:awe: what a very beautiful baby girl you have Sunset!
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:awe: what a very beautiful baby girl you have Sunset!
Applesoup- I've attended a birth with cord wrapped 3x around neck. Not a single issue:) my own kids have been born with nuchal cord...half of the births I attend have nuchal cord. It's a normal variation of birth. If cord was such an issue...we would have never populated the Earth like we have. Our babies and bodies are smart:) Its way better to have cord around neck, away from the cervix, instead of a long cord squished under baby's head. Plus, cord around neck at birth is no more dangerous than no cord around neck.
my sister was born with the cord around her 3 times too.
it was around the neck twice, then under her armpit, and down between her legs.
lucky she had an extra long cord, because she was majorly tangled up in that thing....
Applesoup I love the announcement youll have to tell us about your family and friends reaction
Indigo violet good luck on your ultrasound this week
aww thank you :HH:Quote:
Originally Posted by Indira
indira - i will have a 12 week dating scan! just waiting for the appointment letter to come through! im thinking about have a sexing scan too at 16 weeks! OMG thats only like 5 weeks away!!!!!!
Great! Exciting! I love we´re all sharing these scan experiences :), hoping to see two more flat forked nubs soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemisswilko
Did you sway hard?
I think today is my first morning-sickness-free day, it was back full force at 12 weeks, now I can overeat like a boy´s mum again :)
On the whole, we had really great reactions, especially from my family. My sister (who I was so frustrated with a few weeks ago) just had flowers delivered to me! I'm so confused...apparently, she likes me now? :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Belle
Anyway, I kinda expected everyone's reactions to be good--just because it's a girl. BUT, I know by now who'd be excited for me even if it was a boy. Ya know?
It's been horribly awkward announcing it to his family. Both of his sisters...long story short? They've each had trouble getting pregnant. Sister #1 wasn't excited last time because she couldn't get preggo & only responded back, "congrats" this time. Not sure if I'm reading too much into it? Sister #2 is having a hard time getting preggo & hasn't acknowledged our announcement AT ALL. Which, is awkward since DH works with her & the rest of his family every day. I understand her pain...
It's not that I expect people who can't get pregnant to be happy for me...I understand their pain and bitterness. (The same pain & bitterness I had every time someone had a girl or their DG, you know?) It just makes ME feel guilty for being pregnant & now for FINALLY have the little girl that I've prayed for...for YEARS! I wish I could just enjoy it without feeling partially reserved or like I can't talk about it for fear of hurting someone else, you know?
Anyway... You all have announced, right? Did your announcements go well? Will there by any family politics if you do/don't get your DG?
Applesoup Fantastic about your sister giving you flowers. His sister could still say congratulations at least to be nice regardless of whether u can have kids or not. I still use to give my congrats to mums having there girls.
I havent told my family yet I'm still not that big I just look abit bloated like I'm due for my period I've been meaning to tell them but I get anxious for some reason most likely the boy comments so I chicken out. I'm trying to prolong it for a couple of weeks and then I can say I know what it is and im not telling anyone though I'm not finding out until 20 weeks
Belle, sorry to hear about your hesitation in announcing too! It was really weird for us to announce even after we knew the gender! Haven't made it public on FB yet. I WILL say that I REALLY enjoyed my pregnancy this time around (early on), just because I didn't have to deal with all the comments from family....friends...family friends...etc. Plus, having kids old enough to be in school put a new twist on things this time. I also found it pretty easy to hide with a just slightly large fleece jacket that didn't look weird for me to wear inside or outside. Plus it was fun having a secret from our "know it all" families! :)
Belle, I'm with you...I announced with much excitement & love for those having their desired gender or a little girl--even though it was really hard for me to buy those things. It's not that I'm fishing for a congrats from his sister, I'd just like to be ALLOWED to be excited. I wrote a blog about a year ago where I shared my pain about not having a daughter & all the hurtful comments people say to us. So, I thought she'd at least feel better knowing that I'd suffered too...just in a different way? I don't know... anyway...
thanks for asking ladies, have my scan Monday around midday. At first I'm desperately hoping that the baby is healthy and secondly starting to get worried about nubs....my BF had her scan at the same place and they were able to tell her without doubt she was having a boy. Please don't let them say that to me :pray:
Love the pic applesoup, such a lovely idea!
Indira- great news about the sickness starting to stop, what a relief, I just CANNOT wait!!
Apple- shame your sis inlaws can't be happy for you. I know it is hard saying congrats if you are in a bad place but you just have to swallow it and be polite! I'm sure they will come round. try not to let it spoil your happiness, you deserve every minute!
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Originally Posted by Indira
i never manage to sway the cycle i fell pg. was swaying with supps diet etc a few months before but decided to have a few months off off xmas ready to start again in the new year but fell pg the following month oppppsie!!!
OMG hun (applesoup) I remember you from IG, massive congrats on your wee pink bundle, I hope I am in your shoes one day! xxx
applesoup ~ I was in the same situation when we announced we were pregnant with DC3. Dh's brother and his wife have struggled with infertility for a little over 2 years and when dh announced the news we didn't even get a 'congrats'.. just a simple 'oh okay'.. it was so akward you could have thought i announced that someone died :S
this was a whoopsie too...Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemisswilko
i had just spent 2 months reading and researching , preparing my sway, i had ordered all my supplies and supps etc.
was planning on starting it all in october, but got my surprise BFP end of september....
Indigo, how'd your scan go?
i was just about to ask the same thing,..:)
Hi guys, I totally forgot about this thread, I'm blaming the baby brain!
Hope your all well and babies are all growing nicely!
We had the 12 week scan a few weeks back now our little pip is doing great!
I've got my 20 week scan booked for beginning of march but I'm waaaaaay to impatient to wait that long to know the sex so we are having a private scan next weekend :)
Sickness has finally subsided mostly not just dealing with the inbetween stage of not quite looking pregnant more just fat! Fun!!
That's about it for me really
Kell, glad to hear that everything's on track. I private scan...so you'll be...15.5 weeks? They'll tell you that early? Very cool!
Kells tickers is a bit slow. I think shes 15weeks +1/2 days. you can get a sexing scan from 16 weeks
LMW you are right her ticker is slow but I think you can get a gender scan 15+ weeks as I was looking at the 'confirmed boy scans' on IG and several had got their gender confirmations at 15+ weeks and pics were pretty clear.
I'm going to wait til 16 weeks just to make sure
Thanks for asking girls, sorry not to get back on this thread. It went well thanks, a really nice experience actually with a lovely sonographer. I asked about gender and she said it was hospital policy to not tell anyone at this stage even if it were obvious....I strongly felt 'boy' during the scan and thought I saw a boyish nub but because it doesn't show in any of the pics I still have hope! Of course I was totally relieved and thrilled baby was healthy and well, phew!
I have posted some pics on the ultrasound forum if any of you want a guess! Definitely not staying team green!!
So have started telling people today that I am pg, it is fun and so far everyone has been really positive thank goodness.
My DH had a plan for if people are asking if we are hoping for a girl etc and that is for me to say that Dh really wants a boy! so if we get a boy they know that it is something at least one of us really wanted! I'm telling people that it feels boy and I'm thrilled (!)
so nice to be able to be honest on here, love you ladies :HH:
fingers crossed it is a pink one!
i hated having to put on that big fake "im so happy im having another boy" face.
its so draining!
everyone looks at you with pitty when they find out, and usually the first thing they ask is, 'will you have another one after this?'
thats one of the reasons im staying team green this time.
i dont know the gender, so i dont have to fake anything for anyones sake.
im preparing myself for blue anyway, but at least i can enjoy my pregnancy with out all that crap hanging over my head.
The girls are right I'm just over 15 weeks I've not been on a computer yet to change my ticker!
I'll be 16+6 when we go for the scan so all should be very obvious by then!
Everyone knows how I feel about wanting a girl, maybe I should be but I'm not shy about telling people I'd love to have a girl, of course a healthy baby is what matters regardless of gender and I say that to. I just say we are both hoping to have a girl one day, and most people accept that and move on!
Indigo violet I just saw your ultrasound photo and are gorgeous and if that's a nub I see that definitely looks girl to me fx
Dannikins- totally know what you mean about pretending and how boring and exhausting it is. Good reason to stay team green. :pray: you get your girl. Glad you are enjoying this pg, definitely the right decision for you.
Belle, thanks for the guess. will you be finding out?
Yes I will be definitely finding out. I went into shock with my ds2 so I don't want that again. My 20 week ultrasound is for the 1st week of march but I have an appt with my obs Friday 10th of feb and I'll be nearly 17 weeks so I'm hoping that he'll be nice enough to quickly put me on his own machine in his room to see the potty shot.
Exciting Belle, that´s in a week! Hope your obs will be that nice to show you the 3 little lines :)
I believe I´m starting to feel the baby move, very vaguely, not movements like at 20 weeks, but sometimes I do feel something. Can´t wait to feel his/her clear movements, then being on team green will become easier.
Dannikins how do you handle scans being on team green? Do you tell the tech immediately you don´t want do know the gender, so does he/she tell you to look away or don´t you look at all?
I have an apt with my dr in two weeks and she always does a quick scan.
I would love to have a better look this time since at 13 weeks my baby looked very weird and the scan was so quick, if I see a cute little baby now I will feel so much better, but I´m afraid I will see a willy as soon as I look at the screen :)
Belle hope the doctor does a quick scan for you!
I've just booked our private scan for next Sunday! I'm really quite excited!
Just realised I have my first proper midwife appointment next week as well, you don't get seen so often after your first here it's annoying! I let my little sister listen to the baby's heart beat yesterday, she was amazed! Altho it kept kicking and moving about so that was a lovely noise for her lol!
Kell Good luck for Sunday you lucky girl.
I don't know I don't like my chances of my obs giving me a quick gender scan before my proper 20 week one. I was asking my friend who is ahead of me and also seeing him and she said that machine in his room is used only if his concerned or something is wrong with us. Dh said to lie and say I'm in pain but I'm scared to just incase knowing my luck something does really happen later on.
Indira how exciting that you can feel the baby, I can't yet but I can't wait. It'll feel more real then.
kell- exciting about your m/w appt and having a scan in just over a week, eeek, so exciting!!! Do you have a gut-feeling about gender at all? did you get any clues at the 12 week scan? I'm going to book my gender scan appt soon, another 3 weeks for me to wait...all this gender desire is such a pain, why can't we just get what we want lol!
Indira, so exciting feeling the movements! I haven't felt anything yet but they are unmistakable and so reasurring.
I know what you mean about the scan, I was convinced I'd see a little willy as soon as they started the scan. Hope you don't! Are you fine about having another boy? sometimes I think I am ok but deep down I know I'll be totally gutted...
I´m exactly as you, I will be fine with having another boy but I will be very disappointed at first that my sway didn´t work and that I will never have a daughter. I am continously reminding myself that it probably is a boy and then sometimes I loose myself in fantasies of having a girl. I have lots of rational thoughts about why 3 boys will be great too and I know I will make it work -although that may take some time- and be proud of being an all boy mom. I do feel better knowing that I did improve my changes by swaying, I really did my best. Hadn´t I found this site, we would have happily conceived a third on my regular very boy heavy diet, 95% it would have been another boy and, not knowing about swaying, I would have totally expect to finally get my girl, so my disappointment would have been a lot worse without swaying.Quote:
Originally Posted by indigoviolet
Having said all of that :) if it will be DS3 it probably is going to be harder than I can imagine now.
Belle, that´s too bad if your doc. won´t do a quick scan, then you will find out in the beginning of March, right? so a couple of weeks more.
Kell, how exciting your scan on Sunday! Girls, I´m so glad you have your 20 weeks/gender scans coming up so my wait until July will go by a bit quicker !
Indigo I'm not sure if I have an instinct or if it's gd but I do think girl. The differences in this pregnancy compaired to my other two are astounding!
Didn't get and idea at 12weeks to be honest. I guess time will tell!
I know eventually I'll be fine if it is another boy, but I definatly need to know so I can have that time to get excited if I hear boy! I guess we are all in the same boat which is reassuring.
Unfortunatly I'm one of the ones that didn't quite make it to my sway date, so if this is a little princess it will be fate I guess. Fingers crossed!
if you really dont want to know, tell the tech as soon as you go in, and dont look at the screen as soon as they start, my last son that was the first thing that appeared when they put the wand on my belly, so just make sure thats not the same for you before looking...Quote:
Originally Posted by Indira
where is everyone, its like a morgue in here...
I´m here!
The point is, if it is a girl, I have no problem finding out :) so I have these fantasies of peeking and seeing girl´s bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannikins
But now I´ve got myself together again, I am decided to not find out now, so I am going to do like you said and say immediately I don´t want to find out. I´m very excited that I´m going to experience for the first time finding out at birth.
Do you have a feeling what you´re baby is? Do you manage to not think about it 10 times a time wondering if it´s a boy or girl?
I have to admit that now as time goes on, I am thinking more and more about mine being a girl. I´m trying to calm myself down and remember that it probably is a boy. I just wish he/she would start moving around a bit clearer, I think I will obsess less about it then.
Are your sons excited about the baby?
Applesoup, did you do a lot of shopping?
How are the others doing?
Indira, you're brave! Friend-to-friend, I have to say I'm a bit worried with your last comments. What if you set yourself up for it being a girl & then it's a boy? Are you worried about being majorly depressed & missing out on his first few weeks? (Or, what if it's a girl & you miss out on a pregnancy KNOWING it's a girl?) I knew that DS3 was a boy & I STILL had a hard time after delivering him. It made me sad to hear the other nurses talking about the girls that had been born...Quote:
Originally Posted by Indira
Sorry to be a ghost. Part of me feels like I don't "belong" here any more since I'm having a girl. At the same time, I've missed the friendship & I'm still rooting for you guys!
I've also been SUPER busy. 2 birthdays in 1 week + 1 more in another week. Had a major snow storm last week which caused some issues. DH leaving for the weekend. Got news we might actually have a contract this weekend on our old house (!!!!) but, again, DH is gone. My new house is unorganized. I run around being a chauffeur all day. And my 2 year old is poopy all day long...it's like I do a task & then change his diaper. Anyway, my days are just flying past me.
We went in last Friday for our followup ultrasound about the nuchal cord. The lady was really nice & seemed to do another "20 week" ultrasound. She confirmed girl, which was great to see again. Just when I thought she was going to do the blood flow via ultrasound to look for the cord around her neck, she stopped the ultrasound & said she was done. She told me she didn't see the cord around her neck anymore (which is great news!), but part of me wishes I'd asked her to do the blood flow. She gave me the shpeel about how babies go in & out of cords, they don't look for cords because of this, & even babies after they die in utero can go in & out of cords. She was telling me to chill out about it--which, I get, but part of me thinks she didn't look for a cord...just so I'd chill out? Ya know? I know she can't lie to me, but THAT'S my worry now. But, on the whole, I'm feeling better about it. Actually, got a MAJOR kick from her last night...higher than I thought she could be at this point. It was great to feel how strong she is.
I haven't shopped much...due to my concerns for her well-being before the ultrasound. And since the ultrasound, I've just been busy. I've found a few things here & there. It's funny how picky I am about girl stuff! I'm almost having to retrain myself to SEE girl clothes. :)