Anyone else due??

[Kell]

Belle hope the doctor does a quick scan for you!
I've just booked our private scan for next Sunday! I'm really quite excited!

Just realised I have my first proper midwife appointment next week as well, you don't get seen so often after your first here it's annoying! I let my little sister listen to the baby's heart beat yesterday, she was amazed! Altho it kept kicking and moving about so that was a lovely noise for her lol!

[Belle]

Kell Good luck for Sunday you lucky girl.
I don't know I don't like my chances of my obs giving me a quick gender scan before my proper 20 week one. I was asking my friend who is ahead of me and also seeing him and she said that machine in his room is used only if his concerned or something is wrong with us. Dh said to lie and say I'm in pain but I'm scared to just incase knowing my luck something does really happen later on.
Indira how exciting that you can feel the baby, I can't yet but I can't wait. It'll feel more real then.

[indigoviolet]

kell- exciting about your m/w appt and having a scan in just over a week, eeek, so exciting!!! Do you have a gut-feeling about gender at all? did you get any clues at the 12 week scan? I'm going to book my gender scan appt soon, another 3 weeks for me to wait...all this gender desire is such a pain, why can't we just get what we want lol!

[indigoviolet]

Indira, so exciting feeling the movements! I haven't felt anything yet but they are unmistakable and so reasurring.
I know what you mean about the scan, I was convinced I'd see a little willy as soon as they started the scan. Hope you don't! Are you fine about having another boy? sometimes I think I am ok but deep down I know I'll be totally gutted...

[Indira]

Indira, so exciting feeling the movements! I haven't felt anything yet but they are unmistakable and so reasurring.
I know what you mean about the scan, I was convinced I'd see a little willy as soon as they started the scan. Hope you don't! Are you fine about having another boy? sometimes I think I am ok but deep down I know I'll be totally gutted...

I´m exactly as you, I will be fine with having another boy but I will be very disappointed at first that my sway didn´t work and that I will never have a daughter. I am continously reminding myself that it probably is a boy and then sometimes I loose myself in fantasies of having a girl. I have lots of rational thoughts about why 3 boys will be great too and I know I will make it work -although that may take some time- and be proud of being an all boy mom. I do feel better knowing that I did improve my changes by swaying, I really did my best. Hadn´t I found this site, we would have happily conceived a third on my regular very boy heavy diet, 95% it would have been another boy and, not knowing about swaying, I would have totally expect to finally get my girl, so my disappointment would have been a lot worse without swaying.
Having said all of that if it will be DS3 it probably is going to be harder than I can imagine now.

Belle, that´s too bad if your doc. won´t do a quick scan, then you will find out in the beginning of March, right? so a couple of weeks more.

Kell, how exciting your scan on Sunday! Girls, I´m so glad you have your 20 weeks/gender scans coming up so my wait until July will go by a bit quicker !

[Kell]

Indigo I'm not sure if I have an instinct or if it's gd but I do think girl. The differences in this pregnancy compaired to my other two are astounding!
Didn't get and idea at 12weeks to be honest. I guess time will tell!

I know eventually I'll be fine if it is another boy, but I definatly need to know so I can have that time to get excited if I hear boy! I guess we are all in the same boat which is reassuring.

Unfortunatly I'm one of the ones that didn't quite make it to my sway date, so if this is a little princess it will be fate I guess. Fingers crossed!

[dannikins]

Exciting Belle, that´s in a week! Hope your obs will be that nice to show you the 3 little lines

I believe I´m starting to feel the baby move, very vaguely, not movements like at 20 weeks, but sometimes I do feel something. Can´t wait to feel his/her clear movements, then being on team green will become easier.

Dannikins how do you handle scans being on team green? Do you tell the tech immediately you don´t want do know the gender, so does he/she tell you to look away or don´t you look at all?
I have an apt with my dr in two weeks and she always does a quick scan.
I would love to have a better look this time since at 13 weeks my baby looked very weird and the scan was so quick, if I see a cute little baby now I will feel so much better, but I´m afraid I will see a willy as soon as I look at the screen

if you really dont want to know, tell the tech as soon as you go in, and dont look at the screen as soon as they start, my last son that was the first thing that appeared when they put the wand on my belly, so just make sure thats not the same for you before looking...

[dannikins]

where is everyone, its like a morgue in here...

[Indira]

I´m here!

if you really dont want to know, tell the tech as soon as you go in, and dont look at the screen as soon as they start, my last son that was the first thing that appeared when they put the wand on my belly, so just make sure thats not the same for you before looking...

The point is, if it is a girl, I have no problem finding out so I have these fantasies of peeking and seeing girl´s bits.
But now I´ve got myself together again, I am decided to not find out now, so I am going to do like you said and say immediately I don´t want to find out. I´m very excited that I´m going to experience for the first time finding out at birth.
Do you have a feeling what you´re baby is? Do you manage to not think about it 10 times a time wondering if it´s a boy or girl?
I have to admit that now as time goes on, I am thinking more and more about mine being a girl. I´m trying to calm myself down and remember that it probably is a boy. I just wish he/she would start moving around a bit clearer, I think I will obsess less about it then.
Are your sons excited about the baby?

Applesoup, did you do a lot of shopping?

How are the others doing?

[applesoup]

I´m very excited that I´m going to experience for the first time finding out at birth.
I... have to admit that now as time goes on, I am thinking more and more about mine being a girl.

Applesoup, did you do a lot of shopping?

Indira, you're brave! Friend-to-friend, I have to say I'm a bit worried with your last comments. What if you set yourself up for it being a girl & then it's a boy? Are you worried about being majorly depressed & missing out on his first few weeks? (Or, what if it's a girl & you miss out on a pregnancy KNOWING it's a girl?) I knew that DS3 was a boy & I STILL had a hard time after delivering him. It made me sad to hear the other nurses talking about the girls that had been born...

Sorry to be a ghost. Part of me feels like I don't "belong" here any more since I'm having a girl. At the same time, I've missed the friendship & I'm still rooting for you guys!

I've also been SUPER busy. 2 birthdays in 1 week + 1 more in another week. Had a major snow storm last week which caused some issues. DH leaving for the weekend. Got news we might actually have a contract this weekend on our old house (!!!!) but, again, DH is gone. My new house is unorganized. I run around being a chauffeur all day. And my 2 year old is poopy all day long...it's like I do a task & then change his diaper. Anyway, my days are just flying past me.

We went in last Friday for our followup ultrasound about the nuchal cord. The lady was really nice & seemed to do another "20 week" ultrasound. She confirmed girl, which was great to see again. Just when I thought she was going to do the blood flow via ultrasound to look for the cord around her neck, she stopped the ultrasound & said she was done. She told me she didn't see the cord around her neck anymore (which is great news!), but part of me wishes I'd asked her to do the blood flow. She gave me the shpeel about how babies go in & out of cords, they don't look for cords because of this, & even babies after they die in utero can go in & out of cords. She was telling me to chill out about it--which, I get, but part of me thinks she didn't look for a cord...just so I'd chill out? Ya know? I know she can't lie to me, but THAT'S my worry now. But, on the whole, I'm feeling better about it. Actually, got a MAJOR kick from her last night...higher than I thought she could be at this point. It was great to feel how strong she is.

I haven't shopped much...due to my concerns for her well-being before the ultrasound. And since the ultrasound, I've just been busy. I've found a few things here & there. It's funny how picky I am about girl stuff! I'm almost having to retrain myself to SEE girl clothes.