@mrs_fogue@jessafishy Okay, good to know I'm not missing some inherent "mom gene," haha! In the meantime, if anyone develops feelings about my baby, I would love to hear them! We aren't even announcing publicly until we know the gender this time, so I feel like I'm missing out on the whole "wisdom of the crowd" thing.
@lemonlyman FWIW I was positive DD was a boy, for no particular reason other than "intuition" and I was obviously wrong. No strong feelings one way or the other with this one.
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Lol @jessafishy you and like a million others. I think it is my families wish for a son for DH ( so he's not all Tim Allen on Last Man Standing) psssst I think boy too haha
I am 14+4 today, due date is October 14. I am have SPD already and lots of RLP. Not to mention anxiety because my last pregnancy that carried to term was 11+ years ago with (TW) two losses after that pregnancy.
Also, I was team I hate boy bands lol...rock girl all the way right here.
1) How far along are you/when is your due date? 12+2, due 10/30
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? better, I was actually hungry today which is an improvement. I have been struggling getting comfortable sleeping and need to gather extra pillows, but don't think about it until the middle of the night.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? it is very similar to my last one making me think we will be having another girl
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? I may have felt flutters earlier this week
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) if I really had to pick it would be N'sync, but I can't say I cared much for either of them.
1) How far along are you/when is your due date? 13.5 weeks, 10/21 2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? starting to feel less tired and definitely not irritable this week 3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? it is exactly the same except i have a toddler to raise 4) Rant/Rave/Questions? how are you all sharing the news with your LOs? we have told DS but he isnt interested yet. we will probably get him a baby doll to "practice" on 5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) how dare you make me choose! i love(d) them both! i want it that way AND this question is tearin up my heart
@lola4411. Dd1 was excited right away. I'm not sure dd2 fully understands yet although she did lift up my shirt and say "baby in dere" at an awkward time. With dd1 we're doing a chart where she puts a sticker on each week to count down the weeks and we watch little videos and read about what parts of baby are growing. She knows baby is the size of a peach and will point at peaches and say "that's how big the baby is." Depends how old your LO is. After our anatomy scan we'll probably let them pick out an outfit or a toy for the baby...stuff like that.
1) How far along are you? 12 weeks. They just change my due date yesterday from October 27 to October 31 2) How are you feeling?Better. I've been super sick for the past six weeks, throwing up etc. but that has subsided in the last week or so thank God. I'm not sure how much longer I could go on chasing Charlie around with absolutely zero energy ! 3) How does this pregnancy compare to your previous one? Pretty different. I have been feeling much worse than I did the first time around and I'm showing much earlier. People keep telling me that I must be having a girl but I'm secretly hoping for another boy! Obviously I don't really care but I would love to have two boys . 4) Rants/Raves? I'm optimistic that I'm feeling quite a bit better now and I'm excited to get back to yoga. I can only really get away once a week to the studio that I love but I do a bit of yoga every day from home and I just haven't had the energy for it lately. 5) Boybands? Ha! Great question.when I was younger I was more team new kids on the block but by the time NSync and the Backstreet Boys came around my boy band of choice was the Beatles! #hippieatheart
@lola4411 How old is your LO? My son just turned 2 and he kind of gets it. He knows there's a "baby in mama's tummy" and he'll point at it and say "baby in there?" Beyond that, I'm not sure he grasps what it really means.
@riverraine-2 It looks like you got hit with the -2 epidemic!
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The only kid I have had feelings about gender wise was my first and I was sure he was a boy. DH has called both of the girls and said this one is a girl too, but I'm starting to feel a boy vibe. We will have to wait and see!
ETA: The big kids were so excited when we told them about the new baby since they distinctly remember when #3 was born. The youngest really doesn't get it, but loves carrying around baby dolls so I hope she will take to the new baby well
@TallMomma29 This pregnancy is totally different than with DD, so I was convinced it was a boy. But have a few friends with same gender kids, who also had very different pregnancies. I was spot on wth DD but can't pinpoint this one.
I've had dreams that it's a girl. But then last night I had a dream I was getting an anatomy scan in a very Vegas type setting - under a pool-side canopy, everyone was drinking but me, DJ spinning, cartoon ultrasound screen - and was told it was a boy. So now my mama sixth sense is even more off!
TMI -- What's the deal?! I've thrown up TWO mornings this week (dry heaving for like 5 minutes straight), both times were terrible! I still think it has to do with my gag reflex, but ugh! I hope this isn't becoming a regular thing.
Also an update from yesterday, my grandfather is doing well! He had a "widow maker" heart attack (100% blockage in his LAD artery), but they were able to get a stent in and he is doing well today. His doctors say it's a miracle that he is alive right now and are impressed with how well he is doing. We have gotten to FaceTime a couple of times. Now I'm really ready for our trip home next month!
3. I feel I'm close to what I felt the last time. Just some more aches and pains earlier on.
4. I want to rant about this app. It wouldn't log in for me for 3 days on my phone and was acting dumb. Plus working a million hours on top of it, I feel so out of the loop. Sigh....
5. I would listen to them both back in the day, but really didn't have a preference.
TMI -- What's the deal?! I've thrown up TWO mornings this week (dry heaving for like 5 minutes straight), both times were terrible! I still think it has to do with my gag reflex, but ugh! I hope this isn't becoming a regular thing.
Also an update from yesterday, my grandfather is doing well! He had a "widow maker" heart attack (100% blockage in his LAD artery), but they were able to get a stent in and he is doing well today. His doctors say it's a miracle that he is alive right now and are impressed with how well he is doing. We have gotten to FaceTime a couple of times. Now I'm really ready for our trip home next month!
Yeah the overactive gag reflex is still ridiculous her too. I tried to take my allergy medicine because our whole neighborhood is blooming this week and...nope.
I thought of another thing with preparing big kids for baby. Especially toward the end, I start carrying a baby doll around myself an being like," hang on a second, I have take care of the baby first" or I wear it in the Moby wrap or pretend to nurse it to start getting the kids used to waiting for my attention. I feel really silly doing it but DD1 was only 19 months when DD2 was born and I think it helped her understand a little better what having a baby would mean.
1) How far along are you/when is your due date? 15w2d / Oct. 10th 2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Nausea is mostly gone, yay! Fatigue is getting better, but the occasional insomnia and just not good sleep doesn't help. 3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? First trimester was a little worse this time and I definitely wasn't this tired for so long last time last time, but I'm sure that's mostly due to keeping up with a toddler. 4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Finally told my family this weekend which was so much fun and worked out perfectly 5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys?
(Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) I was definitely an N'Sync fan
This evening my Threenager threw a fit and screamed "no baby!! I don't want a baby! The baby can go live somewhere else!" So that's how she's feeling about a new baby as of tonight. Joy.
The good news - her thoughts on a new baby changes every 5 minutes so tomorrow she will be fine and talking to the baby through my belly button again.
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2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? The acne on my back is ridiculous! It's almost tank top season!
1) How far along are you/when is your due date? 12 weeks 3 days
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Still so tired. Other than falling asleep at the droop of a hat I am great.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Reminds me a lot of my first, which was a breeze.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? I really wish people would stop posting pics of Arby's it is pretty much the only food I want to eat now.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) Ummm... NKOTB all the way!
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Also, I was team I hate boy bands lol...rock girl all the way right here.
12+2, due 10/30
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? better, I was actually hungry today which is an improvement. I have been struggling getting comfortable sleeping and need to gather extra pillows, but don't think about it until the middle of the night.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? it is very similar to my last one making me think we will be having another girl
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? I may have felt flutters earlier this week
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?)
if I really had to pick it would be N'sync, but I can't say I cared much for either of them.
Rachel and Jeff Married 5.29.05
Jason is 8
Elizabeth is 6
Katherine is 18 months
13.5 weeks, 10/21
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling?
starting to feel less tired and definitely not irritable this week
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies?
it is exactly the same except i have a toddler to raise
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
how are you all sharing the news with your LOs? we have told DS but he isnt interested yet. we will probably get him a baby doll to "practice" on
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?)
how dare you make me choose! i love(d) them both! i want it that way AND this question is tearin up my heart
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Tired again.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Exact same
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Feeling a lot of flutters today!
2) How are you feeling? Better. I've been super sick for the past six weeks, throwing up etc. but that has subsided in the last week or so thank God. I'm not sure how much longer I could go on chasing Charlie around with absolutely zero energy !
3) How does this pregnancy compare to your previous one? Pretty different. I have been feeling much worse than I did the first time around and I'm showing much earlier. People keep telling me that I must be having a girl but I'm secretly hoping for another boy! Obviously I don't really care but I would love to have two boys .
4) Rants/Raves?
I'm optimistic that I'm feeling quite a bit better now and I'm excited to get back to yoga. I can only really get away once a week to the studio that I love but I do a bit of yoga every day from home and I just haven't had the energy for it lately.
5) Boybands? Ha! Great question.when I was younger I was more team new kids on the block but by the time NSync and the Backstreet Boys came around my boy band of choice was the Beatles! #hippieatheart
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if one only remembers to turn on the light."
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ETA: The big kids were so excited when we told them about the new baby since they distinctly remember when #3 was born. The youngest really doesn't get it, but loves carrying around baby dolls so I hope she will take to the new baby well
Rachel and Jeff Married 5.29.05
Jason is 8
Elizabeth is 6
Katherine is 18 months
I've had dreams that it's a girl. But then last night I had a dream I was getting an anatomy scan in a very Vegas type setting - under a pool-side canopy, everyone was drinking but me, DJ spinning, cartoon ultrasound screen - and was told it was a boy. So now my mama sixth sense is even more off!
Also an update from yesterday, my grandfather is doing well! He had a "widow maker" heart attack (100% blockage in his LAD artery), but they were able to get a stent in and he is doing well today. His doctors say it's a miracle that he is alive right now and are impressed with how well he is doing. We have gotten to FaceTime a couple of times. Now I'm really ready for our trip home next month!
2. Feeling pretty good. Just bloated and tired.
3. I feel I'm close to what I felt the last time. Just some more aches and pains earlier on.
4. I want to rant about this app. It wouldn't log in for me for 3 days on my phone and was acting dumb. Plus working a million hours on top of it, I feel so out of the loop. Sigh....
5. I would listen to them both back in the day, but really didn't have a preference.
@ksf13 Thanks for updating us about your grandpa, that's awesome news!
1) How far along are you/when is your due date? 15w2d / Oct. 10th
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Nausea is mostly gone, yay! Fatigue is getting better, but the occasional insomnia and just not good sleep doesn't help.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? First trimester was a little worse this time and I definitely wasn't this tired for so long last time last time, but I'm sure that's mostly due to keeping up with a toddler.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Finally told my family this weekend which was so much fun and worked out perfectly
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) I was definitely an N'Sync fan
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? SOOOOO much better! Thank you 2nd trimester
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? now that i feel like a human, this feels pretty similar to the first time around
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? nada
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) Team HANSON! Oh yeah, I said it #sorrynotsorry
The good news - her thoughts on a new baby changes every 5 minutes so tomorrow she will be fine and talking to the baby through my belly button again.