November 2013 babies!

[Lizzie Lizard]

Hi Teacup and 3blue, but sorry it's too late... haha! Just kidding! Welcome! I bet both your 20 week scans are coming up. Mine seems to be the last... ugh. 3blue, I don't do nub guesses... I have no idea. Maybe you already know, but there is another thread for nub shots, I think. You could try posting it there (if you want some guesses!) I think it's under gender prediction?

I hear you, dreaminginoz. Today I am shockingly ok with it all and not anxious. Yesterday was a different story. Who knows what tomorrow holds! I am sure they would take a peek at your amnio, too. Why not?

I am going to my OB tomorrow. (I had to move up my appointment 1 week since I am going out of town.) My friend was telling me to fake not being able to hear the heartbeat somehow so I could get an ultrasound and find out the gender. ha. My OB is so stingy with u/s that I know that won't happen. She farms all her patients out to a specialist for the 12 and 20 week scans and he tells me the gender. I think I will have to wait till July 1st.

Zem7, I cannot believe you are still sick. You poor thing!! Hang in there. You must be skinny! That is good. I am close to busting out my maternity pants. I haven't yet though. I don't know why I feel the need to fight it. ha

xoxo

[bythestream]

welcome teacup, sorry for your losses.

[zem7]

Does being skinny have anything to do with MS?!?! If I would have known that I would have packed on some pounds all the other times I was pregnant!! lol. I guess you could call me skinny. I am 5 ft. (maybe 5ft 1, on a good day lol) I started out at 120 pounds and went down to 106, because of how sick I got. I am not up to 110 pounds at last apt. I am still sick as a dog. I may get one day here and there that I don't feel so bad, but most days I feel HORRABLE! The only thing I can do is lay down. That is another problem of mine, I am still wanting to sleep all the time. Sort of hard when I have 4 kids already, who are all home from school. My oldest is 7,6,3 (4in aug), and 1......Just wish it would all ease up, I don't think I ever had anything like this long in my last 4 pregnancies. Oh welcome to everyone new!!

[zem7]

Oh and on a happy note, I am sure now that I have been feeling the baby move. I was sitting down today and felt 5 bumps, very baby like ones (if you know what I mean by that). It has happened 2 times today!! lol So I am sure now that is what I have been feeling since about mid 13 weeks. Do you think its because this is my 5th baby?

[bythestream]

Im sorry you are still feeling sick Zem. Are you taking any vitamins or anything. I have heard magnesium deficiency can make morning sickness worse.

oh and jealous about you feeling movement, my placenta is anterior and covering the whole front of my uterus so no movements here yet.

[dreaminginoz]

Welcome teacup

zem7 - not to early to feel baby moves at all... i think esp cause your not eating much its easier to feel movements on an empty stomach- up to last week i was hardly eating anything and could feel bub move a few times a week ( i was 13wks) but now im starting to feel better and eating more i haven't felt anything.

Lizzie - i hope July comes fast for you!! I will be having my anatomy scan at 20wks in July too, its only because of the amnio results that i will know what gender im having...actually i wont get the results of that till almost July, June 24/25th i think the results get back...so you wont be far off me

BabyGirl - That makes sense about the scan and the nub, cant wait to see some of your baby girl purchases!! pls post them so we can get our pink fix here!

[Lizzie Lizard]

Hi girls,

Went to my OB today and heard the heartbeat. I asked her what the heartbeat sounded like to her... she said boy. I know heartbeats aren't that accurate, but I am guessing my 50 year old OB can has heard lots of heartbeats in her time and probably pretty good at guessing.

One of my girlfriends came with me to the appointment, just because she is between jobs and we were going to lunch together after. It was nice to have her there and keep things in perspective. She is not even dating anyone and wants kids. She knows I wanted a girl, but any more than a brief discussion about it with her seemed self-indulgent as I sit married and pregnant.

This is good... it continues to keep me focused on I am really having a boy. I called my mom and husband and broke down a little, but doing better than the skull theory fiasco of last week. haha More than the skull theory I think I am fighting my gut feeling that it is a boy. (Another friend told me it isn't a gut feeling, its a gut fear! That made me laugh.)

Anyway, just had to share!! Thanks for listening. I do think I will ask the doc at my gender scan to put the gender in an envelope. (What do you all think of that?) I know I will still be a little disappointed and I just would be so embarrassed to shed a small tear on his table . It seems so silly in the big picture of things. As my OB said, the only thing that matters is the heartbeat is strong and steady- just as your baby sounds. It's so true. xoxo

[bythestream]

Lizzie, so glad you got to hear a heartbeat. I'm really surprised your ob guessed based on that because I thought it was a myth about them sounding different. I think the envelope is a good idea but I think if it was me I'd be looking and guessing anyway so I may as well know then and there. I didn't cry there at the ultrasound with ds2 but I think I was in shock, I was sure he would be a girl. I think I'll be a lot more realistic this time, my motto is assume boy until you hear otherwise.

[Lizzie Lizard]

Thanks, bythe******. You are so good. Are you a professional counselor or something? I would hire you to discuss all my problems in a second! I am sure you are the best mom!! It surprised me too she took a guess of the gender from the heartbeat. That is what makes me think there is something to it. She always laughs off when I tell her things about boy vs. girl (like what side I ovulated on or where my placenta is), but she didn't hesitate on the heartbeat. BTW, my placenta is anterior too (didn't you say yours was?) I thought I have been feeling some movement, but now it makes me think it has been in my head. What side did you ovulate on? She couldn't tell with me. First she said right, but then she said I had something on my left ovary too so she just said inconclusive.

I wondered if you thought your 2nd would be a girl or boy. By the way, I think you are completely having a girl. There is no doubt in my mind! You are so calm, cool, and collected about everything. It has to be pink!

I thought I was having a girl the first time. So I think where I am coming from with not getting my hopes up. I guess I am just made for boys. I thought we were shoe in for girls! In addition to my husband is older and a cyclist (he goes on looong bike rides practically 5 mornings/week) he has 3 sisters and I am 1 of 3 girls. Boys where just not on my radar.

I don't think I could talk him into a 3rd. I always wanted 3, but recently have been thinking this might be it. I am 36 so not like time is completely out for me, but obviously if I did want 3 we would have to get on pretty quickly.

xoxo

[bythestream]

ha ha no not a counsellor. I'm not sure I would make such a good one because I always feel like I should be able to fix things or make suggestions. I think the best counsellors just listen don't they. I'm not always calm and collected, just ask my DH. I think I'm pretty calm because of my christian faith, I believe God has a plan for my life and he's with me in the good and bad. I just need to trust that he knows best even when I think I do.

With our first we were team green but I just knew he was a boy. I didn't even ask when he was born (mind you they did whisk him away because he was blue with the cord around his neck twice), I would have been so shocked if he was a girl. With the second he was a shettles sway and a 5 day cut off so I was sure he'd be a girl. But in hindsite I'm glad I had another boy, its so lovely to have brothers. They get on well and have a special bond. I always wanted 3, I think 4 would be a stretch (new car, crowded house, less to go around) so even though my DH would be happy to keep going to get a girl I think this is it.

But I am only 31 so there is time but I did say I wanted to be done by 30.