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Sorry you had a rough night. Hopefully everyone will be well soon! That's so exciting you're telling the kids today. Do you have a special way you're going to announce it?? We told our boys a couple of weeks ago, nothing special just sat them down and told them we had news. DS1 guessed right away lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by fish2012
oh sorry that was tell work who were fine about it - i havn't told them i'm hoping to leave mid may thou - saving that for next week ;-0
told boys joe would like them to be big sisters like cecily (his bf) noah wondered off half way through conversation!
have the joy of trying to work around a sick joe tomorrow ;-0 plus visit the labour ward at the hospital not best place for an ill 3 yr old!
I think Im on the tail end of the 12 week scans now since some of you are already having your gender scans but Im still excited to say I scheduled my scan for the 14th! I didnt think my doc offered 12 week scans but to my surprise at my first appt my doc asked if I would like an ultrasound to check my dates..of course I didnt refuse and just held on to the order for a couple weeks and now made my appt for when Ill be 12w2d...hopefully I can see something!
My NT scan has been moved forward as 13+5 wouldn't be good for the NT testing. So it is now Monday and I will be 12+5, 5 days! I'm a little nervous firstly for a healthy baby then a girly nub ;)
Sorry you're feeling sick fish..... Hopefully we all get out of that stage since the 1st trimester is over or ending for us! I'm still sick too but can function my exhaustion is getting a little better each day.
How exciting 4giffins and mom2boys that you are getting your scans soon. I still don't have one set up. I'm now getting nervous and wonder if I really even want a nub shot! I'm scared to see that boy nub and have it be final!! I'm scared of my reaction so maybe ill have my scan next week during the 11th week when it's too early!
Thorz I am also in two minds about the nub :-/ I'm really not sure about the accuracy so I think I'll be obsessing over something that isnt definitive anyway?? I guess it's something to think about from now until my big scan when I will find out for sure 6 weeks is a long time :(
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Originally Posted by Mum2boys
I'm a bit stressed about it too. I was sure this baby was a boy with my BFP but now I've pretty much changed my mind. I like the idea of not looking but I won't be able to help myself so I hope the nub is obvious! Pictures can be confusing depending on the curl in the spine etc so I'm sure I'll be glued to the screen. I'll only be 12 weeks though so if it is girly ill easily be able to talk myself into thinking it may just be too early for a decent nub rise
It would be great, in a way, just to be told now what gender this baby is so I could stop thinking about it and just enjoy this last pregnancy.
Yup I was hoping that if it was a boy that I would get a perfect boy nub just so I could know....but no now I'm so back and forth it sucks....
I read a study yesterday I am going to try and find the link! Saying that a big amount of breast growth means girl and I have been complaining to DH to go buy me new bras cause I'm falling out of the one that were too big for me before lol... And with my oys mine didn't grow till after the baby came.... So it was an interesting read with some scientific back up
I'd love to see that study! It would give me some hope, haha. For some reason, I also thought that I would end up with a very clear-cut nub, but alas, that's not the case. Now I've been nubsessing since Feb 22 and I regret looking for that nub during the ultrasound and taking a dvd home with me. I would still be obsessed wondering about the sex of the baby, but at least my eyes wouldn't be glued to a screen for hours on end every single night. :sigh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
Can Breasts Reveal a Baby's Sex | Sex of Fetus | LiveScience
I like this lol gives me more hope :)
Did you find out if your doing that blood test?
Haha, thanks! I just talked to a nurse and she said she is still "working on it." She did schedule my 18-week Level II ultrasound for April 4th. And my elective scan is 8 days away but I am paranoid that at barely 16 weeks, the results may be ambiguous and I'll be obsessing even more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
Yes I actually begged DH for a elective u/s for 16 weeks and he said yes but then I went and looked at a thread on ingender about girls turning to boys :s I honestly don't think I could handle that! So I don't know what I'm gonna do :( my anatomy u/s will be April 15 and it feels soooooooo far!
This is crazy. I was just thinking a couple of weeks ago that I don't remember "busting" out like this with the boys. With the boys it wasn't until after I had the baby that I had to worry about getting a new bra. Now I am BARELY squeezing into this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
I know ^ I have been complaining about the growth to DH so much...
I had a reduction before ds3 although he did not reduce the size he just lifted them :) but they def did not grow with ds3 till aftern he was born and even then my boob job was not destroyed... At this point I think my boob job will need re done :(
I would definitely get one!! But it all depends on the u/s tech. I had a GREAT tech who knew that gender was what I was there for so he really spent a lot of time getting a great shot. He also prided himself on having a 100% track record and he has done over 20,000 scans!! He also said that if for any reason he couldn't tell 100% that I could come back in a week and he would take another look. He said that he would rather us come back then get it wrong. If you want one I would go for it but I would ask them if they are willing to do a gender at 16 weeks and if they can't tell what the gender is what will they do for you. One of the places I was looking at I asked this question and they said "we have never had that happen" meaning they can always tell. To me that was a big red flag because baby doesn't always behave so then they are guessing at the gender. 16 weeks should also be more conclusive than 15 weeks. It is more common for boys to turn into girls than girls turn into boys at that age. I would also be insistent on them showing you girl parts if there are lack of boy parts. Just because there aren't boys parts doesn't mean it is a girl... girls have parts too!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
Mine has really given me piece of mind and I am no longer tossing and turning at night wondering and stressing all day. It was worth every penny! Plus now I feel like I can enjoy the anatomy scan.
Well I emaild one of the u/s places to see if they would do it cause apparently in Nairobi they don't do gender scans till 18 weeks and my anatomy is at 19.... I'm waiting for them to email back they r only open on Weekends so I will call Saturday
Also just curious.... I have been cleaning my house like a crazy lady the past 24 hrs like washing baseboards and walls the whole 9 yards.... It's obviously a little surge of nesting happening.... Anyone else dealing with this, this early?
Not even close, I am so tired and exhausted I can barely move and /or take care of my boys!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
I really hope boob growth has nothing to do with the sex of the baby because mine have never gotten bigger with any of my boys, or this one. But then again my boobs are messed up, I got a breast reduction at age 19 but the dr really hacked me and the scars where really awful and they were too small and pancake shaped lol, so at 26 I got a breast augmentation to fix that 1st dr's mistakes. So I can't breast feed and don't really even get much milk in at all, so maybe that's why mine don't grow at all! I hope anyway!
aww that sucks you have a botched boobie job :( i had a botched ear job lol when i was 4 and am getting that fixed after the baby by the dr who did my boobs cause hes so awesome... i had no luck breast feeding ds3 but i am trying again i am getting a hospital grade pump to help me out :)
Goodness, this week is dragging ;( it seems to be going so slow since my scan and my gender scan seems to be AGES away :drama: 23 days left :sigh:
Also went to get some frames from my studio today and the buggy was there, all set up, just can't wait to start using it! 26 weeks left.
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Originally Posted by Northern_Shutterbug
what stroller did you get? im thinking of getting a new one i have the britax chaporone for ds3 which is only 2 years old....
I finally made an appt for my scan it is wed march 27 I'll be 13 weeks 2 days! I'm not going to ask for a nub shot but I am going to record video of the whole thing. If I see one, then I see one.
I think I won't get the DVD, for this reason. I'm a pretty obsessive type person and I won't be able to stop watching!Quote:
Originally Posted by divakotka
My breasts have barely grown so far but they didn't really with the girls either.
It's a bugaboo gecko, so the older version but I really like it - well, I like it at the moment ;) I've got a bit of a buggy fetish!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
Wow - Everytime I come in here it takes me ages to catch up and then I have no idea what to comment on lol!!
I also read that study on boobs a few days ago - gave me abit of hope because I got alot of growth early with my 2 girls and no far iv only gone up a cup size.
But my scull shape is girly and there was no nub shot. So its 50/50 right now!
Im abit jealous that you ladies can get early gender scans - In New Zealand we dont have the antimony scan untill 19 weeks. Thats still nearly 5 weeks away for me!
The gender scan place just emailed me back saying there is no guarentee at earlier then 18 weeks... Should I take the risk it's only 60 bucks at this place
Well for $60 I would... I would also study up on what 16 week girl and boy parts should look like. From what I understand and looked at as long on you get the right angle (with femur bones in view) you should see boy parts relatively easy and girl parts will look like three dots (or lines if you get the right angle). I would make it clear to them that the reason why you are booking it this early is for a gender check. That way hopefully, they won't get you in the scan and then not take a good long look for you. How long of a scan is it for $60??Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
Crickey - our place said from 16+2 they were 99% accurate. I've got mine at 17+1 but then have another routine scan at 21 weeks, so I'll ask them to confirm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
Anybody here had a psychic gender prediction? I just had 2 and they both said boy next girl 4th! But I really don't want more than 3 and was praying I'd have pink this time! I have 2 boys already. I know it's not 100% but I can't help but feel slightly disappointed! Wish I'd never had them! Anyone else had any ?..Quote:
Originally Posted by Northern_Shutterbug
I have seen the pshycic gender predictions go wrongs lots it's 50/50
I did tell the u/s place why I wanted and I also said that I will be 16 weeks but baby will measure 17 so that should make a Difference too.... Waiting for the, to email me back again.... They don't seem to be on top of that but they are only open on weekends.... It also says that the tech is a medical tech as well and has many years experience
I had one done by Cara, she said I'd just had a baby (well, it was 2.5 years earlier!), that I'd lost a close male influence recently (not lost anyone recently, only ever my Nanna) and that I'd get a positive result in November and it would be a boy (positive result was in December and I don't know if its a boy), I hope she's wrong there too.
Okay so tell me what you think... There is an u/s place literally down the street that does gender at 18 weeks the one I was going to go to is a 40 min drive... Since when I'm 16 weeks my baby will measure 17 weeks could I tell a bit of a fib without getting caught if I said I was 18 weeks when infant I would be 16
My baby measured 4 days ahead so I scheduled my elective for when I am 16 weeks according to that, instead of the "official" due date (which would have me at 15+3 at the time of the scan). They normally only start gender determination scans at 16 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
So if I were you, I'd probably go ahead and do it, unless you are too hesitant about it being accurate at 16-17 weeks. I'm assuming I am having another boy and DS2's potty shot at 15+3 was undeniable!
In Canada it's apparently illegal to do it before 18 at an elective u/s although the one place would do it at 16 but m skeptical of their experience the other place is very recognizable and more trustable so I would prefer to go with them and they are closer to me also
This one is measuring 4 days ahead, so could probably go when I'm 16+1 and it would be measuring 16+6 (which is past their minimum 16+2) but if for any reason it isn't, then I have to go back and pay 50% again, so just going to wait the extra week.
Can you not go to the closer one but a week later? You'll see more and it'll be more accurate.
O wow they will send you home!? Maybe I will just wait till my mid April appt.... It feels soooooo far
What do you mean it is illegal?? Illegal to do a gender scan before 18 weeks??Quote:
Originally Posted by Wanting-a-girl
Ya electively cause of gender selective abortion apparently... Maybe just Ontario I'm not sure I was reading a news article yesterday from 2012
Wanting a girl go for it! Can't wait to hear!