloween! (I'll do my best to be a couple days early!...hah)
Other Kids: None...this is our first!
Anything else: We found out for sure (from the doctor) that we were pregnant the day before we left for a 10 day trip to Egypt. We just got back, so now I'm attempting to recover from that! This may be TMI, but at the moment I'm dealing with a nasty combo of constipation from being pregnant, and the runs from being in Egypt. Lots o' fun, letmetellyou.

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Name: Jen
Age:35
Partner: husband Scott 37
Location: Fargo ND
Due Date: Haven't been to the doc yet but know the date of my last period and all calculations say Oct 30th
Other Kids: Lovely daughter Elena 15 months, Brilliant son Jasper 16 years old
Totally excited for the new member of the family, though the idea of juggling a teenager, a toddler, and a brand new one does cause moments of panic. 

So far this one is pretty much the same as the others. Slightly sick if I don't have something in my tummy. SO tired. I remember being this tired towards the end of my pregnancy with E, but don't remember too much about the beginning. I do remember spoiling myself a bit with my previous pregnancy because I had a teenager and a husband. I could just crash when I needed to. Now I am trying to keep up with a very energetic monkeylike toddler, ugh.

Sick with the flu >.< ARRRGH!

Name: Victoria
Age: 23
Partner: husband Irwin
Location: Orlando, FL
Due Date: 10/27/08
Other kids: none, this is our first :)
Other stuff: I'm currently 6 weeks and experiencing a lot of nausea, which definitely is not only limited to mornings! I think I will definitely be able to enjoy pregnancy more when I don't feel like puking 24/7