Due in December/January/February 2013/14

[meeks32]

Hey can anyone else that's still early feel their bump yet?

I have been showing for a few weeks but this morning when I lay on my back I could feel a distinct grapefruit sized hard ball quite high up (like half way between my belly button and pelvic bone), I thought it was supposed to stay down and hidden by the pelvic bone until 12+ weeks? I was def my bump and I had an empty bladder thanks to being up all night with a sick ds1. I am 9.5 weeks.

Not worried just fascinated! No wonder I had to pull out my maternity jeans.

I am also feeling the odd flutter of movement.

[fourthtimesacharm]

It's a BOY

Omg!! Congrats girl!! Wowee I'm sure your excited, I know I would be!!! I'm so happy for you and your family!!

[myrainbowgirl]

Rainbow-DS1 at 6wks was on the left. Scan done abdominally.
DS2 at 7wks was on the right. Scan done vaginally.
3.0 at 7 wks is on the right side. Scan done abdominally.

So if you reverse the scan no matter how the picture is taken then DS2 should be a girl! Hmmmm leaves a lot of room for doubt! Hope that helps ease your mind a bit! Glad baby is looking good with a strong HB! Congrats!

Thanks for your encouragement. I was actually feeling kinda sad and upset tonight because of it! I need to CHILL.

Anyone else? Where were your babies implanted on your early ultrasounds, and what are their genders? Thanks!

P.S. I may be gone for a little while...going on vacation and need to unplug with the fam for a bit. Will catch up soon!

[Tree]

Myrainbowgirl my early scan showed the baby to be boy side. But I have a Doppler and found the heartbeat just to the left of my middle. I figured at such an early gestation the baby and placenta are all next to eachother so that was a reliable indication of implantation... I wasn't sure if I believed in Ramzi, it's hard to tell with all the opposing research but then that's all been done by lay people analysing their scan pics with no clue of the angle the pic was taken (apparently this makes a huge difference) and whether it was flipped or not. There was no Doppler research at all, but for me, as I said I found the heartbeat on the left, and sure enough I'm having a girl.
It would be interesting to know if there was anything to the Doppler theory, my prediction is it would be more than 50% reliable if done at an early enough gestation but not by much so plenty of room for error.

[Waiting4Daisy]

The Ramzi thread on ig had a lot of opposites. I wouldn't worry. As far as I know vaginal scans are not flipped but your doc can choose to flip scans to see different things so the only way to know 100% what side is to ask.

I don't think your chances are any less of having a girl so don't worry.

[aftmjt]

Omg!! Congrats girl!! Wowee I'm sure your excited, I know I would be!!! I'm so happy for you and your family!!

Thanks I know it's sssssoooo exciting I really didn't think it was possible, I know you are brewing blue too

[Tree]

Aft are you telling people? We are keeping it a surprise until the baby is born... So hard not being able to talk about it when I really want to!!!

[meeks32]

I've been thinking about the whole telling people thing. I think my plan is to tell everyone we will find out at the 20w scan, but have a sneaky scan at 16 weeks so we have a few weeks to process it all before telling people.

Dh's mum has been so at me to have a girl, that if its a boy I feel like announcing to her by saying "well we are happy, but you probably won't be, it's a BOY". But then I know I'm not that gutsy in real life. In my head its such an awesome comeback for all the pressure she adds. Sigh.

I am also too terrible a liar to hide it for long once we know!

Ps with Ramzi I'm not convinced on the accuracy either given that there can be confusion during scans. I asked my doc which side I ovulated from and which side it was implanted and she said left for both. The pic she gave me shows it on the left too so I guess she didn't flip my vaginal scan. However intelligender said boy so who knows!!

[aftmjt]

Aft are you telling people? We are keeping it a surprise until the baby is born... So hard not being able to talk about it when I really want to!!!

First think me and DH did when we got bk was tell everyone it's to exciting not to, plus I think I would have burst keeping it secret lol

[black&gold]

myrainbowgirl - I have no idea what any of my babies have been as I've never had an ultrasound between 6-8 weeks. I did a lot of reading of forums etc. the beginning of this week just out of curiosity and it seems like there are so many opposites. You definitely have to ask the tech what side it is for sure as you can never tell by the picture because you'll never know if they flipped it or not. Also, ramzi wrote in his theory that if a baby implanted on the opposite side to what he thinks is supposed to happen (so girl implants on right instead of left) it has a 50-75% chance of birth defects or chromosome problems... which I REALLY don't believe is true - especially from all the opposites I've seen and no one mentioning problems! The whole things seems a little weird so I wouldn't worry!