@jhems776@PoodleDoodleOoo When you get to maternity clothes and realize how comfy they are, you're going to wish you moved to them sooner. I hated going back to real clothes after DD was born. They are even stylish now, unlike in our mothers' time. The only downside to them is the cost for the short time you use them. Although, that adds to my argument of wearing them sooner than later. You get more wear out of them.
All this said, I'm still in my regular clothes, but I lost weight in the beginning and they still fit. But you better believe as soon as they get snug, I'm pulling out the maternity clothes.
So one of my best friends (since 1st grade) and I really leaned on each other and shared in the trials of trying to get pregnant in the fall. We realized that we were obsessing over it too much and decided to stop talking about it and just know that when it happens, it happens. So I found out I was pregnant in January but was worried to tell her since I know she was trying too. So DH and I decided we would wait to tell anyone until we were much further along. However we agreed that if she asked me, I would tell her and only her.
Anyways, she told me today that she just got her BFP yesterday! I am so happy and relived! So I gave her a shock when I shared my news back that I will be 12 weeks on Thursday. DH and I are revealing our pregnancy to her and a group of 20 other close friends and family at my birthday party this weekend and I was so worried about how she would take it. So not only do I no longer need to worry about her feelings, but we both get to experience pregnancy and having our first babies together. Just like we both had hoped! I had the worst day at work but this news just made it all better. I love when our loved ones get to be this happy too.
Married: 3/21/15 First time mom to a human but have been a puppy mamma for over 12 years
Aw, what a great story, @blondie080300 ! That's all so exciting. I tried to convince my best friends to have another one with me when I had my LO, but got no takers since their kids are all already in school.
So one of my best friends (since 1st grade) and I really leaned on each other and shared in the trials of trying to get pregnant in the fall. We realized that we were obsessing over it too much and decided to stop talking about it and just know that when it happens, it happens. So I found out I was pregnant in January but was worried to tell her since I know she was trying too. So DH and I decided we would wait to tell anyone until we were much further along. However we agreed that if she asked me, I would tell her and only her.
Anyways, she told me today that she just got her BFP yesterday! I am so happy and relived! So I gave her a shock when I shared my news back that I will be 12 weeks on Thursday. DH and I are revealing our pregnancy to her and a group of 20 other close friends and family at my birthday party this weekend and I was so worried about how she would take it. So not only do I no longer need to worry about her feelings, but we both get to experience pregnancy and having our first babies together. Just like we both had hoped! I had the worst day at work but this news just made it all better. I love when our loved ones get to be this happy too.
I just love when things work out! My SIL and I have a similar story. She got pregnant shortly after I had a miscarriage. She called me to tell me she was pregnant (because we'd be traveling to see each other that weekend) the day after my first appointment with DD2. She was being very kind and considerate as she shared her news in light of my recent loss, but then I got to share my happy news with her! Our babies are 3 weeks apart.
DD1 6.2011 DD2 4.2013 - vbac DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green Baby #4 due 9.2018
I was really thinking of leaving work to get a donut (Chrome thinks this is misspelled...) then I remembered I have 1/3 of Chipotle left over . This morning I used my doppler and heard the clearest heartbeat yet, it was a great way to start the morning!
Ladies I heard that McDonalds is coming out with a Cadbery Cream McFlurry!!
I saw that, too (and got excited). But then I read it's only available in Australia and the U.K. I'll be happy if I find it in the States. I love creme eggs!
My husband's best friend also told him the other day his wife is expecting, right after he announced my pregnancy to him. She is 7 weeks along, so a few weeks earlier than me, I really hope all goes well for her. It is going to be cute to have babies that are so close together, but unfortunately they live quite far from us, they are close to Boston and we are in Toronto.
My brother will also have a baby, his second son, early June. So that is a lot of babies lol.
35 years old, TTC #1 Dec 28, 2011 PCOS, Hypothyroidism.
First IVF cycle June 5th 2015 --- BFP Miscarriage at 8 weeks
FET December 15th 2015--- BFP! First saw at 6w4d It's a boy!
Luciano Alessandro Maximiliano was born on September 3rd 2016
Here you go ladies - our delicious cupcake reveal last night! In the end, we both got a little nervous about opening the boxes - we didn't have a preference either way but still, it just felt crazy to know for sure. (if that makes sense)
So one of my best friends (since 1st grade) and I really leaned on each other and shared in the trials of trying to get pregnant in the fall. We realized that we were obsessing over it too much and decided to stop talking about it and just know that when it happens, it happens. So I found out I was pregnant in January but was worried to tell her since I know she was trying too. So DH and I decided we would wait to tell anyone until we were much further along. However we agreed that if she asked me, I would tell her and only her.
Anyways, she told me today that she just got her BFP yesterday! I am so happy and relived! So I gave her a shock when I shared my news back that I will be 12 weeks on Thursday. DH and I are revealing our pregnancy to her and a group of 20 other close friends and family at my birthday party this weekend and I was so worried about how she would take it. So not only do I no longer need to worry about her feelings, but we both get to experience pregnancy and having our first babies together. Just like we both had hoped! I had the worst day at work but this news just made it all better. I love when our loved ones get to be this happy too.
That is so fantastic. This happened to me and my younger cousin! She shared with me that she had a miscarriage last year (I had one in 2007) and that she and her husband had been trying for almost a year since. My husband and I had been trying for #2 for almost two years at that point, so she and I leaned on each other a lot. The day I found out I was pregnant I texted her, worried that she'd be hurt, but to my surprise she texted back "OMG... Me too!" We are two days apart in due dates!
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@Themaritimemama Does the cream center get hard in the ice cream? That's my worry about a Cadbury McFlurry. Not the ridiculous about of sugar I read it has.
So I've now twice accidentally referred to this baby as a "she" and got people excited that we knew the sex. We do not know the sex yet. I'm just so used to saying "she" in reference to DD that it's slipping out. It makes me realize that I'm so going to be the mom that constantly calls her kids by the wrong one's name.
@camichael84 I'm afraid of slipping once we know the sex! There will probably be a few weeks in between knowing the sex and having our sex reveal party where we'll have to be extra cautious.
@camichael84 - I've had the same thing happen. I've been convinced for weeks that we're having twin girls (mother's intuition).I made the mistake of referring to each of them as "she" and apparently psyched some people out. Oops.
Last night, I tried to convince DH to find out the sexes of the babies at our anatomy scan. I even used the best argument I've heard yet..."It's going to be a surprise either way, whether it's at 20 weeks or at 40 weeks." Still couldn't convince him. Damn.
@Katie8687 I'd recommend not refer to it by it's sex privately between the two of you to avoid a slip up. I only say this because my SIL and BIL planned on keeping my nephew's name a secret, and BIL slipped and called him by his name in front of MIL and FIL. It happened because they were calling him by name when alone together.
@UnwritteN12 I actually kind of am thinking I'm having a girl, too, so that could also be contributing to the mess up. But I thought DD was a boy, and even told the tech that seconds before she told us girl. So to say I don't trust my guess is an understatement. Also, that was my argument to DH when I talked him into finding out with our first, and it worked! But then when I brought up being team green this time, he now doesn't want to. He used the excuse that he'd be looking for it and try to guess.
@camichael84 constantly calling this baby "he" or "when this little guy comes" ... same thing, such habit. My intuition was strong last time and is absent this time. No idea what this little gremlin will be!
I don't call mine either, but I have strong feelings right now it's a girl! Which is weird because I'm not trying to get my hopes up about it but still think that.
Also, I thought I'd be less tired by now. I seriously cannot function without coffee. Yet I can barely stand the thought of drinking it. Oh the struggle.
@camichael84 constantly calling this baby "he" or "when this little guy comes" ... same thing, such habit. My intuition was strong last time and is absent this time. No idea what this little gremlin will be!
I was 100% sure with my daughter, right from the start. I just KNEW she was a girl. I'm not as sure with this one... First I though a boy, but now I'm feeling like it's also a girl. Maybe. Possibly.
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I'm so hungry today. SO HUNGRY. Since 8 A.M., I've eaten a breakfast sandwich, three Twizzlers, a pack of breakfast granola, a banana, and about three handfuls of almonds. Fishie must be growing or something, because I want to eat all the things in the world. #NomNom
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I respect all you Team Greens. I couldn't do it. It did feel strange finding out before I was even really showing though. I was just getting used to the pregnancy and then immediately had to start referring to my bump as a "she". I can't help it, I am Team "find out ASAP". I just like knowing and dreaming about how the family dynamic will change with another daughter vs. a son. Plus we have everything pink, so if it was a boy, we would have to buy new stuff. Thankfully that's not necessary now.
On another random, note: I've already picked out my favorite March siggy.
@TNgoldengirl I want coffee so bad but it makes me gag a little just thinking about it
I'm about to gag too. Blegggh! I can go a couple days without it usually but end up mostly on the couch with no energy. Must suffer through and drink today. I've been putting a lot of milk and sometimes ice.
In terms of "getting your hopes up", I truly 100% don't care what the sex of our baby is. I'm happy either way, especially after a loss. I do however, have strong feelings it's a girl so when I imagine the future I picture a little girl. Now, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed if it's a boy just because I've been invisioning a girl even though I truly don't care. Does that make sense?
@TheTamedShrew I agree. Even though I'm not dying to find out like I was last time, I can't imagine not knowing until birth. I loved calling DD by her name and saying "she" instead of "it" while she was still inside of me.
@reesaxden - 100%. It took DH and I 3 1/2 years to get pregnant with DS and DD and then a year and a loss to get get pregnant with these two. So we've always been happy no matter what. But yes, when you start imagining your family in a certain way because you have a feeling one way or another, it can be a let down initially to know that you're not having what you thought you were. I have strong feelings that these 2 are girls, but I'm secretly hoping for one of each again.
Edited for side note - I'm going to eat everything that I lay eyes on today, I swear. Ugh.
@reesaXden It makes perfect sense to me! As I mentioned above, up until the tech said girl, I was convinced she was a boy. I really had no preference, but still felt slightly disappointed because I'd been imagining my son and was basically imagining something that never existed. That said, it was very short lived disappointment.
Re: Randoms Thread: March Edition!
All this said, I'm still in my regular clothes, but I lost weight in the beginning and they still fit. But you better believe as soon as they get snug, I'm pulling out the maternity clothes.
Anyways, she told me today that she just got her BFP yesterday! I am so happy and relived! So I gave her a shock when I shared my news back that I will be 12 weeks on Thursday.
First time mom to a human but have been a puppy mamma for over 12 years
DD2 4.2013 - vbac
DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green
Baby #4 due 9.2018
First time mom to a human but have been a puppy mamma for over 12 years
Some of the gifs this month are really good. It's going to be hard to choose my favorite.
DS1 -- 9/30/2016
My brother will also have a baby, his second son, early June. So that is a lot of babies lol.
PCOS, Hypothyroidism.
Miscarriage at 8 weeks
First saw
It's a boy!
Here you go ladies - our delicious cupcake reveal last night! In the end, we both got a little nervous about opening the boxes - we didn't have a preference either way but still, it just felt crazy to know for sure. (if that makes sense)
*cross posted from the pinned sex post above
First time mom to a human but have been a puppy mamma for over 12 years
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Last night, I tried to convince DH to find out the sexes of the babies at our anatomy scan. I even used the best argument I've heard yet..."It's going to be a surprise either way, whether it's at 20 weeks or at 40 weeks." Still couldn't convince him. Damn.
@UnwritteN12 I actually kind of am thinking I'm having a girl, too, so that could also be contributing to the mess up. But I thought DD was a boy, and even told the tech that seconds before she told us girl. So to say I don't trust my guess is an understatement. Also, that was my argument to DH when I talked him into finding out with our first, and it worked! But then when I brought up being team green this time, he now doesn't want to. He used the excuse that he'd be looking for it and try to guess.
Also, I thought I'd be less tired by now. I seriously cannot function without coffee. Yet I can barely stand the thought of drinking it. Oh the struggle.
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On another random, note: I've already picked out my favorite March siggy.
I do however, have strong feelings it's a girl so when I imagine the future I picture a little girl.
Now, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed if it's a boy just because I've been invisioning a girl even though I truly don't care.
Does that make sense?
Edited for side note - I'm going to eat everything that I lay eyes on today, I swear. Ugh.