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@getjazzy: Congrats! Only a few more days here. In reality I know that 24 weeks isn't some magic number, but I'm really looking forward to it.

@getjazzy: I'll be 24 weeks on Saturday! I can't believe how fast it's flying by!! With my first, it seemed like time was draggggging, but this time, it feels like I found out last month.

@lilteacherbee: So true. With my first even getting out of the first tri felt like it took a year and now I'm falling behind in prep for this baby!

@krispi: @lilteacherbee: happy to hear about your good numbers! was thinking of y'all!

@Torchwood: congrats on the great ultrasound! I love all the details you can see this far along!

@OhCaptain: That's what I tell myself lol! Luckily that's the only kind I crave!

@OhCaptain: must be!! I've been wondering when I will feel the hunger really kick in. Though my tummy was rumbling by the time I got in bed last night haha. Anyone else feeling extra starving?

@buttermilk: yup! I have hungry days where I am just starving all day, no matter what I eat! My weight gain is fine though, and I have been exercising so I'm not too worried. Trying not to keep junk in the house so its easier to make healthy choices!

@Buttermilk Me! I'm hungry all the time, haha. I find I do better if I'm eating a lot of protein and enough fat - when I'm eating more carby heavy stuff I'm WAY hungrier. I've definitely had a few nights in the last few weeks where I wake up STARVING at like 2am and have to have a granola bar or something!

Hey all, have any of you started a registry yet? I'm 21 weeks now, so I have a *little* time, but I feel like I should be thinking about it. I am going to fly home for a shower, so it will be on the early-ish side (29-31 weeks ish) because I don't want to fly really late.

I think we want to register at a baby store (either BRU or Buy Buy Baby) and probably Target as well, although Target's selection is not great and I'm not sure how to split up what goes on which registry.

If so, where did you register? How many items? Anyone willing to post a link to their registry to give me ideas? I need help!!

@MrsADS: I registered! My family lives in Pennsylvania (and I live in Massachusetts) so I'll be travelling for the shower - we have it scheduled for Memorial Day weekend so I'll be 29 weeks. I registered at Amazon and Target (the closest Buy Buy Baby is about 45 mins away, and I was determined to get that completion coupon so I didn't want to do Babies R Us, haha.) If you wall me your email address/FB, I'll send you a message with links to my registry, but I'd rather not post it since it has location info and full names and whatnot.

One website that I found super useful for figuring out what to register for was Lucie's List (http://www.lucieslist.com/baby-registry-basics/) - there is SO much info there. It took me almost a whole week to go through everything, but I felt like I had a pretty good grasp after I'd looked at it all.

@MrsADS: I started one months ago and have been dragging my way through finalizing it. I need to just sit down and finish it today!!! I'm planning on going through Babylist but include things from Amazon, BBB, land of nod, and Etsy.

@buttermilk: so...either end of 5 or 6 months lol

Heavy on the 1st Trimester
Month One: Week 1-6
Month Two: Week 7-11
Month Three: Week 12-16
Month Four: Week 17-20
Month Five: Week 21-24
Month Six: Week 25-28
Month Seven: Week 29-32
Month Eight: Week 33-36
Month Nine: Week 37+
This set of weeks assumes that early pregnancy is very important but that you aren't really pregnant those first two weeks.

Heavy on the 3rd Trimester
Month One: Week 1-4
Month Two: Week 5-8
Month Three: Week 9-12
Month Four: Week 13-16
Month Five: Week 17-20
Month Six: Week 21-24
Month Seven: Week 25-28
Month Eight: Week 29-32
Month Nine: Week 33+
This set of weeks counts every moment from the last normal menstrual cycle and considers the fact that some women have their babies earlier than 40 weeks.

@Mrs. J: @raspberries: wow even more confusing! Lol.

@MrsADS: I'm not registering this time, since it's my second child. I don't think anyone is planning to throw me a shower, and I don't expect one either. My first time around, I registered at Buy Buy Baby and Amazon.

@buttermilk: I typically just say how many weeks I am, because I'm not sure how it translates to months. Is 24 weeks really 6 months? I'm almost 24 weeks, and I assumed I was 5 months, because I have about 4 months left.

Oh! Also - our crib just shipped!! I was supposed to take 6-8 weeks which is why we ordered it 4 months in advance but we ordered it only 6 days ago! Lol!

@buttermilk: If we weren't cosleeping (so using a sleep nest), we would use the pack-n-play. I'll probably still set it up in our room for the changing station.

I can't decide how I feel about my birth class. I really enjoy it, and it's good information. But doing homework and specific exercises and tracking food intake, and I'm paying for someone to make me do all this? I KNOW it's in my own best interest. And really I'm glad someone is making me do it. But arg! I'm a crazy picky eater, possibly have Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, so trying to actually get all the required foods is genuinely impossible. I take very expensive liquid organic vitamins for a reason. But I hate having to explain all that. I think I'm just going to email the teacher about it, so that she knows I do plan to really make more of an effort with eating better, but don't ever expect it to really be on the level that they're looking for. But overall, really loving my class!

@MrsADS: We started our registry when we ordered our furniture. BRU offers 10% back on all registry purchases, so we put our furniture on there right before we ordered it so we could get the reward points. We have all the big items on the BRU registry, and then I created a smaller one at Target. The Target registry has a few decorative items that can't be found anywhere else in addition to basics, like sheets and towels and onesies.

@buttermilk: I'm planning to have the Pack n Play and the Rock n Play in our room just in case. We'll see where she prefers to sleep. I do think the Pack n Play could come in handy for changing. Our nursery is just across the hall from our room, so I don't think it will be too hard to transition to the crib eventually.

@Torchwood: I registered for our birth class last week. We're doing an all-day Saturday class at the end of May. I also signed us up for a breastfeeding class. My husband surprised me by saying he was interested in the infant care class as well, so I still need to call about that one. He's never really been around babies before, so I think it will help him feel more comfortable.

I've been feeling more movement the last couple of days too. It's not strong enough to see yet though. I've just in the last few days had a couple that I could feel from the outside. I'm hoping it will get more predictable so I can tell my husband and he can feel something for the first time. Right now, it's just one here and there and it's hard to catch.

We are leaving Sunday for our short-ish, low key babymoon in Florida, and I am so ready for some relaxation!! We still have a little bit of stress trying to wrap up things at work and getting packed and the house and dogs ready for us to be gone, but I'm just looking forward to putting my feet up and enjoying the ocean breeze.

@buttermilk: J's nursery is mere feet from our room, so he was in it, in his crib, by day 2/3 home. My SIL used their pack n play until she felt ready to move her (they have a tri-level, so master is its own floor).

@buttermilk: at the beginning, I probably changed him each time he woke up, before I would nurse him again (or I'd change him half way through to wake him up a little so he'd finish). Eventually, I changed him less and less. Now, he goes all night without getting changed, even if he wakes up (we just double stuff his diapers with a hemp insert--we cloth diaper).