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@sunset840: That's exactly why we don't tell names. My mom would be polite but the whole rest of both of our families are not going to be!

Now that we're about halfway, I'm so interested to know the differences you all have had between this pregnancy and others (especially if this baby's sex is different that before). With my son, I was carrying really low and had to pee, no joke, a couple times an hour! I didn't have any breakouts, or any real change in appetite after morning sickness left.

With this girl, I am feeling pressure in my stomach instead with fullness/heartburn, my face is a mess, and I'm hungry all the time! And m/s was worse.

Any observations?

I thought baby #1 was low, baby #2 is was lower. I have more pelvic pressure, aches and pains this time. My level of morning sickness and food aversions has been similar. I've gained way less weight this time around so far. I didn't show sooner this time like I expected. This pregnancy is high risk (Higher chance of miscarriage, chromosome issues, and now placenta previa) Same sex. It really comes down to:

Baby #1 hard to conceive, easy pregnancy
Baby #2 easy to conceive, hard pregnancy

Had our anatomy scan yesterday and its a girl!
I'm so thrilled! More importantly, no issues and all parts look great. Baby was not very cooperative during the scan so we didn't get great pictures but the tech worked some magic and got everything she needed.

@littlejoy: Awww!! Jealous!! I have an anterior placenta, so now at 21 weeks, I'm still barely feeling any movement! I'm hoping to start feeling more definite kicks soon though.

@littlejoy: Maybe she's a restless sleeper, and kicks around in her sleep! hahahah

I have no idea! I mean I do feel random movements, but they are way down low....he's breech right now, so it's his little feet stomping down. But other than that, I don's feel really anything in my belly/abdomen yet. The ultrasound tech said that I have a very big/thick placenta also. hahah

I don't feel like this pregnancy has been very different from my last. This is 19 weeks side by side from first and second.

Back from our week in Europe so I figured I'd update the list.

Happy to say I had virtually no swelling throughout the trip (well, my ring finger swelled a bit while doing a lot of uphill hiking on a very hot day, but I still consider that a win!) Ready to rest a little this week and get my life back in order.

As for differences between pregnancies... I started this pregnancy at a higher weight but have gained much less, so I'm pretty close to the weight I was at 22 weeks with DD1. I had excruciating back pain with DD1 from about 10 week to 26 weeks, so this pregnancy definitely feels easier overall so far!

My bump might be very slightly larger/earlier this time around, but I don't think enough that anyone would notice. Hoping the next 15-18 weeks keep going just as well!

20 week bump. I'm glad to be halfway. I go back to the OB for a regular checkup on 4/28 and to my MFM for a scan to see if my placenta has moved on 5/18.

DH was teasing me about the fact that the baby is so low. He said she's just going to fall out when I go into labor. She better give me an easy time! I'm in constant pain now and she's not even that big yet.

@littlejoy: Is that magnesium? I don't know much about supplements. Do you mind if I ask where are your aches? Mine are all in the pelvic area.

@Mrs. Pickle: @littlejoy: Magnesium can treat constipation. Definitely don't want to overdo it! (I did once, not pretty.) I hadn't heard it can treat aches but maybe that's why I don't have many so far, since I take it every day.

Met with MFM today, just for a consult. Mostly nothing unexpected. They will do a couple extra ultrasounds to monitor growth and my cervical length in the next month or so, and another one or two later to watch the ventricles just in case. But she did say hydrocephalus almost always shows up on the 20 week scan if it's going to happen, so that's encouraging.

One thing I hadn't expected, she said she's going to talk to the geneticist to see about getting me in with them. My dad was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that is hereditary. There's a 50% chance I (or any kid he has) will have it too. He wasn't diagnosed till after I had LO, so it's never been a consideration during pregnancy before. I tried to see the geneticist last year but they weren't taking any non-urgent new patients at that time. But the MFM thinks I'll qualify now that I'm pregnant. Mostly they're apparently concerned about cardiac issues and I'll probably have an echocardiogram to check that. Though I'd never heard that there are even cardiac implications so I'm wondering if that's not applicable to the type my dad has. (There are several types, all with different issues, and you can only inherit the type your parent has.) The other concern is uterine rupture so now they're hanging C-section possibility over my head, but I've been through labor twice, once with pitocin, so it just seems like if there was a problem we'd know by now. Who knows. I might not even have EDS. But anyway, we'll see what comes of that.

@littlejoy: EDS is a connective tissue disorder, and apparently there's a lot of connective tissue in the uterus. So it could make it weaker I guess?

My anatomy scan is this afternoon. I'm ready to get it done. At 22 weeks, it feels soooo late.

@Mrs. Pickle: You look great!

@Mrs. Blue: @MommySLP: my anatomy scan is Friday at 21 weeks, which seems late to me. I can't imagine having to wait another week!

@Torchwood: @MommySLP: ugh, reflux! Mine has actually subsided a bit the last few weeks, oddly. I'm sure it will be back.

@Mrs. Blue: my scan is this afternoon as well! I'm 20+4, and ready to finally see the baby. My last scan was at 7 or 8 weeks.

@Revel: It feels like it's been forever! Hope you have a good report today and get to see lots of sweet shots of this kiddo!

Does anyone else feel like their bump suddenly exploded? I'm 22 weeks today, and I was definitely showing before, but in the last week or so, I feel like I went from looking 4 or so month pregnant to like . . . 8 months . . .basically overnight. I even feel like I"m starting to move like a largely pregnant person. Yikes. I looked in the bathroom mirror at work today and thought, "Oh my, people are about to start making the 'Any day now!' comments and I'm going to have to tell them I'm barely passed half way."

@Mrs. Blue: that seems really late! Last time DD didn't cooperate, so I had another scan just 2 weeks later (fastest they could do it for non emergency purposes). Glad all is well so far!

@Mrs. Microscope: @Mrs. Blue: Yeah, that seems super late to me too. They couldn't get all the shots they needed for mine and I'm going back what will be 2 weeks later. And my anatomy scan was at 19 weeks, not 22. Just seems late to find issues. Though, of course, I'm sensitive to that, given my history.

@Torchwood: I forgot you're doing the progesterone shots, could def have something to do with it. Like clockwork, my heartburn is back today, haha!

@Mrs. Blue: scan went well! They got all the pics they needed and said we're healthy and low risk insofar as they can know these things, so we're feeling good. Hope they can get what they need at your next scan.

Add me to the feeling large group - I can't believe how much growing there still is to come, but I look distinctly pregnant now.