2016 May Miracles

[Em260]

Busytulip - what a little cutie!!!

ttduck - congrats on your scan!

Gdef - I'm interested in the facebook group. I'm on another one from here but most of the women have much older children so it would be great since we're all having babies the same month

 

[KrissyB]

Catching up over a few days again.

Drjo - Yay for telling the family, and I love the 007 nickname

Gdef - I always thought it was 13 (and TheBump says 13) but I do see a lot of ladies on here say 14. I just think of it as getting to celebrate starting the second trimester twice LOL. I think ultimately it has to do with gestational vs developmental or something like that.

Busy - I L-O-V-E your smash cake pic that cake is stunning. And happy first birthday to you LO

TTDuck - are you finding out the gender through Harmony?

AFM - just chugging along, swamped with work yet somehow the days still seem to be passing too slowly. I want to know the gender, I want to feel movements, I want to meet this person lol - just feeling very impatient.

 

[drjo718]

Well ladies, it's time to bite the bullet and buy some maternity pants lol! My jeans not only don't button now but are just generally uncomfortable. Fortunately I wear hospital-provided scrubs at work so I don't need to buy a ton of clothes. I just wish they weren't so expensive. :/

 

[Esperanza2015]

Im sorry i was away for a while. I had many things coming up in October (family visit, wedding, vacation) and after almost 2 hours ive read everything now.
Busytulip: am sorry for your loss and thank you for being here supporting everyone. You are a great woman and I hope your light and strenght shine everyday a little brighter.
AFM: Had my 12 week scan and couldn´t believe my eyes..my baby waving her hands and kicking and dancing...then the big surprise...its a girl!
We were shocked, thrilled and extremely happy, just giggling like children in a circus.
I have a bump already but I think its cause I ate a lot during my vacation now am starting to take things more seriously about eating and try to make the right choices.
Am happy to see all the nice scans and I wish all the best for this group!

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Esperanza, congrats on team pink! Did you find out through a scan or through Harmony?

Drjo, just be glad you're only now having to wear maternity pants. I've been in them for about 4 weeks now! Luckily, I didn't have to buy any, though, since I still had the same ones I wore the last two pregnancies.

 

[Esperanza2015]

Esperanza, congrats on team pink! Did you find out through a scan or through Harmony?

Drjo, just be glad you're only now having to wear maternity pants. I've been in them for about 4 weeks now! Luckily, I didn't have to buy any, though, since I still had the same ones I wore the last two pregnancies.

Thank you! I found out in the NT scan..almost by accident cause the dr was ready to tell us and we decided in that moment that we wanted to know.
My MIL gave me my first maternity pants and besides my pjs are the only comfortable thing to wear that is not a dress.

Busytulip: Your daughter is SO cute! adorable! great picture!

 

[drjo718]

What's everyone's opinions on over belly or under belly maternity pants? I'm new to all this and don't know about all the choices. I had some extra belly weight before pregnancy so I'm wondering if the under belly ones will be too pinchy or cause rolls?

 

[bakerh518]

I am in love with full panel pants, I hate the ones that stop midway or underneath! Just not comfortable for me plus I feel like the full panel ones are more flattering!

If your in the states (sorry j can't see on the moble version) Walmart.com had REALY awesome maternity online section, I got nearly all my maternity clothes from there with my ds and they are still in perfect condition (even after being loaned out in the interim) my motherhood clothes HAVE NOT faired well at all! I had already fixed several heems and necklines before I deliveried ds! and you just can't beat walmart.coms price!

 

[busytulip]

I usually prefer the low cut maternity pants in the beginning, but once my bump is large and in charge the full panel is a must.

Congrats on team Esperanza!

Krissy I really do just love your ticker. It's fun seeing what it says each week. 'an arc reactor' I am such a nerd.

 

[Ganton]

I agree, I prefer over bump. I had some under bump jeans my last two pregnancies and they were ok for a while, but as I got bigger I felt like I was having to keep pulling them up and they dug into my bump when I sat down. I had visions of my poor baby having it's head squashed in there. I've just bought some new over bump jeans and they're so comfy. Admittedly, I'm only 15 weeks so yet to be tested on a big bump, but I'm far more hopefully thT these will do the job.

 

[ja14]

I would love a Facebook group! I think I would be more active.

I know I don't really post often on here, but I also read through everyone's post!


Edited to add: Has anyone decided on names yet? We haven't decided 100%, but I think we have the names! Margo Kate for a girl, Bennet Leo for a boy. I want to know for sure before we find out the gender- which is only a little more than two weeks! Time is flying by crazy fast.

 

[sugargully]

Hmm, the over vs under bump question had me stumped. First I didn't know that under was even an option. I'm going to look at Walmart.com to see the selection.

 

[TTDuck]

Krissy - that's the plan. I actually am not doing the 12 week scan since it doesn't change anything for me so finding out the sex put me over for doing the harmony. 😁

I prefer the over belly because having anything cut across my belly makes me itchy or it bunches up. And you can use the over belly longer.

Ja14 - we had a hard time coming up with boy names when I was pregnant with my dd so I've started bugging my husband about names! For a girl I'm leaning towards Evelyn Leona (grandmas middle name).

 

[bakerh518]

I love your potential names ja14! I know a Margo and she is freaking adorable!

We were 100% settled on Lucas for our ds before we found out he was a boy, and when we found out, suddenly lucas wasnt good enough for dh!

We are thinking Waylon James or William James (james is for my father who passed away just before i delivered ds) for a boy, but girl names... nothing so far!

 

[drjo718]

I bought 3 pairs of maternity pants tonight for $26! Retail value is $172 (!!). Feeling proud of myself.

 

[pinkpassion]

Wow, Drjo! How'd you do that? Where?? I'm in need of pants!!!

 

[pinkpassion]

We have talked about names, can't really agree lol!! We'll see once we find out gender!!

 

[KrissyB]

For DD we went in to delivery with a few top choices but we wanted to see the face before we made the final call. In hind sight, we both probably knew perfectly well which name we were going with (Amelia "Mia" Madison) ahead of time, but I liked not having the pressure of making a final call. We'll probably do the same this time around... and we already have a pretty decent running list left over from our first.

Baker - Thanks for the Walmart recommendation!! I was pregnant in the opposite seasons last time, so I really need all new clothes, and these prices are awesome!

 

[KrissyB]

Crazy morning... so it turns out I had low PAPP-A on the blood screen they do with the NTS - But thankfully I had the Harmony test done as well and that (as well as the NTS scan measurements) was completely completely normal. So, chances are the low PAPP-A has nothing to do with the baby's health and is either just an artifact of it being an IVF pregnancy or a potential risk factor for placenta issues later on....
So now I'll get a full ultrasound done every 4 weeks (not just a heartbeat check) so they can make sure the baby is growing ok, the blood flow looks good, and they'll monitor me closely for preeclampsia... but all that sounds better than a risk of Down's syndrome so I guess we'll take things one step at a time.

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Krissy, hopefully everything is okay, and you just get to enjoy the frequent ultrasounds. Oh, and I love your nerdy ticker, too. I ended getting he same one and putting it in my spoiler since my siggy was getting a little full.

I'm definitely pro-full panel maternity jeans. They just hold everything in nicely and like someone else said, much more flattering.

For names, we have a girls name we're in love with Eden Tamra (middle name is MIL's name) but we're a little stumped for boys names. So we're going with Finley Jeff if we can't think of anything better.