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Soar - Glad that song gave you peace. Hope you hear it lots!! I have been listening for it, too! Praying for your grandma. Hope she does great at home. Keep us posted!
Meeks, Beadin, MsBlakely - I haven't even announced yet...I am soooo not looking forward to the comments. We just told DH's family, and they were all happy for us. My SIL said, you guys are crazy! But she wasn't being mean...I think she said that after I was expressing my nervousness about another. (They have 2 girls & are trying for another.) My friends here know (at least most do), but my friends back home don't. My parents and brother don't know, only my sister. I am waiting till we know gender to tell anyone back home...can't stand the thought of hearing all the gender comments. What your MIL said makes me cringe, Meeks! There are 9 grandkids on my side of the family, only 1 girl. So, I know my parents would want a girl, if they already knew. This way, there's no chance for them to want one or the other!
Ladybugs - Your attitude is great...just hold onto that 97%! Praying for your sweet little girl! Try to get some rest...I am sure you are exhausted!
AFM - Had my regular 12-week check today, and got to hear baby's heartbeat (163) for the first time. My last 2 appts., I only got to see it, so loved hearing it! Always so special! Nothing out of the ordinary with the appointment. All seems well!
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I hate it when people make those stupid comments in front of my boys. I bet you want a girl implies that there is something wrong with my biys- and at 5 DS1 can totally sense the negativity. I try to shame them at that point but sometimes saying positive things about how fabulous brothers are just doesnt cut it and i have to unleash the inner bitch!
I am now officially frustrated with the admin staff at the doctors office. I went in oerson and they tried to fob me off again with "we will call you" until i pointed out that they had said that in Monday and i still didnt have an appointment. They are a tech down due to holidays so this is the hold up. I let t hem know that if I dhad not heard from them by the end of the day i would call them until i got my appointment. I figure the threat of an annoyingly persistent, unnervingly polite foreigner calling them every 2 hours will do the trick.
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lol Em, I agree, threatening politely to bother them until they do something is usually the best plan. Keep us posted!
Beadin I agree, although we swayed for this one, we chose to have 3 children, half expecting it would be 3 boys. We definitely didn't have another JUST to have a shot at a girl. I think thats why those comments annoy me. My MIL was also really wording up ds1 about a girl, when he innocently said he wanted a sister, because he already had a brother (fair point) she grabbed onto that and has been pushing that view around him every time she sees him. Its just setting him up for disappointment (or thats how I feel anyway) because we dont know yet, and WHAT IF ITS A BOY???
My reason for giving this my best sway was that I just wanted closure. I wanted to feel there wasn't much I could have done differently, and although I dropped some things along the way (the very long 18 months I swayed for), I truly feel I did everything physically and mentally possible for me. Thats not to say it was perfect, but I couldn't have handled doing any more. By the end LE had made me into a different person, and after 3 chemicals I just stuck my head in the sand and kept going without stressing about it (not at all like me). So I truly feel if this is a boy, there was never any chance of a girl, but I tried everything in my power. If its a girl, then yay, because that was a lot of bloody work!
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oh my gosh, I should NOT have looked up the chart of recommended weight gain per gestational week. I was 60kg and 1.73cm when I had my BFP, and am now 65kg and cant seem to stop gaining! Apparently I should only have gained 2kg by now!
Someone else please tell me you are the same?
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as you can see, I was also looking up Perez Hilton at the time, and reading about kim k's pregnancy weight. LOL
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I don't really understand the chart but can reassure you that I've put on loads of weight!!! I can't help it in pregnancy. My metabolism changes and turns everything I eat into fat!!
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Yep guilty! I have put on loads but was not a healthy weight to start with so really needed to flesh out a bit. I am still less than my normal adult weight so am not going to worry too much. I think our bodies were on starvation mode during LE so are now holding into everything they can! That must be the reason - not the biscuits and crisps;)
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That's true, I am only now 1kg heavier than when I CONCEIVED ds1 (at 25) so I guess in terms of catching up to my 'normal' weight I only just got there. But I swear my tummy and boobs are giant already so I'm starting to worry! With ds1 and 2 I didn't gain too much and was all tummy, but I feel like whoa if I've gained this much already how much will it be at the end?!! I don't remember really thinking about it with them.., I kind of ate the same as always. I definitely have been having some LE backlash in terms of treats I wouldn't usually have, and my taste has changed thanks to LE so actually I'm not eating as many veggies and things as I used to. Trying to be healthy. Every day I say that and every night I think "tomorrow I'll make sure it happens" then of course it doesn't! Haha
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I have already gained 20lbs but I weighed 115 when we conceived! Scary to think I have put on so much for being 18 weeks but since we are so busy this summer I haven't thought to much about it. With ds1i gained 45 and with ds2 I gained 40. I need to slow down and pick up a salad. :-) But those cookies sure are tasty! Nothing tastes so good as when you are pregnant! That's my excuse anyway!
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Yes, I've gained more this time, too, but like Soar I was only 115 (5'7") when I found out! So now I'm 122ish...have never gained during 1st tri before. But LE was so different than my regular diet, now that it's reverted back (not fully, as Meeks said, my tastes have changed somewhat), I am not surprised at all! Still not back to my conception weight with the 3 boys (which is also my normal adult weight)...so not feeling too bad about myself yet!
But, I am eating so much!! Yesterday, went to the grocery store just to pick up a birthday card for my DS2 (he's 4 today), and while in there, could just smell all the food from the deli. I decided I was going to get my lunch there, and started having a look around. Decided I probably shouldn't do any of the prepared salads or sandwiches (most early pg lit here says those are no-no's)...but was smelling the fried chicken and wanted some SO bad. Went over to the counter and they sold individual meals! (I always thought you had to buy a family-sized meal.) I was so happy! Ended up with a giant breast of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and a roll. And I almost ate all of it! It was AWESOME!! Haha. Like Soar just said, sometimes when you're pregnant, the food just tastes extra good!!
Ok, question on boobs...any of you not have major boob growth?? Mine have, but they're really not huge at all. They've never gotten huge during pregnancy before, but of course, I have all boys. I was still bf Ds3 when I got pg, and was soooo skinny that when my milk dried up, they were even SMALLER. Now, they're bigger, no question, but they just aren't that big. Starting to wonder if it's a boy sign. My regular size is a sad little A cup, so I have never, ever had big boobs. Maybe those of you with big boobs already had bigger ones?? Aaahh, trying not to overanalyze. Have looked this up before, and it seems to be different for everyone...sometimes women get huge with boys, too, sometimes not so much with girls (and of course vice versa). But, just wondering what your personal experiences were! I read somewhere that a baby boy's testosterone production can somewhat inhibit breast growth...theoretically, that would have to be after they begin to produce testosterone, which I read was about 11 weeks?? Thoughts, anyone?
