Due Sept 2017

[Savasanna]

Your appointments are every two weeks? Wow, I'm once a month until I hit somewhere in the third trimester. Maybe speak with your OB about skipping one?

Hope you get your energy back soon! I've felt loads better this week, so maybe some relief is just around the corner!

 

[ladybrown33]

Yes every two weeks with the last pregnancy it was once a month until I was much further along but this time it has consistently been every two weeks. I think I will mention it to my ob at my appointment next week

 

[MrsKChicago]

I would find out why they want you so often. That's a lot of appointments!

I'm buying a few things already. We got a going home outfit yesterday and I'm looking at a sweet clearance dress at the Gap. We're at a point now where the odds of a problem are pretty low.

 

[TFBG]

I just came from my appointment and heard baby's heartbeat ❤. It took a while for him to find, I almost got an US but he checked and found baby higher than usual at this point (hope that means GIRL lol). At my next appointment, I'll get the genetics test to see what we're having. I can't wait!!

 

[Dani_b]

Damn hormones, it's just turned 8pm here and I have just gone to bed in floods of tears for no reason at all.

 

[gingmg]

Dani- hugs, I totally get it. Be gentle on yourself. This too will pass.

 

[Savasanna]

lol - good lord with those hormones! You're not alone, Dani.

TFBG - Congrats on your hb appointment! Was that the first time you've heard it? Sooooo reassuring. I just had a check in and heard mine last Thursday, and I'm already itching for the next appointments. haha. C'moooooon April 7th!

How's everyone doing on names? We're finding it so hard to land on one!

 

[Dani_b]

Not even had a think about names yet, think that one could take a while

 

[gingmg]

We don't have the same taste in names AT ALL, that's gonna be excruciating. Actually boy names we have agreed on only because in the end the last time I got the name I really wanted (which she loved but wasn't her first choice) so it has already been set what the choices of boy names will be and ultimately she will get to decide. And I'm fine with any of them. But girl names? No, this will be a battle. The agreement is she can pick the name, but I have to like/love it too, and we have WAY different tastes. And my gut says this is a girl, so we are gonna struggle bad liking the same names.

 

[ladybrown33]

I don't have any idea what I would like to name this baby at this rate her name will be baby girl. We cannot agree on anything and there hasn't been anything that sounds right to me. I'm taking suggestions the and see what we come up with in the end.

 

[MrsKChicago]

We've had a first name for years, but we're stuck on a middle name. I thought we'd made some progress until he realized the name in reverse is the same as some obscure video game character that literally like two people might think of...

 

[Savasanna]

I find it hilarious (and maddening) how far we delve into the name connection thing when choosing a name. Like "no, Jennifer won't work because when I was in second grade a Jennifer made me cry during recess once". haha.

I *think* I found a name I like, now I just need to get my wife on board. She likes it, but doesn't LOVE it. But there's still time to sell her on it.

Ging - how do you and your wife's tastes differ? What's your "name style", if you will?

 

[gingmg]

I like very traditional names, all those old school names from our grandparents era that are slowly coming back, she likes VERY Irish names that no one can pronounce. I'm fine with an Irish name if it's more mainstream/traditional, but some of the names she comes up with are too out there for me.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Do you live somewhere where Irish names might be familiar? There are a lot of beautiful Irish names but I'd have a hard time setting my kid up for a lifetime of spelling and pronouncing her name constantly (my friend's poor daughter in California gets called Raisin a lot). Maybe if we lived in the UK it would be more realistic.

I'm a big fan of traditional grandparent names, too. They're really in fashion now in general, all my son's little toddler friends have grandparent names. But there are enough of them that you won't necessarily have ten Rubies in every classroom.

 

[lilmisscaviar]

Still don't really have a boy or girl name. I have names that are ok but they are kind of uncommon and I'll constantly have people asking me "why did you name him/her that?" Really it is none of their business but people like to make it their business for some reason. I think that parents should be able to choose a name without feeling judged. So right now we don't have either a first or middle name for our child. I will probably wait until the gender scan before I seriously start thinking about it.

 

[Savasanna]

I like very traditional names, all those old school names from our grandparents era that are slowly coming back, she likes VERY Irish names that no one can pronounce. I'm fine with an Irish name if it's more mainstream/traditional, but some of the names she comes up with are too out there for me.

I like grandparent names, too! We agree!

 

[gingmg]

Yes there are many beautiful Irish names, she just needs to find one that I like too, cuz so far we like different ones.

 

[gingmg]

Sav-haha!

 

[rockstarlove9]

Looks like im officially in the second trimester... im flabbergasted I never imagined I would make it this far. Im starting to believe I really may get my rainbow baby after all

 

[Savasanna]

Woohoo, rockstar!