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@jodyblair: yay!! Congratulations on great results. Can't wait to hear your baby's gender!

@CatchAFallingStar: Mine took 8 days, including the day I had blood drawn. Good luck!!

@MaryM: was yours panorama?

@petitenoisette: oh wow! I think I had about 20 oz of water & totally needed to use the bathroom but baby was in a great position & extremely cooperative for the ultrasound tech to get all the right measurements. I remember with DD, my bladder was too full so the ultrasound tech allowed me to use the bathroom but said I could only pee for 3 seconds & had to stop myself. Worst feeling ever! DD was also not in the right position so that appt took super long.

@CatchAFallingStar: I had my blood drawn last Monday morning & received my results this past Monday morning. And mine was panorama & counsyl for the carrier screening.

It's funny how I wasn't worried about trisomies until now that I'm waiting for the result of the NIPT. Anyone else worry between the test and the results?

@CatchAFallingStar: Been on vacation & successfully stayed off my phone for the most part! Will check in later today.

@MaryM: I was feeling better from week 11 to week 13 (today) and I threw up this morning. Don't worry, maybe it will come back.

@Tionn3: I ended up making a last minute appointment for a quick scan to ease my mind. I've had so many aches this week and it's really anniversary of our last loss so I need some piece of mind.

Plus I'll feel better announcing at work next week if I can get a peak at the little boy.

OK HERE'S THE MEGA UPDATE!

@CatchAFallingStar: I have eaten one turkey sandwich and a few bites of raw fish sushi. Considering that my chances of being injured in a car accident are greater than my chances of getting listeria, I decided not to panic too much about it. Also you can get it from literally ANYTHING - ice cream, vegetables, seriously the list is endless. Don't feel bad, just keep it to a minimum. We camped for 4 nights at Delaware Seashore State Park. With only 3 full days at the beach - and rain for 1 1/2 days - it was way, way too short! That was our longest camping trip to date and honestly we are so dialed in with our gear and preparation that it didn't feel troublesome at all. I could have done two more nights! I did not find out the gender from my NIPT but they can only tell for sure if it's two girls and there's zero boy DNA in my bloodstream. If they found male DNA it could be one boy/one girl or two boys. The midwife practice has not called me to discuss the results and I'm not aching to know yet. We're thinking about waiting to find out until birth but I know I might not make it that long. DH says he doesn't want to find out but I might find out earlier and keep it to myself.

@MaryM @lazypanda: Congrats on your baby boys!

@desertdreams88: Congrats on your baby girl!

@jodyblair: Congrats on a healthy baby!

@theotherstark @bushelandapeck @lazypanda @jodyblair: What does it feel like? I've felt a few brief, subtle pains. Nothing painful enough to really worry me - more of a sensation really - but I did wonder what it was.

@skiierchck99: I got sick on someone else's lawn after picking up my dog's poop! LOL!

So far, so good on my end. My symptoms conveniently seemed to go away the very day we were up at the crack of dawn to leave for vacation. I didn't have any morning nausea the whole 5 days and just a tiny bit of car sickness when I was the passenger - but I get car sick anyway so it could just be that. I was still sort of tired but not as exhausted as I have been. I think the placentas are now fully grown and functional which could explain why I've been feeling better. Now I feel inspired to clean and organize literally every part of my house! I even fully unpacked right after we got home from vacation which is definitely not something I usually do!

I did have a bit of brown spotting - like a very tiny bit - on Wednesday but I'm not reading too much into it. We rode our bikes 12 miles on Tuesday so I'm guessing it was just over-exertion and/or could be related to the SCH.

Gearing up to tell more folks individually this week and next. Telling work on Wednesday then will post to Facebook and Instagram after that. I have my next appointment with my midwife on Thursday (a week from today) and though I know they won't be doing an U/S I'm excited to hear the heartbeats on a doppler! The midwives use U/S sparingly so I probably won't have another one until the 20 week anatomy scan. I am 12 weeks, 3 days today. I've also signed up for HypnoBabies. Anyone have any experience with that? I'm really hoping for an unmedicated, vaginal birth which I know is a little less likely with twins. But I'm thinking positive and trying to prepare for both the best and worst case scenarios.

@dominobee: how are you you go to announce on Insta/FB?? I always like seeing what people do

@dominobee: ah, got it. Well, glad you read it and he's reading it too! I'll look forward to hearing what you think of the class!

Oh, that's right! I remember you mentioning the Beyoncé idea the onesie idea is cute, too!! I love Tweedledum and Tweedledee; that would be adorable.

It's aaaaaaaaaa BOY!!

@jodyblair: so cute!! I know, it does feel good to be able to tell people and to know what we are having and start planning. We still need to tell the kids though and will do that tomorrow.

@bushelandapeck @jodyblair: congrats!!

One symptom I've had to contend w/ lately is regular headaches. Tylenol seems to do to the trick but I don't want to be taking it every day. My app said this might happen but didn't explain why. Maybe an increase in blood pressure?

Of course my nausea returns the day of an ultrasound. Maybe it stopped because I've been off work and waking up on my own vs. an alarm?

Hoping a scan this morning will calm me down for the next week until our NT. I'm hoping to tell work next week. I'm sure they're wondering!

My nieces said they suspected it when I was home last month, so if a nine year old can tell, I bet older women can!

@MaryM: I hope the scan eases your worries today!

AND... I didn't have to take off my pants! Woo!

@MaryM: Glad your mind is at ease. What a great pic!

I had just a regular appointment with my OB today - first with actual OB - and she had a hard time finding baby B to get the heartbeat. I was starting to panic but baby was just being difficult - all still seems good! Going to tell extended family this weekend and work after I come back from vacation next week! Don't have another appointment till September 12th when we'll find out baby B's sex!

@MaryM: yayyyy

I had the NT scan today, and baby was not cooperating at all. Baby wouldn't get into a profile position and so the tech couldn't measure the back of the baby's neck. She got one nasal bridge measurement but that was it. She tried so hard to get the baby into profile. I tried emptying my bladder gradually, turning to the left and the right, doing a downward dog (which ended up getting baby in a headstand, and in profile but not quite what we wanted). The tech said when she was looking at the posterior side of the baby she didn't see any evidence of thickening in that position so that was good, it's just that you can't take a measurement in that angle. We did a transvaginal as well to see if that would work and we got the baby with back facing us but head was turned in profile so we got the nasal bone that way but it distorted the neck! BLAST!