2015 MARCH-MALLOWS... Due in March 2015!! Come join us!

[dan-o]

Hi and welcome to our two new ladies today cocokittyi and southerngirl2!

 

[missfrick]

Me me me, I'm due our second the 6th, found out I was preg on my sons 4th birthday. I'm also nervous due to mc before. But god my belly is really crampy.

Yay I'm due the 6th too! Thank goodness for this forum - my immediate family knows, but no one else yet (SO is waiting until 8wk scan). It's so fantastic to be able to discuss with others!


Finished at the doc, they confirmed again with another urine sample, went for blood tests already, so I should have my levels in a couple days.

 

[dan-o]

I could never stay team yellow! I found out at 20 weeks with ds1 and confirmed during a private anatomy scan a week later (nhs one wasn't very good due to awkward position)

Ds2 I found out at 16w when I went for a private scan to check on my subchorionic hematoma. Even if she hadn't told us, I saw his bits clear as day when she was looking at something else lol!

 

[dan-o]

Excellent news missfrick, fx for a great level, are they doing them 48hrs apart?

 

[missfrick]

Excellent news missfrick, fx for a great level, are they doing them 48hrs apart?

I only had a requisition for 1 test, just to see how they are doing and they're hopefully getting up there. If they're pretty low I'll request a follow up. I have passed multiple urine tests including one at the doctors office (not fmu) so they typically said this is enough to confirm.

 

[Laska5]

We are going to find out what we will have ASAP! We are too impatient! I've called the baby 'baby M' since our last name starts with M

same here- there is no way we could wait!!

We had friends that waited for both of their children, bought cute yellow sheep EVERYTHING for them for decorating the nursery. Both of them ended up being girls- I feel like she missed out on all the fun girlie stuff she could have done!

I'm thinking I'm having a girl! I had a dream a couple days before my BFP that we had a baby girl- it was a VERY vivid dream, very odd for me to have those! But I'll be happy with whatever I'm blessed with!

 

[smawfl]

I bought a few neutral basics last time then bought a couple of blue and pink outfits closer to the time as and took the blue back when my pink girlie was born!!

It's one of life's only true surprised. Truly magical!!

We really didn't mind what we had,so we're happy to wait to find out.

 

[MrsKChicago]

DH and I looked at a long list of old wives tales about the sex of the baby last night. I think I skewed slightly towards girl, but there were a lot of boy ones, too, and I didn't do the ones like swinging a ring over my belly because we're lazy. It was fun to check the list. According to the woman who posted it, a mother's intuition is correct 77% of the time!

 

[smawfl]

Oh I read mother's intuition is right 90% of the time!

Lol

Both DH and I thought girl last time and she was!

He thinks girl again. I'm not so certain. Probably more girl I think.

 

[MamaTex]

So far i'm due on MY birthday - March 2nd

Oh how awesome! My birthday is at the end of the month but I plan to celebrate big for myself and baby #2!!

Kudos to you gals that can be Team Surprise. I am very type A so I want to know as soon as I reasonably can. Feeling a little better about this pregnancy because I have been feeling kind of woozy today. I went outside for a few to get some fresh air and when I came back inside, I didn't feel so hot. I thought maybe it was the weather (hot and humid outside) or perhaps I had not eaten. I ate lunch and did some housework, only to feel woozy again so I have been trying to take it easier.

 

[ruthb]

Wow id never heard that about a mothers intuition! I feel like its a boy, i keep refering to it as him and talking about it as if i know its a boy. Its weird as well whenever we talk about names i always just think of boys, dont bother with girls told OH he could choose (might be a bad move hah) ive also had no sickness at all which is meant to signal a boy! I would be thrilled either way though as long as its a baby!!! Hah

 

[chelsealynnb]

No way could I wait that long to find out! I'm too impatient to be team yellow. We're finding out this way: I hired a photographer for October, and when we go to the ultrasound, the tech is going to write what we're having on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope. My best friend and I are going to decorate a big box with pink and blue and question marks. I'm giving the envelope to my best friend and she takes that with the box to the party store and has them fill it with pink balloons if the paper says girl, blue if the paper says boy. Then she's meeting us at the park with the box and the photographer. Then DH and I will have the kids open the box and the photographer will capture our reactions, and we'll do a maternity shoot after that! Can you tell I've been planning this for awhile?!

thats an awesome plan! I'm a professional maternity & newborn photographer! If you are due in March, October is pretty early for a maternity session. I generally schedule them for my clients between 28-30 weeks. You may not be big enough by then to really have a defined bump- everyone is different though- just something to think about! I think 30 weeks for me will be the same week as Christmas- hopefully I'll be able to find a good photographer around then! We may have to drive south a little ways for some warm temps!

Yeah I agree - we want to do 2. One when we find out the gender and the second in the winter. My two favorite seasons are fall and winter so I'm excited to have some great family photos from both seasons


I KNEW my other two were both boys. I really feel this one is a little girl! I keep telling the few people that know, "I'm going to assume this is a girl until I'm proven otherwise"

 

[hanni]

Apparently if you crave savoury things it means boy and sweet things it means girl.
Wonder how true that is though!

 

[smawfl]

I was all about the sweet stuff last time!! Was a girl.

 

[Laska5]

I've been craving sweet & salty! Maybe I'm having twins- one of each!! I'd really be ok with that!

 

[MrsKChicago]

This is the list we looked at: https://community.babycenter.com/post/a28444349/51_gender_prediction_wives_tales

It's kind of in crazy order, and they're not actually all sex prediction, but it was a fun read. I'm going to go through and see how many actually indicate boy or girl so far.

Edit:

I had 5 boy and 14 girl. Much bigger difference than I though. There were 17 that I was unwilling to do, or that it would be too early to check, so maybe it'll even out later.

 

[bucherwurm]

Well, I got through work, lol.
My only symptoms so far are sensitive breasts/nipples and some cramping. If I didn't have about 10 positive tests, I would think I should be expecting AF any time.
As for the sex of the baby, I am assuming it will be a boy, just for the shear number of boys in our families (husbands parents have 4 grandsons so far- no granddaughters). I will be super excited for a girl though, because I love pink!

 

[Foxycleopatra]

Hi ladies, would you mind if I join you all?

I have been getting faint lines for a few days and then this morning I got this... I think my dd will be around 12th march but won't know for sure till dating scan.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Congrats, Foxycleopatra!

 

[DrMum]

Hello and welcome to all the new ladies! Congrats on the BFPs!!

Chelsea your big gender reveal shoot made me laugh! You've definitely put some thought into that. We kind of don't get the same way of finding out, as we have an amnio due to our previous stillbirth. I also get fetal echos and heart valve assessments as our baby's cause of death was a cardiac arrythmia. So, it promises to be a busy time but we are determined to feel thankful for this pregnancy every day rather than obsess over what "might" happen. I don't think we will share the gender with anyone though, just me and DH until obviously after the birth!

As far as symptoms, having had one boy and one girl my thoughts are:
Son- no morning sickness, craved sweet stuff, gained 40lbs, really felt like he was a boy
Daughter- dreamed I was pregnant with a girl before my BFP, crazy puking and heart burn, morning, noon, night I was vomiting, lost about 7 lbs first tri, overall weight gain by 34 weeks 14lbs.

This time round it's a bit early to say but I'm leaning toward girl... Although with our previous experience "healthy baby" trumps everything else haha!

I do love a bit of gender predicting though....! oh and the Chinese gender predictor has been right for me each time!