15dpo, 2 positive pee tests... and a heckuva lot of questions, most of which are probably not relevant to this forum, or have probably been addressed already, so here's the short list, and apologies for questions that have been covered before here
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Quick run down of my pregnancy experiences:
need to pee the first/last 3 to 4 weeks
tender/sore breasts for the first 6 weeks
tired for the first/last 2 months
incredibly thrilled when the feeling first movements around 20 weeks
not so thrilled when finally needed larger pants/skirts
swollen ankles in the last 4 weeks of 2nd pregnancy
counting fetal hiccups (eldest racked up 80 per minute for 3 minutes in church one Sunday)
finally being sick and tired of pregnancy about 1 week before delivery
Those are the only real changes I remember. My girls are 16 (in 2 wks), 10, 8.
Bras: Target has some really pretty nursing bras these days (no bras in my preferred style or size though, bah.) Decide now if you're going to nurse. If you are, buy a nursing bra in your current band size and one cup larger. Get used to figuring out the cup closure now so you can do it automatically and quickly. You might go up a band size in your last trimester and stay that band size.
If nursing, your cup size will grow quite a bit. I went from 34B to 36DDD. A 38DD will fit about the same as a 36DDD and be much easier to find.
Grease your belly each evening with cocoa butter or lanolin to prevent stretch marks. You'll feel that this isn't really worth it because during a first pregnancy you don't really expand quickly until near to the end and then it happens almost instantly.
Good luck. Be happy. Have someone's hand to hold. Start thinking about names and spelling now but don't tell anyone except who will be living with you and the kid.
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Oof. While it may fit similarly, it certainly won't be as supportive as one that is actually the right size, and that can lead to back pain. A little extra time spent hunting and a little extra money is worth it, imx.
YMMV, of course. But for me, I'm a 32G and have not yet gotten pregnant (let alone started nursing!), but a 34FF wouldn't be any easier to find... and if I tried to wear a, what, 38E/DDD or something which is able to be found in Target or whatever, I may as well go without a bra entirely for all the good it'd do me.
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Braless is an option, if all else fails, though!
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Oh, dear God please say it isn't true! I AM planning to nurse. I was a 30DD *before* getting pregnant, and have already gone up to a 30F, and those sizes are both near impossible to find!
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If you are going to nurse, please, please, please seek out a local La Leche League and go to meetings. You'll get GREAT pregnancy info as well as breastfeeding information. And those ladies will be your front line of support once the baby comes. go to www.llli...
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