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@ineebee: Now that I think about it have you gotten your NT blood test results back yet? I've been thinking about you since twin A had a NT of 2.8 and I've been worried waiting on my own. I don't have an appt with my dr until Oct 17 and even then I don't know if she'll share with me results from the first blood test since the second one won't happen until the 26th. Blah.

@Mrs. Sunshine: yeah for another little girl! Can't say I'll be too upset if I find out my LO2 is a girl as well. Your little girls will be such good friends!!

@Jenn23: congrats on a wonderful scan!

I've also been offline for the last several days... stress at work, really tired in the evenings, and severe food sensitivity making me cranky... so I'm just now catching up on the last few pages, so I can comment on how you lovely ladies have been doing. But first I have a crazy story of how last night went for me.

So far, I think I've managed to be a mostly normal, not crazy, non-hormonal person who just happens to be pregnant. Until last night. <sigh> I was cooking dinner (more chicken pot pie for me, hubby was going to fend for himself), and telling my husband that I had found out that day that the accounting office for my organization was trying to recover the cost of an event that I had organized earlier this summer from my pay. It worked out to be several thousand dollars. I had just found out last week, that although the acquittance roll for the event had been submitted the week following the event, the accounting office had lost it! So we had to go around and get it all signed again, which was no small task, because some people were located elsewhere. So in the midst of sorting this out, I get an email saying that it will be recovered and that I am accountable for it, even though I had submitted all the proper paperwork months ago.

When I told my husband, he was understandably upset, but he handles stress way worse than I do, and raised his voice and started telling me all the things I needed to do - which I had already handled. To which I burst into tears, and threw my big honking knife(!) into the sink (which was in his direction), yelled at him, and ran up to our room and slammed the door!!!

My god, what am I twelve?!? I'm not sure who was more shocked by my reaction, me or him. Crazy hormones! Anyway, he apologized and then tried to finish my supper for me (he has a limited cooking repertoire), and I eventually calmed down.

Has anyone else had a meltdown like this? So far, the hormones have just made me weepy over sappy commercials and cute stories.

@Mrs. Sunshine: Ugh! I feel so bad for you. As I said, this was the first time I felt out of control that way, and it was awful! I hope it got/gets better for you. I'm squarely out of the first tri (15w2d) and didn't have any big hormonal swing issues in the first tri, and so wasn't expecting my anger to just escalate out of nowhere like that. I really have nothing to compare it to, but I guess it helps to hear that others are experiencing the same thing. Although, now that I think about it, I have been experiencing road rage lately, but I just thought that the drivers around here were getting worse; maybe it's actually me!

Has anyone else gotten a great big ALERT from Ovia at any point? I got an enormous warning today after I entered my symptoms data telling me I might have HG. So bizarre. I'm only throwing up 2-3x/week, no trouble keeping down fluids and food, so definitely not HG. I wonder if it just puts up that warning for anybody who still continues to experience vomiting into the second trimester?

@lulu22: i'be been getting a similar pain and it seems to happen when I'm laying down/stretching my stomach the most. I think (hope?) it's my abdominal muscles stretching a bit to make room?

Has anyone felt any baby movements yet? I was lying in bed this morning poking at my stomach a bit ( which DH did not like!), hoping to be able to feel the little guy moving around, bug nothing yet!

@SunshineMcC: the other day at 14+5 I felt this weird bubbling feeling like something was knocking on my insides that was much gentler than gas pains. It made me freeze and I was totally weirded out before realizing it might be the baby. It happened about the same time the next day and again made me stop in my tracks. I haven't felt it since, but apparently it's not uncommon to feel little flutters very infrequently.

@As Time Goes By: how did the announcement go??

Just got home from my NT scan. Our fetus is looking good -- measurement was within normal limits, nasal bone present, three vessel cord seen, and measurements were all consistent with each other and with my ovulation date.

I've been making inappropriate use of the office ultrasound machine to peek pretty frequently, so it wasn't quite as magical as if I was seeing the bubs for the first time since the gummybear stage dating confirmation. But, the perinatology machines are way, way, way nicer, so I was able to see a lot of detail that simply is not possible given the quality of machines we have and my (relative lack) of skill as a sonographer.

@PawPrints: The major transitions that I've seen in my peeks over the last 2-3 weeks (currently 13w1d):
-gradual change toward more normal proportions rather than giant head with a teeny body
-starting to see sucking & swallowing movements (I caught our fetus sucking both thumbs - super cute!)
-huge increase in size of the placenta
-big burst of movement right at about 12 weeks when a lot of reflexes develop/organize
-getting somewhat less eerily translucent on lower-powered ultrasound.

Any interest in starting a legit bump thread? I'll start one, but I don't want to be the only one to post. That would be awkward. Haha.

Here is my 16 week pic (post dinner, so bump may not all be baby...)

@SunshineMcC: ugh that sucks, I find heat helps my back more than ice.
@lilyofthewest: yay NT scan, that's great news.
@PawPrints: ya, I hav a blood test but nothing major until Nov.
@NeekieRose: cute bump! I have no bump just pudge.

We told our families on thurs. Our moms were typically very excited. We went to my parents for thanksgiving yesterday and my mom rubbed my belly, I told her not to do that and she did it again! I lost it, I don't have a bump yet just feel fat I told her never to touch me again. Seriously no boundaries! It's so annoying.

Anyone else exhausted this week? I haven't been too tired yet this pregnancy, but this week I've been having 2hr naps for the entire long weekend.

@NeekieRose: your bump is cute!
I'll be 13 weeks on Thursday so there isn't much going on but it's definitely a little more than last time & when I'm looking down or in the mirror it looks huge to me! lol

@NeekieRose: @Mrs. Sunshine: you ladies look great! Here is mine at 15w5d. I caved and got maternity jeans and they definitely accentuate the little bump better than regular pants!

@Boopers: very cute! And I have been rocking the maternity jeans for a couple weeks now. I think I may need another pair though. I think I'm just smaller enough this time than last time that I need to go down a size. Which in general is a good thing...just not when it means buying new jeans that I'll only wear for 6 months. Oh well...

@ineebee: at the MFM office the tech just said the dr only talks to you if you're under 3.5. I felt good then but googling made me worry. I go in this Friday to my dr so I hope I get the blood test update. I'm glad your blood work looked good. Most likely it's nothing at all. You'll get a better idea at your anatomy scan right?

@NeekieRose: i would love a bump thread... but i can't contribute yet. i just look like i had a huge lunch haha. some days i think i'm totally starting to show. but this morning i woke up and i think i look skinnier even though i ate like a piggie all weekend. so whoooo knows. you guys all look so cute though, i'm jealous!

@Mrs. Sunshine: no way, yours is precious!!!

@lulu22: i am SOOOO jealous. i'm 14w3d... and i'm still wearing my regular pants! you look amazing!