Due in March/April/May 2013 Roll call!

[ThreeMenAndALAdy]

Rosie it that going on right now?

[Rosie85]

THe nasty cold weather? Yup. Actually it snowed yesterday but it all melted.

[NCBeachyGrl]

Thanks. You seem like you're doing better today. I LOVE the name Eli!!!

I woke up this AM really sad and cried for the first part of the day and then I went and picked up the boys from preschool and they were so sweet and we talked about the baby and I realized it will all be OK. Then I started thinking about my plan for #4 and it got me feeling much better!

[auroara78]

NC, just for some perspective, I was really crushed when I found out DS2 was a boy. It wasn't that I didn't want a boy, it was just making me obsessive that I wanted to "lock in" at least one daughter. After I found out DS2 was a boy we went out to eat and I was so glum my DH said "look we can try again for a girl..." and I was still pregnant with DS2 when I was trying to figure out the hows and when of concieving my DD. There is a 3 and a half year gap between DS1 and 2; DD was concieved when DS2 was almost 8 monhs old, but sitll 7 months old!! Right now, living it, it is pretty crazy, DS2 is still in diapers and gets annoyed when I'm feeding the baby a lot, but my DH helps out a lot with DS2 and DS1 helps too, but I really feel like not giving my body time to recover from DS2's pregnancy really really swayed for me at least!

After the c-section, I felt it...I bouced back really fast from DS1 and 2's c-sections and pregnancy, but this one has been tough, but the reward has been so worth it...everyday I marvel and it amazes me that I actually have a daughter--that she is here in the flesh. It also made me appreciate my boys in new ways, and helped clear up the fog of longing.

I think your new sway plan sounds fabulous, and I know BF'ing isn't a magic pink bullet, but it does seem to sway pink quite often. As far as timing goes, my DH and I prob got pregnant with Lillian with sex in the am of the day I ovulated. I think timing is totally worthless. I think maternal condition/diet reigns supreme over anything else.

BTW, I am such a thread stalker! You guys are all sooo funny, and I love reading this thread!

Good luck tomorrow Rosie, I pray you will hear pink and go shopping...and Tiff, I def. think you should consider going for a 5th. My sister has 5 (1 DD, 4 boys after) and she loves having 5 and says that it's not any harder than 4, so I guess see how 4 goes and then add on if you really want to follow your dream. I can say in all honesty that I am so happy we went and tried again and had DD.

[Butterfly Spirit]

Yucky storms. Here we have freezing cold temps and heavy wind with snowflakes. It is NASTY outside.

Don't you just hate that? It's like.. can we get through Halloween and Thanksgiving first before the dang snow arrives?

[suregena]

Wow suregena your one amazing bf queen! I only bf ds1 for 6 months ds2 for 4 months and ds3 for 2 months. Hopefully I can do it this time a little longer plus get pg as well lol xx

I just decided nothing else would do, and it was all I did... I'm not sure what the protocol is in US Hospitals or elsewhere, but here it's important to begin breastfeeding after birth ASAP after birth... and, well, not do timed feeds... only feed on demand. And no supplementation. It's a give and take and if you don't tell your body to make it, it will start to decrease. So since I have such a big interest in pregnancy/birth/beyond, I was pretty read up on it and knew what I wanted and was going to do... and did, it's awesome. I'll support you with this bub! <3 <3 Let me know if you ever need any advice!

I want to become (in the short-term goal) a doula and lactation consultant... and in a long-term goal, a midwife.

[Rosie85]

I wish it would wait until the day before Christmas Eve to snow..... haha

[Butterfly Spirit]

I just decided nothing else would do, and it was all I did... I'm not sure what the protocol is in US Hospitals or elsewhere, but here it's important to begin breastfeeding after birth ASAP after birth... and, well, not do timed feeds... only feed on demand. And no supplementation. It's a give and take and if you don't tell your body to make it, it will start to decrease. So since I have such a big interest in pregnancy/birth/beyond, I was pretty read up on it and knew what I wanted and was going to do... and did, it's awesome. I'll support you with this bub! <3 <3 Let me know if you ever need any advice!

I want to become (in the short-term goal) a doula and lactation consultant... and in a long-term goal, a midwife.

My little guy who's 2.5 still demands to nurse even though I swear there is nothing in there! I feel bad for him, and tell him that baby sister needs it to grow. He still does it though, it puzzles me! I guess it's the closeness and comfort bond.

[Rosie85]

Ya know I could probably kick myself right now. When DS2 was 3 months old our contraception failed...I took the morning after pill because the last thing I wanted was to get pregnant. It probably would have been my girl :-(

[Butterfly Spirit]

Ya know I could probably kick myself right now. When DS2 was 3 months old our contraception failed...I took the morning after pill because the last thing I wanted was to get pregnant. It probably would have been my girl :-(

So is your scan today or tmw? I was thinking Friday for some reason. You still have a great chance of having a girl in there woman!