2nd tri and beyond Due Jul/Aug/Sep 2018

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Homegrown - our top picks mutually for boys were Myles, Toby, and Brady. My favorite was Isaac but I couldn't get DH to commit. Now we don't have to, for this one at least!

Our names for baby girl are narrowed down to Mallory, Josie (Josephine), and Gabriella (or maybe Gabrielle) . DH likes Gabriella best, I love Josephine (named after my grandpa). My trouble with Gabriella/e is whether the a is long or short, so Gabe or Gab. I figure if I can't say it right, how will others?
 
Mkaykes Gabriella is one of our girl names too! I think it’s my husbands favourite. Our other two names are Tessa (my favourite, in my heart I feel like that’s her name!) and Adeline. I like all 3 but Tessa... that speaks to my heart!
 
Tessa and Adeline are beautiful names! I have a friend with an Adeline so crossed that off our list.
 
I love Gabriella/e! The feminine version is Gab-riella/e, the masculine version is Gabe-riel, if that helps you out any!

This baby was going to be an Isabella if he was a girl, but alas, no such luck!
 
Oh how I love Isabella! Ive loved it since high school, it was my chosen name in French class. Our flower girl is an Izzy though and another friend has one too so that wasn't even an option for us 😉 Izzy's parents will be our little girl's godparents so definitely too close of friends to double up on the name, lol!

I'm afraid now that I know she's a she I'll be shopping all the time. Was at the mall for an eye appt today and decided to pop into Macy's and of course their whole infant section was on sale so got some cute newborn to 4 month rompers for August! Only spent $35 so not too bad, lol!

My mom is pushing (not overly but in her own, "I think you should" way, for an amnio. Unfortunately my midwife didn't help me feel like we have nothing further to worry about when she said they'd have the NICU team available at delivery and if need be later in pregnancy transfer us to the University clinic/ hospital which is attached to the Children's Hospital. I've read people's experience with the amnio and most are good and mostly eliminated their fears, but 2 out of like 20 on one thread lost their healthy babies a few days after the amnio from infection. For us, the risk of miscarriage, regardless of how small just isn't worth it. It would be nice to prepare for any chromosomal defect but we'd still not necessarily know the impact or severity.
 
MKaykes I completely agree with you I wouldnt be able to have the amnio if there was any risk and an MC and like you said all it will do is possibly confirm if there is a disability but it wont tell you at all how severe so what is the point when I was in school we had a downsyndrome girl in our school apart from her facial features which weren't that severe she was your ordinary averahe girl her condition was only slight so you just dont know xx

My thoughts are still with you though having this extra stress cant be good for you at all but atleast you have time to prepare yourself and your family mentally for what may happen xx
 
MK how stressful :(

I've been down about how this pregnancy is turning out. I had a relatively complication free pregnancy with my daughter, and I just assumed it would be the same this time. But I have placenta previa and a short cervix. I'm on modified bed rest. It's awful, especially when I can't pick up or run around with my toddler.

I am a worrier and constantly worried when I was pregnant with my daughter, despite not having anything real to even worry about. I remember telling myself that I would enjoy my next pregnancy and not worry so much.... but now I actually have things to worry about.

Love Mallory and Tessa! All good names though.
 
Yeah, MK, I wouldn't bother with the amnio. You already said it's not going to affect your decision, so why risk it? And I totally understand about wanting to buy tons of clothes! We saved all of Alex's clothes and this one is going to be the same gender, so there's no need to buy any more. And yet I find myself looking lol. I know we're going to buy a new "coming home" outfit for this baby, but I want to buy more! Even though there's no need.

Starlight - I'm sorry to hear that! :( It'll all be worth it though when the baby is born. If you have Netflix, then maybe catch up on some shows/start new ones? Hugs! :hugs:
 
I have gone completely crazy buying baby girl stuff. It’s out of control. Much that I’ve bought I’ve gotten off auction sites gently used so I haven’t spent a ton but oh my gosh.. my husband says she has more outfits than him! Which might be true lol. I have this slight fear we are the 1/100 or whatever you got the ultrasound wrong lol. Although I saw the ultrasound picture and it was all girl but you never know!
 
We're still nameless here. I swear this baby won't have one until birth at this rate lol. I'm almost third trimester now. Only 2 more weeks to go and then it's home stretch time! :happydance:

My mother however has not been supportive of me this entire pregnancy. She favors our older three children (especially my first) but wants nothing to do with my fourth and has been doing nothing except criticising me this entire pregnancy. I think I'm starting to be a bit depressed because of it. Granted I don't live with her - I haven't for 7 years now - but she only lives 5 minutes down the road so it is hard to get away from her. Every time she comes over, she complains about something. This week it was how cluttered my house was and how "lazy" I've been. I told her that if she was heavily pregnant with four other kids, including one messy toddler, as I was her only child, she'd find it difficult to keep up on the daily house chores too. Sorry to vent on here but I had to tell someone and thought you ladies would be understanding :flower:
 
lilmiss, that is terrible of your mother...I'm so sorry. I can't imagine why she is so rude to your youngest child...she is a child! And her own blood...I just can't fathom that, tbh. I'm sorry you have to deal with that.
 
I'm excited to re-use my daughter's old clothes! Hopefully we won't have to buy any clothes.
 
Seems I've been away too long! Reading the posts from earlier, so much has happened with you ladies! I've had a few recent things:

Names: Well, for whatever reason the name Alexander keeps popping up. At first I wasn't completely sold on it, but it's coming around. I've paired it with the only Spanish name that both my DH and I have settled on. As of now, he's named Alexander Vicente; unless we find something that suits him better. I'm definitely loving it!

Baby Shower: We asked my in laws to host the shower at their house and they said no, they don't want a certain family member at their house. We don't really speak to them and the intention to invite them wasn't there. So now we're stuck trying to find a location. Can't express how irritating it really is.

Oh and I'm the size of a house, finally reached the point where my normal clothes don't fit comfortably any more. I tried, but it's time to finally get maternity clothes.

Hope everyone is doing good!
 
Lilmiss: That's so exciting that you're almost third tri! I'm getting there, slowly but surely! And that's absolutely horrible of your mother! I can't imagine acting like that towards my kids or grandkids. I have a MIL issue of my own. She is basically cold-shouldering us, which I'm okay with, but it kind of bugs my fiancé. There's a whole laundry list of issues with that woman. We haven't seen her since New Years (not for lack of trying on my fiancé's part) and honestly, I think we're better off. Although, we will be seeing her when we celebrate our son's birthday on the 29th and I'm done walking on eggshells around her. I don't want to ruin my son's birthday, but I'm not going to put up with her crap either. Ugh.

Homegrown: That's super annoying that you can't use their house for a baby shower! Did you tell them that you weren't going to be inviting that family member? If they still won't let you host the baby shower there, it's a little unreasonable.

I just got over yet another stomach bug. Alex had it Saturday and like clockwork I caught it on Monday. Stomach bugs are the worst, but I tried to stay hydrated and little man is kicking around in there, so I know he's okay. I had to miss two days of work! Alex gets sick so often (daycare kid) we've started calling him Typhoid Alex lol! Lovingly, of course!
 
Oh jello, sorry to hear you've all been sick. Little kids are just germ factories. Our nephew is 4 and is sick once a month I swear. Usually it's just the sniffles but still!

Third trimester today! WOW! Second tri completely flew by!
 
Alligator said:
Oh jello, sorry to hear you've all been sick. Little kids are just germ factories. Our nephew is 4 and is sick once a month I swear. Usually it's just the sniffles but still!

Third trimester today! WOW! Second tri completely flew by!
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Wow, congrats! I can't wait...then again, maybe I can lol! That last month is brutal, but at least you know the baby is coming soon! I have 5 more weeks, but it feels like it's right around the corner.

Yeah, Alex is sick all the time. I feel like we've gotten most of the major ones out of the way though, like hand-foot-mouth and whatnot. Usually he either catches a cold or the stomach bug. I would rather have a cold than the stomach bug though...it's so bad every time. Luckily we are both on the mend!
 
Starlight so nice to hear from you sorry to hear of your complications I hope baby is all good though and once here it will all be worth it xx

Lilmiss that is awful so sorry to hear about your mum being like that maybe you should tell her about how your feeling xx

Homegrown my name is Alex for my boy its the only one that has stuck xx sorry to hear your inlaws said no hope you find a new venue soon and my god you got to 20wks I was in maternity clothes with wk 12 I think xx

Jello sorry to hear you goy MIL issues too and had another stomach bug its grim lets hope thats the end of em with the weather getting better xx

Alligator yay to third tri xx
 
Well, it's officially V-Day for me! Only 16 more weeks left until baby boy makes his appearance (give or take a few days lol)!

I feel like this pregnancy is flying by! It could have something to do with the fact that it was Alex's birthday yesterday (he's now 2!) and we've been planning a small day out and party for him for this weekend. But I think it's just going by so quick because we have other things to focus on this time around, mainly having to do with Alex. We're in the midst of potty training right now and it's actually going pretty well. He only poops on the potty now, but getting him to only pee on the potty is a struggle...usually it's the opposite lol!

I'm still having issues with my pelvis and will be talking to my doctor about it next week at my appointment. I'm just in a lot of pain by the end of the day and I think I might have pelvic girdle pain or spd. I know if it gets bad enough, they'll put you on bedrest and I'm hoping to avoid that.
 
jello congrats on making it to viability! That is the best milestone <3

I also have severe pelvic pain and will be speaking to my doctor. It's started radiating into my back and making work/driving/sitting/walking/everything very painful, and difficult...I'm really worried about making it through these last few weeks of work (my initial plan was to stop at around 36 weeks). Ugh!
 
Alligator said:
I also have severe pelvic pain and will be speaking to my doctor. It's started radiating into my back and making work/driving/sitting/walking/everything very painful, and difficult...I'm really worried about making it through these last few weeks of work (my initial plan was to stop at around 36 weeks). Ugh!
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Uggghhh so much this! I tried to explain to my fiancé that it feels like I got kicked really hard between the legs and now my pelvic bone point thing is badly bruised. It's painful almost all the time, though it definitely gets worse throughout the day.

I'm planning on working for the entire pregnancy if I can, but I know what we plan and what happens rarely ever match up lol. I worked with Alex up to a week after my due date.
 
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