Dreaming Pink Due Date Group: TTC and Beyond #2

[Waiting4Daisy]

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[Tree]

Charleee, I wrote on the other post about this but I too can't shake the feeling that we might not be done, or afraid that we are. Even having got our desired gender there is a part of me that is sad at the thought of never being pregnant again etc... It could just be hormones!? The only difference is that if we went for a fourth I really wouldn't care what we had. I don't think I'd want to find out.

How are you going? We are not getting much sleep here! Poppy doesn't like to sleep in her crib!

[GeCon]

Morning ladies,

How is everyone today? We are okay here, although I am so sore down there. I have no idea what it is.... maybe pelvic pain with baby moving down? I can't recall having this sort of pain in my 1st pregnancy. It is difficult to describe, but it it feels sort of bruised and sore in the complete lower region. It is okay when I sit still, but when I am trying to get up or move (for example when sleeping), it hits me...

[thehappypixi]

Sounds like pelvic gurdle pain, it's all the hormones loosening everything up for labour. Very helpful for birth, not so much for walking, sitting, anything else really! I have found a tight strap around my hip region helps.

[I Love Ladybugs]

I have a happy puker...she has been projectile vomiting the excess feeds, and it is scary after having a severe reflux baby with DS#2. She is already at 7lbs, her rate of growth is great and you would never guess all the issues we dealt with in this pregnancy.

Tree....I think it is preggo hormones effecting us all differently. I knew going into this pregnancy that it would be the last. With all the challenges throughout it, I realized that for our families best outcome, that it would most likely the last baby and pregnancy. I felt such guilt with DS2 that I felt any gender desire for a girl and did not put the value of enjoying what easily could have been the last pregnancy (DH would have been good with 2 children)....so this last pregnancy and baby was enjoyed as much as I could with the health concerns (esp. the 3% Downs comments by the specialists).

Gecon....round ligament all the way....getting in and out of bed was the worst!!! Just cry and don't worry what anyone thinks....or fall on the ice like I did so that the pain is just part of the larger picture. I think that it must have been more effective this pregnancy in loosening things as I got 2 pushes and baby was out!!!!!

Happy pixi....we have a silvery purple kitchen that I decided is going to turn into a photo gray this summer!! Lol, nesting hit me hard, but then when I fell on the ice, all I could do was boss hubby around, which did not work that well. What shade of purple are you thinking about????

[thehappypixi]

Not sure, mentioned it to Mark and he said no! Lol! We will probably be selling next year so vivid colours seem to be a bad idea if about to put house on market :/
Need a project, just not sure what! Plus I can't over do it with the spazzy pelvis going on too, makes once simple tasks quite painful :/

[Waiting4Daisy]

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[myrainbowgirl]

Pumpkin - Yeah, too early for potty shots, but that definitely looked girly!

Charlee - Yes, we are planning on #5...although the thought scares me out of my mind! A sweet friend of mine with BBGB just got pg with her 5th, so it will be fun to see 5 kiddos played out in front of me. Another good friend with GBG just found out she's preggo with #4, so I am lucky to be surrounded by big families! Not planning to sway, other than a few diet changes that I think helped me get preggo so fast this time. I also would love to not prevent (without trying) for 6 months or so, just to see if it would happen without my obsessing over it. We'll see! Right now I am honestly wondering how I will handle 4, but we both strongly feel that we are supposed to do this again (without HT, without swaying, without adopting...basically not controlling it so that God can do what He wants without my interfering)! Anyway, how about you? Will you sway for #4?

GeCon - Ugh, the pain sounds awful! Hope you are able to rest up a little or at least find a belt or something that helps!

Everyone else - Hi!

[TTCPink]

Well, I admit it. The gender obsessing is rearing it's ugly head for me. My brother in law and sister in law announced very dramatically that they are having a girl. They had an "It's a girl" helium balloon wrapped in a box and had my mother in law and father in law open it at the Christmas party. Everyone was over the top excited...and now I am 100% convinced I am having a boy. So is my husband! UGH. My other sister in law is also expecting. They will find out the same time as us. I just know they are going to have a girl too and I will be the only one having a boy. I even overheard relatives talking in the other room about how they just "know" I am going to have another boy. I was doing so well convincing myself I don't care about gender, but the announcement just really got to me. Sorry, just had to vent. It will be a long wait until Feb to find out what we are having!

[I Love Ladybugs]

Well, I admit it. The gender obsessing is rearing it's ugly head for me. My brother in law and sister in law announced very dramatically that they are having a girl. They had an "It's a girl" helium balloon wrapped in a box and had my mother in law and father in law open it at the Christmas party. Everyone was over the top excited...and now I am 100% convinced I am having a boy. So is my husband! UGH. My other sister in law is also expecting. They will find out the same time as us. I just know they are going to have a girl too and I will be the only one having a boy. I even overheard relatives talking in the other room about how they just "know" I am going to have another boy. I was doing so well convincing myself I don't care about gender, but the announcement just really got to me. Sorry, just had to vent. It will be a long wait until Feb to find out what we are having!

I hope and pray that you have a pink bundle on board.....and can come up with an over the top way to announce her arrival!!! From the moment I told family and friends that we were expecting our last, I was told boy from all family members and a majority of friends. It made me both sad and mad that they were saying what they were without thinking of how I would feel...all I wanted was my last to be welcomed with the same excitement that his oldest brother had back 5+ years ago!!!!!

I hope I make sense....newborn and tired momma here....which will be you next summer!!! I forgot how snuggly they are and now truly tired I could be nursing through the night!!!!