Just found out I m pregnant. 5 weeks 2 days. Can't tell anyone and just happy.

What should I plan or start doing? I m 38 - started the vitamins and got an appointment at 8 weeks. Anything else?

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Celebrate! Daydream! Plan when you will do things like start nursery design (usually after 20 weeks, but different strokes, different folks), if/when you’ll do a babymoon, if/when you’ll do a shower…lots to look ahead to, but not a lot to “do” for a while.

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That is so helpful. Thank you. I ll sit tight and grow the human then!

Drink lots of water! And remember, pregnancy is actually very very long, so you'll have plenty of time to prepare.

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Thank you for sharing. It's amazing how well prepared I have been, but as soon as the stick turned positive, I feel clueless and am googling the most basic of the things.

This is wonderful news. I would suggest say just trying and forget about it. Personally getting through to 12 weeks feels like passing a certain zone in terms of safety. Be prepared that week 9 and 10 can be really really difficult in terms of nausea and tiredness in the pregnancy so maybe book something really nice for you then. Otherwise, start taking those prenatal vitamins and catch up on movies or TV before you start going to bed at 8.30 LOL.

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