September Chit chat!!

Hello everyone..I know it's late but what the heck!

How's everyone doing? I'm feeling less crappy today which is so awesome....but also scary....I never feel good at any point in my pregnancies until 20w so I'm a tad bit worried. The only thing making me feel better is the fact that I'm really certain that I feel movement. I felt it at 11w with my third, 13w with my second and 15 w with my first....so it could be possible I guess....

Oh and I'm having second thoughts.....I want to know what the heck I'm having!!! I have about 15 things to make for this baby and it gets harder and harder with each one because I have ZERO time. I have to take the carseat lining and hood off and sew a new one, I always make each of my babies their own quilt and I do not want to make another unisex one...grrr, plus I make all the photo props for my newborn pics. I make their newborn hats and cardigans for winter/spring, a sleep sack, their diapers, wool covers for the dipes, receiving blankets, bibs.....And I want to know what colours I can use dammit! Ugh. I'm pretty darn sure that this is a boy...I have a feeling that it is and it feels wrong to say "she" but if I make everything, green, yellow and red, and it turns out to be a girl....LOL Anyway, I'm on the fence now! Begonia, you'll think this is hilarious! I hate this early part of pregnancy! So much worry, doubting, stress! Ugh!

How's all the May Mama's doing?? M/s kicking in yet? Or the March Mama's?
xoxo

Good idea DM!

You're so funny with wanting to know the sex now - I'm ok with finding out at the birth at the moment but I will definitely wobble several times during my pregnancy so who knows what we'll finally do! You are amazing for making so much stuff for your babies - I get hardly anything ready for my babies (so long as my boobs are still in place we're good to go :D).

Amazing that you're starting to feel movement - this sound weird but I'd forgotten that there was that to look forward to! I'm just nervous to make sure this baby sticks I suppose. It feels like ages since I got my BFP but I'm not even 5 weeks yet! I felt really sick in the 2ww but now I'm ok (apart from the stinking cold my kids have given me!). I get the odd symptom I didn't have with the others (shooting pains in my boobs and a little heartburn) and lots of cramping, some which feels so AF like that it freaks me out a little, but feeling so good in general make me think another boy too. When I had DS3 I thought he was a girl but every time we had a scan I got the feeling in that room that it was a boy (though I chose to ignore that feeling!). I wonder if I'll get an inkling this time!

I was very worried today because after I went to the toilet at work I saw some weird tissuey, stringy stuff in the toilet. It was only a little bit and it was pink/red but there didn't seem to be any actual blood. I was at work so it could even have been there from the last person to use the toilet! I'm trying not to think of it as I've had no other spotting or bleeding or anything but it definitely made me more nervous. I've not been at all nervous with my other pregnancies (and announced them to the world ridiculously early!) but I'm worrying more with this one - no idea why!

Do you have pregnancy brain yet? I'm going completely loopy - keep putting things away in strange places and forgetting the words for everything!

Hello Ladies!!!
I am dieing over here.....morning sickness like you wouldn't believe!! I now remember why I hated this part so much! I am almost 7weeks and will have my 1st appt. on the 26th...praying it gets here already so the Dr. can give me something to help with this ms...ugh! I have to function in this family or else be over ran by the natives!! :fight:

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I get hardly anything ready for my babies (so long as my boobs are still in place we're good to go :D).

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LOL, this is me too! In fact, when I was 39 weeks with DD2 and talking to a friend about how we hadn't done anything but put the crib up, she went home and had a dream that night that I was carrying around a newborn diapered with paper towels and a plastic grocery sack wrapped on the bottom! She showed up at my door the next day with a box of diapers and wipes, "just in case" LOL!

This time I'm definitely more like you DM (and yes, I am giggling that you are feeling this way now ... but also wishing you weren't, because it is TORTURE isn't it?!?!) and have so many things that I'd like to get ready. But I don't want gender neutral! Aaaargh. At this point I am really hoping the sonographer or my doctor slip up and tell me, LOL! I love the idea of a surprise in theory but at the same time ... it's so NOT me to wait. I picked out my own engagement ring for crying out loud. There are things I need to know. And this is one of them :)

Zan my worst ms was in the 2WW this time too! So strange as I never had it like that before. Of course I also never knew I was in the 2WW before bc neither of the previous two were planned pregnancies. And I worry more with this one too. I know odds are in favor of all being well, but I think the older we get the more people we know who aren't so lucky as to have healthy pregnancies and babies. It's just reality, KWIM? BUT ... odds are still very, very much in favor that all will go well for you! And for all of us, FX!

I do agree with DM ... feeling movement is HUGE in terms of settling the anxious mind of a pregnant woman! This one is pretty active and I like it right now because it is little enough to be a reminder, not a bother. But you all know how it gets when they are bigger and you're just trying to get comfortable and keep getting kicked in the ribs! Ugh!

Oh Zan, no real foggy brain for me, but insomnia for sure. Last night I went to bed at 10, couldn't fall asleep, got up from 12-1 (and had a snack :)) and then back to sleep til 7.

Princess do you normally have ms with pregnancy or is it a new symptom you can obsess over?!?! ;) Hope the doc can indeed give you something to help; I agree it is just miserable. With my 1st DD it was positively awful. Hang in there!

Princess- I really hope you feel better soon:( M/s is miserable. I really can't stand being sick all day long. I have a constant feeling of nausea in the back of my throat from the minute I get up to the minute I fall asleep. I even get it when I get up to pee my allotted 2x per night. Sigh~ I really hope it goes away soon for both of us xo
Z- I'm hoping to get it all done but the reality is I bet I won't even get half of it done:( I can only craft at night once everyone is in bed, and with the way I'm feeling at night, I'll be happy to get one hat made! Ha!
Eek! I hope the tissuey stuff wasn't from you! Another thing to worry about! It's most likely nothing though. You have a greater chance of this baby being sticky than not:) xo
Ohhh- as for announcing.....I was going to go and announce on FB today...and I'm only 10 weeks! LOL I'm not sure if I should wait to hear a hb but I don't use a doppler(only a fetoscope) and I can't hear baby until the 20+ week mark! UGH! So do I just hope that there is a little beating heart in there...obviously if I'm feeling movement something has to be alive in there! IDK. I may just say WTH and announce and if we find out later that baby is gone, then we'll deal with later. I only have people that I'm close to and chat to on my FB so it's much more private than say having 300 friends that I barely know. When are you going to announce!!!??? I have such a hard time keeping secrets! My kids knew as soon as I POAS basically, and my mom knew the next day, family at 6w.....
Oh and I don't have pregnancy brain yet...but I do have pregnancy clutziness! I hit everything with my poor toes and I trip over everything.....I hit stuff with head....I'm just a twit lately!
the pregnancy brain should kick in around the 25 week mark and stay until 6mos PP though:)

Begonia-OMG I picked my wedding ring(no engagement as I only wanted 1 ring....LOL)too! Hilarious! I am way too picky to have my hubby pick it. Poor man.
It's so exciting that you're feeling movement quite a bit! YAY! You are moving soon right? I hope I'm not getting you mixed up with someone else....sorry if I am. What types of things do you want to get ready for this new little peanut?

I'm so sorry about the m/s princesssarah, it sounds truly awful. I hope it passes quickly or that your doctor can give you something to help. When did it start for you?

begonia - I saw your bump pic on the boy thread and I would be proud of that figure at any time. Good for you :D I'm back and forwards on the finding out the sex thing too. I think I would like to wait and I'm already convinced we have a boy (self preservation - it would be foolish to think otherwise!) and I'm not even sure our hospital will give you their opinion at your 20 week scan (it varies between hospitals). I'm kind of hoping I don't get a nub shot because it'll either get my hopes up or completely dash them and I won't like it if that's all I have to go by for the rest of my pregnancy - which could end up making me find out afterall!

No more weird tissuey stuff for me (I'm beginning to think I was inspecting somebody else's innards - eww!) and I took an HPT this morning and got a BFP straight away which was very dark after the 5 minutes. I don't think I've ever taken an HPT a week after I got my first one, I just haven't worried that much!

DM - I can't wait for your big FB announcement! I've told my mum and dad, my sister and 2 friends but I'd like to wait until we've had a scan before telling the children because I don't want to tell them mummy's pregnant and then for something to be wrong iykwim, it would just be too upsetting and difficult for them to understand. I also don't want to tell my employer too soon. I'm kind of dreading that given that this will be my 4th pregnancy and maternity leave and I don't think it's going to go down well!

My boys asked me last night how a baby gets out of it's mummy and I gave it to them straight - it was so funny, they giggled for ages! I also explained the c-section option and they were far more worried about that!

I've got to go and eat - this is, I believe, my third dinner this evening ....

OMG Z I hear you on the eating! I eat ALL day. Not huge meals or anything...just a constant eating and drinking of things that will make my m/s feel better. I swear I can't go more than 30 minutes without putting food in my mouth! Never ever had this before with any of my pregnancies! Here's hoping ;)

Hey ladies - I'm going to join you here. I'm still leary of considering myself pregnant since I've had only one BFP and it was quite faint, but I'm going to hope for the best. I had a pain au chocolat for breakfast, a shwarma for lunch, and I'm planning to order a panzerotti for supper since DH is out at some fancy work dinner tonight. I'll probably gain 5 pounds today alone!!

I felt queasy all day, but I think it might have been the combination of the excitement over my BFP and the grief over my kitty dying. I really haven't had a lot of symptoms, but then again I'm only 9dpo. I have been cramping badly all day, but I just checked my pee now and it was cloudy - could it just be a bladder infection causing all the pains, or can cloudy pee be a pregnancy symptom?

I hope all you ladies with m/s get relief soon!

YA! So glad to have you here, Mocha! Do you want us to call you something else now....I feel bad seeing as it's a constant reminder of your poor kitty:(

Your breakfast sounds heavenly:) I can't eat anything with chocolate(couldn't with my other pregnancies either) or anything overly sweet for that matter but I can't wait until the m/s is gone and I can enjoy food again!!! You must be so thrilled not to have to worry about getting pregnant anymore! I know your moms trip is smack dab in the middle...but maybe you'll go 8 days late or something ;) Would she be back by then?
I was thinking....could you find someone to come to your home a few days a week- like a PP doula or something? That might help.
I think I had cloudy pee during my 2ww...full of bits etc. It was weird. I don't think I would worry unless you had the urge to pee all the time but you didn't really have to go- in combo with pain. If it's cramps, I would say totally normal:)

xo

Right now the cramps are centered around my kidneys, which is why I'm slightly concerned. Of course, if it weren't for the cloudy pee, I'd just be thinking it was a pragnancy-related backache, so who knows? I'll wait a couple of days and see if it goes away.

As for my Mom being away, what I'm most concerned about is going into labour and having no one to watch the kids. She's gone for 3 weeks starting May 31st, so I don't think it's very likely I'll have the baby while she's in the country. I do have two girlfriends who've offered to help, but they both have young kids, and I'm always terrible at accepting help from non-family!

Oh, and don't worry about calling me Mocha. It'll be a way for me to keep her memory alive. I've been Mochagirl on several sites for several years, so it would be weird for you to start calling me something else now.

No the ms is not a new thing for me! I have had it with all my pg's....they just each got less and less severe......I start out in this pg at 5 weeks with it....I don't remember having it that early before! I have been reading everyone's posts and sitting here I am trying to remember what everyone said...and i am failing at it! :oops: I will try t do better next time!
Congrats Mocha!!! Glad to have you join us here!

I'm finding it soooo weird not eating on the LE diet anymore. Z - when did it stop feeling like cheating to eat normally? I went to the grocery store today to pick up some milk, and I felt like a kid in a candy store when I realised I could buy and eat anything I want. No more poring over labels and weighing all my food to keep portion size under control. One good thing is that so far I haven't been snacking like I used to. I guess my body got used to not eating between meals - during the day at least. I still haven't managed a normal breakfast, but both today and yesterday I ate something mid-morning.

Breakfast turned my stomach for a few days and I couldn't face meat either. It only lasted a few days now I'm struggling to be good even though I don't have to be on the LE diet anymore - I ate a ridiculous amount today, my colleagues are bound to think I have bulumia now!

Speaking of colleagues, there are 2 of us who work for the same manager. The other lady is with her second partner and they each have a child from their previous partner. She's never mentioned wanting a child with her new man but she's in her late 30s so I guess now would be the time - then today she stood up quickly and said ouch and clutched her lower tummy which is exactly what I did in the office when I was pregnant with DS3 and I thought I'd given the game away. Later she was complaining of heartburn and blamed having too many cups of tea and sweets but she drinks tea and eats sweets all day every day anyway. I'm starting to think she'll have some news to break soon too - that'll be so funny!!

That is funny, Z!

Yes, I'm torn between eating anything and everything I can get my hands on and eating a well-balanced diet to make sure I don't gain too much weight in this pregnancy. I even tried to look up the number of calories I need to eat while pregnant and got such varied answers I'm more confused than ever. One website told me I need 1500 calories to maintain my BMI + 300 extra calories for pregnancy - I was aiming for 1900 calories a day in the last month on this diet (and still lost a pound), and there's no way that's enough food for a growing baby! I definitely want to put on some padding - I just don't want to gain back all 20 lbs before I'm even out of the first trimester.

Luckily I don't have any m/s yet. In fact, if I didn't have 3 tests showing me otherwise, I wouldn't believe I'm pregnant at all!

Anyone else have a craving yet??? All that sound good to me is chocolate pudding.......you know the Jello kind!! I have refrained from buy it....but it sounds so good 99% of the time!! And this ms is making everything else sound yuck! I told DH the other day I should have known I was prego when I thought that chocolate covered bacon sounded good...that was the week before my BFP!! :bigsmile:
I really wish the next few weeks would just go faster! Usually ms is over by 12 weeks...give or take a few days!
Tomorrow is our 6yr Anniversary...and we have postponed doing anything special since this ms has had me not enjoying much of anything....and I really want to enjoy being with my DH!!

I finally defrosted that chocolate fudge I bought this summer and I've been eating it with abandon. I don't know if I'd call it a craving per-say, but I'm definitely leaning towards chocolate in all my sweet indulgences. As I said, I'm kind of shocked I haven't had any m/s yet. I feel a little queasy first thing in the morning, but not enough to keep me from eating! I know they say m/s is a good sign it's a healthy pregnancy, so I hope the lack of it isn't a bad sign for me!

I made my first midwife appointment yesterday - it's not until November 8th!! I'm happy, though, because I'll have the same midwife who delivered ds3, and I looooved her! She's excited to have me back too. Even the secretary remembered me. She opened our conversation by saying 'So this is your little girl in there this time, right?'.

Hi girls, can I join in? I'm kind of bad at posting but I will try!

I have been so queasy for the last couple of weeks. I feel sick when I'm hungry and sick when I'm full. But no actual vomiting yet, so that's a good thing! I have been having super crazy vivid dreams every night which is so unusual - I never usually dream at all.

I am trying to decide what to do with my youngest (born 6/09). He is still nursing and cosleeping. I want to have him moved out of my bed before this baby comes and either into his own bed or in with his brother but it is so hard! I think my milk production has slowed a bit too, I'm not sure what will happen as time passes. My older son weaned when I was pregnant with my second but he was so much older, don't want to shortchange my second son.

I have found it so strange to give up the dieting. I have so many things I want to eat once the m/s phase passes. So far I have been loving fruit and salty popcorn.

Look forward to keeping up with you all throughout our pregnancies!

Hi tweedle, so happy to see you here!

Are you feeling that your youngest DS will move in with his big brother when he stops nursing? I was still feeding DS2 when I got pregnant with DS3 (he was 18 months) but by about 12 weeks it was really sore for me and he seemed to have to suck really, really hard so I felt my supply was dropping. If I had wanted to tandem feed them I would have got through it but it seemed pointless at that point to battle on when I knew I wanted to stop before the new baby anyway, so we quit then when he was 21 months old. I think whatever you decide you don't need to rush into making any changes - you have a good 8 months to do that :D

We're not sure where the new baby will eventually sleep either. We have 3 bedrooms - currently DH and I have one, DS1 and DS2 share and DS3 has the small room. I think the new baby should sleep with DS3 in the smaller room whether it's a girl or a boy and DH thinks that if DC4 is a girl then DS3 should go in with the other boys. Obviously not losing any sleep over this because I'm sure it'll be a boy anyway! When DS3 was a baby we only had 2 bedrooms so he slept with DH and I until he was 1 and I ended up loving it so I'm hoping to keep DC4 in our room for a similar time. We don't co-sleep (our bed is tiny!) but I'm thinking of getting a co-sleeper cot to go next to the bed so he/she is very close by. Awww, so excited at the prospect of a teeny tiny baby. I can't wait until we can tell our boys - DS1 in particular will be so thrilled!

Sorry you're feeling so sick, tweedle! I know what you mean about how strange it is to give up the diet. It's only been two days for me, but it doesn't seem real that I can eat whatever I want!

I had a bacon and cheese sandwich for dinner today!!

Z - I'm so glad you brought up sleeping arrangements because that's been stressing me out! We have a 4 bedroom house - our twins share a room and ds3 has his own room. The 4th bedroom is dh's office, which he uses a lot since he's a professor and works often from home. Here in Canada the ideal is always one kid per room...but then again most people I know don't have 4 kids! Some of my friends look at me funny when I tell them we have no plans to put the twins in their own rooms, and now that we're expecting I imagine ds3 will have to share his room too! Actually, what I'm thinking of doing is a big room switch: I might put all 3 boys in the master bedroom, which is quite large and would accommodate a bunkbed and a twin bed with lots of room to spare. DH and I could then move into his office which is the 2nd largest room, and put the baby in ds3's room, which is the smallest. DH could then have the twins' room as his new office...at least until the kids get older and start demanding more private space. Does this sound like a crazy plan? I like the idea of ds3 getting to bond with his big brothers, then maybe when the baby's old enough he could share a room with him/her for a while to bond.

Sounds yummy, Z! Maybe we should start a pregnant food thread to talk about all the yummy things we're eating! :wink: Tonight I'm making grilled cajun chicken burgers with sliced tomato and lots of cheese melted on top on a full salt bakery bun with lots of mayo. Oh, and fries on the side!!

I don't think I ever envisaged having so many children that they'd have to share bedrooms! We actually moved to our 2 bed cottage from a much bigger 4 bed house and we were only able to extend it to 3 beds. Anywaaaay, I'm so glad the eldest 2 do share because they're so close - ok, they probably sleep less than they would in their own rooms, but I think it's really cool for them. We do have a spare reception room downstairs which we currently use as a den/playroom so one of the boys could have that when he's a teenager if they want. We have no plans to move from here and I know there'll come a time when the boys are complaining that we don't have much space but I hope that when they're adults they'll appreciate that they got to spend lots of time with their siblings and to share many (too many!) giggles after lights out! I really like the idea of a big family all bundling in together even if everybody else thinks we're loopy!

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I don't think I ever envisaged having so many children that they'd have to share bedrooms! We actually moved to our 2 bed cottage from a much bigger 4 bed house and we were only able to extend it to 3 beds. Anywaaaay, I'm so glad the eldest 2 do share because they're so close - ok, they probably sleep less than they would in their own rooms, but I think it's really cool for them. We do have a spare reception room downstairs which we currently use as a den/playroom so one of the boys could have that when he's a teenager if they want. We have no plans to move from here and I know there'll come a time when the boys are complaining that we don't have much space but I hope that when they're adults they'll appreciate that they got to spend lots of time with their siblings and to share many (too many!) giggles after lights out! I really like the idea of a big family all bundling in together even if everybody else thinks we're loopy!

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We don't have a big home either and our girls double up room too, but the eldest has her own :)

Oops sorry to thread crash I thought this was the boy thread, lol

I agree, Z! When I was growing up all my brothers had to share bedrooms, and they turned out ok! I was the only girl, so I always got to have my own bedroom :bigsmile:. We also have a finished basement that they use as a playroom that I imagine one or two of them will move into as teenagers. There's also an sunroom on the main floor that it lovely in the summer but cold in the winter (it was a later add-on to the house and not properly insulted or hooked up to central heat) that could be an office for dh someday if we paid to have it made more winter-friendly.

It'll definitely be a full house, but they grow up so fast and eventually it will just be dh and I rattling around in this big house, so I want to try to enjoy the chaos while we have it!

No worries, TTC5 - we should probably be having this discussion in a more central place anyway since it has nothing to do with gender just having lots of children in general.

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It'll definitely be a full house, but they grow up so fast and eventually it will just be dh and I rattling around in this big house, so I want to try to enjoy the chaos while we have it!

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That's exactly what we think - our house would be perfect for DH and I once we're alone again (OMG, I don't even want to imagine my boys having flown the nest!!) - so it seems silly to get into more debt to get a bigger house just for the few years when they're teenagers and complaining! Anyway, we may win the lottery before then :D

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I had a bacon and cheese sandwich for dinner today!!

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Welcome back to food, Zan, LOL! I looooove bacon. BLT for lunch today! I have a couple pages to catch up on with this thread :)

No worries TTC5 :D

Mocha - we are in a central place :wink:

Oh yeah - guess we are! :oops:

All my boys share a room....barely! :fight: And we will most likely have the new baby in our area/room (it is not really a room right now but we gave up the only bedroom we have to our boys)! I would totally love to give my oldest is own room...he is 13 now...but money wise not gonna happen for a while! I have to say that we may not have the ideal house but we make it work and we have a roof over our head and food on the table! And believe me my boys lack for nothing! Some would say they are spoiled...and so what if they are....they are my boys and they mean the world to me!
And all you talking about yummy food...I want to be done with ms.....I hate this part....it even makes food taste funny so even if you are thinking oh that is gonna be so good and you get it and eat it...you go oh its not that great! I hate it!!!! :hair:

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Begonia-OMG I picked my wedding ring(no engagement as I only wanted 1 ring....LOL)too! Hilarious! I am way too picky to have my hubby pick it. Poor man.
It's so exciting that you're feeling movement quite a bit! YAY! You are moving soon right? I hope I'm not getting you mixed up with someone else....sorry if I am. What types of things do you want to get ready for this new little peanut?

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DM the crazy thing is I don't even wear my engagement ring anymore, LOL ... just my wedding band.

I am moving, great memory! We've been building a house for the past almost 7 months ... we get to move in the end of next month. I can't wait :) I want to get a room decorated for the baby! And since we have people actually paid to paint my house right now I would love to use them to do it, LOL!

Sorry you're having the constant nausea DM! That was me with DD1 :( It's TOUGH. Here's hoping it passes quickly.

I have so much to catch up on here! I think I forgot about this thread :oops:

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I had a bacon and cheese sandwich for dinner today!!

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My pregnancy diet of late has included bacon at least 2 out of 3 meals a day :oops: And a shocking amount of jalepenos, which is distinctly a pregnancy thing for me. I've always loved bacon but am not generally a spicy food fan... I don't mind it but won't seek it out. These days I seek it out! Pregnancy cracks me up!

Princess go get chocolate pudding cups, LOL! Those aren't bad! High calcium! Make your own pudding and it really would have some great benefits... protein, antiox in the chocolate ... I can rationalize anything :cool:

My 2 girls share a room now and will in our new home, though there will be plenty of room for them to split up, and eventually for each of my 3 to have their own room should they choose. We'll see how it goes but I'm a big fan of them continuing to share for a long while. We will have a nice size game room so I don't see the need for them to have their own bedrooms; all they will be doing in there is sleeping.

And ... I caved, I totally, completely caved and I'm slightly ashamed of myself to admit it. But I scheduled an elective scan for Monday. I don't like the not knowing. It isn't fun for me at all, it's torture. I want to enjoy the pregnancy and I feel like instead of thinking about how fun it is to feel a baby again I keep thinking about WHAT IS IT. And I really, really think I put my GD to bed after DD2, so I'm relatively sure I'll be a-ok with hearing girl again.

DH doesn't know and I am not telling a soul IRL, not my BFF, not my mom, not anyone, because I feel like DH's surprise should be ALL his and no one should get to know before him. Except for everyone here, LOL.

So anyhow ... I'll update Monday when I know. I'm having them write it down rather than tell me straight out on the table; I want to have my private moment. And I'm bringing some of my favorite photos from my girls as babies so that I can remember how darling they were (and are) and I know that will help IF I feel a bit down. But I genuinely think I'll be fine! FX!

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Princess go get chocolate pudding cups, LOL! Those aren't bad! High calcium! Make your own pudding and it really would have some great benefits... protein, antiox in the chocolate ... I can rationalize anything :cool:

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I totally was thinking to myself today....I am so gonna go buy me some Jello chocolate pudding!! I love the kind you make at home cause you get a whole lot more than in the little cups!! :bigsmile:

And GL begonia on Mondays scan!!!:fingers:

AWWW Begonia (((HUGS))) I'm truly excited for you!! I can't wait to hear the exciting news!
I may be doing the same thing! LOL! Who knows! I hope your move goes smoothly! How exciting!

Talking about sleeping arrangements.....my 2 eldest share a large room with bunks, we have a spare for guests and my little guy is still cosleeping with us. We have sidecarred our crib- so one side of it is taken down and it's pushed up beside our bed(level) and my little guy sleeps in it instead of between us. I really love having a large space for him as they grow out of the smaller cosleepers so fast. I think we'll end up having Dh sleep beside him, next to the sidecar crib, for a bit once the new babe arrives and we'll stick the new little munchkin between us. It'll be a tight squeeze for a bit but oh well. Unless we end up moving to a bigger house in the next 10 years, they'll be sharing rooms for quite some time and I have to say I don't mind and neither do they. Did you know that many families in Japan have a common sleeping area and they all cosleep:) They have incredible tight knit families as well. I think it's sweet.

So I went to my Dr. to get a blood req and an u/s req for 18w just in case I wanted to use it...and my DR was a douche. Ugh. She looked at me like I was nuts when I told her plans to homebirth with an independent midwife. Plus she offered to try to listen to baby with the doppler and I said no, it wasn't necessary, she looked at me like I was even crazier...and then to top it off I was making small talk with her and I asked what her third baby was(first 2 were girls) and she told me boy. (This was right after she asked me if I was praying for a girl!) I said "Oh how cool! Third time lucky!" And she gave me this smug look and said, "No. A healthy baby is lucky." What an f'n cow. At that point I wanted to leave but I needed to get my blood testing stuff first. Ugh. I think I'll ask to see a different Dr. the next time I go in. And to think she's my family Dr. I was fuming.

Anyway, I love how busy this thread is!!! Z and M...our little chatterboxes!!!! Tee hee hee:) xoxoxo

Gosh DM sorry you have such a sucky doctor! So Begonia is finding out, DM are you still team green? I posted in march due date but I'm on the fence still! Begonia--GL on your U/S monday! I'll be thinking of you!

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Originally Posted by DoulaMama

AWWW Begonia (((HUGS))) Anyway, I love how busy this thread is!!! Z and M...our little chatterboxes!!!! Tee hee hee:) xoxoxo

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Sorry your doctor was such an arse. After I had DS2 (the one who was born at home not breathing) we had to take him for a brain scan in the hospital. This was 3 days after I'd had him so my hormones were crashing anyway and obviously we'd been through a traumatic few days. The first thing thing the doctor doing the scan said was 'see, this is why we have babies in hospitals'. I was so upset - of course I thought of a hundred smart retorts afterwards and I think my favourite (in my head!) was 'b*stard doctors with no bedside manner like you are the reason ladies choose to have babies at home'!

Begonia - I'm so excited for you for Monday! I know it's been eating you up so I'm sure it's the right thing to do. I'll be stalking you that day!! I had chilli flavoured mayo in my bacon sandwich, it was yummy!

Glittergirl - I'm on the fence too. I actually wish I'd never heard of nub theory because I could quite happily look at my 12 week scan and have no idea that there's a clue in there as to the baby's gender - I'm kind of hoping I won't get a nub shot or see anything on the screen at the ultrasound. If I do and I get lots of guesses one way or the other which either gets my hopes up or dashes them then I'll probably find out - I'd rather know for sure than just a nub guess which may or may not be right - because however it looks from the nub I know my heart will start to believe if enough people agree, even though I know it's not necessarily accurate.