April Diamonds!! [2016 Rainbows]

[NavyLadybug]

jtink, can you get a private scan? It's possible you have an anterior placenta (its in the front of your uterus) so it will make it really hard to feel baby early on if you do. I had it with Magnus and it's pretty common and usually non-threatening unless it moves down.

Lala, did you ever have your genetics redrawn? If so, have you gotten results?

 

[jtink28]

nope, not paying for a private scan. i know i don't have an anterior placenta right now - it wasn't at 12 weeks anyway. i didn't feel my son until after 19 weeks, so i'm not worried about the movement. i'm worried about no weight gain and no bump!

 

[jtink28]

plus, it would be awfully early to feel strong movements at 14+5. with my crohn's, there's lots of gurgling and shifting down there, so who knows if it's intestines or baby, lol.

 

[NavyLadybug]

As far as no weight or bump, your body has been through this now so it'll possible your metabolism is kicked up a bit so weight may be slower for you (especially if you have morning sickness) and for the bump, it's very possible baby and uterus and kinda "deep set" so to speak, so they don't poke out as much. With my mother, after me, she never showed until a minimum of 6 months with her remaining 5 children and she was (and still is) about your size lol

 

[jtink28]

i do know that i had a retroverted uterus at the beginning of this pregnancy (shifted backwards). it made getting a HB with the doppler at 12 weeks impossible, which is why i had to have a quick scan to check all was ok. he was in there, wiggling around and waving. so 2 weeks ago he was bumping around. if i push hard underneath my lovely layer of leftover c-section fat, i can feel a very hard bump right above my c-section scar. so i'm guessing this baby is hiding. every once in a while i feel like i can feel very light jabs, but it's too early for me to call them baby.

 

[zmzerbe]

jtink, I believe that a retroverted uterus could also be the reason that you do not have a bump yet. My uterus is ever so slightly tilted forward so I showed early with my son and this time around too. As far as weight gain, I have lost 12ish pounds and I haven't gained any of it back yet, I have however completely cut coffee out of my diet because it makes me sick and I used to put a lot of sugary creamer in it so that could be why.

 

[zmzerbe]

Ok, So I don't know if I ever showed you guys how I announced our pregnancy via facebook (and to family we just had ds open the shirt and picture frame on his birthday) but this is it...

https://i57.tinypic.com/2j2cck7.jpg

My question is, I am about to announce it to the coworkers in the office I work and was wondering if I should just e-mail this picture to everyone or make an updated picture. (ultrasound was 8 weeks)

 

[KozmikKitten]

zmz - super cute! I love seeing other people's announcements. In fact, I was just about to share mine here as well!

As for the ultrasound, I don't think too many people pay too close attention to the actual detail on the ultrasound, so I would think using this one would be totally fine. I love your son's shirt, btw!

 

[zmzerbe]

zmz - super cute! I love seeing other people's announcements. In fact, I was just about to share mine here as well!

As for the ultrasound, I don't think too many people pay too close attention to the actual detail on the ultrasound, so I would think using this one would be totally fine. I love your son's shirt, btw!

That's what I was thinking! And his birthday party was racecar themed so I got the shirt on etsy. One of the attorneys in my office didn't announce her pregnancy until she was about 5-6 months pregnant. She is probably a size 00 and it was her first, not to mention she's about 6 feet tall. I wish I could wait that long to announce mine to my coworkers, but I officially only have 2 shirts that cover the bump and 1 of them is on the verge of being too short to cover my unzipped pants lol.

 

[KozmikKitten]

I am friends with coworkers on FB so when I announce on there my coworkers will start talking about it at work. I plan to announce on Friday after my ultrasound. I'm excited. I cant share the photos here because they are too big. I will have to resize them in order to share.

 

[zmzerbe]

I think I'm friends with one coworker on facebook, but I already told her anyways before I even announced to facebook. And post them as soon as you resize! I can't wait to see!

I also want to do a cute gender reveal, but since we aren't telling anyone baby's gender until birth I can't

 

[SunUp]

Love the pregnancy announcement!!

I had to work today with my pants half zipped up!! Yikes!!

 

[NavyLadybug]

Such a cute announcement!!!!

 

[Hopeful Cat]

Cute announcement i announced at work last Friday. I baked chocolate chip cookies (which my coworkers love) and put a aign up that read "eat up everyone, my mum cant be the only one with a belly - baby". I always make those cookies so they all knew it was me.

Had an ultrasound today at 13 weeks 1 day (tho baby is measuring a couple of days ahead). So magical! Feeling blessed

 

[NavyLadybug]

Creative way to announce Hopeful! Also yay for a good scan!!

 

[zmzerbe]

Thanks Ladies!

And Hopeful good luck with the scan! And I love your idea about how to announce to coworkers! I might end up stealing your idea with the cookies lol!

Sunup - I know the feeling! It sucks! I am too small to fit into maternity pants still but all of my work pants have a hairtie attempting to keep them closed and are only zipped half way at most. Some I can't zip at all lol

 

[NavyLadybug]

Ladies, I'm in shock.

https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/pregnancy-test-gallery/image.php?galleryid=469113

 

[babyjan]

Is that a positive navy? If so yaaay!

 

[KozmikKitten]

Wow Navy! That is amazing. Gosh I'm really hoping for you!!

 

[NavyLadybug]

I'm torn between excited and terrified when all I want to be is excited