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First of all, Congratulations!

Um, did you read my Pregnancy Update post below??? You've just mentioned every symptom I've been having for the last 6 weeks.

Everyone keeps telling me it will all pass, so I'm trying to think positively. Have you tried the rounds of "safe" nausea meds yet? Ask your doc. The first thing they told me was a combination of vitamin B6 and Unisom, which didn't really work. I tried all the safe meds they let me try, nothing worked, but acupuncture is finally helping. So I would suggest you start trying that now!

Also, you'd better get used to NOT sleeping on your stomach. Eventually, you'll only be able to sleep on your side, so you should start getting out of that habit soon.

As for the intimacy thing, I hear ya. I mentioned in my post that we've had sex once in the last 6 weeks! I just don't feel like doing ANYTHING, plus I have been feeling so crappy EVERY day. If you haven't bought any pregnancy books yet, buy them now, and get one for hubby to read so he can start to understand what you're going through. Assure him that once you hit the "honeymoon trimester" (the second one) your sex drive will be back in full force!!!

By the way, I HIGHLY recommend "The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy". I think Flipada actually recommended it on this site, and it's GREAT!!!

Good luck! It's nice that there's someone else around here who's in about the same place as me!!

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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)

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