Can I just give a big thumbs down to waiting for panorama results? It's day 8 and I know it says 7-10 days but the anxiety it's giving me is ridiculous
It probably doesn't help that it's likely 7-10 "business" days, so the weekend doesn't count, which makes it feel even longer! Hang in there!
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
Can I just give a big thumbs down to waiting for panorama results? It's day 8 and I know it says 7-10 days but the anxiety it's giving me is ridiculous
It probably doesn't help that it's likely 7-10 "business" days, so the weekend doesn't count, which makes it feel even longer! Hang in there!
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
I think after she checks the SCH it wouldn't be annoying or unruly to ask if he or she can see if you have a boy or girl. I'm sure it's a request the get very, very often.
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
The passive polite Midwesterner side of me says to ask something along the lines of "any chance they're cooperating enough to see the sex?" and then maybe joke about being worried they'll be stubborn at your anatomy scan.
The blunt side of me says just ask. If the answer is no, it's no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
Can I just give a big thumbs down to waiting for panorama results? It's day 8 and I know it says 7-10 days but the anxiety it's giving me is ridiculous
It probably doesn't help that it's likely 7-10 "business" days, so the weekend doesn't count, which makes it feel even longer! Hang in there!
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
I would just ask. This is YOUR baby, you have the right to know anything you want about him/her! I don't think that's pushy at all. I would say something along the lines of: "Are you able to see if it's a boy or a girl? "
@thaisac1@AmadorRose@mrstrax - that's kind of what I was thinking. I figure it's not necessarily too early. DH will be able to go to appointment tomorrow but work may prevent him from coming to A/S. He really wants to be there for that moment - he has mushy memories of finding out with DS. No harm in asking!
I also just realized I said 'annoying' at least 3x in my OP and that is driving me bonkers now. Raaaaaaah!
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
The passive polite Midwesterner side of me says to ask something along the lines of "any chance they're cooperating enough to see the sex?" and then maybe joke about being worried they'll be stubborn at your anatomy scan.
The blunt side of me says just ask. If the answer is no, it's no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
What part of the Midwest are you from? I want to Say Indiana but I'm not sure. Further north, we wouldn't consider that rude at all...but I think northerners in general are more blunt.
@AmadorRose I grew up with a strong southern family, and married a northerner for a reason. I find their bluntness refreshing compared to my mother telling people how she's a proper southern lady who would never hurt someone's feelings by saying how you really feel to their face, and it's better to discuss it behind their backs. Smh... I'm pretty blunt and outspoken, grandma on dad's side is from upstate NY, and she always says I take after her. (She also can't stand my mother...)
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
The passive polite Midwesterner side of me says to ask something along the lines of "any chance they're cooperating enough to see the sex?" and then maybe joke about being worried they'll be stubborn at your anatomy scan.
The blunt side of me says just ask. If the answer is no, it's no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
What part of the Midwest are you from? I want to Say Indiana but I'm not sure. Further north, we wouldn't consider that rude at all...but I think northerners in general are more blunt.
Iowa - we're generally too nice for our own good. It wouldn't be rude just more straight forward than is typical
@cmjenkies it's totally not too early to tell! I would definitely ask. We did an elective ultrasound with our first at 15.5 weeks and it was obvious he was a boy! Hopefully you get to find out tomorrow
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
The passive polite Midwesterner side of me says to ask something along the lines of "any chance they're cooperating enough to see the sex?" and then maybe joke about being worried they'll be stubborn at your anatomy scan.
The blunt side of me says just ask. If the answer is no, it's no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
What part of the Midwest are you from? I want to Say Indiana but I'm not sure. Further north, we wouldn't consider that rude at all...but I think northerners in general are more blunt.
Iowa - we're generally too nice for our own good. It wouldn't be rude just more straight forward than is typical
No way! I grew up on the Sconnie side of the Iowa border. I never thought I was rude until I was thrust into life around a lot of Southerners, who apparently find my "lack of tact" to be distasteful. I'm rarely rude on purpose, I just tell it how it is.
OMG subject change! I'm sleeping on the couch tonight apparently because someone is farting so much I can barely breathe now! Seriously babe, we had the same thing for dinner... Wtf is wrong with your digestive tract????
Can I just give a big thumbs down to waiting for panorama results? It's day 8 and I know it says 7-10 days but the anxiety it's giving me is ridiculous
It probably doesn't help that it's likely 7-10 "business" days, so the weekend doesn't count, which makes it feel even longer! Hang in there!
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
Of course a few hours after I wrote that my doctor called and everything was negative (1:10000)! I did tell him not to tell me the sex so that DH and I could find out together. I regret my decision, especially after I called him and he said I could have found out. I vould call the office today, but I might as well wait until Monday when DH is back in town
I don't see any harm in nicely asking if she could take a peek to see the sex if possible. Worst thing that happens is she says no
I need to share this here because I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy right now. As some of you know, I moved to Sweden a few months ago and I have been waiting for them ever since to issue me a person number. Something that shouldn't take more than 5 minutes, but for some reason took them 9 weeks. I called the caseworker today and he told me I was finally issued a person number!!!!! I am SO relieved, because not only does this mean I can finally be assigned an OB (which I took care of as soon as I hung up with the caseworker; got an appointment on monday 8 am!!!), it also means I can send DH an invitation for a visa so I can finally see him again!!! I am over the moon right now! :x
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
The passive polite Midwesterner side of me says to ask something along the lines of "any chance they're cooperating enough to see the sex?" and then maybe joke about being worried they'll be stubborn at your anatomy scan.
The blunt side of me says just ask. If the answer is no, it's no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
What part of the Midwest are you from? I want to Say Indiana but I'm not sure. Further north, we wouldn't consider that rude at all...but I think northerners in general are more blunt.
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Nope, I'm the Indiana one (Far south in IN - you could literally see Kentucky from my backyard growing up.) I am generally on the more blunt side by nature but I work in geriatrics where I often have to put on the charm and kill em with kindness. When it comes to medical professionals, I work in the field and so I respect their opinion and don't necessarily want to sound like a jerk, though. Haha.
So I just gave an interview for the CBC National News... Canadian moms: tune in to CBC on Monday night for the national news and you will see me blabbing about my research.
So I just gave an interview for the CBC National News... Canadian moms: tune in to CBC on Monday night for the national news and you will see me blabbing about my research.
They wanted to talk about a paper I published two years ago, about the concept of "normal weight central obesity". It had a lot of press at the time of publication, I'm surprised ppl still want to hear about it years later.... It's like the gift that keeps on giving.
They wanted to talk about a paper I published two years ago, about the concept of "normal weight central obesity". It had a lot of press at the time of publication, I'm surprised ppl still want to hear about it years later.... It's like the gift that keeps on giving.
Now I want to watch...maybe it'll be on YouTube after it airs?
So I just gave an interview for the CBC National News... Canadian moms: tune in to CBC on Monday night for the national news and you will see me blabbing about my research.
Ohhhh I'd love to watch that!
It will be on Canadian TV, I won't be able to watch it either as I'm just boarding a plane to Orlando FL. But they told me something about being available in the Internet, we'll see.
They wanted to talk about a paper I published two years ago, about the concept of "normal weight central obesity". It had a lot of press at the time of publication, I'm surprised ppl still want to hear about it years later.... It's like the gift that keeps on giving.
Now I want to watch...maybe it'll be on YouTube after it airs?
See above. If it does go online (and I make sure I haven't made a fool of myself ) I can provide links via PM.
Ugh. BH have already started up. Not looking forward to 22ish weeks of them after never noticing them with DD - downsides of knowing what real contractions feel like and being more aware of the uterus :-q
@thaisac1 where are you always traveling to??? Fun.
Lots of meetings/ symposiums/ congresses. It would be fun, if I didn't have to prepare talks each time. I'm looking forward to a trip when I don't have to open my laptop. BUT I will go to magic kingdom tomorrow before talks Sunday and Tuesday - it's only fair. Hubby came with me on this trip too, as my bday is on Tuesday. It's always better when he comes.
@thaisac1 where are you always traveling to??? Fun.
Lots of meetings/ symposiums/ congresses. It would be fun, if I didn't have to prepare talks each time. I'm looking forward to a trip when I don't have to open my laptop. BUT I will go to magic kingdom tomorrow before talks Sunday and Tuesday - it's only fair. Hubby came with me on this trip too, as my bday is on Tuesday. It's always better when he comes.
Say hi to my dad! He's running for the wine and dine half marathon (that I was supposed to do with him) tomorrow night!
@thaisac1 where are you always traveling to??? Fun.
Lots of meetings/ symposiums/ congresses. It would be fun, if I didn't have to prepare talks each time. I'm looking forward to a trip when I don't have to open my laptop. BUT I will go to magic kingdom tomorrow before talks Sunday and Tuesday - it's only fair. Hubby came with me on this trip too, as my bday is on Tuesday. It's always better when he comes.
Say hi to my dad! He's running for the wine and dine half marathon (that I was supposed to do with him) tomorrow night!
@thaisac1 yeah I'm pretty bummed I couldn't train for it for the past three months, but there will be other races in the future /sigh
I'm actually finding pregnancy is a wonderful excuse not to run!!! Lol. I hate running.
I wanted to run 50 half marathons by 50, and have done 1 so far... Fractured my foot and had to take off like five months to let it heal. Then pregnant and complications ugh... I miss it.
So, I've broken the news to my students this week. They are all super excited for me which is so sweet and encouraging. One of my students came up to me though, and as the class was lining up to do their celebration dance, she rubbed my belly and said to her friend, "look it's getting rounder!"
Oh man... I teach 700 students, and the last thing I need is for all of them to feel free reign to start touching me. I politely said, "Please don't touch my body." The kids came up with a little dance entitled Please Don't Touch My Body. It was the funniest thing! I'm definitely going to have to use that as thew new dance for my other classes.
@RoseShadow873 I have no idea what that even is, so not really?
They're malls. They took over the mall in my hometown and I have seen them in other states I have visited. They seemed to be pretty widespread from what I have noticed but I did not know it went international.
@RoseShadow873 I have no idea what that even is, so not really?
They're malls. They took over the mall in my hometown and I have seen them in other states I have visited. They seemed to be pretty widespread from what I have noticed but I did not know it went international.
After I googled it, it looks like they actually are an Australian company, and we have three of their malls within reasonable traveling distance from me.
Ugh. BH have already started up. Not looking forward to 22ish weeks of them after never noticing them with DD - downsides of knowing what real contractions feel like and being more aware of the uterus :-q
Ugh right there with you, girl! Mine started 2 weeks ago. One of my least a orbits parts of pregnancy. With DS, I would have so many in a day that they started to feel like one continuous BH. So annoying. Not looking forward to that.
@AmadorRose I have a question for you. I know you mentioned somewhere that you found an online nursing program for some of the coursework. I want to get a nursing degree, but being military as well, it's not exactly convenient to go to an actual campus, as you are well aware. Can you PM me the info, please?
It seems like you've done a ton of research, but can you explain the difference between an AAS for nursing and a BSN? You take the NCLEX after both, so I'm not sure the difference. Do universities prefer four year degrees over two (I want to get a specialized MSN)? Or does the quality of work matter more? I know I've already been to college, but I just don't see the benefit of paying for four years of college again when I can get the same result out of an associates program.
Re: **The Everything Random Thread for April Mamas**
Unrelated question to whoever: Is it going to seem 'annoying' of me to ask the sonographer tomorrow if she can peek to see the sex of the baby? I'll be 15.6, so I know it's possible but part of me just feels like.. I don't want to be that annoying pushy pregnant lady. I'm much more concerned about the baby's health, but this is not my anatomy scan, just a scan to check the status of a small SCH I had at my last appointment back in September, and I'm sure she'll snap some pics of the babe anyway. Is there any harm in asking? Am I being silly for worrying about being annoying? I think I'm overthinking this.
I also just realized I said 'annoying' at least 3x in my OP and that is driving me bonkers now. Raaaaaaah!
What part of the Midwest are you from? I want to Say Indiana but I'm not sure. Further north, we wouldn't consider that rude at all...but I think northerners in general are more blunt.
Iowa - we're generally too nice for our own good. It wouldn't be rude just more straight forward than is typical
No way! I grew up on the Sconnie side of the Iowa border. I never thought I was rude until I was thrust into life around a lot of Southerners, who apparently find my "lack of tact" to be distasteful. I'm rarely rude on purpose, I just tell it how it is.
I don't see any harm in nicely asking if she could take a peek to see the sex if possible. Worst thing that happens is she says no
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Nope, I'm the Indiana one (Far south in IN - you could literally see Kentucky from my backyard growing up.)
It will be on Canadian TV, I won't be able to watch it either as I'm just boarding a plane to Orlando FL. But they told me something about being available in the Internet, we'll see.
Hubby came with me on this trip too, as my bday is on Tuesday. It's always better when he comes.
https://metro.co.uk/2015/11/06/wife-gave-husband-a-blow-job-in-front-of-westfield-shopping-centre-lifts-as-their-kids-looked-on-5484769/
After I googled it, it looks like they actually are an Australian company, and we have three of their malls within reasonable traveling distance from me.
It seems like you've done a ton of research, but can you explain the difference between an AAS for nursing and a BSN? You take the NCLEX after both, so I'm not sure the difference. Do universities prefer four year degrees over two (I want to get a specialized MSN)? Or does the quality of work matter more? I know I've already been to college, but I just don't see the benefit of paying for four years of college again when I can get the same result out of an associates program.