well doing good- 13 weeks and 2 days today. got a call from the OB yesterday that my b/w showed i am anemic, which is not good in pregnancy, since your blood flow doubles to support the baby/placenta etc. So i had to go on a prescription iron pill (expensive too!!). i took my first one last night and have more energy today than i have in months. maybe this was what was making me sick and so lethargic. i know you are supposed to be tired in pregnancy, but i was sleeping a good 10 hours a night, plus napping during the day and feeling awful wiht the morning sickness too. i feel better today for once. i hope it is a sign of things to come and hopefully the iron won't constipate me or cause more stomach distress beyond what i already have! lol i really hope this is a turning poin for me in the pregnancy. my pregnancy, to be honest, has well, sucked. which is terrible to say, because i am so blessed to be pregnant and i know it, probably appreciate it more than a lot of folks after doing IVF to get here. but it sucks. i am miserable, i haven't enjoyed it much and that just makes me so mad, knowing how lucky i am, i shouldn't be complaining. i know it sounds stupid, but i expected after a year of fertility treatments, IUIs, IVF, that being pregnant would be magical and special. so far it hasn't. i really hope today is a sign that i will feel better and can start to enjoy being pregnant finally. i hate that my experience has been so bad and that my attitude sounds somewhat negative and that i should be so thankful and i am. i just wish i felt normal again! i think i am starting to though.....finally!
Bethany, yeah for you not barfing while doing that cleanup. my grandpa just moved down here from about 2 hours away- he is 86. we finally talked him into moving into an assisted living apt near us in dallas. my family went to go clean up some of his old house and it was disgusting- his dog just peed in the house, there were rat droppings on his clothes in the closet etc. needless to say, my mom wouldn't let me go to help, and i am glad i didn't- i don't know that i could have managed to NOT throw up like you. you are a trooper!!
Elaine- i was thinking of you and so glad your u/s went well and your little bean is healthy!! i konw it must be hard to not worry, but we will probably be worrying for the next 18 years plus!! so this is good practice, right? do you feel a little more at ease after each u/s? I know i did after my 12 week. you are doing so great!! hugs!
oh and on the sex- wives tale.....my bean's h/b at 7 weeks was 141, at 12 weeks was 160. and they are pretty certain they saw a 'boy part'. i could clearly see it sticking out too. so we think it is a boy. i'll wait to confirm until next u/s though.
Denae, hope you are feeling better now!! being sick is no fun
Ash, 15 lbs? you poor thing- are you on anything for it- zofran or anything? if not, ask your doc for it. it can help. i am hoping it goes away soon for you. mine has just started slowing down just a bit at 13 weeks finally. i still don't feel human yet, but at least i am not dying as much!
Skuttle- i totally feel you on the pregnant women everywhere. you know, i think in all honesty, they have always been there, but we just notice them more now that we are so totally consumed with that dream. i remember going through all my meds and IUIs and finding out my sister was pregnant on the same day i was late and hoping to have good news to share myself. of course AF ended up coming that day just before she called and told me she was prego. it killed me inside. she had no clue though. how could i expect her to. and then everyone at work was pregnant. it is so heartbreaking and hard to deal with, just know you aren't alone. it only makes it worse when you see those that didn't try or don't want a baby. i was in line at the OB's office to check out and there was a mom with her 16 year old pregnant daughter who looked like she just wanted to go party and not be pregnant, but yet she was. made me so sad that it is so easy for some that don't want it and so tough for those that dream of it daily.
Gurgi, hope you are feeling better soon. i can't believe the $600 thing....what a rip off, i hope someone gets yelled at for that. the last thing someone in pain needs to worry about is the money. i am so glad you were able to 'make do'....no pun intended and felt better. i really hope the tide changes and you feel really great again. hugs!!!
momsully- good luck with the clomid. i did it for 6 months to no avail. it did its job, i had good follicles, just didn't get pregnant. it did give me horrible headaches and mood swings. and then the secondmonth i was on it, the hot flashes started in. so just prepare yourself, although it is different for everyone. i really hope it works for you!!!
Kim- thanks for sharing on the femara, i have read about it as a great alternative to clomid, but i don't know a lot about it, i wish i had before i had taken clomid last year for 6 months!! ouch! i hear great things about it.
Glad things seem to be looking better. Hopefully if you rest this week you will be feeling great in no time.
I hope you get to experience that soon and remember...MANY of us here understand EXACTLY how you feel. 
I'm hoping for a BFP for mother's day!! We're having our parents and my SIL over for mother's day, so I don't think I'll test that morning even if AF still hasn't arrived. I don't want to be sad/down all day if it's a BFN. Mother's day will be CD33 and last month I had a BFP that day, but then bleeding started on CD34 so I'm trying to wait it out as long as possible to avoid getting a BFP only for it to be a chemical pregnancy. 
