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

[Gagrlinpitt]

I'm still feeling baby very sporadically.. I'm sure we will find out Thursday if I have an anterior placenta and maybe that's why..

 

[PrettyInInk42]

Pretty - That sounds like a great month and before you know it we will be in 3rd Tri. Can't wait to hear your results on the 4th!

Me too. lol. There is a chance I might not be told what I'm having at my appt though. The U/S clinic I go to has signs up saying patients will not be told the gender of their babies. If that's the case, I may not find out til my OB appt 2 days later. But I'll be watching the screen like a hawk for a penis (or not). lol.

I was talking to a friend (who has a kid already) about how girls can be a little harder to determine cuz it could also be a boy with underdeveloped junk, but she pointed out that if they can see the brain and heart chambers, they can see a pair of ovaries and a uterus.

And I'm a first timer too. AND you and I are due a day apart. We'll all be able to get through this together. If you're up for a 3am feeding, chances are some of us will be awake too and able to give you some support. : )

 

[lesondemavie]

Pretty - You actually cannot see the uterus and ovaries of a baby on an ultrasound. Here is a link: https://www.pregnancyandbaby.com/pregnancy/articles/937337/is-it-a-girl-how-an-ultrasound-can-tell. I read it elsewhere on a more medical site but can't find it again right now. They look for labia not just the absence of a penis to determine that it is a girl. If you go to Follow The Hills on YouTube, their tech clearly points out the labia on their little girl at their anatomy scan. Go check it out so you know what to look for .

 

[TTCfirstovr30]

Maybe they just have the sign up so women wont ask them, but secretly they do tell you one-on-one? Positive thinking I hope you will find out and its a girl!

Actually, my OB moved me up to July 22 so we actually have the same due date!!! We can be emotional wrecks together when baby wont stop crying!

 

[PrettyInInk42]

Good to know, leson.

And do you have any idea if you'll actually deliver on time, TTC? My mom has always told me women in our family tend to deliver late. When the Dr gave her her due date with me, she said "add 2 weeks to that" and I was 13 days late. If the same goes for me, I'm looking at possibly delivering in August. lol

 

[DobbyForever]

Lovely bumps!

My biggest fears are sleep and daycare. Next y at is my prob year, and so I'm scared of taking too much time off or sucking at my job =\. I got 6 hcg hrs of sleep last night and I was yawning and dragging and couldn't stand up lol. But I went by the daycare place after work because it has been 8 weeks and they never got back to me, and she was like the call center sucks and btw they may have told you we are waitlisted until sept but reality is it's a year! I was like ummm you are my only viable and trustworthy option in this area, a year is not going to work. So now I'm stressed about that and the $1900 a month

Excited we have so many anatomy scans coming up

 

[Aphy]

2 hours to go to my anomaly scan and getting nervous. Also was just reminded that I have to have a full bladder for this scan which is absolute torture for me. I hope all is ok as I still haven't experienced any movement yet...

It's really great having all of us roughly having similar schedules (scans, due dates etc) so we generally can freak out together or calm and encourage others who are a little later and ask questions and get reassurance from others who have already been through it

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

2 hours to go to my anomaly scan and getting nervous. Also was just reminded that I have to have a full bladder for this scan which is absolute torture for me. I hope all is ok as I still haven't experienced any movement yet...

It's really great having all of us roughly having similar schedules (scans, due dates etc) so we generally can freak out together or calm and encourage others who are a little later and ask questions and get reassurance from others who have already been through it

I totally agree!! I'm sure everything will go great.

 

[Girly922]

Good to know, leson.

And do you have any idea if you'll actually deliver on time, TTC? My mom has always told me women in our family tend to deliver late. When the Dr gave her her due date with me, she said "add 2 weeks to that" and I was 13 days late. If the same goes for me, I'm looking at possibly delivering in August. lol

I went late with DD so I'm expecting this one to come late too, I just really hope baby comes in July! I will however be declining all induction until I'm at least 40+16 or if baby becomes distressed/reduced growth.

TTC, don't worry about the middle of the night breakdowns and work the next day. We'll all be here, and likely up at similar times to help each other through. With my birth group with DD, towards the end we made a Facebook group so it was easier to chat during those night feeds etc.

Good luck today Aphy! I'm sure all will be okay.

 

[PrettyInInk42]

A FB group would be good. : )

 

[Weebles]

I second a Facebook group!

My MIL just bought us a beautiful crib that comes with toddler rails. I absolutely looooove it. I had almost no help with my son at all so having support this time means the world to me.

 

[Girly922]

Are you ladies happy if I set one up? I'll then just need email addresses to add you each to it?

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

I'd totally be up for a Facebook group!!

 

[TTCfirstovr30]

FB Group would be great! Will be a little hard at first to put names with screen names, lol

Doby - I am right there with you, I work in downtown LA and all the childcare has a 1 year wait period. And wow 1900/month, I thought 1200/month was bad!

Pretty - I know I am being overly optimistic with delivering on time. My OB says with your first you will most likely go over and it will be a long birth. I asked her what happens if my water breaks at work (I work 1 hr away from birth center) and she said get in the car and drive yourself to the birth center and I just have these images of me driving down the 405 and having to pull over and deliver my baby by myself.

Aphy - good luck, holding a full bladder is my worst nightmare right now.

 

[lesondemavie]

I'm in for the FB group.

 

[Girly922]

FB Group would be great! Will be a little hard at first to put names with screen names, lol

Doby - I am right there with you, I work in downtown LA and all the childcare has a 1 year wait period. And wow 1900/month, I thought 1200/month was bad!

Pretty - I know I am being overly optimistic with delivering on time. My OB says with your first you will most likely go over and it will be a long birth. I asked her what happens if my water breaks at work (I work 1 hr away from birth center) and she said get in the car and drive yourself to the birth center and I just have these images of me driving down the 405 and having to pull over and deliver my baby by myself.

Aphy - good luck, holding a full bladder is my worst nightmare right now.

We'll have an introductory thread and file for screen names.

I would not advise driving in labour, especially after your waters gave gone. It is not the norm for waters to break before contractions start, although mine did, however my labour was 3.5hrs start to finish. Most of the time it's the contractions and the dilating cervix that break the waters.

 

[TTCfirstovr30]

Thanks Girly - I was imagining worst case scenario. I actually don't think I will go into labor at work as I plan to be taking two weeks off before EDD anyway. It was more my imagination getting the better of me! I have a very vivid imagination. lol

 

[Girly922]

Here is the link to the FB group. It is currently private so you can search it and request adding, but please message with your screen name so we can keep it to ladies from here. I'm Georgie Snow, and I should be visible as admin on the group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/675107949335360/

 

[808malia]

I just put in a request to join the facebook group, my name is Malia Johnson

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

I just requested.. Karen. You should make it a secret group instead of closed.

No one on Facebook knows we are expecting so I don't want them to be able to see I'm in the group..