Ugh. Another FB friend announced the gender of her second baby - she got a pigeon pair. SO many people seem to be getting their pigeon pairs!
WHHHHYYY? Why is it so easy for them?
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Ugh. Another FB friend announced the gender of her second baby - she got a pigeon pair. SO many people seem to be getting their pigeon pairs!
WHHHHYYY? Why is it so easy for them?
I know. It's baffling. Especially when you somewhat know the people and know they seemed to defy the odds somehow. What irks me the most is seeing people with 2 boys and then a girl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissastick
Hang in there, sweetie! We got you!
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Aww sorry :( it's always tough hearing this when you are dealing with GD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissastick
I assume you don't mean those who spent ages on here swaying / trying for that girl :) I didn't mind seeing 2 boys then a girl as it gave me hope it could happen for me. If I was pregnant with a boy however it would probably annoy me instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXforhubby
After today I should only have 8 work days left... counting down!!
Oh no! I was referring to FB announcements and people IRL. It never bothered me on here for some reason. It's more the people that got what they wanted effortlessly, and then are so smug about it. It gives me pleasure when my boys are better behaved than their kids!! Petty I know but some of these people say horrid things about boys when they often have one of their own!Quote:
Originally Posted by purple
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Thread crashing to just say that I know seeing pigeon pairs is difficult when that is your dream and desire, but just remember that it might not be for the woman having a pigeon pair. Not everyone wants one of each and they could still be having gender disappointment. I have a friend with both a girl and a boy and she was devastated when her second was a boy. She wanted two girls very much and wanted a sister for her daughter. There are several newer ladies on the forums that I have seen in the TTC threads that are swaying for the gender they already have and not trying for one of each. Gender desire and disappoint come in so many shapes and sizes so although it may hurt you and rightfully so because that is your dream, it might help to remember that the pigeon mom may not feel the joy that you would with one of each. To each his own...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissastick
I know a couple of women who were also upset when their 2nd was a boy instead of getting two girls. One actually mentioned it on facebook and got some pretty insensitive comments from 'friends'. I think for both of them it was due to also being part of a pigeon pair and not having the greatest relationship with their brothers.
I'm just guessing here but I think it would probably be more common to be disappointed if the 2nd was a boy after having a girl than the other way around. I know there are some women who want all boys but it seems that a lot have a strong desire for a daughter.
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Ahhhh!!! This just came today. It was addressed to my hubby. I'd say "somebody loves me" but this is his way of saying I have no excuse not to breastfeed this baby too LOL
Cool :)
I'm so lazy about pumping. I probably should get an electric pump as I only have a manual one now and it is 8 years old so not sure if I should use it. Mine have always been so fussy about taking bottles so I don't know if I can be bothered!
ps. 7 days left of work :)
Yes this was me he he :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinss
Uh...of course I know that. Everyone I happen to know who has pigeon pairs wanted just that...and got that very easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlieCat
And I didn't want a pigeon pair to begin with anyway. It evolved (or devolved - haha) into that.
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Sammi measures 31 weeks even though i hit 30 weeks tomorrow...not surprised since she was 2 pounds 15 ounces at 28 weeks i imagine she is a good amount into the 3 pound range at this point lol...i have a head cold and am totally miserable atm. Always been a daddy's girl and we found out he needs a triple bypass. serious enough they cancelled someone elses surgery to fit him in to the surgery rotation sooner..and its still a week out. Doctor probably thinks im full of shit too because finding babies heartbeat i was trying to tell her she is on the left, but she insisted the right was where she was hearing her heartbeat..so she makes the joke "well if your heart rate has been 130-140 id be concerned" To which i said at points it had been so she took my pulse and of course its not high when ive been sitting on my butt in a doctors office..she should measure it when i spend 6 hours cleaning out my closet like i did on Tuesday..but i just think she probably said to herself "this lying sack of shit" lol..
I see the endo later today and i'll get all my results back and my ultrasound information of my thyroid....
Nothing showed up on thyroid ultrasound. TSH still dropping. They have ruled out hashimotos and Graves' disease so all that's left is to wait for baby to be born and then I get to have a brain scan to check out my pituitary gland. Doc also thinks I need metaformin with my blood sugars or some kind of medication. So I am logging them this weekend and calling him Monday to see what medication I need if anything..
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Metformin is fine to take in pregnancy, if it is needed to regulate your blood sugar. It is a category B. I would definitely give that a try to see if you respond well to it before moving to insulin. Insulin can be challenging to find the right dose and the right types that work.
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Here is what I don't get.. I got my meter today to test over the weekend for the doctor.. my sugar before dinner was 87...normal... I ate dinner and he said to eat my regular diet and I did.. I had velveeta and meat (tastier version of hamburger helper if you will) and I drank a 7 up..testing time and my sugar is 114. Wtd? I want to be happy my sugar is normal and also because I won't need metaformin but seriously wtf? Should I be worried my meter isn't working right? How do I get 230 with a glucose drink and get diagnosed diabetic and eat a decent 'carby' meal and get passing sugars? 'Has anyone experienced this?
Burakoam yes in my last pregnancy I did. If you eat a ton of fat with a meal it has the potential to delay the spike. So there would be times when I had carbs that should've put me over but all the fat must've either delayed the spike or countered it. I never really checked if I spiked much later because I just figured it was a pass and left it be. When are you testing? An hour after or two hours after?
Book that came with the meter and endo said 1 HR. I figured that was okay since when they do the glucose test they draw your blood every hour? I mean with the drink in 1 HR I was at 170 the first time and the 3 HR test after 1 HR I was 230 so I'm sitting here really stumped. I believe that meat had a lot of fat lol.. also lots of protein.. it still threw me off to see that nice perfect number
My doctor always had me testing at 1 hour after finishing my last bite and I had to be under 120. For a while I doubted I even had it because my numbers were great. Then at about 32 weeks they just kept getting higher and higher. It's only when I tested as a non-pregnant person that I saw the difference. I never got above 93 one hour after.
I started testing this pregnancy last week when I turned 13 weeks. Yesterday was my first number of concern which was 120 an hour after. Although that could be a normal number in a non-diabetic or a non-pregnant person, it's making me think the diabetes is coming back. I have my first glucose Monday so interested to know if I'll pass for the next 4 weeks or not. But long story short---you may be someone who can just do the diet control and not need metoformin if your numbers stay good. I think the reason your doc jumped to that is because anything over 200 is considered next level and usually meds are needed.
It's interesting to see the differences in number between countries I test every 2 hours after a meal and my spikes are always higher later on due to carbs being absorbed slower, my reading have always been reasonable with diet and exercise control but I have noticed lately hitting 36 weeks and 3 days my levels in the mornings after sleep are spiking for no apparent reason, I still eat the same I'm hoping I don't end up needing medication.
Pink what time at night do you last eat and what time in the morning do you wake up and test? With my other two pregnancies they had me check every 2 hours. It I wanted to know what my spike is and my spike seems to be the 1 HR not the 2 HR mark.
Hi ladies!! Sorry I've been so MIA, but the holidays completely consumed me and I still feel so frazzled. I hope you all are doing well. Miss the friendships here. 9 weeks left and I have absolutely nothing done. However, my mother in law just bought the girls their twin beds for when they share a room... we are going to go ahead and put my dd in her new room - and the baby will take her room for now until they share. Other than that, we have nothing done. No clothes, absolutely nothing. :(
Does anyone have experience with head measurements for later ultrasounds? Had a ultrasound this week(35 weeks) and they're telling me the baby's head is 95th percentile. That terrifies me! My son was only in the 50th percentile for head size, so how could there be such a big difference?! I've heard later ultrasounds can be inaccurate for weight estimates, can they be wrong for head size too? I'm worried I'll need a c-section if I can't push him out :(
Sorry Lindz I have no experience of this, did the person doing the u/s scan say anything about it? Surely if it was a concern they should have mentioned it?
I know with my third child I was reading my notes after a scan and it said that the leg length was way behind the other measurements but the consultant had never mentioned it as an issue. I rang him and said it was morning to be concerned about, my son was born fine and has normal development, x
I have nothing bought for the baby either, we gave everything away after we deided no more after DS3, am going to buy the bare minimum stuff! XQuote:
Originally Posted by Brandles
I really don't have any knowledge or advice on this, it does sound strange but wanted to say you have been through the mill this pregnancy and I hope the last few weeks go easy for you! XQuote:
Originally Posted by Burakoam
So I decided I needed to tell my dd and the boys about the baby, because it was getting too far and I was concerned someone else might tell her. I had planned to tell them last week but with my sister in law been induced early and because it was a girl I thought the timing was off. Anyway we planned a lovely time with my dd, just me, her and her dad and we told her, she absolutely freaked out, not in a good way. It was so awful, I thought she would have reacted badly but not that badly. I still feel sick about it and it's hours later, I have just cried all evening since she went to bed, :-(
Girlie I am so sorry. One day she will have to understand that you tried and there is only so much that you or hubby could control. I do wonder if her issue lays in feeling out unnumbered.. have you ever tried telling her how special she is as your dreamt of and longed for daughter? That you felt so lucky cause you got her first when it didn't seem possible? That this means you and her will never have another little girl that could share your bond so your relationship within the family is unique? She is also forever daddy's little girl now. Any of those things may help ease her pain or even cheer her up if she hasnt heard them before.
I really have no words of comfort but I wish I did. My 11 year old told me coldly she thinks I should have had the abortion, as she sure as heck didn't need another sister and she wouldn't have 4 girls..I think when she saw my jaw fall to the floor is why she decided to add in "but you are strong and we will all be okay and I think Angela will like having a baby close to her age even if it is another girl"
I still couldn't believe some of her thoughts. Kids are shocking. Just know you are not alone with your daughters own gender disappointment. My oldest still tears up f she is reminded I will never give her a brother. She thinks I should keep trying till I do, I told her that's not how the world works lol
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Originally Posted by Burakoam
Hi
I eat around 6-7pm sometimes later and sometimes an snack around 10pm like a milo, my levels need to be below 5.1 in the morning and nothing over 6.8 throughout the day
Girlie, I'm so sorry. I wish I could hug you! I don't know exactly what you are going through, obviously. But, my son also seems to be having his own GD about his sibling and yes, he is young and he will get over it quicker than anyone, I'm sure...but...who knows? He is more emotionally mature than any 3.5 year old I've ever known. He said he just likes girls better and just really wants the baby to be a girl. My heart is broken for him. And for me. And for you.
I'm so sorry. I really hope your heart heals quickly.
My littlest guy is kicking like CRAZY recently. I'm not worried about him at all anymore these days. He hiccups and kicks me HARD. Haha! He is a lot like DS 1 was in the womb.
I had a dream about them being older and the best of friends. I mean, like partners in crime friends. That made me so happy. I really hope that dream comes true!!!
Thanks ladies, she is a little better this morning. I slept really poorly, back to the anxiety and tearfulness that I felt when I first found out, although not as bad. Hoping that it passes soon. My mum is staying with us, as she wants to spend time with my brothers baby and she does not get on well enough with sister in law to stay with them. She is not the sort of person that you want to be round when your not coping. She told my dd yesterday that she was just been silly, how invalidating? She also had a go at me this morning, in front of the children, which am not happy about. Basically she was explaining to my dd that she would have to help with the new baby and my dd said she did not want to, I told dd that she did not have to help if she did not want to, my mum just had a real go at me, saying she was only joking and I always say the opposite of what she says. If it continues I am going to ask her to go home, but she will twist that to me not coping with my niece and preventing her spending time with her!
Honestly, this process is so stressful and it just seems to be dragging on and on. I so regret this whole process, I wish I had never got pregnant and just counted my many blessings!
Lissastick and bukoram sorry your daughter and son are also struggling it is so hard, hope our babies find a way to come to terms with their sibling and it enriches their life! X
I'd already be kicking my mom out girlie. You are trying to be nice and do her a favor and she is being rude ungrateful and invalidating.not just to you but your daughter. Hope her attitude flips around
Lindz just to jump in, both of my children had huge heads...like 98th percentile and 95th percentile according to ultrasounds. However they look completely proportional and you would never have any clue. I'm convinced ultrasounds are out there to scare people.
Anyone really good with baby positioning? lately i dont feel much in the front of my belly for movements anymore i feel lots off stuff off to the sides of my belly...any chance she is looking at my spine? Lol my last baby was posterior and made me suffer until my c section date as she just wasnt in the position to do anything to my cervix...felt alot of movement in the front of my belly and could see body parts shoot up until day before c section...dd2 was perfectly anterior and i was dialated to a 5 and in labor at 37 weeks.. DD1 was posterior and 38 weeks but they took pity on me and induced me..this time they want me to go to 39+2 for a c section and im basically at this point like "F that"...
ETA. Nowhere else I can actually post this without feeling judged. I am only 30 weeks but I'm so done with all of this. I am glad I consented to cut my tubes, I HATE the last 2 months. I am feeling really bitchy and really mean and no way to vent. I am not sleeping, my heartburn is currently untouchable by anything over the counter and my primary care doc and my OB doc will not prescribe me anything. I am throwing up again, tons of stomach acid...i can't bend over to pick up my messy kids room and they won't do it themselves and I'm sick of telling them over and over to go back upstairs and fix it..so I gave up. I had just got the house looking clean and nice when I caught the absolute worst sinus infection and everything is crap again. I'm hot flashing, and I'm starving and I am angry. I don't even know the root cause of anger other than I do not want to do this crap for 9 more weeks. i have a god awful pain in my lower back so severe that idk if it's any on a nerve or if I pulled a muscle or if o have a kidney stone. As much as this rant annoyed some of you trust me yoy cannot find me more annoying than I currently find myself.. it's impossible. I am just really angry in general I guess..
I think if your feeling movement at the sides, bubs is most likely transverse, plenty of time to go head down though, mine has only just gone head down at 36 weeks, not engaged yet and posterior.
My last one was anterior head down and I had lots of kicks in one side. This one is still shuffling around lots and I think has gone posterior from anterior (head down) as I'm getting more movement around the front. Check out baby spinning as they give indications of position from movements felt.
Any bump pics?
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4th April didn't sway , prayed for a girl having a GIRL!! God is awesome!!
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[QUOTE=lindz;880107]My husband started building the crib, excited to start getting the nursery decorated. Only 7 weeks or so to go. They were worried about my blood pressure, so they gave me an ultrasound to be on the safe side. Everything looked great and he was weighting about 3 pounds. I was hoping there miraculously wouldn't be a penis but no such luck, it was clear as day. He did look cute though like his brother. Still feeling crazy amounts of jealousy every time I see a baby girl or someone announces they're expecting a girl. Wish I knew how to make those feelings go away, and just be happy with what I have.
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I know those feelings, I have had 4 boys and this is my miracle baby girl !! Don't worry ! Fingers crossed hopefully the next one would a pink[emoji120][emoji120]
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Cute belly, here's a shot of mine :) I'm having heaps of movement still mostly on my right side buns has been head down most of my pregnancy accept the last two weeks she has been moving side on a lot so alot of back pains and ribs. I have to travel on a train this evening for 13 hours with] my two other little ones soooooo not looking forward to it lols[ATTACH=CONFIG]34770[/ATTACHAttachment 34771Quote:
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