Mid June and July Firecrackers Group Due June/July 2017!

[PrettyInInk42]

Congrats to everyone one finding out what you're having. I'm now feeling like a dumbass for opting to book my appt when I'm exactly 20 weeks instead of earlier. I really feel like it's a girl and I'd like to get confirmed ASAP. Being unsure hasn't stopped me from shopping though. I went back to Babies R'Us and to WalMart and picked up some onesies, sleepers, scratch mits, and a nursing cushion. Thank God for return policies. lol

 

[808malia]

Weebles: Congrats on your little girl! I'm sure everything will be fine, and your little girl will be totally healthy Keep us posted, and I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers

Second: Congrats on your little boy! What a cute pic!

Zaly: Congrats on your little boy! That's awesome that your daughters are so excited

AFM: I am feeling my little princess's movements getting stronger like little thumps And My husband and I have decided on a name for her "Kini" it is a Hawaiian name that means abundance Does anyone else feel like ever since they hit the second tri, that the weeks are starting to fly by?! Or is it just me?

 

[DobbyForever]

Pretty I adore you. Wishful thinking had me spending hundreds on boys clothes but the nice thing is I feel boy clothes can go both ways PLUS any dude or guy clothes I can send to my cousin who just confirmed boy if I have a girl

Malia I am so jealous of the kicks. All I have is painful gas but I was thinking first tri dragged but since the nt scan is has flown by

So many blue bundles! Congrats!

 

[bbygurl719]

Weebles congrats on the girl. My little boy also has an eif (echogentic intracardiac focus) too. I go on the 14th for my level 2 ultrasound to look at it.

 

[blessedmomma]

Zany- congrats on your boy!

Les- I really like Charlie too

Pretty- such cute stuff. You can definitely return if you needed to. I couldn't wait to find out either but I found out so early (11 weeks) I shopped as soon as I confirmed. I had already been predicted a girl by the 'experts' haha.

Malia- love the name! We are about the same gestation and I've started feeling her more with the thumps as well, such a precious feeling.

 

[second.time]

Pretty, do you have the option of private ultrasounds just for the gender? In my area they're like $75 for a quick session, but I've heard of cheaper, around $40 or so. You're wise to wait until 20 weeks because there's more to measure and check and you want that to be accurate. I feel OK because they got all the shots, but my baby is measuring big, and you never know -- it would be hard to have to come back. Fingers crossed you get your girl! Things sound promising.

Congratulations on the boy, zaly! So sweet that your girls are excited.

Malia, I like the name a lot!

 

[PrettyInInk42]

Pretty, do you have the option of private ultrasounds just for the gender? In my area they're like $75 for a quick session, but I've heard of cheaper, around $40 or so. You're wise to wait until 20 weeks because there's more to measure and check and you want that to be accurate. I feel OK because they got all the shots, but my baby is measuring big, and you never know -- it would be hard to have to come back. Fingers crossed you get your girl! Things sound promising.

Congratulations on the boy, zaly! So sweet that your girls are excited.

Malia, I like the name a lot!

Thanks ladies.

I think my Dr told me private scans are like $150. I was given a requisition and told to book an appt any time between 18 and 20 weeks. I figured it'd be better to have the scan when I was further along. Both for fetal development and so I only have to wait 20 weeks between my final U/S and meeting my baby.

And I really do hope it's a girl. I've been dreaming of holding my little Emma for years. I'd obviously love a son just as much, but my mom already has a grandson and no granddaughters. My Oma (grandmother) has 6 great grandchildren; 3 boys, 3 girls, so we need a tie breaker. But it doesn't really matter to the father's side. He's an only child and doesn't have any kids yet, and this would be his paternal grandparents' first great grandchild.

 

[second.time]

You don't have long to wait now! I understand not wanting to spend $150. It sounds like the 12-week shot gave you a good idea and you have a 50/50 chance anyway. Of course you'll love your son like crazy if you have one, but I imagine you'll be welcoming a little girl.

 

[Thejoie]

We did our private scan yesterday!!!!
It's official: Amelia Ivy

 

[Aphy]

Congrats to all those who found out the gender this week! So exciting! Makes it feel so much more real for me...

Love the gender reveal photo Joie! So cute!

Love the name Malia! Wish o could say time was flying for me too but it's still dragging on day by day for me. I don't feel any movement either yet which sucks

Les,Charlie is a lovely name!

Sorry if I missed anyone...

 

[Thejoie]

Aphy: no movement for me yet either. I can't wait!! She was moving like crazy in the ultrasound!

 

[Weebles]

Everyone's kind words mean a lot to me, they help me to remain positive which is really the only thing I can do. So thank you.

Second, I did read that about soft markers but I have two of them and I'm awfully close to 35. I have no idea what that means for the odds and while I hope you're right I believe all babies are blessings.

Lesonde, I hope it turns out to be nothing as well. I declined testing/screening because I didn't think there would be any issue but also because we wouldn't do anything differently either way. I'm more worried about birth defects and IUGR than DS. Looking back I really do wish I had the screening if for nothing else than peace of mind. Oh, and I love the name Charlie! It is just my opinion but there are very few gender neutral names I love but Charlie makes the cut, I think it's wonderful.

Bbygurl, I hope for you too that it is just an anomaly and means nothing. I believe that the anatomy scan I had was a level two and I have a follow up around the same time as you on the 17th. It's hard to wait and not worry but like others have said it most often doesn't mean anything at all.

 

[second.time]

Joie, congratulations! Gorgeous name, both first and middle! How lovely to find out you're having a little girl.

Weebles, I understand the concern about different issues, but even if you google people with multiple soft markers, you'll find threads where EVERYONE with soft markers ended up with a baby with zero issues. The only thing is that they may monitor you more closely, but that's not a bad thing, and I'm sure you'll get good news very soon.

I'll be 33 when the baby is born and that is pretty close to 35, but it's more and more common for moms in their 30s/40s to have babies. My own mom had kids in her late 30s and even at 40, and my siblings are all 100% healthy and have been their whole lives. I imagine you have nothing to worry about.

 

[Mummafrog]

Ahhh it's so great finding out what everyone is having congratulations all round!
I'm also extremely jealous because I have to wait FOREVER ;p

Malia that's a lovely name x
I'm also feeling stronger little thumps, but only about every other day. It's strange because it's so clear when it happens and I feel several movements but then baby swims off somewhere for a day or two

My spd is pretty bad but I'm coping. Today a man with a van came and took loads of junk from our house, including our broken sofa and bed base, so we're going to get a new sofa, I want a squashy corner one I can snuggle on with my two little ones we'll keep the bed on the floor though, we like a big family bed. So even though I haven't bought anything yet.. I've been making changes hehe

 

[Maries_s]

I love doing changes around the house too mummafrog. We just put on layaway a new sofa and rocking chair recliner.
Glad some of you found out the gender of your LO.

I had my OB/GYN appointment today and everything was good. I clarified some of my worries about my amniotic fluid levels since this is the issue that put me on bed rest with my DD and he assures me he is going to take care of. I just heard the baby with a Doppler but it was ok.
My Anatomy scan is scheduled for February 23th and this is going to be the last one.

 

[808malia]

Joie- Congrats on your baby girl!!! What a cute announcement and name! Love it

 

[blessedmomma]

Congrats joie cute reveal

Mummafrog- we took the base off our bed recently too. We have co slept with all our children and still have our 13 month old in bed with us. He is so little there is no way he will be ready to move over to a toddler bed by July.

Maries- did they ever say why the amniotic fluid was low?? I've had low amniotic fluid with 3 of mine. It can be quite scary. Only one was so low they put me on bedrest and I had weekly nonstress tests. He barely moved which was the reason they checked in the first place. I was induced with him at 37 weeks when it went to 2-3 and almost lost him in labor. It wasn't until after I had him that they discovered his placenta had been pullling away for weeks and they barely got him out in time. The other two babies my levels only went down to 7-8 with one and 9 with the other. I was told to take it easy, but wasn't formally on bedrest. I did have the nonstress tests though and both babies barely moved. It was terrifying all 3 times.

 

[Maries_s]

Blessed: My OB/GYN was very mad that my previous doctor never checked out why I had low amniotic fluid. By that time my previous doctor told me to take it easy and I ended up in the observation room at hospital (I was 34w) with a UTI and contractions (they managed to make them stop). Then he put me on bed rest but my water broke at 35w5d. However, my previous doctor never told me what were the motive to my low amniotic fluid.
This OB/GYN explained to me that is necessary to check why this happen since this is very unusual to occur.
Is very scary though.

 

[Mummafrog]

Blessed - awh yeah he probably won't be. You just need a giant bed
Me hubby and baby fit ok on a king mattress but this time our 2.5yo is still occasionally coming in to our bed if she wakes in the night so I don't want her to not be able to do that or for hubby to be kicked out. I'm thinking of adding a single mattress as well.. if I can squeeze it into our bedroom xD

 

[second.time]

We're struggling with co-sleeping right now. Even though my son is four, he still comes into bed with us in the middle of the night out of habit, and he has trouble falling asleep in his own room without one of us there. We've been working hard on transitioning him to his bedroom full-time, but it's been a stressful process, and we're all a little sleep-deprived lately. I want to co-sleep with the baby at first (at least while he nurses), but I'm realizing I should have worked on bedtime independence a lot sooner with my son!