Due in December/January/February 2013/14

[grace03]

Soar that would have been scary I couldn't get a hb on the Doppler at 10 weeks but midwife wasn't concerned so I had to wait for my 12 week scan ..

I am a right old mess I knew I would feel sad finding out its my 4 th boy but I havent stopped crying since the afternoon of my scan , I'm to the point ill probably have to get some kind of happy pills that are safe in pregnancy if I keep going I love this little boy but if there was a girl twin hiding in there I would be so fricking happy !
Amazingly my all day sickness has subsided thank god although food still tastes not as appealing as before .
Does anyone else feel hungry still but their mouth won't cooperate after a few bites ???

On a happier note movement is quite often already and even hubby felt a ' bump
When hand on my tummy this morning

[Soar]

Grace- ((((((hugs))))) give yourself time it's only been a couple of days since you found out. I imagine if we find that this one is a boy it will take some time to get adjusted to that too. Maybe a little retail therapy would help this weekend? Also sometimes it's nice to just write it out and then see how you feel after a couple of entries. I know it always helps me to get it out thru talking or writing. You are going to be an awesome mom to this sweet little guy and right now you have every right to grieve. It's part of the process. Feel free to vent we all totally get it! ((((HuGs))))) (((((Hugs))))))

[I Love Ladybugs]

Soar....I am happy to hear that your appt went well, despite the scare...our babies just like to hide out and scare us!!!! Pix would be wonderful to see....I bet you have one cute baby in there!

Myrainbowgirl....I do hope that there is lots of pink in this thread...and all our blue dust can be given to those who are awishing for their little men!

Grace03....I know that despite saying I am good with 3 boys, I know that in the initial days, I will cry. Being honest, I never envisioned myself not having a girl, but as the scan draws near, I know that could be part of my story. But both my boys have been so amazing lately that I know a third would be just another sweet little bundle to love!! I do plan on "coping" with retail therapy....DH knows that he will be out some cash for some new threads if this is indeed our third sone...and way more money if we hear pink!!!

Today's appt....this sweet baby is still playing hide and go seek! Could not hear the heartbeat for a little while, but thankfully s/he did give some steady heartbeats to make this mommy relax. So yesterday night, I stepped on a screw in the shed...I hobbled all day at work and am just relieved to be at home tonight with my feet up! Lucky my tetnus (sp?) shot was up to date!!!

Zebaniee....I do hope for your sake that your little bub ignores Christmas Day as a potential bday! I don't think that staying in the hospital at Christmas could be that much fun....lol, I had my 1 hour glucose test with DS2 on Christmas eve....it was so quiet in the hospital.

Meeks....just a couple of more days for your appt!!! Can't wait to hear all the details!!!

[Soar]

Ladybugs-so sorry to hear about your foot! That had to hurt! You need a pedicure to feel better I think! Glad you heard the HB too! Yay for sneaky babies but geez they could be a little less sneaky for mommies sake, right?!?!

Anyone else having a very strong craving for something all the time? I have been drinking chocolate milk and eating bite size chocolate covered coconut and I just made another batch of brownies! Once the boys go down I find myself unable to control the urge to eat it all! Yikes! Please tell me someone else has a craving as strong as I do!

Also anyone else noticing acne in places other than your face? I have terrible acne on my back. Could this be from the chocolate? I've never had this before? Or maybe my skin is all the sudden allergic to my cocoa butter shower gel? So odd and it really looks terrible. My DH was like do you have a rash on your back? My response "easy there, this is the joys of pregnancy this go around and no it's not a rash!" :-/

[I Love Ladybugs]

Soar....I think that my breakouts are due to the high amount of sugar that I have ingested this time around and just how my hormones are responding. Lol, I craved grapefruit with both boys, but I can't seem to want it this go around....biggest desire on a steady basis has been for bread and butter pickles.

My toes were painted a nice hot pink, and I am thinking that prior to my u/s I will repaint them this cheery hue! My toes right now are so swollen that I can't even feel them

[myrainbowgirl]

Soar - No major cravings so far...chocolate would be awesome!! I love chocolate! Although, weirdly, today at the grocery store I went to pick out an ice cream flavor, and I really, really wanted to try a blueberry cheesecake variety of the brand I always buy. I NEVER buy anything other than some sort of chocolate ice cream or vanilla with chocolate mix-ins. Too funny! Apparently this baby likes fruit!! Oh, and re: acne...I had yucky acne on my upper back before getting pg, and now it seems to be clearing up. Face is slightly better, too, but neither is perfect.

Ladybugs - Glad you got to hear your little sweet pea, and that everything looks good! You're so close to finding out...yay!!! Ugh on your foot! That must hurt terribly! I stepped on a piece of glass that ended up breaking and partially getting stuck in my foot several months ago. It was so painful! Feel better soon.

AFM - I am soooo exhausted. Been that way for a few days now. Don't remember quite being this tired with the others...I know I was tired, but seriously, today I was driving to the grocery store about 12:30 pm (with all my boys in the car!), and I was thinking I better wake up so I can drive safely! OMG, I so want to take a nap every afternoon, but other things have greater priority, and it hasn't happened yet. Speaking of that, I need to go to bed. Lol!

[zebaniee]

Interesting, I had a craving for cheesecake today while shopping as well!

I noticed I have been reaching for milk and milo/nesquick. It might be a sign I need to eat more cheese and yoghurt for calcium?

I asked about the nub theory during my scan, the lady basically said it was rubbish and if she guessed using the theory nearly all the babies would be girls. She said that it might be around 60% accurate.

I used a photo from my scan. It is quite blurry though as they were only measuring for size so I am not sure how accurate my nub guesses will be.

[Tree]

This is what worries me (stops me getting carried away about all the girl guesses I've had...), to me most nubs look girlie. And if they can keep rising until 13 weeks 5 days (someone wrote that on a post) then it really does leave things as a 'guess' at the time, which could change with a different shot on a different day.
Sometimes, it's really obvious - very up or very down... But personally the inbetweeners have me mainly guessing girl.
That being said, most of my guesses (that I know of so far) have been right.

[3boys]

Grace, I'm sorry to hear you are having a hard time still but don't be too hard on yourself. I can totally relate and even after everything that I'm going through with the risk to bubs I will still cry my eyes out if its a boy! It's a loss of a dream regardless of how much you will love him. Let yourself cry and I agree... Shop shop shop.

Soar, I have a major spot breakout on my back this pregnancy. And I haven't been able to eat sweet things. Having said that I have had lots of carbs and they do the same. It's really gross.

Hope everyone else is ok? sorry for no personals my head is still not quite with it.

AFM, every day is feeling like a year!

[meeks32]

Well after loosing so much on LE I am still not up to the weight I was when I conceived ds 1 and 2, BUT I have gained 2.5kg from the weight I was when I ovulated! Bit scared of how much I'll gain this time. I am off a lot of foods but not as sick as I was with ds1 and 2, now I have the protein tip for MS that's helped sooo much. With ds1 and 2 I lost 3-4kg in the first trimester due to being so sick, but now I already feel like a muffin top and its totally silly given I'm still my lowest weight in ages. Funny how your body perception changes with loosing weight.

Initially I had horrible skin around the week of my pos preg test but its now cleared up apart from the odd huge spot. With ds1 and 2 I had TERRIBLE skin the whole pregnancy, especially first trimester, like someone else mentioned, like a rash of pimples on my back and also on my chest and face. This time there is very little. Maybe that's LE time working for me and its still coming when I've been eating normal for long enough.

I already have the stupid 'I'm so tired I need a nap' but then at night 'so tired but keep waking up and can't get back to sleep' thing. It's so counter-productive!!

I will definitely post any pics I get on Tuesday. Very excited. Also slightly terrified of something being wrong. So so so glad I don't have to wait til 12 weeks for my first scan, in the past that was fine but after so long ttc I feel like this pregnancy is taking forever and feel like I can't believe it's real, like somebody will say "oh no we got it all wrong, there is nothing in there".