Anyone else expecting a November sparkler? *Updated with due dates!*

[Tower6]

Well ladies! Has the anticipation built yet!? Lol

We are very glad to know the baby is healthy and we are thanking God for that!
We are experiencing a little gender disappointment though because it's a GIRL!!!! My FOURTH girl!!! We were really reallllllllllly hoping we would get our boy so were having a little sadness but to be honest I feel like a piece of sh$&t if I even say that because the fact that she is totally healthy is a miracle in itself an we need to just be grateful right now. The human in us is having some sadness but that will pass! Please don't think we're ungrateful or anything but as you all know we were really hoping or our little man. God has a different plan for us though as that's ok. Just soooo happy that we will get to meet this little angel and not be on the other side of those results right now.

Sorry for even saying were dissappionted, I know that makes me sound horrible, we truly are happy it was just a shock when your totally convinced that this could really be our boy.

Now off to shop for something girly to get daddy excited

 

[gardenofedens]

Congrats Tower!! So glad everything is great! Sorry you're upset you aren't having a boy, really had my fingers crossed for you!

 

[Angeltk42]

Awwwww don't be sorry it's ok to be disappointed a little especially after 3 girls hehehe but gods plan is gods plan - in my family we joke that we have to get permission to have a boy because the majority is girls! I'm just happy to have a healthy baby! I love little boys and girls equally.


Speaking of gender just read a study that its possible to know gender at 6 weeks scan just based on where placenta implanted in uterus. Right side girls and left for boys this was apparently 98-99% accurate in study. If that's true I'm predicted a girl! What about you gals????? Curious if this thory holds true!

 

[Tower6]

Yep this is grandbaby #23 and there's only 2 boys! So I kinda knew but really hoped I would break all the girls trend we have

 

[peanutmomma]

Well ladies! Has the anticipation built yet!? Lol

We are very glad to know the baby is healthy and we are thanking God for that!
We are experiencing a little gender disappointment though because it's a GIRL!!!! My FOURTH girl!!! We were really reallllllllllly hoping we would get our boy so were having a little sadness but to be honest I feel like a piece of sh$&t if I even say that because the fact that she is totally healthy is a miracle in itself an we need to just be grateful right now. The human in us is having some sadness but that will pass! Please don't think we're ungrateful or anything but as you all know we were really hoping or our little man. God has a different plan for us though as that's ok. Just soooo happy that we will get to meet this little angel and not be on the other side of those results right now.

Sorry for even saying were dissappionted, I know that makes me sound horrible, we truly are happy it was just a shock when your totally convinced that this could really be our boy.

Now off to shop for something girly to get daddy excited

Oh twinie!!! I love you and you are not a horrible person. So, it's a girl you know how to raise those and will do great again!! And the best thing is... She is a healthy little girl and my favorite niece to ever have!!!

 

[brinib]

Brinib, I'm so sorry you're dealing with this, too. Do you work, and, if so, have you been off?

Lovehearts, stretchies are easy, IMO. I started playing with the Moby when still pregnant. But you can get ones that are sort of already done up, too. I'm skipping the stretchy this time though, as you can use them long, and going straight to woven wraps and ring slings. You need to find your nearest sling meet and pay them a visit. The Slings & Things FSOT &Advice group on fb is very good, too...but very addictive, as is the Natural Mamas forum.

MandaAnda- I do work, part-time, though my Wednesdays are brutal 12-13 hour days. I'm in the US so we don't really get any special accommodation for pregnancy and if I take off now I will have less leave saved up for when the baby comes.

Re: baby wearing. My squirmy son hated wraps and slings. We have a becco gemini carrier which I bought when he was 2 or 3 months old and I LOVE it. It's a structured carrier that is adjustable so even tiny babies can be in it, unlike the Ergo and lets their legs hang free which is what he liked about it. We used it for long walks around town, and all over Paris on a trip last year when he was 7 months old (he also hates the stroller so this thing has saved my life!)

 

[brinib]

Well ladies! Has the anticipation built yet!? Lol

We are very glad to know the baby is healthy and we are thanking God for that!
We are experiencing a little gender disappointment though because it's a GIRL!!!! My FOURTH girl!!! We were really reallllllllllly hoping we would get our boy so were having a little sadness but to be honest I feel like a piece of sh$&t if I even say that because the fact that she is totally healthy is a miracle in itself an we need to just be grateful right now. The human in us is having some sadness but that will pass! Please don't think we're ungrateful or anything but as you all know we were really hoping or our little man. God has a different plan for us though as that's ok. Just soooo happy that we will get to meet this little angel and not be on the other side of those results right now.

Sorry for even saying were dissappionted, I know that makes me sound horrible, we truly are happy it was just a shock when your totally convinced that this could really be our boy.

Now off to shop for something girly to get daddy excited

Tower, I had the same sadness for a bit with DS, because I was convinced he would be a girl. I came around eventually-- am now fully convinced all my kids will be boys

 

[gardenofedens]

What's your gender guess? I don't know any of the different theories or where the placenta is but would love input from you ladies!

Baby is measuring 12+4 so EDD remains 11/18. After dreaming baby wasn't growing enough because I'm still ebfing DD, scan was very reassuring. Not looking forward to waiting another 7 weeks for the gender scan though!! Can't wait to finally spill the beans to family on Mothers Day!

Anyway, gender guesses appreciated!

 

[Angeltk42]

What's your gender guess? I don't know any of the different theories or where the placenta is but would love input from you ladies!

Baby is measuring 12+4 so EDD remains 11/18. After dreaming baby wasn't growing enough because I'm still ebfing DD, scan was very reassuring. Not looking forward to waiting another 7 weeks for the gender scan though!! Can't wait to finally spill the beans to family on Mothers Day!

Anyway, gender guesses appreciated!

I know nothing about theories but the vibe I get is boy !!!

 

[teacup22]

Congrats on another girl Tower! Exciting times even if it takes a while to get over the fact she's not a boy x
Hope everyone is ok, I'm struggling tbh. I feel rubbish constantly and find it so hard to get up with my toddler at 5.30-6am

 

[LoraLoo]

Tower, so happy that baby is ok! Congrats on another beautiful pink bundle! Think how close they will all be when they are all older A boy would have just felt the odd one out anyway lol xx

Garden, Im going to say another girly xx

 

[Dazed125]

Congrats on a happy scan garden - I have 0 clue if its pink or blue though xx

 

[Creative]

write up on the scan yesterday: https://onlyrootsandwings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-scan.html
and my little baby
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MyGMRkBFMD4/UYyolTkmIUI/AAAAAAAAADA/XNTlyWmjTnY/s320/baby.jpg

 

[MandaAnda]

Brinib, I'm so sorry you're dealing with this, too. Do you work, and, if so, have you been off?

Lovehearts, stretchies are easy, IMO. I started playing with the Moby when still pregnant. But you can get ones that are sort of already done up, too. I'm skipping the stretchy this time though, as you can use them long, and going straight to woven wraps and ring slings. You need to find your nearest sling meet and pay them a visit. The Slings & Things FSOT &Advice group on fb is very good, too...but very addictive, as is the Natural Mamas forum.

MandaAnda- I do work, part-time, though my Wednesdays are brutal 12-13 hour days. I'm in the US so we don't really get any special accommodation for pregnancy and if I take off now I will have less leave saved up for when the baby comes.

Re: baby wearing. My squirmy son hated wraps and slings. We have a becco gemini carrier which I bought when he was 2 or 3 months old and I LOVE it. It's a structured carrier that is adjustable so even tiny babies can be in it, unlike the Ergo and lets their legs hang free which is what he liked about it. We used it for long walks around town, and all over Paris on a trip last year when he was 7 months old (he also hates the stroller so this thing has saved my life!)

I hate how that works in the US. Our sick leave and maternity leave is separate here. So, being off sick only affects our maternity leave if we're off for a pregnancy related problem from 36 weeks onward, and that just means it makes our maternity leave start early (if we weren't already off anyway). I'm American, and I have horrible memories if the paid time off bank, sick leave and vacation days coming out of the same, and it's not even a lot to begin with.

 

[miss_kseniya]

Welcome Angel

Lora I am so sorry hun. I feel really angry on your behalf and we've never even met. Your whole experience sounds like it's been trumatic from start to finish and this would have been the perfect clousre if they hadn't been so bloody imcompetent.

Tower what a relief for you hun. And a little girly, yay. I know you feel quilty for feeling a but disappointed but its natural if you were hoping for a boy and doesn't mean you'll love your beautiful daughter any less.

Lots more fab scans on here girls (Creative, Laura & Garden off the top of my head, sorry if I've missed anyone out). I can't get enough of seeing pictures of little wriggly babba's on the screen.

Dazed are you a lime this week (I can't remember what week 11 is). I'm a peach, lol

Happy Friday girlies xxx

 

[Dazed125]

You certainly are a peach miss k hehe and I'm a lime - yay!!

Feeling a little anxious today as have been able to find lo on doppler every time I've checked for the past couple of weeks, today I can't find it

 

[gardenofedens]

I hate how that works in the US. Our sick leave and maternity leave is separate here. So, being off sick only affects our maternity leave if we're off for a pregnancy related problem from 36 weeks onward, and that just means it makes our maternity leave start early (if we weren't already off anyway). I'm American, and I have horrible memories if the paid time off bank, sick leave and vacation days coming out of the same, and it's not even a lot to begin with.

Yep, it's absurd. My company made me use all my sick and vacation time before I could apply for maternity leave. I thought this meant I would have my three weeks of saved up sick and vacation time and then my six weeks maternity leave giving me 9 weeks home with my baby (i worked until the day I went into labor). Nope! Six weeks total. They used my own vacation time to cover part of the state mandated maternity leave which is apparently completely legal in CA. I was pissed. That's just not right in my opinion! And had they been up front about that from the beginning I wouldn't have skipped out on taking days off earlier on since I was only going to get the six weeks anyway!

 

[miss_kseniya]

Dazed I think they wriggle and move about in there so much sometimes that it can be quite hard to find the hb sometimes. I think it was Zowiey who had consistent problems finding one of her twins hb's yet on the scan they were both perfect.

How long left until your next scan hunny?

 

[Dazed125]

Garden that's aweful, it makes me grateful to be in the UK

Thanks Miss_K, I'm sure your right, it might just be moving up a little to my more podgy bit my scan is a week Tuesday. I'm actually amazed how quickly all our scans have come round

Xx

 

[zowiey]

Dazed, I do struggle to find my twins. I'll always find one, but never the other. And about a week ago I couldn't find either tbh, I've stopped looking now, it was causing to much stress. And since they have definitely moved up, I can't get them, Little monkeys! xxx

Tower, so glad everything is well with baby! I agree with Lora, think of how close they'll be and as my mum always says "a daughter is a daughter for life, a son is a son until he finds a wife".


So here are the twins! Twin 2 is at the top, and also looking straight at us. Hubby has taken to calling him the "freaky alien baby" meanie! I think he's beautiful and twin 1 posed perfectly! The sonographer was trying to get twin 2 to move but he wouldn't, and every time she went back to twin 1, there he was patiently waiting with his perfect profile hubby has also decided that twin 2 takes after me- stubborn! Ha!