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So tomorrow begins my 13th week. Today I am 12 weeks. 1st trimester is O-VER! I'm kinda glad and hoping that shortly I won't feel as sick and exhausted. I'm ready to go into the nesting stage so I can clean my house LOL I keep looking for signs of pregnancy other than the morning sickness and the fatigue, but I have no baby bump yet. The only other thing i've noticed is that my hands and feet have been uncomfortably puffy. I've also noticed that even though I take 20MG of Omeprazole daily for GERD, it seems to be helping less. I've been on it for years, and before, my pain and reflux was completely gone, and now i'm noticing some reflux pain and discomfort, even while still taking my daily meds. Also, my mother in law has got me excited. We were talking the other day about how anxious I am to find out the sex, and she mentioned that she found out the sex of Mark's baby brother Jacob at 12 weeks. Everyone i've talked to other than he says they found out around 16-20 weeks. With my little girl, I found out what she was going to be at 16 weeks. My next OB appointment will be the 25th, next Friday. I'm hoping they will be able to tell. I've also heard that it's easier to see with a boy than with a girl, and we (that is, Mark and I) still think i'm having a boy. We have our reasons, such as my morning sickness hasn't been nearly as bad as when I was pregnant with my little girl, my sex drive is almost non existent now, as opposed to when I was pregnant with her, I wanted SOME kinda sex up until we lost her. My sex drive was through the roof the entire time. There are just differences with each pregnancy...it's kinda weird. Also I started showing around 12 weeks with Taryn, but I just think that's because i was a LOT smaller back then.

I also went browsing online and found the most wonderful place locally. It's called The Motherhood Center here in Houston. They are a service/office that offers doulas, post partum doulas, baby nurses, nannies, and lactation consultants. They have a package for every service and every budget and I just love them. I wonder how early is too early to call and talk to someone?? With this baby possibly being my only living child, I think i'm going to need as much help as I can get. Especially since my mom and family live so far away. I'm going to need lots and lots of help. I can just feel it.

So, when did you find out what you were going to have, and when did you start showing (Not just bloating)??