November Fireworks 2017

[wookie130]

I'm DYING to know what I'm having, but I'm determined to stay on team green, as this is our third and last baby, and we're bound and determined to BE SURPRISED AT THE BIRTH!!! I found out with both my daughter and son, so I have one of each already, so it doesn't matter to me what I have at all, but I still want to know. Sometimes I've convinced it's another boy, and other times I have girl vibes. I was wrong with both of my other kids, so I'm NOT a good judge of these things. LOL!

 

[pinkpassion]

Wohoo congrats on 2/3 completed
I'm wondering if the girl wave will continue at our house I'm one of 5 girls and my dh is convinced I'm carrying my parents "only girls" genes it'll be interesting to find out what gender baby is. It certainly fascinates me to think of some people only having one gender and others a complete mix or one of each. But I guess in the end you get what you get!

Dude, Pink, you and I are almost the same due date and we both have 4 sisters/no brothers??? That's crazy!

I was convinced I'd be pregnant with a girl because of my parent's genes but since my first is a boy, I guess that was a silly idea. My younger sister also had a boy on her first try.

that's crazy how neat!!!! We are totally meant to be bump buddies!!

3 of my 4 sisters have at least one boy, so I know it's possible but I feel destined to have all girls. And I've always said I want 5 girls so I'm pretty sure that's what I'll end up with !!!

 

[pinkpassion]

I agree! I'm dying to know also but determined to stay team yellow/green (not sure the difference)

 

[xxxemmaxxx]

Having kept ds1 gender a surprise and not ds2 i can definitely say the surprise is worth the wait!
It makes announcing the birth all the more exciting!

 

[LittleLala]

Ah how exciting for you team yellow people I LOVED being team yellow last time. The only reason I found out this time was because we had to get genetic testing and found out that way (and even though our forms say that we don't want to know the gender, two specialists told us haha). I'm really sad that we won't get that surprise at the birth again because it was such a special moment when my husband told me that we had a son stick in there team yellow, you can do it!

Baby wasn't very active for me yesterday and I nearly got the Doppler out, but then late in the afternoon he kicked me so hard that it actually made me jump haha. I was so surprised by how deep of a kick it was. Then he was active for a few hours so it relaxed me a lot.

I am looooving my bump. It's already nice and noticeable, I can't wait for it to get bigger. I'm overweight, so it's nice to actually have a reason to be round for once I am really sad whenever I think that this may likely be our last pregnancy and the last time I will have a growing baby inside of me.

My husband is going away for 4 days soon and so it will be just me and my (almost) 2 year old. He has been sleeping so badly, and with pregnancy so have i -- I am worried that we will both be crying exhausted messes by the time my husband gets home, lol.

I hit v-day on Thursday, yay! Then I have a growth scan and specialist appointment (due to my extremely low PAPP-A levels) on Monday at the hospital. I haaaaaate my hospital appointments. I alllllwaaaays leave crying. I understand that they just have to tell me all the possibilities of what could go wrong and why, but it always leaves me feeling hopeless. On the other hand, I am also having regular appointments with my GP, and he always leaves me feeling really positive about everything so at least I have that.

Anyone else still suffering from morning sickness? Mine isn't so bad anymore, but some afternoons I am so nauseous.

 

[EBAUERHAUS]

Wohoo congrats on 2/3 completed
I'm wondering if the girl wave will continue at our house I'm one of 5 girls and my dh is convinced I'm carrying my parents "only girls" genes it'll be interesting to find out what gender baby is. It certainly fascinates me to think of some people only having one gender and others a complete mix or one of each. But I guess in the end you get what you get!

Dude, Pink, you and I are almost the same due date and we both have 4 sisters/no brothers??? That's crazy!

I was convinced I'd be pregnant with a girl because of my parent's genes but since my first is a boy, I guess that was a silly idea. My younger sister also had a boy on her first try.

that's crazy how neat!!!! We are totally meant to be bump buddies!!

3 of my 4 sisters have at least one boy, so I know it's possible but I feel destined to have all girls. And I've always said I want 5 girls so I'm pretty sure that's what I'll end up with !!!

Right? Best bump buddies, ever.

So far, my one sister who has had kids has had a boy and a girl.
I really do hope that I get a girl in my next pregnancy because after that, I think they'll consider me a higher risk pregnancy because of my age at that stage.

You get those 5 girls! I'm as excited as you to find out what you end up having when she/he is born, now.


xxxemmaxxx, I feel like next time around I'd like to have a surprise, but I'm such a worrier, I almost feel like it'd be better for me to know because I could imagine myself convincing myself I'm having another boy or something and get a girl in the delivery room and just literally burst into tears because I had no idea how to handle the news.
So, I'm thinking it might be better for me to find out ahead, either way.
And, yes, apparently I'm already planning my *next* pregnancy.
My goodness.

 

[xxxemmaxxx]

And why not hey!
I can see why people find out..
i've got two more scans yet one at 35 weeks with a consultant and then now in my area they do a standard one at 36 weeks too.. as a growth scan for all.
The consultant one is because of ds2's size.. the beast he was!

 

[EBAUERHAUS]

I am looooving my bump. It's already nice and noticeable, I can't wait for it to get bigger.

This is exactly how I feel! I was also already overweight, but personally I think I look very much like I have a baby bump right now and I am soooo happy for it!
I'm going to have to deal with some pretty strong feelings once baby is born because I think I'll miss my bump! ...but I'll be soooo happy to hold my little baby, of course.

 

[EBAUERHAUS]

And why not hey!
I can see why people find out..
i've got two more scans yet one at 35 weeks with a consultant and then now in my area they do a standard one at 36 weeks too.. as a growth scan for all.
The consultant one is because of ds2's size.. the beast he was!

You and Pink (and whoever else are having surprises) are going to have so much fun at delivery finding out! Love it.

 

[heychrissie]

Thanks all for the congrats 🙂

LittleLala I've been getting nauseous for a while every day...not really sure if that's resurfacing morning sickness (I really hope not...) since mine went at about 14 weeks!

I would try to be team yellow if I had any children past having a boy, but since we're having another girl I wouldn't be team yellow next time either! I love the idea of finding out at birth, but I also love decorating things how I want them etc...

I've been feeling absolutely exhausted for a few weeks now, I'm hoping I'm mildly anemic or something so it can be fixed 😭 I keep having to have naps!

 

[ttc126]

Very excited for all of you ladies getting surprised this time!!!!! I can't wait to find out with you all!

LittleLala I'm still morning sick. I had one of my worst sickness days this entire pregnancy last Weds. Couldn't keep a thing down.

As for me... 25 weeks tomorrow! Going to do my glucose test tomorrow and then I see my hematologist Thursday. Next week I get another scan at the high risk place. I'll get them monthly until 32 weeks I will go weekly most likely due to my risk factors with severe anemia.

 

[ttc126]

PS I'm so happy this thread is so busy!

 

[wookie130]

Me too! The former threads just kind of fizzled out...I was bummed about that!

 

[pinkpassion]

Yes, it's nice to come on and have some conversation with y'all!!

Anyone have names picked out? We've settled (I think) on one of each!! Madison Claire for girl, Elijah Parks for boy!!

 

[ttc126]

Pink I love those! Our little boy is Ford ❤️

 

[LittleLala]

Sucks that a few of us are still struggling with morning sickness! I am so happy mine isn't like last pregnancy though-- I was soooo sick throughout the entire thing, right up to the birth haha. I couldn't handle doing that again with a toddler, so thank goodness it isn't as bad this time.

Heychrissie-- I'm alllll about dat nap lifeeee seriously I forgot how tiring pregnancy is haha.

Oooh I love talking names! Loveeee the names mentioned so far names are SO hard... My husband worked as a teacher (now in an admin role) and doesn't want to use any names of kids he has taught or has bad associations with. So that makes it super difficult. Our son is called Albie and I want something to go nicely with it. I am fighting for Arlo (my husband doesn't want another A name though) and I was really hoping I could choose this name because he chose our son's name (with our son, our agreement was that I was going to name it if the baby was a girl, and he got to if it was a boy). My husband is really loving the name Otis though. I like it but I'm not IN LOVE with it. I would love any uncommon name suggestions please!!

 

[xxxemmaxxx]

I love Arlo but we already have a A name too so am the same I don't want another!

I also have a glucose test tomorrow (Weds) dreading it as I hate lucocade! Haha

 

[xxxemmaxxx]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_5954bb1de4b05c37bb7c0a34/amp

Any truth in this gender predictor?!

 

[pinkpassion]

Little lala I've always loved the name Brody. I fought so hard for this to be a Brody if a boy, but dh has said no lol.

Emma OMG, that is cool.. but if it's true it means I'm having a girl

 

[heychrissie]

Emma - pretty sure it's rubbish, mine goes in and I'm expecting a girl!