FEBRUARY HEARTS Due in February 2015 , open group all welcome!

[jmandrews]

Yes totally normal. I'm having it too. More this time than with my first.

 

[Mumofboys87]

Hi mumofboys! Welcome and congrats! A bunch of us are due right around Feb 20, so essentially everyone in here is a bump buddy When did you find out you are pregnant?

Thanks. I found out when I was 5 weeks. It was a shock! I was on the injection for the last 2 years! Xx

 

[Megamegan]

Shells, I would almost kill for a surge of relaxin to hit me. I feel nothing but stress, tension, and near-exploding emotion at all times. Relaxing would be an amazing sensation, I'm waiting for it.

I'm very upset tonight because DH knows how much I HATE surprises of any kind, yet he apparently has been planning a surprise gender reveal party, including having our moms come here from out of state. I'm really, really upset that he did this without telling me, because I had a completely different plan in my head (that we agreed on). Now I'm happy I have 2 weeks to wrap my head around it, but I mean, how many times do I have to tell him what I like? I know I'm being unreasonable and overreacting, but I can't help it. So anyway. Now we're having a gender reveal party, yay. Not happy yet, but I will be. Very happy my own mom will finally get to be at an ultrasound. It means a lot to me.

Like I said. I'll take some of that relaxin now.

 

[bridgetboo62]

decided that i really like gender neutral colors
so pretty much completed my registry tonight because i got really bored haha

 

[ttc126]

Ras, so very glad you're home and ok I'm so sorry that's extremely scary being at the hospital so sick and alone Hope the sicky bugs STAY AWAY!

Feronia, glad to hear you're all moved! Sounds very hellish having no help PLUS car troubles!
I'm so with you on the unnecessary baby supplies! I really wish I had done things differently with ds! We by no means went overboard but we did things like buy an infant seat that was too heavy to carry with him in it once he was 4 months old and i wish we just had gotten a convertible from the start. I also wouldn't have wasted money on his huge heavy stroller because I'm already getting ready to sell it because we don't use it now! So much we think we "need" lol!!!! I also am so glad we're all set up with diapers (prefolds and covers) for #2 with nothing to buy this time!

Megan, you're husband is so sweet! I do totally see why you're upset! I hate surprises too! Hugs Hon! I swear i feel less pissy now so hopefully the same will happen for you!

 

[xxshellsxx]

Routine midwife appointment this morning went great everything absolutely fine blood pressure 122/65 has not budged since booking in appointment.

Also said I'm fine to fly on my holiday in 4 weeks to Ireland

Anatomy ultrasound on the 19th september and then next midwife appointment on the 30th September

 

[RaspberryK]

I love gender neutral colours too, I avoided baby blue with ds, I got a lot of his clothes when we were still team yellow (til birth), his pram and other bits were lime green.
Xx

 

[bridgetboo62]

we will probably get a lot of gender specific items from friends and family
so it will be awesome to have gender neutral things too!

 

[Feronia]

Hehe, one thing I learned is that even if you tell people you like gender neutral colours the most AND don't tell people the sex of the baby, you'll only get neutral clothes before the baby is born. After DD was born, we only got pink frilly things despite telling people we liked neutral. Oh well, at least she's clothed!

Thanks, ttc126! We used prefolds with DD but since we don't have a washer or dryer here, I wanted to try flats and handwashing/ air drying. I handwashed some of DD's prefolds last night and they still aren't dry in the morning... Has anyone tried flats?

I get my second blood draw today for SIPS and should have my results next week. I know someone mentioned a blood problem (was it Kell disease? Something like that?) earlier in the thread, and apparently my midwives offer to test for things like that, so I consented. I'm not sure whether I was tested with DD.

Glad your appointment with the midwife went well, shells, and that's awesome you get to go on your vacation to Ireland!

 

[bridgetboo62]

well we definitely want to find out the gender and hopefully we will be a week from tomorrow and we arent going to keep it from people that would just be too hard and i dont see the point. we will be announcing on facebook after our scan on the 10th and are hoping to be able to announce a gender then simultaneously

 

[River54]

Just signed up for 5 free baby legs when paying the shipping...they are soo cute - can't wait..
promo code was 4MYBABYCA for Canadians...
Anybody else do this?

 

[Feronia]

River54, I did the Canadian baby legs deal about a year ago for my daughter. They're awesome and we used them all the time!

well we definitely want to find out the gender and hopefully we will be a week from tomorrow and we arent going to keep it from people that would just be too hard and i dont see the point. we will be announcing on facebook after our scan on the 10th and are hoping to be able to announce a gender then simultaneously

We didn't tell anyone the sex for two reasons. 1.) We really, really only wanted to receive neutral gifts if people were going to send us stuff and 2.) we didn't want to receive gender-specific advice like "what it's like to raise a girl" or "what it's like to raise a boy." We're both really into deemphasizing gender identity as an important early construct since I think it can be really limiting. If she wants to wear pink "girly" things, that's fine, but she should choose it on her own and not feel limited. She wears a huge variety of clothes, we don't point out people as "boys" or "girls" (though she's figured that out on her own, lol, I'm not sure how), and she plays with tools and trucks equally, if not more, than she plays with dolls. That's just how we're raising her, so people can find out the sex at birth like we are this time.

I did receive my booking for my anatomy scan for October 3rd, but I'm still about 95% sure we're going to cancel it. I just want to talk to my midwife next Tuesday before making the final decision, and I'll also get my SIPS bloodwork results back then!

 

[jmandrews]

Wish I could feel the baby. I felt DD at 15 weeks 6 days so I thought for sure I'd be able to feel this baby by now.
Gender scan in 3 days! I'm feeling boy. can't wait to find out!

 

[River54]

With my dd, my mum made sure people knew my tastes if they wanted to buy things for baby. It was great. Most things I got, were somewhat inline with what I liked in terms of colours.
A co-worker whose shower I was at recently, had also 'spread the word' she was having a girl, but hated pink frilly things. Most people respected that, but a few did not. Some, like me, actually asked what colours she liked best and went with those...it takes all kinds...

OH doesn't want to buy much of anything until we know the gender...it may have something to do with us going to a few baby stores and not seeing really any cute gender neutral stuff at the time. Hopefully I can drag him to a couple other stores...Both of us are fairly conservative though, so we don't like extremes one way or another.

I have been knitting a bunch of stuff, and trying to keep in mind so far what I'd like to put on a boy or a girl.

 

[savvysaver]

Does anyone else not have much of a bump yet? I figured by now at 17 weeks it would be noticeable that I was pregnant. People are constantly looking at my stomach, probably wondering where the two babies are! I am only up 2-3 pounds from my original weight...hoping I pop out soon, I am getting quite worried.

 

[bridgetboo62]

i completely agree with the playing with tools and trucks equally as much as playing with dolls. no matter what gender we have we are going to be making all sorts of toys available to them.

 

[Feronia]

It really sucks worrying, doesn't it? I swear I felt my daughter earlier than this, and I thought I felt this baby a few weeks ago, but I haven't felt anything since. I really thought being about 16 weeks on a second baby would mean I'd be feeling something! I see my midwife at 17 weeks and I'll see whether she can hear the heartbeat on a fetoscope. I know it's early, but maybe an experienced midwife can hear something!

 

[ttc126]

Feronia, that was me with kell antibodies That's great you went ahead with the test and you'll have results soon! I'm sure everything will be totally normal and great!

I thought i felt baby early on then NOTHING for quite awhile! Then at 17 weeks bam! Unmistakable crazy moving! Even more than I felt at 24 weeks with ds! I'm sure you ladies will feel your babies soon

Today i had a blood appointment. My blood pressure was 88/54!!! I've been feeling like crap and nearly passing out so at least i know why now! Called my ob and the nurse gave me some suggestions like drinking 80oz of water a day and eating every two hours. And i get to eat more salt!

 

[2nd time]

I had a mw app today hr 168bpm guessing girl this has always worked for us, my bp was 80/42 which is stupid low not sure what to do about it

 

[Feronia]

The low blood pressure sucks, but it's normal at least. It's usually the lowest in the second trimester and then will gradually raise back up. There's not much you can do besides trying to get up slowly, drink lots of water, and sit down if you feel like you're going to faint. It's been getting colder here, which has definitely helped me feel less light headed.