February Lovebugs of 2016!! 16 pink, 15 blue, 7 yellow

[cherryness]

Quote : It is so crazy how every one is different. I had crazy MS with my son, my skin was gorgeous and the tenderness in my boobs went away around week 5. This time around no MS pretty much at all, my boobs still hurt to this day and my skin has been awful. I am breaking out like crazy. Luckily we just got a 22' above ground pool set up in our backyard and DH decided to make it a saltwater pool. DS and I have gotten in every day over the past week and the saltwater is helping my skin clear up. I am crossing my fingers that the drastic difference in pregnancies means it's a girl but I'm not hopeful. I just don't think I will be that lucky to get one of each. So, I have my mind made up that it's going to be another boy. That way if it turns out to be a girl, it will just be a nice surprise.[/QUOTE]

Omg Im the same. I was so sick with my first , a boy . This tine I've felt off but never been sick and not had a great number of symptoms apart from sore boobs, teary, tired and constipation. But very little nausea. I'm thinking boy even tho id love a girl

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Awwww you got yourself a good man there. Not a lot of them would be understanding and jump in to help out (at least my ex wouldn't. He's selfish).

I did a urine gender prediction kit this morning and it's predicting a boy. Ramzi says girl. It comes with two tests, so I'm gonna test again in a few weeks and see if I get the same result.

 

[CWB86]

Has any one else had to tell work really early? Iv had to due to possibly having to restrain and I'm hoping they let me stay where I am till 12 weeks.

Yes, I've had to tell my manager- I was due to have a change of hours review meaning id have more late shifts but because of this she's letting me keep my current hours which is a massive help
Plus, she got massively excited and went out and bought me a baby sleep suit so she could be the first to buy something lol

 

[happynewmom1]

Thanks, ladies! I'm pretty excited! I definitely get more crampy when it's hot out but I have the same problem as Brandi. Drinking water makes me want to gag so I'm not getting as much as usual. :/

Interesting views on ultrasound measurements.. I'm thinking I'll leave the ticker for now and see what the next ultrasound at hopefully 12 weeks says. Or change it to my ovulation date lol I guess I'm due in February and that's all that matters Haha

Brandi, are you leaning towards either gender or do you later have a feeling about it later in the pregnancy?

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Well, my instinct has never been wrong. By that I mean I set up a Babies R Us registry, walk around the store scanning things, and am drawn to either pink or blue. This time, I was drawn to pink first, but also began scanning blue. I know 100% there's only one in there, so I'm leaning towards pink. I think I just scanned blue because I have a baby who is a boy lol.

That being said, Ramzi says girl and baby is on the opposite side that my son was on. BUT timing says baby should be a boy. My nausea hasn't hit me 100% yet.

With my girls, I was vomiting more, pretty much daily, than I was nauseous and that hit me by 6 weeks and lasted to 11 weeks. With my boys, I was nauseous more than I vomited and that didn't hit me until 8 weeks and lasted to 19 weeks.

Given that I haven't really vomited yet (one time), and I'm approaching 8 weeks, and nausea is really only just NOW starting to kick in, I would lean towards a boy.

To summarize...timing and nausea/vomiting onset says Boy. Babies R us Scanning and Ramzi say girl.

I really don't have any idea lmao.

 

[millyr75]

Has any one else had to tell work really early? Iv had to due to possibly having to restrain and I'm hoping they let me stay where I am till 12 weeks.

On another note my Hcg went from 188 on Monday to 825 on Thursday.

With my first pregnancy I virtually had to tell my work straight away. I'm a nurse and at the time I was working in a Cardiac MRI department which required me to enter the MRI room with patients and connect them up to monitoring and IV infusions. As it's unclear what damage, if any, can be done during early pregnancy from the magnetic forces, I was no longer allowed to enter that room. Thankfully all went well with that pregnancy and I didn't need to do any back tracking or explaining about a loss because I wasn't so lucky with my 2 pregnancies that followed my first. I'm hoping that this current one sticks.

I went to see my OB yesterday as I was having some dull pain in my right lower abdomen which was radiating out to my right hip. I thought I must have ovulated from my right ovary and that was something to do with the pain but it turns out I ovulated from my right ovary.

I had an ultrasound which showed baby measuring 5+6, my calculations had me at 5+3 yesterday. I saw the heart rate waveform but didn't see anything on the screen. The HR was 95 and my OB said it was a little low, despite me having read in a few different places that a good HR for 6 weeks is 90-110bpm. My little one isn't even 6 weeks so I thought it's HR was ok. My OB started me on Aspirin and Progesterone just as a precaution as I had a MMC in February this year. She wants me back to see her again in 10 days where she will have me have another ultrasound to check on baby's progress. Here's hoping this one is a sticky one and the Aspirin and Progesterone are just what this little one needs to help give it the best chance in life.

 

[FLArmyWife]

Thanks Brandi

 

[pinkpassion]

I'm stuck on this baby's gender too... with dd I knew from the very beginning she was a girl, never could look at boy stuff/boy names , only bought pink gender reveal stuff before we knew, and it was confirmed she was a she... my hcg levels were really high, horrible break out all over my face, awful nausea starting week 5, craving sweets and meat in first tri then any/all peppers after first tri, as long as my food had jalapenos, red/yellow/orange bell peppers, banana peppers, pickles, onions , vinegar on it I was good lol...
This time low hcg levels (with dd at 5 weeks my hcg was over 14,000, with this one at 5+6 they were only 8180) nausea just hit at 7+6, craving sweets, and red meat, and basically anything bad for me (McDonald's , ice cream, fries, cool ranch doritos ) so honestly I'm at a loss, the lower hcg makes me think boy, but the same cravings makes me think girl and my face is ridiculously broken out again...
But we aren't finding out this time until birth, that's right team YELLOW!!!!!! :woohoo:

 

[BrandiCanucks]

That's another thing that makes me lean girl...my levels at 24dpo were 18,238...average is 4186 lmao

 

[Quantea]

Has any one else had to tell work really early? Iv had to due to possibly having to restrain and I'm hoping they let me stay where I am till 12 weeks.

On another note my Hcg went from 188 on Monday to 825 on Thursday.

I think I'm gonna have to let them know too. I'm currently in between postings, but I will have to present myself to my new post some time next week and it's a high-stress job in a high-risk environment (emergency ward in high-traffic hospital). I feel terrible about showing up and basically letting them know I won't be able to work, but I don't think I could handle 8-10 hours of standing on my feet daily and rushing around for emergencies with this dreaded fatigue and constant nausea. I'm already losing too much weight and I wasn't overweight to begin with. There's also a minor flu outbreak going around that has me concerned as well... So on one hand, I'm worried about the reactions I'll get from my new co-workers, as it's easier to make a bad impression with people that have never with me before and won't know that I'm usually a very diligent worker. On the other hand though, little bean is what's important at the moment and I have to consider what's safer.

I want a temporary desk job, lol.

 

[BrittRashel]

Pinkpassion, you have a lot more patience than I do. I can't wait to find out and I would drive myself nuts not knowing!! I don't trust my gut at all. I was convinced that DS was a girl. I wanted a boy but for some reason I just felt that it was a girl. I was shocked when the ultrasound tech said I was having a boy. This time I really don't feel one way or another. I want a girl and at times I think it could be because this pregnancy is so different but at the same time I know that every pregnancy is different and it might just feel different because it's been 7 years since I was last pregnant.

AFM, I was finally in the mood last night for the first time in like 3 weeks. DH was so happy and it was AMAZING.... then the cramps started. Holy bejeezes, they were bad. Ugh, I can't even enjoy having an incredible O without worrying about hurting the baby. I told DH this morning that we might have to switch to me just doing fun stuff for him until I'm out of the first trimester. This is going to be a long 6 weeks.

 

[oox_tasha_xoo]

Pinkpassion, you have a lot more patience than I do. I can't wait to find out and I would drive myself nuts not knowing!! I don't trust my gut at all. I was convinced that DS was a girl. I wanted a boy but for some reason I just felt that it was a girl. I was shocked when the ultrasound tech said I was having a boy. This time I really don't feel one way or another. I want a girl and at times I think it could be because this pregnancy is so different but at the same time I know that every pregnancy is different and it might just feel different because it's been 7 years since I was last pregnant.

AFM, I was finally in the mood last night for the first time in like 3 weeks. DH was so happy and it was AMAZING.... then the cramps started. Holy bejeezes, they were bad. Ugh, I can't even enjoy having an incredible O without worrying about hurting the baby. I told DH this morning that we might have to switch to me just doing fun stuff for him until I'm out of the first trimester. This is going to be a long 6 weeks.

I haven't been in the mood for weeks poor OH lol

 

[writingislove]

Pinkpassion, you have a lot more patience than I do. I can't wait to find out and I would drive myself nuts not knowing!! I don't trust my gut at all. I was convinced that DS was a girl. I wanted a boy but for some reason I just felt that it was a girl. I was shocked when the ultrasound tech said I was having a boy. This time I really don't feel one way or another. I want a girl and at times I think it could be because this pregnancy is so different but at the same time I know that every pregnancy is different and it might just feel different because it's been 7 years since I was last pregnant.

AFM, I was finally in the mood last night for the first time in like 3 weeks. DH was so happy and it was AMAZING.... then the cramps started. Holy bejeezes, they were bad. Ugh, I can't even enjoy having an incredible O without worrying about hurting the baby. I told DH this morning that we might have to switch to me just doing fun stuff for him until I'm out of the first trimester. This is going to be a long 6 weeks.

I haven't been in the mood for weeks poor OH lol

Last thing In the world I want anything to do with . DH is going crazy. Poor guy...

 

[BrittRashel]

Me either and he has been sulking. You can always tell when I'm not putting out. DH gets very grumpy.

 

[pinkpassion]

Lol, britt, we'll I wanted to be team yellow last time but was pressured into finding out.... I've already warned everyone that we will not be finding out even though mil thinks she's going to find out promising she'll keep it a secret, but she blabbed her mouth when we found out with dd it was dh and her with Me and we were having a gender reveal party and at the party she was telling people what I said during the ultrasound and "accidently" let it slip that I shouted "it's a girl!!!" Before the balloon pop... talk about pissing me off haha, so I reminded her of that and told her no one will be finding out and if they want to throw a fit, no one will be told of the elcs date and we will wait til the baby is born and then surprise everyone with a "he's/she's here!!" Text.. that shut them all up real quick lol... although now that I've said that to them I told dh I kind of want to do that lol, not tell a soul we are going in and just do it and surprise everyone!!!!

I've put myself on pelvic rest like i was on last time until second tri , but dh is enjoying the other fun things we can do, although let's be honest. I've not been in the mood AT ALL!!!!!!!

 

[lozzy21]

I was team yellow with my daughter and I'm staying team yellow this time too.

As for sex, I'm gagging, not had any since Saturday and need to wait till next Tuesday/Wednesday.

 

[pinkpassion]

Lozzy, how was it when she was born?? Was it worth the wait?! I keep imagining it and just can't wait for the incredible moment when dh says "it's a______"!!!!!!!

 

[Mrs.stefka]

I don't know how anyone waits to find out the gender on babys birthday! I'm only 5 weeks and its killing me to not know right now, haha!

 

[BrandiCanucks]

I always say I'm going to wait, but I have no patience. I want to be prepared

 

[pinkpassion]

Lol, usually I am very impatient and need to prepare, and what not, but this is something that I've wanted to do for so long and now that I have my girl (which is what I absolutely wanted) I don't mind either way now, I'd love either!!!!!!!! And the way I see it is if we have another girl I've kept all the stuff from dd, if it's a boy I've been collecting little outfits here and there and will either use them or sell them at a garage sale or give them to someone in need!!!! As for the room the baby sleeps with me for the first couple months anyway so I'll have plenty of time to get the room ready!!!!