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I completely feel your pain! I've had some nausea but I don't feel enough for it to be a girl. I'm not sure if I have any intuition at this stage. But I've started feeling ok with the idea that it might be a 3rd boy. So that makes me think it's a boy.
Also 8 weeks and I felt like nothing was showing last week and from 2 days ago I was like woah look at that belly! Luckily it's winter here so I just leave my coat on.
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Oh Simkan thank you so much for your reply I thought I was the only one who felt like I have to be on deaths door sick to have a girl lol! I know it sounds crazy to think like that because I know so many people have girls without sickness but it's one owt I can't kick from my subconscious. I find myself during the day feeling better at times and then think damn! Must be a boy then or I'd be bedridden and spewing everywhere and hospitalised and on a drip haha! Not stuffing my face with chips and chocolate! So irrational!
Also I'm super hungry again like with the boys and packing weight on already I just can't help it argh!
Ok girls so Simkan and I have a belly already at 8 weeks it seems lol but we are in the Southern Hemisphere in Australia and NZ so we can hide it under our winter clothes atm- anyone else feel like they are showing early? Maybe it's a third child thing to show early? Or am I just seriously eating too much after almost 18months on the LE diet ? What are you doing to hide it during your summer in the northern hemisphere girls- it must be hard!
Sorry to pop in, but I had almost no nausea with all my 4 pregnancies, and one pregnancy was twin girls. The only difference I noticed with twin girls is that I was not gaining significant weight, but this may have been due to being too busy with 2DSs and breastfeeding one of them and then stress due to complicated pregnancy.
Oh, and I even didn't know I am carrying twins till 13.5 weeks ultrasound, I was so sure everything is fine and on track and not much out of ordinary, just a little bigger belly and more veins probably due to it being my 3rd pregnancy. So not only there was no difference in girl/boy pregnancy but also singleton/twin pregnancy!
Kitten and simkan I feel your pain coming to terms with this possibly being boy no.3. I have been trying to get my head around the fact that this is likely another boy and most definitely our last baby (DH still not happy that our surprise is one the way). For me the bad nausea is indicating a boy as my nausea was bad with DS1 and worse with DS2 and even worse this time so I am sure it's another boy. I am 12 1/2 weeks and definitely been showing since about 11 weeks but lucky to be able to hide it in winter clothes. Was hoping to hide it for another 6 weeks til DS2's birthday but doubt there is any chance of that!
Kitten - the thing with the "girls make you sicker" OWT though is that the only scientific theory they've come up with to possibly explain that is that HCG levels tend to be higher in girls - thus, higher HCG = more sickness. Well - I really don't feel any more sick this time around than I did with my boys and I KNOW my HCG levels are WAAAAY high this time given that it's twins. My HCG was almost 8,000 just shy of 5 weeks! Granted I could be having two boys anyways but the point is I think I probably debunk the whole more HCG = more sickness thing! Also - I've heard that a lot of women tend to experience less MS with each baby... being on baby #3 you may just not feel as sick (or more sick than you were with the boys) because your body is more used to the hormones.
AND... Some time back I found an article that talked about studies showing different "protective factors" against nausea/vomiting in pregnancy. A couple of notable ones were 1) lower saturated fat diet prior to pregnancy and 2.) maternal alcohol consumption prior to pregnancy. Being on LE (and I'm guessing you were drinking alcohol?) would have meant you had both those "factors".
And I've probably used all these examples before but my mom had a boy and a girl and no nausea/vomiting with either of us. Atomic has said she was less sick with her girl than a few of her boys. Like Kelbear said too sometimes worse nausea isn't a sign of a girl anyways!! My nausea/vomiting started off worse and earlier with DS2 than it did DS1! After awhile it was about the same but man I was so miserable so much earlier on with him that I was sure it had to be a girl!!
FX you all are growing little pink beans!!!
As far as showing - I just look super fat. My stomach seems huge but it's not a baby bump... Just a lot of bloat I guess. I've gained a few lbs... I feel like I've gained a lot more though because of the bloat in my stomach!! Pants are slightly tight but not terrible yet!
Ladies, I'm the same way. You just think, "maybe because I'm having this syptom and I didn't with my other, it might be a girl! Or "no syptoms, I'm having a boy!" I've gone back and forth between these two thoughts. I'm hoping for a girl and praying it is. I will come to terms with a boy. My family is nothing but boys! We have two girls and seven boys!
My nausea only comes AFTER eating which is increasingly frustrating because I'll eat and then feel weful. But prior, I feel great. It makes eating difficult and my appetite is way surpressed.
I'm also having heart palpitations, which I've never had before. Anyone else these?
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Thanks girls for all your responses so good to have others feeling these feelings too.
I hope we all have our desired genders that would be amazing but if not it's nice to know we are here for eachother xx
Thank you so much for those responses. Especially all that info ABC.
It makes me feel more hopeful. Though still in my gut I feel it's a boy. I think the one thing that got me is one of my best friends had a son for her first and her pregnancy was exactly the same as mine and then her second she was telling me she had MS and was even vomiting and she gave birth to a girl. It's just stuck in my head.
Today I was looking through kids clothes online and I was so uninspired by all the boy clothes. And then looked through some girl stuff and wanted it all!
I think I'm gonna have to find out the sex. 7 more months of this will kill me haha
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This made me chuckle! I also completely agree, DH and his brothers were 10lb, my son was 10lb (was tested for diabetes and was clear) it’s definitly genetic! I joke sometimes he’s lucky I love him because I’m getting some serious damage from these monster babiesQuote:
Originally Posted by kittendreams