Part 7: Due December 2017, Jan Feb & Mar 2018

[IWant4Kids]

Thank you!!!! Still in shock!!!! Didn't think I could ever have a girl. Even my doc said I think you only make boys. DHs reaction... oh wow! I thought we were going to have 4 boys. He's in shock too. We are just telling everyone we didn't find out the sex, so to everyone else we are team green.
I need to post my sway now... if I can remember [emoji15]


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[4blue2pink]

4blue2pink- The US will probably never catch up when it comes to birthing children or maternity leave. It's pretty sad with how "developed" of a country we're supposed to be but we don't support the future by requiring any type of maternity leave. I get 6 weeks because I pay for short term disability and the plan I chose covers maternity leave but without it, I would get nothing.

I'm also being seen by an ob/gyn. There are 4 doctors in the practice and I'll deliver in a hospital. I'm sure I'll be induced overdue but it'd be nice to labor at home for a little bit for once. Not being able to eat for about 24 hours is pretty exhausting while giving birth. Ahhh yes giving life while starving...pretty ironic lol.

this is awful how any country can justify charging women just to take leave after their baby is born is beyond me, i had no idea the US was like this, i do feel extremely lucky to have what we have here in the UK, fingers crossed you go into labor on your own this time so you can get your wish of being able to stay at home for a while are you able to decline the induction? over here you always have a choice they can never force anything-only advise, and plenty of women choose not to induce purely for being overdue, in which case they simply monitor you/baby more frequently.

[4blue2pink]

Bub is measuring bang on [emoji3] very cute with arms and legs up over head [emoji23] will upload a profile shot when I get home this afternoon. My u/s tech was great! Said at end of scan she doesn't even know what we are having as she doesn't look if the customer isn't finding out, so still completely team green sorry ladies [emoji6]

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YES YES YES Pbn so glad baby is spot on and that ive still got a team green buddy!! is anyone else still team green? how many weeks are you now? i found the most adorable unisex newborn baby gro's the other day, never thought id be too fussed on neutral stuff but they are so so cute, is it just me or is there just something so lovely about newborns in white? xx

[4blue2pink]

huge congratulations iwant4!! it is the most surreal feeling isnt it enjoy every moment xx


**i apologize for my million posts, i dont mean to turn up and take over its just hard to catch up in one post when ive got 5+ pages to read through and various people to reply too along the way xx

[4blue2pink]

Look at that cute bub PBN – gorgeous!!
Shame the tech was so good at not checking out bub, we were keen to know but good for you to be strong and be team green – love the position arms up!

It’s funny how different maternity care is from country to country! I think lots of women in Australia just use an obstetrician, privately, if they have private health insurance but the out of pocket usually still is pretty big most of the time hence why I am going public.
I’m fortunate though that our catchment hospital, which is I think the biggest in Queensland, still has a midwife-led care as the standard – i.e. the OBs only intervene if high risk or if there is an issue at delivery. So midwives are doing all the care – if all goes well, will just see the hospital OB once for a quick assessment.
I hopefully will get a spot in the Midwifery Group Practice group, meaning I will have the same midwife throughout the pregnancy and at delivery and for post-natal visits at home (as will be kicked out of hospital verrryy quickly)
4B2P – I think they still have the birthing pools available – hopefully this time I make it with enough time for it (that may help with the tearing too) ^^ a couple of years back it was only a couple of select birthing suites that had them (others just have a tub for the labouring part but you’re not supposed to birth in them – you need one the specifically “waterbirth” midwives too).

I’m still, even now at 10 weeks, in utter disbelief talking about this and that I am going to go through this amazing journey again – thank you Life!
It probably is gas, but feel like I am getting the smallest of flutters – and as I felt the girls at 13 and 11 weeks respectively (confirmed by u/s as felt their movements as they were happening on the screen) , does it sound insane it could be bub???

im amazed at the differences LMSM! water definitely helps with tearing, did you tear with your girls? i have been very lucky and never had any damage, i have to admit it is one of my fears even with this baby, is the stitching and then the recovery as bad as i imagine it must be?
it sounds like your midwife care is similar to mine, one midwife throughout its so much more personal isnt it which i think is such a good thing. i hope you can get one of the waterbirth rooms/midwives so that you have that option open to you
and not insane at all my last baby i swear was moving by 8 weeks, my others including this one were all much much later (around 14-20 weeks) but she was unmistakable very very early on!!

[Pbn3]

YES YES YES Pbn so glad baby is spot on and that ive still got a team green buddy!! is anyone else still team green? how many weeks are you now? i found the most adorable unisex newborn baby gro's the other day, never thought id be too fussed on neutral stuff but they are so so cute, is it just me or is there just something so lovely about newborns in white? xx

Thank you 4blue2pink [emoji3] I'm 20w tomorrow or Thursday - still confused as to whether my official due date is the 18th or 19th January [emoji23] It will be smack bang in the middle of summer here so I'm just going to have a few unisex onesies and singlets ready and have my mum shop for coloured ones once bub is born.

Is anyone here in Texas? I'm sure I remember a post not long ago that there's 2 of you maybe?? Hope you're ok if so! The flooding in Houston looks terrible [emoji853]

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[Mommy2apples]

Iw4k!! Yay your sweet baby girl!! Beyond excited for you!!



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[Bluebooties]

Congratulations iwant4 !!!

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[AshFind]

Huge congrats Iwant4kids how many boys do you have?
Pbn I'm guessing girl on skull! My boys had an obvious square blunt one lol I pulled out their scans not to long ago!



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[IWant4Kids]

Thank you! I have 2 boys.

Totally freaking out after reading about NIPT blood tests being wrong...can't wait for a scan!


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