Weekly Randomness 2/12

mrsbubbles-2

@dirtanddiamonds - that is precious! Can I ask where you got it?

kcdo1010

@F47 I am the same way- when I worked with the last pregnancy, it was easy to pop on on the desktop. Being home now, mobile bump sucks and drains by battery instantly, so I’m not on much at all

dirtanddiamonds

mrsbubbles-2 said:

@dirtanddiamonds - that is precious! Can I ask where you got it?

I’m an Etsy addict. 


https://www.etsy.com/listing/239592048/baby-girl-coming-home-joy-bubble https://www.etsy.com/listing/239592048/baby-girl-coming-home-joy-bubble

calimom2524

@dirtanddiamonds girl me too. I have so many things in my cart to order once we know for sure what the sex of this baby is. Hopefully that's aligned with a payday 

livinthesunnylife

@calimom2524 I feel like Cora is a girl.  But when do we get to find out for sure? 

calimom2524

livinthesunnylife said:

@calimom2524 I feel like Cora is a girl.  But when do we get to find out for sure? 

Lol SO vetoed Cora  but my anatomy scan is 3/23 which feels like approximately one hundred weeks away.

dirtanddiamonds

calimom2524 said:

livinthesunnylife said:

@calimom2524 I feel like Cora is a girl.  But when do we get to find out for sure? 

Lol SO vetoed Cora  but my anatomy scan is 3/23 which feels like approximately one hundred weeks away.

I’ve already nn your baby Seven. 

calimom2524

Little baby Seven  which actually alliterates really badly with SO's last name so it's kind of even funnier. 

ecwk

Team Fiona over here!!

calimom2524

Cora Fiona Seven or CFS for short.

dirtanddiamonds

calimom2524 said:

Cora Fiona Seven or CFS for short.

Hahahahaha. I’m dying. I love it. Yes. 100x!!

jsnakehole

En route to the doctor. Sorry for the million updates, but I'm drenched in sweat and shaking I'm so nervous. 

elsieisamoocow

 @calimom2524 I just scheduled my A/S for 3/22. Feels like FOREVER away! Ugh.

calimom2524

jsnakehole said:

En route to the doctor. Sorry for the million updates, but I'm drenched in sweat and shaking I'm so nervous. 

I can't wait to hear your positive update!!! Thinking of you 

livinthesunnylife

@jsnakehole Can't wait for the happy update!

elsieisamoocow

jsnakehole said:

En route to the doctor. Sorry for the million updates, but I'm drenched in sweat and shaking I'm so nervous. 

neeraja_k

@jsnakehole Good luck! I'm eagerly awaiting your results.

dirtanddiamonds

Waiting on pins and needles for @jsnakehole !!!

derbysquirrel

I just had a routine appt, but I got my anatomy scan scheduled for March 19! I'm pretty excited. I'm team green, but I wonder if I'll be able to tell when I see the ultrasound.

mrsbubbles-2

@jsnakehole - thinking of you! And stalking for an update!
@derbysquirrel - Yay! Glad the appointment went well!

jsnakehole

So far, so good! Healthy heartbeat at 168 and baby waved and hiccuped for us. I'm actually measuring ahead by almost a week. Just waiting to see my doctor and get my blood drawn. 

dirtanddiamonds

jsnakehole said:

So far, so good! Healthy heartbeat at 168 and baby waved and hiccuped for us. I'm actually measuring ahead by almost a week. Just waiting to see my doctor and get my blood drawn. 

Yayyyyyy!!!!

mrsbubbles-2

@jsnakehole - Hooray for an awesome update!!!

neeraja_k

@derbysquirrel I'm in the same boat, Team Green, I'm not militant about it, but I'd just really like to be surprised. However I'm pretty sure I'd be able to tell a noticeable penis on an ultrasound if I saw it. Although I wonder if the techs who do the anatomy scans ask beforehand if you want to know, so they can avoid looking at those areas, or just not put it on the big screen that I see. lol

That said, my next ultrasound isn't till February 28th when I'll be mid 14th week. That seems forever from now. 

ecwk

@jsnakehole WOOHOO!!!!!!! 

@derbysquirrel if you tell them you’re team green they’ll tell you to look away at that point because it could be obvious. They did for me anyway! 

livinthesunnylife

I had a boy, knew it was a boy, had double the number of U/S's because I had placenta previa and unless the U/S tech pointed it out, I didn't notice the "boy parts". 

elsieisamoocow

@neeraja_k Usually they'll ask before they get down to those bits. If you're team green they'll have you look away or turn the screen away from you at that point. They need to take pictures of all of the anatomy, so they'll know and it will be marked in your chart after the appointment as well. If you're watching during those you'd more than likely be able to figure it out

mrsbubbles-2

@derbysquirrel - ditto @ecwk, for ours when the US tech got to that point she asked if we wanted to know, and if not, it was time to look away. We already knew we were having a boy so it didn't matter but it was nice to be given the warning.

roadspeckle

@mrsbubbles-2 she is doing much better, thank you for asking! we’re off to a check up appointment in a few minutes. I’ll be glad when we’re not having to go to the doctor every few days. 

derbysquirrel

My doctors already know the sex because I did the NIPT testing a couple of weeks ago, and it bugs me that they know, but I don't! I kind of feel that if I can figure it out from the ultrasound then I deserve to know, lol. 

I also lost 5 pounds in the last month. I think it's ok since I had gained quite a bit in the first tri, and now that the nausea has let up some I no longer have to eat every 2 hours to avoid throwing up. I'm sure I lost some water weight as well. I'm still up 7 pounds overall at 15 weeks. 

neeraja_k

So since my cellphone was off due to a system computer glitch all last Friday unbeknownst to me, I missed any calls/voicemails that might have come in. I called today to talk to my doctor's nurse about the GD test and I also asked if my NIPT results ever came in, that it's going on two weeks now and don't they know pregnant lady patience levels are really low. She said he's been swamped the last few days and hasn't really had time to do more than the daily basics.

She gave me the rundown for what's next with the GD, and reassured me, which honestly did help. And guess what? More ultrasounds to see Lil Bean more, bonus!

Then she said my NIPT results are in and that although she's not really qualified to give me the results, because the doctor hasn't officially reviewed them yet, that she didn't see anything that screamed abnormal. 

She said that she's printed them all out and put them on his desk with a hot pink post-it, so I should be getting a call from either her or his other nurse tomorrow with the official results.

Talk about a load off. All I could do was start crying on the phone. 

hezzer78

@jsnakehole Such good news!! Can't wait to hear the rest of the details.

@neeraja_k What a relief! I'm so glad to hear you got good news today.

jsnakehole

Finally home. Baby was measuring a week ahead and had a nice strong heartbeat. She was moving a bit and we got a bunch of pictures. NT scan was perfect and the doctor said not to stress about the carrier screening- the odds of DH also being a carrier are slim. I had blood drawn for the Panorama test and my first Sequential Screening, so hopefully we'll know the sex soon. I go back on March 15th for my next check up, but the doctor said everything looked great. 

calimom2524

So I just got into a car accident. Nothing major but I’m still super duper shaky. It wasn't high speed, i was going about 35 and the guy turned left in front of me. I slammed on my brakes but still hit his passenger door. 

carrotsandpeas3

Ahhh so much to catch up on.

@jsnakehole congrats on the good news! 

@neeraja_k so glad the office was helpful and glad you should have your final results soon!

Im sure I missed a whole bunch of other things. This and the MBF thread are blending together in my head bc I just read them all in the last few minutes. 

For people worried about whether they will accidentally find out the sex on the ultrasound, you can definitely ask them to have you look away during that part. My husband is a radiologist, so that's what we plan on doing. It worked fine for one of his coworkers, so we are hopeful that we should be able to avoid finding out too.

I had the makings of a disaster day that ended up turning out okay. Forgot to take my nausea meds before I left the house this morning and then left my bag o' snacks sitting on the counter. Work went fine though, and I got through without feeling all that sick! Felt like I was actually getting back to my old self. A nice feeling.

mrsbubbles-2

@roadspeckle so glad to hear it! Big hugs, hope the dr appts thin out very soon!
@jsnakehole awesome news! Love hearing reports of good appts!
@neeraja_k so glad she was reassuring! 

I updated the its a boy / girl thread but all NIPT testing came back with no markets and we found out we’re having a girl! I’m so overwhelmed right now, I’ve been having dreams of both boys and girls so no real Mom intuition this time. Super excited though.

neeraja_k

@calimom2524 Oh no! I'm glad you're okay, but no one needs a headache like that. =/

mrsbubbles-2

@calimom2524 oh no! I’m so sorry! I hope the shakes go away soon. I’ll be thinking of you!

carrotsandpeas3

@calimom2524 so glad you are okay! Hope you are able to take it easy and recover tonight.

lakesideknitter

@calimom2524 oh no! Were the boys in the car? I'm glad you're okay!
@doctormom33 glad it turned out alright!
@mrsbubbles-2 congrats on the girl!
@neeraja_k and @jsnakehole double thumbs up!