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sxymamakat · March 2014

zarkarella said:

So... here is a stooopid question. Is the baby up and down yet, or still somewhat sideways. We found the heartbeat up near my belly button with the doppler but I think I feel kicks lower near my pelvis. I am a big girl, so there is no good bump to go by. I had a bump before I got pregnant.

At my AS, the baby was almost directly upright- head almost aligned with mine and feet wedged way down low, which makes sense based on what I've been feeling. All my kicks have been almost down at the pubic bone area, crazy low. I was also overweight pre-pregnancy, and we laugh that baby is trying to kick through the layers of my pooch to kick daddy.

sxymamakat · March 2014

symphony4586 said:

So I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those girls.. and thank goodness they didn't give me pictures because I very well may have gone down that road. But today while they were trying to get an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder (thanks to Tuesday night's L&D visit) the tech was having a hard time getting a clear bladder shot thanks to LO kicking it and in the process we accidently got a brief money shot. The tech didn't say anything, and obviously I'm not trained to read these things, but I'm almost certain I saw an absolute lack of penis. I really don't care if LO is male or female, but now I'm going to drive myself nuts trying to figure it out in my head.

We're also team green and like you, I don't care, although EVERYONE thinks it's a girl. That said, I was fine until the A/S, and now it's absolutely KILLING me that someone else knows the sex of my child and I don't. I don't care what the answer is, just the fact that I DON'T KNOW. Evil.

AutumnBonfire · March 2014

symphony4586 said:

So I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those girls.. and thank goodness they didn't give me pictures because I very well may have gone down that road. But today while they were trying to get an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder (thanks to Tuesday night's L&D visit) the tech was having a hard time getting a clear bladder shot thanks to LO kicking it and in the process we accidently got a brief money shot. The tech didn't say anything, and obviously I'm not trained to read these things, but I'm almost certain I saw an absolute lack of penis. I really don't care if LO is male or female, but now I'm going to drive myself nuts trying to figure it out in my head.

I do that too. At my anatomy scan the tech used "he" once early on in the scan. I didn't think anything of it at the time because people tend to use that as the generic pronoun. Later on, DH asked if she ever accidentally slipped up and revealed the sex when people didn't want to know and she commented that she always makes sure to say "the baby" instead of he or she. But she used he!

Then when she got to the genitals, we turned our heads and after she was done I joked that now she knows the sex and we don't. She said that's she's known since the scan started. Does that mean she saw something sticking up?! I'm going to go home and study our pictures, even though I think most are just head and chest.

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Katieryan13 · March 2014

sxymamakat said:

symphony4586 said:

So I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those girls.. and thank goodness they didn't give me pictures because I very well may have gone down that road. But today while they were trying to get an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder (thanks to Tuesday night's L&D visit) the tech was having a hard time getting a clear bladder shot thanks to LO kicking it and in the process we accidently got a brief money shot. The tech didn't say anything, and obviously I'm not trained to read these things, but I'm almost certain I saw an absolute lack of penis. I really don't care if LO is male or female, but now I'm going to drive myself nuts trying to figure it out in my head.

We're also team green and like you, I don't care, although EVERYONE thinks it's a girl. That said, I was fine until the A/S, and now it's absolutely KILLING me that someone else knows the sex of my child and I don't. I don't care what the answer is, just the fact that I DON'T KNOW. Evil.

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Yes. When the ultrasound tech asked us if we wanted to know the sex yesterday, we said no, I really didn't care at that point. After we got out of there we both regretted it and I think it is because know I don't have another ultrasound so we can't find out, and I am too cheap to pay for an elective one! I think this feeling of wanting to know will go away...

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runrinserepeat · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

@katieryan13 Call the Dr. I'm positive they have the baby's sex marked in your file. Put them on speakerphone and have DH there

I just gotta push don't I...

At our doctor's office, they don't document the sex of the baby in the chart. At least, according to my doctor.

dobbyisfree · March 2014

They gave us a cd with all our pictures on it... it may even be a dvd of the whole scan im not sure. Its hiding in my house. I could potentially look for a penis. But I will not watch I will not I will not!!!!!!!! (Im considering giving the cd to an older friend that doesnt even have a computer...)

Katieryan13 · March 2014

kleMcK said:

LiteraChick said:

@katieryan13 Call the Dr. I'm positive they have the baby's sex marked in your file. Put them on speakerphone and have DH there

I just gotta push don't I...

At our doctor's office, they don't document the sex of the baby in the chart. At least, according to my doctor.

Yeah- They said if you don't want to find out then the doctor or nurses do not know either!

I am pretty positive I am having a boy. Out of my group of friends from high school that have had kids, there are 7 girls and 1 boy. Someone has to have a boy right?

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jnnfrrose6 · March 2014

eortman said:

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knittylady said:

I found a $300 reimbursement check for my breast pump from the insurance company dated 1/1/13. ::head smack:: I'm guessing it arrived just after DD was born and got lost. They are going to reissue the check and I should have it in a few weeks. Yay for nursery decorating money!

I got a call this weekend from the orthopedist I saw last fall when I broke my foot that they're sending me a $320 refund check at the end of the month! Yay for unexpected money!

I LOVE unexpected money! I was on a alternate list to receive a scholarship from the state. Well, my turn came up and I got $650 direct deposited into my bank account yesterday for spring semester. And because the scholarship was for $1300 total (fall AND spring semester) they will be also direct depositing the other half in about a month or so because they can't turn the money over to next fall semester!

I love those unexpected money stories and I feel like if I post here maybe I will be next in a financial windfall, even a few $20s would be great!

Ooooooo, is this some kind of chain-letter windfall? I posted. I'll be expecting my money soon. :-)

Apparently it's my week. Moved into a new position at work almost a year ago. Turns out this position is part of the bonus pool and guess who just got her first ever bonus?!?!

helloblueeyes · March 2014

I really want to cry right now. Every Wednesday i have to submit my blood sugar numbers, and every week they have upped my dosage of insulin.

I just got an message and they want me to up every dose. Some by like 4ml.

I'm hungry all the time, I'm hardly eating. I had a freaking PB&J sandwich (on whole wheat with sugar free jelly) for lunch, nothing else. I am starving right now.

I am down 11 pounds from when i started the GD diet. Thankfully baby girl is perfectly healthy, but i'm seriously falling apart. I am tired all the time, and i'm starting to think it's because i'm not eating anywhere near enough to fuel my body(in addition to the anemia).

I'm so disheartened right now. I feel like such a failure.

Not to mention even with stellar insurance, the cost of insulin is ridiculous, i'm going to go broke fast with the way they have me pumping myself full of it.

helloblueeyes · March 2014

alwaysnc4me said:

helloblueeyes said:

I really want to cry right now. Every Wednesday i have to submit my blood sugar numbers, and every week they have upped my dosage of insulin.

I just got an message and they want me to up every dose. Some by like 4ml.

I'm hungry all the time, I'm hardly eating. I had a freaking PB&J sandwich (on whole wheat with sugar free jelly) for lunch, nothing else. I am starving right now.

I am down 11 pounds from when i started the GD diet. Thankfully baby girl is perfectly healthy, but i'm seriously falling apart. I am tired all the time, and i'm starting to think it's because i'm not eating anywhere near enough to fuel my body(in addition to the anemia).

I'm so disheartened right now. I feel like such a failure.

Not to mention even with stellar insurance, the cost of insulin is ridiculous, i'm going to go broke fast with the way they have me pumping myself full of it.

I am sorry. I don't know much about what you're going through but is there not veggies or anything you can add to lunch to help fill you up? Or does eating make you sick? (excuse me for my ignorance on the subject!)
And the cost of insulin- yuck!

I normally do add some veggies (which pretty much the only thing i can have in addition to/freely), i woke up late today and didn't have time. But there are only certain veggies i'm allowed to eat, and while i like veggies they are starting to get really boring. (i also don't like every veggie on the list of allowed ones and they pretty much don't want you to add anything that would make them taste better/more interesting)

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Katieryan13 · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

Just had a client come by and drop off a box of random chocolates for the lot of us to share. My a-hole boss is handing them out to everyone (he thinks it's funny to exclude me)

Me: Dude, is that chocolate? Am I detecting chocolate?
A-Hole: Ummmmmm the client said it was for the guys only....
Me: Oh reallllly...
A-Hole: Yup, men only.
Me: Well, I'm carrying a dude, so give me a piece of chocolate and as penance for your asshattery, you have to bring it to me.
Whole office: OOoooOOOOOhhHHhhhh.

A-Hole O, Me - a gajillion.

What an asshat. I am so mad for you.

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jensavicci · March 2014

BW1088 said:

jensavicci said:

I feel like crying my little chunk will be 1 tomorrow. I'm super excited and yet really sad. They just keep growing up on me! I know I know, he's only going to be 1 but ugh.....soon it'll be 2 then 3 then 18. Ok, I'm done being dramatic sigh....

Our babies have the same birthday! <:-P DD is 2 today (but not until 5:15 PM, so let's not rush anything). I've already cried 3 times. Call me sappy, but I'm totally one of those moms I rolled my eyes at when I was a teenager... can't they stay little forever?!?!?!??!

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Awww happy birthday to your LO!

Salsera29 · March 2014

So I just had a conversation with my mom where she referred to LO as "Jimmy." Here is the conversation that followed:

Me: "No, don't call him Jimmy. He's not going to be Jim or Jimmy."

Mom: "Well you're naming him after Poppop, his name was Jim."

Me: "No, Poppop's name was James. We're going to call him Jamie or Jay or just James."

Mom: "Oh, no. You can't call him Jamie. That's (insert offensive word here)."

Me: (Laughing it off) "Well we'll see."

Mom: "No. You can't call him Jamie. Anyway, I have to go..."

WTF really?

jnnfrrose6 · March 2014

Salsera29 said:

So I just had a conversation with my mom where she referred to LO as "Jimmy." Here is the conversation that followed:

Me: "No, don't call him Jimmy. He's not going to be Jim or Jimmy."
Mom: "Well you're naming him after Poppop, his name was Jim."
Me: "No, Poppop's name was James. We're going to call him Jamie or Jay or just James."
Mom: "Oh, no. You can't call him Jamie. That's (insert offensive word here)."
Me: (Laughing it off) "Well we'll see."
Mom: "No. You can't call him Jamie. Anyway, I have to go..."

WTF really?

Pretty sure I'd be going with Jamie now, at he very least every time in front of Mom.

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ghostof5letters · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

Messing about at work these days since I'm mentally checked out by now and Bumping all day, I'm noticing a lot of chicks on here like to be oneuppers. You know, they are everywhere, whatevs, but they always, ALWAYS bring this lil' gem to mind:

I seriously almost freaked out on the one-upping on the inlaw vent post from earlier this week. It was absolutely blatant and obnoxious.

TugboatSheila · March 2014

ghostof5letters said:

LiteraChick said:

Messing about at work these days since I'm mentally checked out by now and Bumping all day, I'm noticing a lot of chicks on here like to be oneuppers. You know, they are everywhere, whatevs, but they always, ALWAYS bring this lil' gem to mind:

I seriously almost freaked out on the one-upping on the inlaw vent post from earlier this week. It was absolutely blatant and obnoxious.

I'm going to have to go back and read that one. And I bet I'll read it faster than you.

TallMomma29 · March 2014

DH and I have had the name Caroline picked out for a future daughter for years. I don't think we ever told his parents, and a year or two ago FIL named one of their goats Caroline (DH and I started the naming thing. They got 4 beige female pygmy goats and DH and I bought them collars with the names of the Golden Girls. Then when they had babies, FIL named the babies).

Now, some people have suggested I should not name our baby Caroline because of the goat. Pshhh! I am super excited about going to visit for Christmas and getting a sweet pic of Caroline (our last name) the Goat and Caroline (our last name) the Human. On a scale of 1 to 10, how weird am I? Will Caroline the Human need therapy if she thinks we named her after a goat? ;-)

Katieryan13 · March 2014

TallMomma29 said:

DH and I have had the name Caroline picked out for a future daughter for years. I don't think we ever told his parents, and a year or two ago FIL named one of their goats Caroline (DH and I started the naming thing. They got 4 beige female pygmy goats and DH and I bought them collars with the names of the Golden Girls. Then when they had babies, FIL named the babies).

Now, some people have suggested I should not name our baby Caroline because of the goat. Pshhh! I am super excited about going to visit for Christmas and getting a sweet pic of Caroline (our last name) the Goat and Caroline (our last name) the Human. On a scale of 1 to 10, how weird am I? Will Caroline the Human need therapy if she thinks we named her after a goat? ;-)

First of all LOVE the name Caroline. If we have a girl that is the name we are going with.

My mom wanted to name me Emily but her father had a cow named that so she couldn't do it. But I think so what? I think the picture will be super cute and I wouldn't have cared if I shared the same name as an animal.

jensavicci · March 2014

My nipples are so hard I could easily stab someone with them. I can't tell if it's from my pregnancy or the cold weather that came back with a vengeance o.O

ghostof5letters · March 2014

TallMomma29 said:

DH and I have had the name Caroline picked out for a future daughter for years. I don't think we ever told his parents, and a year or two ago FIL named one of their goats Caroline (DH and I started the naming thing. They got 4 beige female pygmy goats and DH and I bought them collars with the names of the Golden Girls. Then when they had babies, FIL named the babies).

Now, some people have suggested I should not name our baby Caroline because of the goat. Pshhh! I am super excited about going to visit for Christmas and getting a sweet pic of Caroline (our last name) the Goat and Caroline (our last name) the Human. On a scale of 1 to 10, how weird am I? Will Caroline the Human need therapy if she thinks we named her after a goat? ;-)

Super awesome!

mrscurlygurl · March 2014

@helloblueeyes, I would really talk to your doctors about how you are hungry a lot. Have they started doing growth scans on baby yet? I know with my first pregnancy I wasn't eating enough towards the end and DS came out really small. While I don't necessarily think I made him be that small (he's still at the lowest end/not even on the growth charts), I hate the guilt that I could have possibly harmed him. My situation is not as severe as yours as I was never put on insulin, and now am just on a low dose of Glyburide, but I know how limiting and boring the GD diet is. Do they have you do a food log?

mrscurlygurl · March 2014

jessa8907 said:

milestrellas said:

Just noticed that @shanicenicolle got banned. Anyone know what happened there?

Whoa. No clue. There doesn't seem to be anything terrible in her recent posting history.

Also, wtf? I hope she comes back. We still never got word on what happened to Holly Helton.

coybig · March 2014

@jp27 just wanted to mention I had a sausage and egg biscuit at McD's this morning and definitely slapped the hashbrown in the middle. awesome.

helloblueeyes · March 2014

mrscurlygurl said:

@helloblueeyes, I would really talk to your doctors about how you are hungry a lot. Have they started doing growth scans on baby yet? I know with my first pregnancy I wasn't eating enough towards the end and DS came out really small. While I don't necessarily think I made him be that small (he's still at the lowest end/not even on the growth charts), I hate the guilt that I could have possibly harmed him. My situation is not as severe as yours as I was never put on insulin, and now am just on a low dose of Glyburide, but I know how limiting and boring the GD diet is. Do they have you do a food log?

@mrscurlygurl I will mention the hunger. I did a food log in the beginning when they first put me on the diet. The dietitian said it looked good, had only minor changes to suggest, and i made them. They said it wasn't necessary anymore. I haven't had any growth scans but at my A/S i was told that the baby was perfectly healthy and the size was right one with my dates.

They haven't done any growth scans yet, i should ask when they/if they plan on doing them.

They have said that as long as i'm following the diet that i shouldn't worry about my dosage going up, that as the baby grows it's normal. Doesn't stop the guilt though.

TallMomma29 · March 2014

Katieryan13 said:

TallMomma29 said:

DH and I have had the name Caroline picked out for a future daughter for years. I don't think we ever told his parents, and a year or two ago FIL named one of their goats Caroline (DH and I started the naming thing. They got 4 beige female pygmy goats and DH and I bought them collars with the names of the Golden Girls. Then when they had babies, FIL named the babies).

Now, some people have suggested I should not name our baby Caroline because of the goat. Pshhh! I am super excited about going to visit for Christmas and getting a sweet pic of Caroline (our last name) the Goat and Caroline (our last name) the Human. On a scale of 1 to 10, how weird am I? Will Caroline the Human need therapy if she thinks we named her after a goat? ;-)

First of all LOVE the name Caroline. If we have a girl that is the name we are going with.

My mom wanted to name me Emily but her father had a cow named that so she couldn't do it. But I think so what? I think the picture will be super cute and I wouldn't have cared if I shared the same name as an animal.

There is something so cute to me about a cow named Emily! It makes her sound like a sweet, pretty cow instead of .. well... a cow ;-) I would have still named you Emily anyway! Although if your name is Katie, our second name choice is Katherine/Catherine (not committed to a spelling) ;-)

helloblueeyes · March 2014

2ag said:

I really want to cry right now. Every Wednesday i have to submit my blood sugar numbers, and every week they have upped my dosage of insulin.

I just got an message and they want me to up every dose. Some by like 4ml.

I'm hungry all the time, I'm hardly eating. I had a freaking PB&J sandwich (on whole wheat with sugar free jelly) for lunch, nothing else. I am starving right now.

I am down 11 pounds from when i started the GD diet. Thankfully baby girl is perfectly healthy, but i'm seriously falling apart. I am tired all the time, and i'm starting to think it's because i'm not eating anywhere near enough to fuel my body(in addition to the anemia).

I'm so disheartened right now. I feel like such a failure.

Not to mention even with stellar insurance, the cost of insulin is ridiculous, i'm going to go broke fast with the way they have me pumping myself full of it.
4 ml?! Are you sure?

Not that it's a ml. I know they moved my lunch from 22 units to 26 and my bedtime from to 24 to 28. I thought it was ml but i could be wrong.

mamatomp · March 2014

Just want to announce that I just enjoyed a much needed orgasm (credit to DH, not to myself) and a piece of cold pizza!! I feel like a new woman

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ghostof5letters · March 2014

mrscurlygurl said:

jessa8907 said:

milestrellas said:

Just noticed that @shanicenicolle got banned. Anyone know what happened there?

Whoa. No clue. There doesn't seem to be anything terrible in her recent posting history.

Also, wtf? I hope she comes back. We still never got word on what happened to Holly Helton.

That's so bizarre. What the hell happened? Nothing she did looks banable. She only has one abuse point.

jnnfrrose6 · March 2014

hopalong1015 said:

I'm sitting at the car dealership right now waiting to have my car fixed, and it is VERY hard not to take the donuts they have for customers. I'm eating my yogurt covered raisins reminding myself other people might have had dirty hands and touched them.... But they look sooooo good!

I had 3 donuts yesterday...and it was cake day after lunch. It was ALL delicious!

rattlecanqueen · March 2014

@jessa8907‌ The first 3 months you'll be a hot mess, barely able to function. It's like pregnancy brain on steroid...unless you're one of the lucky ones who gets a sleeper.

tourqeyes · March 2014

shanicenicolle said:

Katieryan13 said:

sxymamakat said:

symphony4586 said:

So I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those girls.. and thank goodness they didn't give me pictures because I very well may have gone down that road. But today while they were trying to get an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder (thanks to Tuesday night's L&D visit) the tech was having a hard time getting a clear bladder shot thanks to LO kicking it and in the process we accidently got a brief money shot. The tech didn't say anything, and obviously I'm not trained to read these things, but I'm almost certain I saw an absolute lack of penis. I really don't care if LO is male or female, but now I'm going to drive myself nuts trying to figure it out in my head.

We're also team green and like you, I don't care, although EVERYONE thinks it's a girl. That said, I was fine until the A/S, and now it's absolutely KILLING me that someone else knows the sex of my child and I don't. I don't care what the answer is, just the fact that I DON'T KNOW. Evil.

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Yes. When the ultrasound tech asked us if we wanted to know the sex yesterday, we said no, I really didn't care at that point. After we got out of there we both regretted it and I think it is because know I don't have another ultrasound so we can't find out, and I am too cheap to pay for an elective one! I think this feeling of wanting to know will go away...

Can't you just ask her if she knows?

Why was ^^ this chick banned?

tourqeyes · March 2014

ghostof5letters said:

mrscurlygurl said:

jessa8907 said:

milestrellas said:

Just noticed that @shanicenicolle got banned. Anyone know what happened there?

Whoa. No clue. There doesn't seem to be anything terrible in her recent posting history.

Also, wtf? I hope she comes back. We still never got word on what happened to Holly Helton.

That's so bizarre. What the hell happened? Nothing she did looks banable. She only has one abuse point.

I'm slow. Catching up now.

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