Due in March/April/May 2013 Roll call!

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Originally Posted by mummypink

Just for a bit of fun see if this is right for any of you Baby Gender Predictor Test

It got both my boys correct but says this one is going to be a girl ... I'm thinking the willy on the scan was probably more accurate! ;)

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It said boy for my son and boy for this one.

Good luck for tomorrow spinning I will be thinking of u x

Mummy its right for all of mine, think thats the only one I've done where its been correct for all my babies x

It was wrong for me. Said this baby was a girl. Maybe his penis fell off!!! lol

lol ThreeMen!

Its funny it is the first one I have done that has got both my boys right, most of them say ds1 or ds2 should have been a girl! Shame it isn't right for this one though! Every test I have done has said this one should be a girl, I know they are just a bit of fun though.

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Originally Posted by mrshonyez

Mummypink, it was right for my first 2 but said this one should be a girl. So 2/3 right!

So I have a question. There are days where I will randomly feel like I could pass out. I don't get dizzy or anything, I just suddenly feel terrible and feel like I can't even move. It especially sucks when I'm trying to leave to get to an appointment :/ Has anyone else felt like this, or know what might be causing it?

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Could it be your iron levels hun? I get like that if my iron levels are low, and sometimes due to my blood pressure as I have always had low blood pressure so it doesn't have to drop by much to make me feel wiped out.
With ds2 I had to take extra iron tablets on top of my pregnancy multivit to keep my iron levels normal. Sounds like it is worth you getting checked out, and take it easy in the meantime! xx

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Originally Posted by mrshonyez

Mummypink, it was right for my first 2 but said this one should be a girl. So 2/3 right!

So I have a question. There are days where I will randomly feel like I could pass out. I don't get dizzy or anything, I just suddenly feel terrible and feel like I can't even move. It especially sucks when I'm trying to leave to get to an appointment :/ Has anyone else felt like this, or know what might be causing it?

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I got this a lot with my first. Actually I fainted twice. The only time I got it last time was right before pushing him out and this time I have had it a few times. I get really really hot and then I feel like the walls are closing in and things go black a bit. It for me has nothing to do with eating. I do notice my heart gets super fast sometimes. Doc says it's just a pregnancy thing, with all the extra blood. Nothing much to do about it and it doesn't hurt anything as long as you don't faint. YOu are suppose to lay down when it happens.

Thanks ladies! I had thought about my blood pressure as its always on the lower side... But I didn't think about the iron. To be completely honest, I have a hard time remembering to take my prenatals, so that's a big possibility. I'll try harder to remember and see if it helps! I do usually lay down when it happens. It just usually happens at the worst times of course. I'll definitely ask the doc about it if it continues.

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Originally Posted by mrshonyez

Mummypink, it was right for my first 2 but said this one should be a girl. So 2/3 right!

So I have a question. There are days where I will randomly feel like I could pass out. I don't get dizzy or anything, I just suddenly feel terrible and feel like I can't even move. It especially sucks when I'm trying to leave to get to an appointment :/ Has anyone else felt like this, or know what might be causing it?

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I actually had this happen to me with DS2 and have it worse this time around. I just spoke to the Dr. about it last week. She said it is caused by two things, dehydration and low blood sugar. She told me to make sure I am drinking at least 2 liters of water per day and eating every 2-3 hours. I also dress in layers when I go out so if I feel it coming on I can take something off to help cool me off. Plus taking water/snacks every where is key. Hope that helps!

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Originally Posted by mrshonyez

Thanks ladies! I had thought about my blood pressure as its always on the lower side... But I didn't think about the iron. To be completely honest, I have a hard time remembering to take my prenatals, so that's a big possibility. I'll try harder to remember and see if it helps! I do usually lay down when it happens. It just usually happens at the worst times of course. I'll definitely ask the doc about it if it continues.

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As I'm vegetarian, I have to be conscious of my iron intake. This pregnancy it has been excellent and it was excellent in my other pregnancy EXCEPT when I stopped eating well and was having a hard time because my grandmother died when I was 23 weeks pregnant. I became faint multiple times when we had a friend over... it was really scary. I realized that it had to be down to my eating. The blood test taken from that bad month showed my iron was low so was put on iron by my midwife, which sorted me out. But, really, it was ALL my fault from failing to nourish my son that month because I was so distraught from my grandmother dying (I didn't get to go to her funeral because I am in the UK and all of my family are in the US....)

So, DEFINITELY look into the iron!

Watching a show about couples going through IVF... and I know a lot of women here have had to use various kinds of fertility treatments... and I just feel devastated for them when I watch it... whether or not they are successful, because it seems so intense and stressful and can be heartbreaking.

It makes me very thankful to even manage to get pregnant as easily as I do and puts it into perspective to be grateful for the child I carry, whether it is a boy or a girl. Getting pregnant is such a thing in itself... so many things involved in general... it's amazing most manage to get pregnant in the first place. It's such a complicated process!