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Hi! Gender ultrasound today!!!! Yay! Hope everyone is feeling ok!
Good luck today!!! How very exciting :) Fingers eyes and toes crossed you hear you have a healthy pink bean in there!!!!
Angie
Good luck Abi!
And thanks sweet dream. I didn't want to start one, since I technically dont belong on this thread ;)
Hope everyone is doing well. I am 10 weeks today. 2.5 weeks til my NT scan. I'm getting excited to see baby again. This is my first preg since my first where I have not had a ton of first tri scans (7,8,9,12 weeks with #2, 6,9,10,11 with #3). So I can't wait to see how the munchkin has grown. I hear the HB on Doppler every 4-5 days. I only try then. Babe is located just to my right side, halfway between my belly button and pubic bone. Fairly easy to find. HB is around 150 each time. So I do know things are going smoothly even without scans.
Thnx sweet dream!
Good luck Abi, I'll be excitedly waiting for ur update! Fingers crossed xx
How exciting that ur NT scan is coming up Hotdogz, it must be so good to be able to check on the Doppler too. I wish we had one, but everytime I jump on eBay to have a look I never get around to it, and figure it's getting too late now as I am getting the start of bubs kicking.
Hope everyone is well xo
I love my doppler! Baby's heartbeat is right around the 150 mark too. It's a lovely way to end the eve, listening to the heartbeat (not every eve, but I almost exclusively do it in the eve when I do).
Abifasc -- where the heck are you? I came here to stalk for results and.....nada!!!!! Thinking of you.
Angie
I'm gonna try if we can continue the conversation here LOL.
Abi. I've responded on you other thread. what a beautiful boy you have there. and such a lovely name! I know he will concur your heart.
I hope you can keep continue being this strong but I know you'll be fine! but if you do crash at some point. I think it's normal. You've gained a amazing son but lost the girl in your heart at this point. (I've been there. and indeed GD with DS3 was less then with DS2. But I don't want to experience it again so we still go for the surprise (I'm convinced it's a boy so..))
crazycat! what a wonderful nub. I hope it's your GD!
Daisymoo Congrats! your NUB was already very promising. I can only imagine how you must feel!
I'm doing ok. the nausea has been in the background for a week now. Got headaches in return. but he... LOL. My belly is growing and I already feel big.. (Sigh... no fun being this heavy)
I still have the Idea it's another boy. what else could it be.. I've got the feeling it's not for me. but I will love him to pieces.
A name is only soooo hard... I love English names, but most don't pronounce well in our language.
We seem to have a girls name at this point. but not a boys name yet.
Can't we make a list? of who is in the Due date group. when they are due. what they are having or if it's team green.
I feel like the ones who didn't get there dream gender could be more supported that way? So they don't feel left out?
Hi ladies I lost this thread so I'm sorry I haven't messaged! I'm doing good. I honestly had a hard time Monday night just getting over the shock and loss of the daughter I was so sure I had. I'm not disappointed that it's a boy, just really surprised...I really didn't entertain the fact that it was a boy. The morning sickness and meat aversions had me totally convinced. Now I'm a lot better and really excited now. I love having two boys and three will be great. I still will be active here :)
Oh Abi! What a positive attitude you have! I am sure that I will be in the same boat as you when it comes time to find out. I had not had super strong feelings either way, but I was hopeful the baby might be a girl.
I just had my NT scan this week. Similar to Crazycat's experience, I went in asking about nub theory and got a bad reaction. She said that nub theory was ridiculous and that people put so much pressure on them to know way too early and that was not the purpose of this scan. Then my husband chimed in with all he cares about is a healthy baby and I felt really dumb and totally judged by them. It seemed to me that she tried to avoid the whole area on purpose except when she needed to be there and even then, she didn't push too deep to get a good shot (if that even makes sense). I thought I saw a couple of glimpses of a long flat like that looked kinda forked at the end which gave me hope but when my husband shared one of the pictures she gave us, my fiend who also knows about nub theory said it looked boyish to her. I explained the situation to her but it didn't really sway her opinion much but she said her fingers were crossed for us. So now I am disappointed and doubting what I saw when I was there bc I really don't know how good I am at all of this and maybe I just saw what I wanted to see because I want it so badly.
Here is the pic I have of it.
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I can't see a clear nub. So many stripes. Hope its your girl
Aw, sorry Future, that baby is arching. No guess I can make from that would mean anything. Pretty baby, though :)
Lillith. I find that the name Elia is a boys name. Its in our country. Don't know bout were your from.
Yah!!! For a scan futureminime sorry the tech didn't give you a little help :( . Can you book a private scan?? I wouldn't worry about one persons opinion, it could have been a funny angle?
Yah!!!! Yahmama for HH boy xxxx
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Future, sweet baby! I can't make a definite guess on the nub. I hope you get to find out soon!
What an adorable baby, future! Sorry you had a poor experience. That's why I didn't even ask about a nub....just tried to keep my eyes peeled.
You have a great attitude Abifasc! That's how I'm thinking about baby. Although, I'm pretty sure it's a boy....so I won't have that shock. I even dreamed the baby was a boy last night. I think three sons will be great. The saddest part (silly, I know) is that I won't be able to call DS2 my babiest boy anymore :(
I'm started to cave with the whole team green thing. I keep seeing cute things for boys and girls and want to buy stuff!!!!! Ugh.
Angie
I'm sure mine is a boy too angie.. but it's not because of a nub or something.. but feeling.
But it's because I just couldn't imagine it is a girl. My mom is completely convinced it's a girl. (hope she's right)
I've dreamt 3times already it's a boy. the last one it was a girl though. My mom had found out and she told me. I couldn't believe it. and I didn't believe it. THIS baby is a boy! again. lol.
but I feel comfort in the knowledge that feelings and dreams don't say a thing.
Not caving in on the team green yet though! lol.
I just feel respect for those who did found out and didn't get there DG. I just feel weak for not wanting to experience those emotions and sticking my head in the sand. but. it's the best thing for me now.
@names.
a girls name we already have. but another boys name. And the names my boys have we don't want to put on a forum. so ..
but crazycat
I really like Declan! it's so awesome and I can really picture a boy but also a though guy!
If your husband doesn't like Coda how about Cody.
dylan I find it "normal" next to Lyra.
In our country Fender is a name that is introduced couple years back by a famous person. (since then it's used more often)
it's the name of a special guitar.
Sweedream- my boy thoughts are not nub related. I just don't think I'm going to get a chance to raise a girl. And, if that's what is to be, it shall be!
Angie
Thanks everyone. It is nice to still be able to hold out hope. I really didn't think you could see a nub in the picture I was given but I am far from an expert.
Congrats to everyone else who have had great scans and to those who have gotten the little boys and girls they were trying for! I am not sure that I will be able to join your club but i love our boy name so I can be excited about that!
I love everyone's name ideas too. Elia sounds beautiful and I love Declan! I don't know how to explain what type of names we lean towards. Except for our 5 year old, our names have never been on the top of the charts or anything. We have a Jacob (and it was actually on the top the year he was born but we didn't know it), and a Derek. For this baby we are going with Nathan (the last little boy name that I absolutely love) middle name Thomas, and Sarah for a girl (I didn't love love it but DH picked it and I get to use my mom's middle name as the middle name for her so it would be Sarah Evelyn).
The first time I was pregnant I wanted to go with Charlotte or Lorilei or something like that but DH wasn't on board. Turned out not to matter much anyway. He likes names that he grew up around rather than the newer trendy names or the old ones being revived.
I love nathan! Beautiful name.
Angie I feel the same. But I can be down if I let that feeling in too much. I wanted a sister since I was little. And a daughter for ever. Bit somehow i've always felt that was ment for other ppl Ans not me. And that hurts.
:( I've always wanted daughters too. I think I can talk a brave game, but when the time comes, I'm sure it will hit me harder than I think. I was hit with DS2 with more force than I thought I would. I felt so sad that I felt so sad... I'm sure much of my talk is a defense mechanism. Maybe, just maybe, if I convince myself it doesn't REALLY matter, I won't be too crushed (my thought process). I just keep picturing myself with 3 boys and what life will be like because I'm too afraid to picture myself with the daughter I long for. It's such a difficult process....
Hugs,
Angie
I want to give you a hug. I can tell from experience that a third boy is in fact special. There were many moments before we tried to TTC again and even while we were, that I found a girl wasn't needed. That my Fam was cool the way it was.
Now I am pg I do worry. I know I will love a fourth Son. I know it will be special and perfect. But I will need to have him in my arms to accept that.
And I feel so stupid. Someone close to me is pg. She wants a girl as badly as I.
I'm scared she will have her and I won't.
My mother tells me for a while she really thinks I'm pg with a girl.. I just don't believe it. I can't. I want to guard my heart. And I do that talk too. Too others. I want to avoid baby's gender talk. It hurts Either way. Boy way because when he is he's loved! And girl talk cause I just don't want to hope.
(Did buy Some girls clothes though. Want to hope and dream in private sometimes)
I feel the same Angie, our boys are about the same age.Just before my BFP I asked my youngest what would I call him if we have a third boy he said well I would still be your little boy and the baby would be the littlest :) soooo cute!! My eldest ruined it a little by saying no! You would be the middle boy hehe xxxxx
Yahmama, thanks for the spelling suggestion, but Aleeah (I know, one extra "e" from the way you spelled it) is the name one of the trashy Teen Mom girls gave her daughter. I kind of liked Elia, but a lot of the appeal was the fact that it was a name from our favorite fantasy series, and changing the spelling would take even that away :(
For GoT names, I prefer Danaerys, Khaleesi, Ygritte and even Melisandre. I know, I'm totally weird. My top name picks are still Tierra, Rhiannon, and Kaia. From Arthurian legend, I love Ceinwyn (pronounced cane-win,) Nimue, and Lyonesse, but I think of these more as middle names. I think DH and I are in for a LONG battle... not unlike before! Both our boys were named several hours after they were born. The name fight literally last that long.
okay, so I think I'm caving about finding out the gender of baby blob. Just for "curiosity's" sake -- what do you think is the earlies an ultrasound can be accurate for gender? I'm reading some that say 16 weeks, others say 18. I'm only 13w5d, but baby is measuring (approx) 15w1d based from my last ultrasound that put baby about 10 days ahead. So if baby is bigger, would you think I could *theoretically* go in for an ultrasound end of next wee, beginning of the following week and have it be accurate?
I have a dr's appointment on Tuesday and plan to ask about the anatomy scan and if I should go at 18w gestationally or by size (I'm guessing she's going to say gestationally).
I'm starting to drive myself a little crazy. Of course, I'm going to let DH think he "convinced" me to find out :P
Any thoughts?
Angie
I found out with 15wks with 2 sons!
Micah was extremely obviously a boy at 15w1d!! So was ds2 at the same gestation.
I would NOT go for a gender guess by measurement, only one by actual age. I've seen too many women whose babies were measuring way ahead use the measurement date only to end up being told the wrong gender.
I *personally* would not trust an ultrasound before 18 weeks. If you are told boy at a 15 week US, I'm sure it's a boy, but I wouldn't trust a girl gender assignment until later, simply because it's easier to hide the bits until later. This was advice given to me by a tech, and I think it was great advice for someone with my extreme GD issues.
Most of the girl gender ultrasounds at 16 weeks are absolutely correct, but I wanted to be sure before I got super excited and started setting my heart on a future with a daughter.
Good luck! Whatever you choose to do, please let us know your results... we're all dying to know :)
Angie - I can totally understand your eager to know! I am also counting the days and a few weeks have never seemed longer than now. I have 3,5 weeks until my next booked scan (at 18,5 weeks) and I just don't know how to make time pass quicker. I have been thinking about booking a scan earlier, but there are no places here nearby that do gender scans privately (almost all maternity care in Sweden is public so other places are rare and it's not possible to get extra scans just out of curiosity). And when I think about it rationally, it might be for the best since recommendations for gender scans are around those weeks. But emotionally I'd wanna have another one today, if only to have another nub shot.
And talking about nub shots, looked at your scan but can't see any clues! Hoping for a pink little bundle in there though!
Ah, had no clue there was another thread started- thanks for pointing that out!
I would also say to wait till a few weeks later to find out gender only bc if it's not clear it'd probably drive you crazier thinking about it.
My Dr even likes to wait till 20 wks to do anatomy scan bc you they get a clearer view of the heart. I think that's why they've been starting to give the Panorama to everyone so that most will go ahead and find out then wait till 20 wks for the scan- but everywhere is different.
Finally got caught up on the new thread :-) Lots of fun names convos!! Lilith, I love all your GoT names!
I am in awe of you ladies that can stay team green, but Angie, we will welcome you over to the dark side happily, lol :-) I too am impatient and found a place that says they can do gender scans at 14 weeks! With our daughter, we did an early sneak peak at 16 weeks on the dot, and she was measuring right on. We felt pretty confident in it though because she was spread eagle with her but up in the air, so we got a very easy potty shot, lol, and it was quite obvious at that time. For this baby, we have our scan scheduled with a private place for Thursday. We'll only be 14w1d, and that's actually stretching it because the doc let us move the due date based on the scan since our daughter came naturally so early. I'm a little nervous it's going to be too early, so I likely won't breath too easily until we have our anatomy scan at 20 weeks and confirm, but at least with trying for a boy, I'm hoping there will be something to see! This woman who does the scans seems to have lots of experience and said 14w1d was perfect! I just hope she's right!!
Hey Angie I also found out at 15 weeks, it was pretty clear bub was a boy. I never found out for my DDs so I don't know how early u can tell. I would say if ur going to do it at 15 weeks do it according to gestational dates rather than what baby is measuring as u will hopefully get a more accurate picture.
how exciting! Xo
Lilith I read that Khaleesi (for girls) and Tyrion (for boys) are the most popular names from GoT this year, and I think Arya wasn't far behind.
Crazycat I was thinking about interesting names that had a musical theme and thought about Zephyr. It means a light breeze, but ofcourse it's from the chilli peppers song which I thought was cool. It's an interesting boys name and I think very different too 😊
So this is where you are all hiding out! I knew the other thread was a bit quiet! I love your name choices girls Great names so far I love playing around with names This time around I'm thinking of Ellie, Beth, Mia, Charlotte or Isabel but will no doubt change my mind a hundred times over!
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Gorgeous names daisymoo!! Have you shopped up a storm? Xx
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P.s all ladies who want too we have a secret Facebook group! Come and join us.... Details over at due april/may thread x
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Thanks Kitkat Would you believe I have only bought two dresses and one cardigan! Think I'm still in disbelief! Hope to do lots of shopping soon! How are you feeling? Do you have morning sickness?
Can't join ye on Facebook as I'm not on Facebook so think I'll hang out here!
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Oncue, that is cute :-) I've added it to my list! Thanks!!
Daisymoo, those are adorable names - all very sweet for a little girl :-)
How's everyone feeling these days? I know I'm one of the latest due dates, so hopefully pretty much everyone here is in the "good" part of the 2nd tri. I feel like I'm almost there, but since I'm still taking these pills, the tiredness just won't let up! I feel like if I don't get a nap every day, I am just dragging by 5pm. Most days, I can sneak one in, but sometimes I can't, and the evenings are just so rough then. With my daughter, the MS stopped about 15 weeks, so I might try and ween off the pills around then and see how I do. I'd much rather be tired than nauseous though!
I love reading about names! I guess I'm a little more traditional when it comes to name than some. My boys are Alexander and Thomas. And I'm leaning towards Charlie (Charles or Charlotte, though I'm not a huge fan of Charles)....I just really like Charlie. We haven't discussed names AT ALL. DH does not want to discuss boy names (because we're "thinking positive", lol and I can't bring myself to discuss girl names. We tossed a few around before becoming preggo, but nothing since. Every once in awhile I'll throw a name out that I like, but it's almost always a boy name.
Had another it's a boy dream last night. It was bizarre. I think it's because I was talking to a friend about finding out vs waiting and she was like, but you really wanted to wait, it's your last chance, if that's what you really want, you should do it...which threw me back into my internal struggle/debate. So hard to decide!!!
As for symptomes -- I think we're all finally hitting the second trimester. I do not feel pregnant at all. Not one iota. I have to tell you, it's alittle unnerving. I had so few symptoms with my boys, but this is so extreme!!! Even the tiredness and flatulance has subsided. No movement yet so I lug out the doppler every once in awhile for some reassurance. I wish I could own an ultrasound machine!!!!
I still feel detached in an odd way with this pregnancy. Yes, I do know it's happening, I do read everyday about what is happening, but it STILL does not feel real to me in the slightest. I do not talk about it lots -- I don't know what is going on here. I really wanted to enjoy my last pregnancy and it feels like it's not really happening. So bizarre. I cannot wait till baby's wriggling around and I can feel him/her to remind me of the miracle that's growing inside me.
Enough rambling from me :P
Angie
I might have shared my names before, but my boys are Adrian Samuel and Owen Judah. I like names that are uncommon but not weird or difficult to spell or pronounce. Dh likes very traditional, classic names. This baby is Micah roman, as you all know and the name I've loved the longest. My youngest brother is named Micah and I've loved it since he was born and asked my mom if I could use it for a future son. Roman is the name of a Christian fiction hero in a book series I loved as a teenager. My dh is half Italian so I've tried to find names that pay homage to hat, and each boy has a biblical name too. Our girl name was/is AnaSofia and we'll use that if God blesses us with a daughter someday.
I'm feeling better. Still getting sick about twice a week. Still having aversions to meat but I can eat chicken if it's fried- although it still makes me sick. Someone blessed us with a ton of really nice baby boy clothes and gear so I'm definitely feeling much more excited a bout boy #3!