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Thanks castch and dreaming!
Good luck on your blood test castch! Which blood test? And the Chinese Calendar is so 50/50! Hope it is wrong for you.
Dreaming, good luck to you too. 15 days, hang in there! Which week is the scan for? 20 week anatomy?
Congrats on the girl, belledandy! The genetic tests are super accurate, although I know the tendency to guard your heart and wait for a confirming ultrasound.
momto4boyz, you sound like you're in a good place. Sorry you didn't hear girl, but I would have given anything to be in your place mentally and emotionally instead of slogging through GD hell. Congrats, and I'm sure your bevvy of beautiful boyz will be enviable :)
Rosie, I hope everything's okay. I tend to think it will be, but it IS pretty crappy that they didn't check your thyroid for you.
:fx: for you dreaming! The wait is the worst. Here's hoping you're baking your DD!
MIL broke the seal and went out and bought my DD her first 2 outfits and a pair of adorable black Mary Jane socks with bows. So, I had to get something for her too, and I used some money I had socked away to get her a new Girasol wrap in gorgeous Northern Lights. I figure that'll give me almost 6 months to break it in and get it super soft before I wrap her in it!
I feel bad for my family who are so excited to buy clothes for my girl. I'm pretty anti-pink (not that I don't want her to have ANY pink, just MOSTLY NOT pink) and they all seemed pretty excited about buying pink. Her first two outfits are turquoise and green with white, and yellow. We'll have to see how much they care about what I want after the baby shower.
I swear every Chinese gender calender I look at says something different from the other, so clearly not something to follow. I had the blood test done that says this is a girl, but because of my anticoagulants they said they can't guarantee the results are accurate. My intention is still to be team surprise though and I'm pretty anxious about it. I feel rather optimistic for a dumb reason though. Another due date group I belong to for December so far has 12 girls and 3 boys and these women weren't trying to sway, just regular TTC.
Lilith, true. After two boys, I almost couldn't believe that I could have a daughter. I'm also not a big fan of pink. Blue is actually my favorite color and I did get a blue dress for my peanut already. But oh well, whatever my family showers her with, I'll take, lol.
Bunny, I guess some people just naturally "sway" pink (or blue).
Ill be 16 weeks paying for a private gender scan x
That's definitely true. A friend of mine is type 2 diabetic and has 5 boys, probably related to the higher blood sugar levels. My extended family is pretty evenly mixed genders and I'd say at least at this time so is mine. Swaying fascinates me in that some things really help influence some people and others not so much. It would be so nice if it was something simple to pick gender like if you eat chicken everyday you have a girl but if you eat beef you'll have a boy. Our sex ratios would probably be totally lopsided if that were the case though.
Wouldn't it be great if things were as easy as eating chicken bunny?? I guess we can only try and sway but in the end we are all meant to have what we have. Frustrating though because I feel like it isn't fair so many women can get both and don't even try and I want a girl so so so badly and I probably will never have it. I do love my boys but without a girl I feel like a dynamic is missing..like things aren't whole. Oh well not much I can do now but wait!!
I don't know if mine's a girl yet, but I've already bought two girl outfits "just in case"...one is purple and one is yellow. I like pink, but I like more of the floral, feminine prints rather than just pink. I do love things with ruffles on the butt though :)
I have boughten several girly things. Flowers, ruffles, pink, purple. I keep seeing more I want too but it would be dumb to keep buying since its probably a boy again! According to stats I have a very good chance at a girl with the exercise and miscarriage and the olive leaf but there's always opposites so I refuse to get hopeful.
I have an appointment today at 1 to get my thyroid levels drawn. Hoping I can relax then and if they come back low I am hoping it wasn't too late and baby will stay put.
I remember thinking I wasn't going to go the "pink" route with my daughter. Blue has always been my favorite color and I am a bit of a tomboy, growing up with all brothers. I even painted her nursery blue with her bedding having just a few pink accents. But...let me tell you, lol, she is the biggest girly-girl I've ever met! She loves pink and these days will only wear dresses that are either long or twirl a lot :-)
Rosie, don't give up hope yet! I have a feeling this time you're going to get your girl!!
Dreaming, the 16 week scan is fun :-) I know some people like to wait until birth for the surprise, but I figure it's a surprise whenever you find out, so to each their own! I couldn't wait, but I am horrible with surprises, lol. I knew pretty much every single Christmas present I ever got growing up because I would sneak around the house so much, even going as far to to open wrapped presents carefully slitting the tape and then re-wrap them!
Rosie that's great they were able to get you in so fast!
Thanks crazycat! I hope you are right!
I am happy I got in quickly, the nurse was understanding today. I'm thinking she just doesn't know much about thyroids. She said I can have it tested asap if that's what I wanted. I like that I'm essentially in control.
Oh and crazycat...your dd sounds so lovely!!! Oh what I wouldn't give...
I am sending lots and lots of pink baby dust your way Rosie! I wish everyone could have the gender they desire!! I know we can't guarantee it yet (at least not without IVF and such), but I am thankful to atomic and sites like this to help us sway our chances!!
Haha that made me laugh. We were team green for both DDs, we even painted the nursery a pastel mint so it was very neutral. I never was into pink and frills either, but DD1 is a self proclaimed princess at 3yo! Everything has to have pink, frills and sparkles are a bonus! She's definitely a typical girly girl! DD2 (18 months) however prefers her shorts and t shirts and is much more practical in her clothing choices! One thing I have to say is that from a very young age they both wanted to choose what they wore and it's crazy that they have their own style. We don't have a DS (yet!) so I'm not sure if they are as particular with clothes or not 💕Quote:
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Rosie, so glad you were able to get an appt quickly and you're in charge. Hope everything checks out fine for you.
I have to LOL about the girly clothes. I was sort of a tomboy too but still loved twirly dresses and skirts. Oncue, my two boys (2.5 and 5) don't care much about what they wear though sometimes my older one asks for his superhero t-shirts. Other than that, dressing them has been more or less fuss free.
Well...I just had my FIRST ever bout if horrific vomiting. My third pregnancy and I got nauseous with ds1 but never sick. I'm secretly excited this means it's a girl! But...any advice? I was kind of surprised by the (tmi) force of it and how it came from nowhere.
Oncue, I love that you have two DD's yet they are both so different! That's what I keep telling my hubby - even if our sway didn't work and we get another girl, there's a good chance she'll be completely different and may be into more of the boy things he's hoping to have a son for.
I think we're done after just 2 (hubby says yes definitely done), but if we do end up with another DD, I might be tempted to want to try one more time for a DS. We shall see...
Abifasc - I had horrible all day sickness with my DD...fingers crossed this is your pink bean :-) Are you open to the idea of Zofran? It's a class B drug, and I know some people stay away from any and all, but I could not function without it. It was the only way I could make it through the day, and even then it didn't make me feel great, but just to the point that if I tried not to think too much about the nausea, I could get through my work day without puking. Without it, no such luck pretty much guaranteed. Some other tips that helped me:
- Anything with ginger in it (preggy pops, lettuce with ginger salad dressing, etc)
- Keeping my stomach from being totally empty, as that's when it was the worst (see next tip)
- Keeping saltines or something similar by my bed so that I could eat a few before even sitting up in the AM
- I also split up my prenatals. I researched and found the best amounts of each vitamin and got everything I needed still, but in many more pills throughout the day. The single ones were just too hard for me to stamach ever. I liked the prenatal gummies as the base because they have a lot of what you need but are easy on the stomach, and then I added an easy on the tummy iron, choline, and a few others it was lacking. By splitting them up throughout the day I could actually manage to keep them down!
- Chewing mint gum also seemed to help a bit
- Wearing seabands on my wrists - not sure they helped, but I figured it couldn't hurt! I also just saw a commercial last night that Seaband now has bands specifically for pregnant women, plus some sort of candy like the preggy pops.
Okay, that's all I can think of right now, but maybe more will come to mind if I get hit with bad nausea again this time! For me it didn't start until about week 6, so I think I've got about a week or so still of feeling decent :-) Of course, you never know, this one could be totally different! Good luck mama!!
Thank you so much! I've only eaten pretzels and granola bars all morning with orange juice because that's the only thing that sounded good, but I did have my prenatals at lunch...should I retake them since I threw up soon afterwards? I'm open to zofran if it gets really bad. I'll take whatever is safe if I really needed it. I had to take a prescription for migraines with my last baby because they were just so bad, but no headaches this time!
Maybe if you have a boy on the way you won't get sick! I was nauseous with ds1 but not sick even a little with ds2 :)
Sorry you are so sick abi! I was super sick with all three of my boys, I lost 20 pounds with ds3 because I couldn't eat for 3 months. I'm excited because my morning sickness is barely existant so far and normally by now it's full force. A lot of ladies with 3+ boys report less sickness with their girl pregnancy than they had with their boys so hoping its a good sign for me.
Oh I just got back from my blood draw. I will know tomorrow about my thyoid levels and she said I'd see an endocrinologist if they came back abnormal.
OJ is great for taking pills :-) As far as taking them again...I'm not sure on that one. I would think missing a day here or there isn't a huge deal, but if they continue to cause you to throw up, you might want to rethink the pills you have :-( I also remember I took the bigger, harsher pills at night right before bed, as that way even if I did get a little nauseous, I would hopefully sleep through it all!
Ah! I just remembered another tip! It's not one I used before, so I can't say it works, but I plan on using it this time. Magnesium. The trick of course with magnesium is that it doesn't absorb too well in pill form. If you google magnesium and pregnancy you'll find all sorts of info on it. IT sounds like a wonder supplement for pregnancy though, helping with morning sickness, leg cramps, and sleeping!
I take Natural Calm at night before bed. It's a powder that you mix with a little water and drink, and then I also got some magnesium oil to spray on my legs in the AM, as they say magnesium depletes from your body every 12 hours. I've taken the Natural Calm before for restless leg and I always sleep better with it. Also, Epsom Salt is actually mangesium :-) So you can soak in epsom salt baths as another option.
Here are a few of the articles I found helpful:
How I Avoided Morning Sickness with Diet and Magnesium
Nutrition and Supplements for Healthy Pregnancy
Magnesium Baths for Safer Pregnancy and Birth | Dr. Sircus
Oh that's awesome thank you so much! I'm definitely dealing with the restless leg stuff already but this sounds like it'll be very helpful.
Thank you crazycatcouple for all this tipps. I will definetly try the magnesium...
My doctor will do the prendia test in my 11th week. Does anyone knows this test?
Wow, some of you dare already to buy pink cloth... That is great and nicely otimistic. Because of my Mc last year and my two boys I even don't dare to hope anything. This time it is really wired...
Ok, now off for my magnesium Shot....
I'm going to have to try the magnesium! No real MS this time, but I always get leg cramps when I'm dehydrated, and I try to limit nighttime liquids to avoid peeing all night. It ends up being a delicate balancing act between drinking too much and peeing every hour, or drinking too little and waking up with leg cramps.
I don't actually hate pink, but I do hate the idea that "pink is for girls, other colors are for boys." It starts little girls off in life thinking that they have to look for the product specifically for them (corporations LOVE THIS) and it limits them. It means every color but pink (and typically turquoise and purple) are for boys. So out of 100's of colors, girls think they get 3.
Sorry, feminist rant over. DH and I have already decided on gender neutral most of the time, and letting her have the "girly" thing about 10% of the time. I'm the evil, feminist mom, I know, but I'm hoping to open her eyes to a world without limits because she's lacking a penis.
Oh, and I love ruffles and tutus! Can't wait to make her some. But I'll be making her a lab coat to play doctor and a cape to play a superhero, as well :)
There's actually a group called "Pink Stinks" in the UK. Their whole goal is to get more colors and options for girls and to stop the limitations of the binary gender/color stereotype. I wish they had a US branch.
My boys love sparkles, nail polish and tea parties. I'm hoping to raise my kids to do what they want without worrying about what society/culture wants for them.
Catsch, Prendia looks like all the other maternal blood tests for cell-free fetal DNA. The website didn't say if the gender is included with results. Good luck!
Yes, I totally agree with you Lilith! I am a bit of a feminist as well and want my kids to do and be whoever they dream up :-)
I was at my daughter's school thing for Halloween last year volunteering. My job was to paint nails and put on temporary tattoos as the kiddos came around to my station. The kids were having so much fun, but the director actually came over and told me to stop painting the little boys nails! I couldn't believe it, but I guess she said she had no issues with it, but that last year she had so many dads calling her extremely upset that she let their sons get their nails painted. So sad! I'm sorry, but painting your nails is not going to turn you gay. I know some men are just macho and such, but still. They are little kids and are just having fun!
Growing up with all brothers, I always had to do whatever they were doing. My mom raised me to know that I can do anything I set my mind to, and I decided that anything a boy can do, I can do too, lol. I don't ever want my children thinking they are limited by their sex!
Maybe we should start our own Pink Stinks! It sounds wonderful :-) Going to go look it up now!
I am the same...I don't believe in gender restrictions. My boys play dolls and dress up and watch girly shows. If I have a daughter I would never force pink on her but I just adore all the floral and frills so I will go crazy with it when she is a baby. She will more than likely be a tomboy with three brothers though, haha
Rosie that's what I've said to people, with 3 big brothers she'll end up in football strips instead of tutus!! I'm going to milk it when she's a baby as it'll probably be the only time :) My boys have always had play kitchens with all the play stuff, vacuums, brushes, cleaning trolleys etc! I want to raise well rounded men who know how to run a house, hoping my future dil's appreciate it! They see their dad do all the stuff i do and know its a team effort when he's not at work. Xx
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Wow this thread has been busy! Best of luck with the test results Rosie Hope all is perfect x
Ladies I absolutely adore pink It's my favourite colour! If I have a daughter she will be in it 24/7! But as you guys have said I also have three boys so chances are the minute she
gets a chance she's straight in to that Spider-Man suit!
Sorry you're feeling sick Abifasc I too have been sick every day since week 6, vomiting a few times here and there. I find ginger tea excellent and also 7up free. I'm definitely more sick than my other three pregnancies which has me secretly hopeful it's a girl but then I'm craving the same foods as last time so really don't know. My dh is convinced it's twins! Have my scan in 2 weeks and it can't come quick enough I'll only be 12 + 4 but hopefully will see something. My boys are getting school holidays tomorrow so we'll be busy for the next few weeks anyway!
Thanks for all the great tips Crazycatcouple Think I might try those sea bands
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Seabands helped me function and get through a tough 5 weeks! Xx
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Thanks Mrs Incredible I'm buying them today!!!
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Seabands always helped me too. I am dreading have 6 weeks come around. I don't want to be super sick. I don't know how to take care of 3 boys and barely be able to get off the couch. I am also nervous for my test results today...The idea of having to take and deal with medication every day is a turn off. I will be so surprised if the thyroid comes back normal though because I have pretty much every symptom possible of it being low.
So for my latest draw (June 24) came back at 18,000 and something. Prog is down to 82. By lmp in 5w4d, by ovulation I think I'm about 6. Got my ultrasound requisition!!! So I have one at June 30. Anxious and excited all in one!
Angie
Yay for an ultrasound! How exciting. Are those hcg levels high Angie???
I don't want to be insensitive, but just curious how everyone seems to get these draws with their doctors? It is because of earlier issues or maternal age or do you simply insist? My doctors won't even see us to confirm pregnancy until we are 8 weeks. I took another pregnancy test so I could see the line getting darker, but I wish I had a more solid way to know this pregnancy is progressing in the manner it should.
I suppose there wouldn't really be much I could do about it anyway, so I'm trying to not worry and just go with the flow, but it's hard, lol.
Rosie, I can't even begin t imagine feeling like I did with my last pregnancy while chasing around 3 little boys! I just have the one daughter so far, and even with her I'm worried about how I'm going to do it! You mamas of multiple children are rock stars :-)
I have always wondered the same thing. However, now I am over 35 and any pregnancy would be considered "high risk' because of my age. I wonder if that would change things.Quote:
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When I was prego (m/c 2012) I called a midwife group and they said they didn't usually see pregos until 10weeks! Seemed late to me but who knows???
Maybe I just have super skrimpy insurance!
Crazycat...normally women who have had multiple miscarriages or other health issues will have their pregnancy monitored. I'm like you and dont get any blood draws or to be seen before 8 weeks. I did go in for my thyroid but that's different. The only way you will be seen earlier is if you say you have no clue when you got pregnant. They will bring you in for a scan to date you. As much as it sucks consider yourself lucky...waiting means you havent any issues!
I just got the call..my thyroid is normal. Woohoo I guess?? Doesn't explain why I have issues but it means baby is safe.