Things this board has taught me...

taylorjeanne84 · February 2014

Has anyone else's eyes been open to different ideas and scenarios since joining this board and getting to know eachother? My views have changed on quite a few topics.

1) I have to admit I used "gender" and "sex" interchangeably. Now I find myself using it correctly without a second thought. You learn something new everyday!

2) My ultrasound at 16 weeks showed what looks very much like little boy parts, but after reading all the stories of techs getting the sex wrong so early on, I have fought the urge to buy blue!

So thanks to all my July14 mamas for enlightening me! What are some of the things you've come to realize?

JMCB09 · February 2014

16 weeks is a pretty good time to find out the sex. I say you're safe at 16 weeks.

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TallMomma29 · February 2014

JMCB09 said:

16 weeks is a pretty good time to find out the sex. I say you're safe at 16 weeks.

It really depends on how good the tech is (which is very hard to know since you only go to them once or a couple of times ;-)). Supposedly really good techs can tell with confidence as early as 12 or 13 weeks due to the "angle of the dangle" approach or whatever it is. But otherwise, I think it's always the safest (but not the most exciting) approach to wait until at least 18-20 weeks to be sure. My baby had what appeared to be a penis at 15 weeks 3 days, and at 17 weeks it was gone. I googled and found people who claimed to see the 3 lines at even 17 weeks and then the baby later turned out to be a boy... so now I'm still "waiting" for a later ultrasound to confirm (although that didn't stop me from going crazytown on some girl clothes at a clearance sale recently ;-)).

TallMomma29 · February 2014

Things I've Learned:

1) 15 week ultrasounds can be wrong (I wouldn't have even doubted mine had I not read advice on here!)

2) Unless you have severe cramping or you are filling a pad with blood, don't panic! (I've had very light spotting a few times with no associated cramping.. which would have freaked me the heck out if not for hearing over, and over, and over again on this site that it is nothing to worry about)

3) It's ok if you don't feel any movement before 20+ weeks (I finally started feeling movement this week at 18/19 weeks... but I honestly thought I'd be feeling the baby kick by 15 weeks for some reason).

4) There are pants out there for tall moms!

5) Do not read a food related thread, or a thread that could likely turn into a food related thread, unless you want to put on pants, because you will inevitably have to leave the house after you get a desperate craving for something someone mentioned in the thread.

6) I seriously have never heard of this only getting showers for the first baby business. Is it because I'm from the West Coast? Is that not a rule out here? Is it because none of my friends or family are classy people? Everyone I know that has had babies has been thrown a shower for every kid. I suppose they don't get "big" things anymore after the first kid, but it's not called a "sprinkle" or anything like that. It's still called a shower. (That said, I really don't want a shower even for my first kid... I'm just very surprised by this whole no second shower thing!)

chrinikki1 · February 2014

*NEVER use exaggerations without the proper notation (*wink,wink, LOL, *Side eye)...'cause bumpers can take shit LITERAL. I used the term "at all" in my very first post on here - I went up in flames.

cookieinva · February 2014

Without The Bump I would not know at least half the abbreviations I now know. And while I intellectually understood the difference between sex and gender all along, without The Bump I would never have known how many people take that difference so very seriously regardless of context. I get it, but I never would have guessed before.

unaveragejane · February 2014

LiteraChick said:

* That to say you are "nauseous" is actually to infer you are the cause of nausea, that the correct form is "nauseated"

I learned this from Sheldon. He's a physicist with a PhD in something physic-y, so he must be right, right?

taylorjeanne84 · February 2014

I love these!!!!!!

bgoodbpar · February 2014

unaveragejane said:

LiteraChick said:

* That to say you are "nauseous" is actually to infer you are the cause of nausea, that the correct form is "nauseated"

I learned this from Sheldon. He's a physicist with a PhD in something physic-y, so he must be right, right?

Haha I feel so dumb now. I knew this for years and I'm guilty of misuse... and pride myself on being called a grammar nut.. But my grammatical errors are ridiculous when I'm here. Thanks for the reminder so I stop looking like an idiot. Well hopefully

jensavicci · February 2014

What this board has taught me:

Internet/APP addiction is very real.

ETA: I think I need help

bgoodbpar · February 2014

@tallmomma29 the second shower part. Same here and I've been "polling" ppl I know in different settings because it seems like no one has heard or the no second shower rule either. I too was not a fan of even having one with DS, and definitely have insisted to the couple ppl trying to throw a small one this time around not to, but EVERYONE does it out here and no one calls them sprinkles or anything, they just do it and chalk it up to wanting to genuinely celebrate a new baby. I totally understand the reason why it's not an acceptable thing as well and it makes perfect sense..but no one seems to think of it like that here( and I'm far from being from a small town--southern cal--and have been brought up around many cultures and it just seems the norm anyway). It's something that's been bugging me ever since I first read it on TB. To have never even thought of it or heard of it before baffles me. TB teaches us new things all the time!

dobbyisfree · February 2014

That when there was a petunia pickle bottom bag on clearance at buy buy baby Id better grab that thing asap.

TallMomma29 · February 2014

@Bpargood, I'm glad I'm not alone in being the only one who has never heard of that rule! I'm in So Cal now too but originally from Oregon. I assume it must be a southern and/or east coast thing.

Kristen0705 · February 2014

Someone is always here to make you feel better about yourself, calm your fears, bring a smile to your face, and make you crave a new food every other day.

Salsera29 · February 2014

1. That every pregnancy and delivery is different.

2. That it's ok if I decide not to BF, and it wouldn't make me a "terrible mother."

3. When to and not to panic.

HJakes78 · February 2014

1. Just eat in moderation... Lunch meat will not kill us.

2. Gender -vs- sex

3. Team green is POPULAR!!!

4. Don't rush to find out sex... It could be wrong!

5. Be happy for today!

Thanks everyone!!!!

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