July Firecrackers 2018

[MissEyre]

BabyBrain - So sorry that you are dealing with all of this! Heartbeat is a good sign, but I'm sure you're dealing with so many emotions right now. Wish you the best!

Livvy - I really appreciate and respect your candor and honesty about how you're feeling. DH and I debated about having #2 FOREVER. There are still days where I wonder if we are making the right call. Especially when these early weeks have me feeling like complete crap. Just know that you can keep it real with us. Plus, I feel like pregnancy hormones just magnify normal reactions and fears.

Buffy - My sister is also pregnant. We are only about 4 weeks apart. It's be awesome to have someone to commiserate with. I didn't know anyone else pregnant when I had my first, so it's been a fun treat to go through all this with my sister.

I feel like I've finally gotten into a somewhat predictable routine with my nausea. Days have been mostly decent and the real nausea hit around 6 or 7 p.m. and last until I fall asleep around 9:30. While I wish I didn't have any nausea, I'm grateful that it's happening when DH is home and can take care of our daughter while I lay around feeling sick.

 

[Matherese]

I just got done with my scan. Baby is measuring right on track, so I’m still on for the 17th. Hb was 175. I’m feeling relieved, but I have had a loss past this point so I can’t fully relax

 

[eppgirl]

I hate to keep being down all the time, but I’m just so miserable.
I’m dizzy all the time, the only way I can explain it is I just feel fuzzy.
The nausea is not really all that bad, not since the doctor prescribed me some nausea meds.
I think I’m dehydrated, but I’m drinking a ton of water all day long idk how I could be.
I just want a normal, uncomplicated pregnancy for once. :sad:
I’m just having a hard time right now, I can’t wait for my ultrasound I want to see my baby again, but I’m feeling so down because I can barely do anything it’s sooo hard just to get out of bed.

 

[Livvy]

Babybrain, ugh, how awful to still be in limbo for almost a week. Fx’d for you that baby is fine.

Glong, I was sure on my dates with my DS too, and my initial scan put me back either 3 or 5 days -- I can’t remember. So I’m sure everything is just fine!

Thank you Texmel, we are far from both of our families where we’re living and I just feel I don’t have enough of a support system to have 3 so close in age. DH is amazing though so I’m thankful for that. I understand too, my 2 year old is a terror lately and has been disobeying right and left. Kids are hard!

MissErye you’re so right, pregnancy hormones are crazy!! Thank you.

Congrats on the great scan Matherese! So cute!! Did they do belly or transvaginally? Mine was belly and they couldn’t see super well so I didn’t get any pics that good out of it.

Eppgirl I’m so so sorry you’ve been feeling so badly. My favorite phrase is “this too shall pass.” This will pass and you will have your sweet little babe in your arms!! It’s just a phase, and you are strong enough to get through it.

I can’t remember who it was that wanted a girl this go around.. just know anything is possible! We broke a crazy streak in DH’s family of no boys. His brother has 2 girls and his sister has 4 girls, so our son was his parents’ first grandson. And then with my daughter, we only DTD once right on ovulation and somehow the girl sperm were faster despite the old wives’ tale! Don’t give up hope.

 

[Alligator]

I did one of those online ramzi tests for $7 that tells you baby's gender (I know it's not science but I figured what the heck!?) and it said girl!! I've been leaning boy all along (DH thinks girl). We'll see

I have 2 sisters, DH has a sister and we have one nephew (DHs side) who is a boy. Hard to say!

 

[Heather.1987]

So ramzi test is only supposed to be accurate right around 6 weeks. I had one at 5w6d with hadleigh and ramzi said boy....wrong! This time i had my scan at 6w0d and same side...just a little lower...so well see!

 

[Alligator]

Oh interesting! I was 8w. We'll see. It was more just for fun, knowing that it's really just a diversion hahah.

 

[Heather.1987]

Oh yes! Definetly fun! Chinese gender calendar had been correct for my 3 other babies. This time it says boy! So it will be interesting if ill be 4/4 with that!

 

[glong88]

I as 5w6days and it was on the left on scan so it would of been my right side, therefore a bit but I'm hoping for a girl
Chinese gender says girl.

 

[TexMel]

Well, I had never heard of this Ramzi theory, so I just fell down that rabbit hole momentarily. I tried looking at my scan, but I have no idea which side is what or what side the placenta is on. It's definitely an interesting theory, though!

I am so sorry to those of you feeling so miserable. For some reason, yesterday and today I all of a sudden feel almost normal again. I did run out of my prenatal that I had been taking, so I changed to some samples my dr gave me and then started a completely different one today, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but I feel actually good for a change. I took my mom out to lunch to celebrate me actually wanting to leave the house! I hope this same feeling is just around the corner for all of you!

 

[Alligator]

Chinese gender chart also says girl for me!

Tex it's so interesting you mention I forgot to take my usual prenatal the last two nights (oops... I will take it tonight I promise, I just get so sleepy at night and already have to take my diclectin pill then eat right before bed...it's a lot lol). And I feel pretty good today. Queasy at times and felt nauseous because I let myself get too hungry before lunch...but not bad. I think I might switch pills honestly! Maybe go for a gummy or something easier for my tummy. We are only a couple days apart and I've read that many women start to get over the hump around 9 weeks (nausea might come back but it's a bit less or we have entire days feeling better). Fx!

 

[Four2Five]

Livvy I’m glad you are feeling better about being here. This pregnancy was a complete surprise to me as well and my first words to do were “we have a huge f’ing problem”. Both of our dd’s we had to seek infertility doctors and treatments for, and it still took years to conceive them. We tried for #3 for 2.5 years and decided to quit once I reached a high risk pregnancy age. We were content with being done, we moved across the country from all of our family, bought a house that had just enough room for our family of 4 and then SURPRISE...I was floored, i still don’t know how I feel about it but I try every day to be thankful and enjoy this baby, it’s a natural miracle the drs have told us but still it’s been a shock and adjustment. You aren’t alone

Babybrain I’m praying for you and your little one did they say the hematoma should resolve themselves or should you expect more bleeding? I’m so sorry you are going through this, you are in my prayers

Texmel I wish I could give you a big hug. I too am going to be pretty upset if I hear I’m having another girl. I can’t say I have a feeling one way or the other but I didn’t with my girls either...I really hope it’s a boy but I know I’m going to be disappointed if it’s not We have wanted to wait to find out gender but I feel like I need to know to prepare myself and bond with this baby so I’ve expressed my issues with she and he said we can find out if I want, he just doesn’t want me getting depressed...my test is in 2 weeks though so I have to decide soon. We should know gender by New Years though if we decide to find out! We did keep most clothes from our last dd but unfortunately we left them all back home in our parents storage shed so I will have to go back there at some point and get them if it’s another girl.

Last couple of days have been pretty rough. I’ve been feeling awful plus completely exhausted! I’m sleeping like 16 hours a day just trying to make it through the nausea and it still doesn’t feel like enough. I have no energy for anything and my house really needs a good cleaning

 

[Four2Five]

Has anyone thought of names yet? I know it’s still early but I’m always thinking about our little babe and what his/her name will be Both of our girls have 3 letter names that end in “uh” sound so we kind of want to keep that going but not 100% stuck on it if we think of something we love.

Our list is slowly getting narrowed down but we are still thinking of new ones now and then

Boy:
Noa Lee (pronounced Noah)
Jax Lee
Hux Lee

Girls:
Noa Leigh (still pronounced Noah, we think its cute for a girl or boy)
Nora Leigh (Love this name but it’s not 3 letters *sigh*)

We have always thought our third would be named Noa even if it was a different spelling from the normal Noah, our second dd we also dropped a letter off her name to make it 3 letters so this wouldn’t be to awkward if we did it again...but does it look or sound weird?

 

[Matherese]

Livvy they did it on my belly, and I was expecting a transvaginal. I’m glad I didn’t have to have one though because I had to take my son to the appointment with me, haha.

I’m considered “advanced maternal age” since I just turned 35 so I’m having the harmony test done in 2 weeks, and we’ll find out the gender! All the predictors were wrong with my son, the Chinese gender chart, heart rate theory, and Ramzi. At least I don’t have to wait until 20 weeks this time! I’m not that patient!

 

[Matherese]

Four2five I love the names! Nora is on my girl list

 

[Four2Five]

Matherese I don’t have the patience in me either so I will be happy to find out at 10-11 weeks! I’ve checked the Chinese charts but I looked at two and they said different things so I don’t know which one to go off. Sounds like we are both getting the testing done around the same time, my appointment is the 22nd, they said I should have results by New Years so I hope so! We want to surprise our family with either blue or pink fireworks show on video to share the news on New Years if we find out in time!

 

[Buffyx]

Yes! I have thought of some names, but need to get DH on board.

Luna for a girl.
I like Arlo + Felix for a boy.

We already have children whose names begin with A + F, so that is one thing that puts me off my boy choices.

Four2five - I am saying Hux Lee like Huxley. Do you like Koa? I think Sol is cute for a little boy too I love Nora! And Noa is very cute.

 

[Matherese]

Livvy my appt is on the 22nd too!

Love the names Buffy!

 

[TexMel]

For a boy, we'll probably settle pretty easily on some Texas-related name, like Travis. Our first is Austin, so it would kind of fit.

For a girl, most of the names I used to love are either overused now or already used by close friends/family. I would love to somehow combine my mom, grandma, and mother in law's names all within the first and middle name, but haven't come up with anything great yet. Macy or Marcy is the only thing I can think of for Nancy + Mary, but I don't love either of those.

 

[Four2Five]

Matherese I think you meant me, my appointment is the 22nd I wonder if livvy has one that date too?

Buffy I love Luna that’s really pretty! Not to fond of Koa, because we have a lot of Hawaiian koa wood in our house so it makes me think of that!

Texmel I love the southern name Memphis for a boy, would be super cute to have Austin and Memphis and for a girl how about AnnMarie or Maryann, it kind of combines Nancy and Mary? I love using family names! Lee is my dads middle name which is why I’ve been playing with it being the middle name, our oldest dd is named after my mom and she has my middle name, our second dd is named after my mother in law and has my husbands middle name...so this baby it’s hard to find anyone else to name after and my father in law has super awkward names by my dad has middle name Lee and we figured we could use his middle name, now if I can figure out how to combine it with Bernard to include both or dads