Part 2: Due July, August, and September 2018

Momma if you don’t feel comfortable announcing, then announce after baby is born. Let it be your enjoyment. Those naysayers have no right to dampen your mood, though I know they do. How unfair is that of them though! Luckily I’ve pretty much avoided any naysayers this time thankfully. Probably because I ask the lord to block them out so I can be happy and he’s doing a really good job, because I don’t have to listen about it. I’m genuinely excited and thankful to the lord for completing our family finally! It’s always in his timing, never in ours!


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JL7: so excited for you!! Just think the sooner we know the sooner we can shop! I cannot wait to go shopping Saturday!

Are you all going to announce in a cute way or have you already?!?

I’m beyond excited! Can’t wait to see my beautiful baby on the screen!


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Mommy2apples - you are so right! As soon as I found out I am having a girl I couldn't help it and started buying clothes lol. It's been 10 years since I've had a baby! So much fun.

I was wondering if I still want to have a baby shower/ baby sprinkle. I was sure that I wanted to have one if it was our first son but now I'm wondering if we should. Isn't there a whole baby shower etiquette people follow? Are any of you having a shower or sprinkle for your baby?

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Mommy2apples, How exciting! I can’t wait to read your update on Saturday!

MLKA, I have two girls baking in there also :)

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Oh wow two baby girls!! That IS exciting. So many girls will be here around July/August. I was reading another July baby board and a lot of the women are expecting girls there as well.

I’m not sure if we will have a baby shower or not! If someone wants to throw me one I won’t object! It’s just so much fun to shop for a tiny baby! Mlka! It’s been 10 years since you’ve had a baby! I think it will be great for you to have a sprinkle or shower! My husbands cousin did because it took her 5 years to conceive her rainbow baby. Babies are so special they should all be celebrated! If you want one I say go for it!




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Your absolutely right mommy. Ill see when I feel like telling anyone. Is no rush for anyone to know. We are enjoying our pregnancy and excited about this baby.

Isn’t it great just to be able to enjoy our pregnancies! I’m so excited for all of our babies to start moving really good!


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Hi everyone! Been busy these past couple weeks with work and a teething 6 month old. So exciting that everyone is finding out genders and seeing their babies! We just went to the doctor Wednesday for our first visit at 8 weeks and saw baby and heartbeat. Official due date is August 29th, although baby is already measuring ahead. My daughter was 9lb 8 oz so a little nervous how big this next little one is going to be! LOL. Doctor is sending us for the Harmony test in 4 weeks so we should hopefully find out gender mid-late February. I can't believe its so soon!

Aww yankee! That’s the best seeing baby and that beautiful heartbeat!❤️ So soon you will see what baby is!


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Yankee that’s awesome! And wow, that is a big first baby- usually your second is bigger, especially if it’s a boy!

Mlka my friends asked if they could throw me a shower if we have a girl. If it’s another boy we won’t have one, but our boys are little. If it had been 10 years since our last baby I would go for it! I’m sure family and friends would be happy to do it.

Momma bear announce when you are ready, and like mommy said, just don’t if you don’t want to! You deserve to enjoy your pregnancy without people’s crappy comments.

How is everyone feeling? I’m 11 weeks have been really nauseous these past few days...I thought I had escaped it this time. I read that hormones peak around 10-11 weeks then go down as the placenta takes over so I hope this is short lived.


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Greydore! Hopefully you will feel better soon. I have my days some days nausea and some days not. Today it seems like maybe I won’t be.


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Thanks! Yes one of my best friends already thought about throwing the shower. She doesn't know we are having a girl yet - I'm not telling anyone until maybe March. I'm like Momma bear - I want to keep something to myself for awhile because I'm sure we will hear people's negative comments about gender. But I agree about celebrating - especially after 3 losses and 3 years of trying!

Mommy2apples, I can't wait to feel her move! Have you felt your baby move yet? I'll be 15 weeks tomorrow so I'm getting closer to feeling some little flutters.

Yankee - I'm glad things are going well! Whew 9lbs! I bet she was just adorable! My baby is also measuring bigger so far. Did you have her vaginally? I'm a bit down that I will have to have a c section this time around but it is nice that I will have a scheduled date - definitely helps me plan a little better.

Mlka, I feel flutters down in my bladder sometimes, but not often as I would like. I can’t wait until I feel baby really good! Yes we are close to feeling them all the time for sure Mlka! I agree! Don’t let them know until you are ready. She is still your joy! Any baby is a blessing no matter the gender for sure!


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Greydore - I hope you feel better soon!
I've been feeling a bit better this week finally. I have my moments of nausea still. 11 weeks was the worse week for me. I didn't know that the hormones peak around that time so I guess that explains it. Week 12 was also esp bad. I'm glad I seem to be missing the fatigue though. It can be so hard when you have to be mommy to your other kids. Not to mention wife and full time employee.

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Mlka, I feel flutters down in my bladder sometimes, but not often as I would like. I can’t wait until I feel baby really good! Yes we are close to feeling them all the time for sure Mlka! I agree! Don’t let them know until you are ready. She is still your joy! Any baby is a blessing no matter the gender for sure!


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So true!! Thanks Mommy :-)

Welcome Mlka! :)


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Thanks! Yes one of my best friends already thought about throwing the shower. She doesn't know we are having a girl yet - I'm not telling anyone until maybe March. I'm like Momma bear - I want to keep something to myself for awhile because I'm sure we will hear people's negative comments about gender. But I agree about celebrating - especially after 3 losses and 3 years of trying!

Mommy2apples, I can't wait to feel her move! Have you felt your baby move yet? I'll be 15 weeks tomorrow so I'm getting closer to feeling some little flutters.

Yankee - I'm glad things are going well! Whew 9lbs! I bet she was just adorable! My baby is also measuring bigger so far. Did you have her vaginally? I'm a bit down that I will have to have a c section this time around but it is nice that I will have a scheduled date - definitely helps me plan a little better.

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Mlka, yes I had her vaginally. She was 10 days late but also was measuring ahead pretty much my whole pregnancy. I agree that having a scheduled c is nice to be able to plan and have everything all ready and set to go.

Mommy2apples - can you tell me the name of the fetal Doppler again? I'm sorry I was searching through our thread and couldn't find it. At first I wasn't going to purchase it because I didn't want to drive myself crazy with worry in case I don't hear anything. But I won't have another appointment for a few weeks and that would be a bit reassuring I think.

Mlka, of course and it sure is my peace of mind too. Sonoline b. I’ll find you the one I bought off eBay.


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Mlka at least that gives me an idea of when this might end. I can handle two weeks of it if it goes away after that. My sister is being induced Monday and I want to be able to support her and not feel awful.


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Isn’t it great just to be able to enjoy our pregnancies! I’m so excited for all of our babies to start moving really good!


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Yes it is. I am excited too especially in everyone finding out the gender and start shopping lol.

JL7, how exciting! I say dream a lot too, and online window shop lol

Mommy2apples,My husband hasn’t wanted us to do any shopping because he doesn’t want to jinx it, but I’m secretly going to start shopping online and stocking things away LOL. I’m going to start with the cutest set of ballet slipper socks for newborns that I found that are just too precious

Mammabear4, I hear you in the negative comments... I was really nervous about that too. So far it hasn’t been as bad as I thought it would be, thank goodness! People can be so mean and rude .

Mlka, I kind of feel unsure about a shower as well. I know work will throw me one, but I feel awkward about friends or family since this is definitely not my first rodeo. I’m not sure if the etiquette either. It seems like a lot of people that use these boards for swaying or gender selection support are mostly trying to have a girls, although I do see an occasional attempt for a boy being made. It does make for a lot of baby girls on the site. I feel so incredibly blessed! I’ll be honest, I am a tiny bit nervous about bonding since my girls are from donor eggs. I’m hoping that all my fears will vanish when I see their beautiful little faces come out. I’ll be breast-feeding them too so I’m also hoping the hormones from breast-feeding will help too.

Mommy2apples, I completely agree with you, All babies are special and deserve to be celebrated! I can’t wait to start feeling these babies moving!

Yankeesgirl, wow! Your two little ones will be so close in age! What a marvelous adventure you’re going to have! Isn’t the heartbeat just the loveliest!

Greydore, I’m sorry you’ve been feeling nauseous! Hopefully this part of your pregnancy will be over very soon, and then you can enjoy the rest without the nausea.

Momma! Then we can show off all the cute little outfits too!

Ellirosanne yes!! Aww that is a good idea! I bet those are absolutely precious!!




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Mlka, Why will you have to have a C-section this time? I can’t remember if you already told us or not. Sometimes my memory is horrible. I’m so glad your nausea and fatigue are better. My nausea and fatigue or better to now, and my appetite seems to have slowed down finally a little bit. I feel good right now, But I’ve been told this is short-lived by other people who’ve had twins. I love my Doppler!

Ellirosanne: you will love them anyways and instantly bond with them! They are your baby girls!! Aww!! ❤️ your beautiful blessings!


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I’m prone to cysts and have had them during pregnancy as well. They have always left them alone in pregnancy aside from monitoring and they’ve always shrunk on their own.

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Thanks. Unfortunately this type of cyst doesn’t go away on it’s own. My follow up with my Ob was good. She is confident that it won’t show a problem during pregnancy but it will need removal when I’m done. Not the best but not the worst.

Ellirosanne - I know my coworkers will also throw me a shower as well. I would love to do something with my family and close friends to celebrate the baby.
Also, I understand your fear but you will definitely bond with your babies! Breastfeeding will help that process as well.

I have to have a C-section because I had a myomectomy a year ago and they cut through my uterus. I had to have a big fibroid removed because it was causing miscarriages. They also said I will have the baby at 37 weeks to prevent a uterine rupture. I'm hoping I will be able to breastfeed with no issues.

baby showers weren't a thing in Australia when i had my first 14 years ago, then i went on to have 2 more boys when friends were starting to think about kids and by my 4th they were all having showers so i reluctantly had one as to not feel left out in my circle of friends/family but i didn't want blue so chose to have a rainbow theme and no gifts just donations to heartkids charity (my godson was born with half a heart) heartkids got 200 bucks :)
I wasn't going to have one for this long awaited girl but when i lost her sister i thought hey i am celebrating this little girl she is a miracle to have worked first go in ivf as well so i will let my friends throw the shower in pink and who cares if anyone thinks i love my daughter more because if they knew me they would know how much i love all of my boys and her equally :)

Hi Ladies, can I join the group? I am Due around 25th July with twins! Not sure what the genders are yet.
I have two gorgeous girls aged 7 and 4 and we are really hoping for a little boy and girl next or two boys. I have had a pretty okay pregnancy so far. Symptoms not too bad as most people told me it would be.
I swayed for a boy Jan - June last year, but then gave up due to health issues and we also gave up TTC and then a surprise BFP! Did not expect that!

Wow! Surprise twins - congratulations!! Welcome to the group TwinMom2. I hope your symptoms continue to be pretty mild and that you have a healthy pregnancy!

Grace - very well said! Celebrate your baby girl and never worry about what others will say. I will definitely start doing the same as well.

Welcome TwinMom and congrats!! How exciting! When will you find out genders of your twins?

How has everyone’s boys reacted to the pregnancy? Obviously my 2 year old doesn’t get it, but my 4 year old just isn’t interested. He’ll say things like he hopes the baby can come out soon, but it’s more that he wants me back to normal (we tell him how the baby makes me tired, etc). Neither of my boys have any interest in babies, so I think he’s just being a boy. He is adamant he wants a sister though, and is going to be very disappointed when it’s a boy :/


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Of course! Welcome twinmom2!



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Mine are really excited, but I think it helps with my sisters baby being here


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Mine are excited too. My youngest been so attached to me maybe she senses the baby.

Hi everyone! Has anyone heard from Mummy? I know she was worried about line progression on her tests hopefully she's ok.
I still have nausea some days it isn't too bad and then others it's not Great! Also with every pregnancy I've had a horrible taste in my mouth the 1st trimester (not metallic just really yuck) it gets worse in the evenings and is making me feel worse.

Baby showers sound nice I've never had one.

Mommy2apples, thank you :)

GeekMama, What a huge relief that your cyst won’t affect your pregnancy!

Grace, a pink shower will be bliss!

TwinMom2, how exciting! Surprise twins! Welcome and double congratulations!!!! I’m also pregnant with twins due July 13th, and I have to agree with you, I was so scared from others horror stories of how hard twin pregnancies are, but so far it hasn’t been too bad. No worse than my other pregnancies, just bigger faster and eating more. But I’ve been forewarned that the worst is still to come.... eek! Lol

Babybeaublue, oh I do hope your nausea gets better soon love!

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Welcome TwinMom and congrats!! How exciting! When will you find out genders of your twins?

How has everyone’s boys reacted to the pregnancy? Obviously my 2 year old doesn’t get it, but my 4 year old just isn’t interested. He’ll say things like he hopes the baby can come out soon, but it’s more that he wants me back to normal (we tell him how the baby makes me tired, etc). Neither of my boys have any interest in babies, so I think he’s just being a boy. He is adamant he wants a sister though, and is going to be very disappointed when it’s a boy :/


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Greydore did u find out gender? If im reading your post right - Congrats on your little boy [emoji4]

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