when the "30 yo ttc#1" ladies get their bfp's

[MgreenM]

Well ladies, I have an active GIRL who apparently decided to keep her hands in a fist today! I am super excited! I wasn't going to admit it to anyone, but I did really want a girl. They said everything looks very good and they will look at the hands again when we go for the echocardiogram!

 

[PDReggie]

YEAH!!!! The first one is a girl!!!! I find out on the May 30th. It seems like so far away.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Exciting! Girls are great! So are boys, but since you're having a girl, girls are greater today

 

[SoonToBePreg]

Well ladies, I have an active GIRL who apparently decided to keep her hands in a fist today! I am super excited! I wasn't going to admit it to anyone, but I did really want a girl. They said everything looks very good and they will look at the hands again when we go for the echocardiogram!

Congratulations on being team pink! I'm glad everything looked great.

 

[lsd2721]

awww...the first 30yo ttc #1 baby is a girl! so excited for you! You'll have so much fun dressing her! I always go by the baby section to pick out my niece some clothes and I end up having to put a lot of stuff back because I just go crazy!

 

[Meljenn]

Well ladies, I have an active GIRL who apparently decided to keep her hands in a fist today! I am super excited! I wasn't going to admit it to anyone, but I did really want a girl. They said everything looks very good and they will look at the hands again when we go for the echocardiogram!

How exciting! I can't wait to find out what our little turkey is

 

[MgreenM]

ladies, check with the hospitals where you live. I recently learned that the county I live in has a program called "healthy families" for first time parents. It gives discounts on childbirth/parenting classes as well as provides support groups and some postpartum support!

As a result, we have decided not to hire a doula, but to ask a close friend to be our "panic" person that we can call if we are at the end of our rope and need a little help. I think this will be a good plan for us. I do not regret learning about the role of a doula and interviewing a couple because I think we learned a lot from the experience.

HOpe everyone is having a good week!

 

[MgreenM]

Hey Ladies! Hope you are having a great weekend and feeling well! Today, I got wished a happy mother's day by 2 complete strangers (with no knowledge that I am pregnant). It was nice. I came home from work, went on Facebook, and my mom posted pictures of my grandma with the great grandkids. It made me sad to think that my daughter will never know her, never know how incredible she was. Especially in recent years, my grandma was my rock!

Now, I could never say this to my husband, because he would probably just roll his eyes...My nephew was born shortly after my grandma passed and subsequently was named after him. In all honesty, I am kinda convinced this baby is a girl in part because of my grandmother. I just have this feeling that grandma had a hand in this. Of course, she will be named after my grandmother. I just miss my grandma so much.

Thanks for listening, just needed to express that somewhere...Have any of you started thinking about names?I think I started thinking about names ages ago...like before DH and I were even married. It might have been when I knew that grandma was going to die soon...that is probably what started it.

 

[Meljenn]

Happy Mother's Day ladies!

 

[MgreenM]

happy mother's day!

 

[Meljenn]

I had a ob appointment yesterday and babies heartbeat is still in the 160's and sounds good. I was bummed that they said we won't do an ultrasound at the 16 week checkup and will wait to 20 weeks. I can't wait that long so I am going to a 3d gender scan in a few weeks

How are you ladies doing?

 

[PDReggie]

I had a ob appointment yesterday and babies heartbeat is still in the 160's and sounds good. I was bummed that they said we won't do an ultrasound at the 16 week checkup and will wait to 20 weeks. I can't wait that long so I am going to a 3d gender scan in a few weeks

How are you ladies doing?

Hey glad to hear from you. I'm doing much better. Still have problems with eating but now it's that I can't eat a lot at once or it gets backed up in my stomach. Yeah! My doctor's appointment on Tuesday got cancelled due to weather here so it's now next week. This made me sad as I was all excited to hear the heartbeat again. But now it is on the 23rd and then the gender scan is on the 30th a week later. So, I'm SOOOOOO ready. It feels like it is taking forever to get here. I try to sit back and enjoy every moment but I feel like I'm wishing away my pregnancy waiting on the next thing. I'm hoping once we find out the gender and can start to focus on registry and baby stuff a little more, that I will learn to relax a little. But I'm crazy so I doubt it.

how is everyone doing?

 

[MgreenM]

I had a ob appointment yesterday and babies heartbeat is still in the 160's and sounds good. I was bummed that they said we won't do an ultrasound at the 16 week checkup and will wait to 20 weeks. I can't wait that long so I am going to a 3d gender scan in a few weeks

How are you ladies doing?

Hey glad to hear from you. I'm doing much better. Still have problems with eating but now it's that I can't eat a lot at once or it gets backed up in my stomach. Yeah! My doctor's appointment on Tuesday got cancelled due to weather here so it's now next week. This made me sad as I was all excited to hear the heartbeat again. But now it is on the 23rd and then the gender scan is on the 30th a week later. So, I'm SOOOOOO ready. It feels like it is taking forever to get here. I try to sit back and enjoy every moment but I feel like I'm wishing away my pregnancy waiting on the next thing. I'm hoping once we find out the gender and can start to focus on registry and baby stuff a little more, that I will learn to relax a little. But I'm crazy so I doubt it.

how is everyone doing?

mel- glad your appointment went well!

Reggie- glad you are starting to feel better! Trust, me it DOES get better! I also had a period of time where nothing was appetizing...That sucks about the weather causing your appointment to be cancelled! I hope you didn't have too much damage from the weather! Your gender scan is really coming up fast!

I had my 20 week appointment on Tuesday and all was good. Baby girl is moving quite a bit. It was with the Dr. I didn't like the last time I saw her...she was much nicer this time. So that was good! We get our new king size bed this Saturday and my in-laws are coming next week!

What is everyone up to this weekend?

 

[PDReggie]

We are actually going out of town this weekend. Our anniversary is on Monday so we are taking a long weekend and going to Mammoth Caves. Mostly I just want to go for a drive and the caves seem like a fun three day weekend kind of trip. So I posted to my facebook that our office has officially opened the betting about what I'm having. The white board in my office is the official keeper. However, the choices are: Boy, Girl, or Velociraptor. My favorite pregnancy quote is where they make fun of saying "we are expecting" because it sounds like we are expecting a baby, but it could be a velociraptor. Also, I have to say I FINALLY got back to yoga last night and I almost cried it was so good to get back to it. I am taking a prenatal class but it is really good. So calming and relaxing. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[Meljenn]

I found a prenatal yoga class here and can't wait to go.

I got a little bit scared when the doc said to expect to gain 25 lbs in the next 5 months.

 

[PDReggie]

I found a prenatal yoga class here and can't wait to go.

I got a little bit scared when the doc said to expect to gain 25 lbs in the next 5 months.

Yeah, I think the idea of gaining that much weight is intimidating. Especially since I just spent 6 months losing 40 pounds. Even though I'm excited for why it's hard to adjust the thinking. I did yoga 3 nights a week before I got pregnant but my studio was closing so I knew I was going to have to find a different one. But I got SO sick during the first trimester that I ended up not even looking for a new studio until recently. There are so few places around here that do prenatal yoga and quite a few of those classes are very geared towards birth. So they are mostly for people who have never taken yoga and are just trying to find good stretching and meditation techniques. I was worried I wouldn't find a class in prenatal that I liked. But, this place was very good. It is definitely a regular yoga class that simply adjusts for the belly. They do focus on a lot of the "problem" areas for pregnancy but since I have those problem areas, I'm good with that. I just was very excited to find a place.

 

[MgreenM]

We are actually going out of town this weekend. Our anniversary is on Monday so we are taking a long weekend and going to Mammoth Caves. Mostly I just want to go for a drive and the caves seem like a fun three day weekend kind of trip. So I posted to my facebook that our office has officially opened the betting about what I'm having. The white board in my office is the official keeper. However, the choices are: Boy, Girl, or Velociraptor. My favorite pregnancy quote is where they make fun of saying "we are expecting" because it sounds like we are expecting a baby, but it could be a velociraptor. Also, I have to say I FINALLY got back to yoga last night and I almost cried it was so good to get back to it. I am taking a prenatal class but it is really good. So calming and relaxing. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Enjoy you weekend and Happy anniversary! We are taking a similar type of trip 4th of July weekend and are staying at a bed and breakfast! I am super excited about it! I like the fun your office is having guessing the gender!

 

[MgreenM]

Reggie- how was your trip?

How is everyone doing? We have all been pretty quiet lately! Guess we are all busy/exhausted! I know that's how I have been feeling!

My in-laws were visiting and did A TON of stuff to help us around the house. DH was able to feel baby girl moving today for the first time! That was super exciting! Tomorrow, we go for the fetal echocardiogram/ultrasound so they can check out her pinkies if she cooperates and make sure all is good with her heart! I am going to have to get some new pants soon...jeans are starting to get a little tight at times and a co-work said that I am starting to show.

Also, sllight embarrassment this weekend. We were at a dinner show and I had to get up to use the bathroom. Well, I had to get past a few other people and there was a gentleman who was not the skinniest in the world (not ridiculously overweight though) and he scooted his chair in as much as possible and I just couldn't fit! I was so embarrassed! I said "sorry, but at 5 months pregnant, things don't squish/suck in very well!" I felt bad!

Time for me to go to bed. Have a great week everyone!

 

[PDReggie]

Things are good here. We had an awesome time on our mini vacation. We basically drove around for three days and saw the sights. It was a lot of fun. I'm envious that you are just now starting to show. Maybe it's because I'm chunky, but I started showing about a month ago. The two police officers who bring up our prisoners take great pleasure in noting that the jacket doesn't hide the baby anymore. Not in a mean way, they are having fun with the pregnancy. And even before I was showing I couldn't wear my normal pants. I just spread sideways. Even when I hadn't gained weight. I think I'm starting to feel the baby move now and then but most of the time, it's when I'm half asleep so it may just be in my head. I can't wait until DH can feel it. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

 

[MgreenM]

I am pretty chunky myself. Glad you had a good trip!

Baby girl was active and not very cooperative today for the echo. I have to go back in two weeks to finish getting stuff and apparently, they also want to do a growth scan...which the technician made it sound like they wanted to do that all along! Well, when I tried to make the appointment today, they were like, "my manager has to approve this" and the ONLY time they could make for me was 2pm on a Thursday the week I ALREADY am taking off for a routine OB appointment! Why couldn't they have told me last time? or when I first booked these appointments? It's a problem because I just started a new job...I think I will be past my 90 day mark, so at least I can use PTO, but I really need to save the time off! I am already making up time that week! It's way too much!I don't know what to do. It just pisses me off!