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@MaryM: my little guy is low, too. My first son was always very low, as well. I guess that's just how my babies like it? Haha, but yes, the demi-panels are pretty uncomfortable for me, too. I am grateful, though, because I know a lot of people who carry high have a hard time with breathing, etc. Pros and cons for either, I guess!

@theotherstark: I'm high and low! Occasional pelvic floor pain along with shortness of breath when walking up a flight of stairs. YAY FOR TWINS! Haha.

But seriously, I'm feeling a lot more movement these days and it's so exciting! I just felt a little something and it's only 10am, I think that's the earliest in the day I've felt something! Like most babies, they're more active in the afternoon and evening. I loooooove feeling them move!

@dominobee: I've been feeling my baby mostly in the morning when I wake up, after I eat lunch and in the evening right before I go to bed. It is such a cool feeling. I'm riding low too, and it is a weird feeling having him sit so low in my pelvis.

@Tionn3: At our last OB appointment baby's head was in the 80s%.

I looked at DH and his giant head, and wondered what the hell I got myself into! He's not a small man (he's a foot taller than me built like a football player)... I have fears of having to birth a giant baby.

@Tionn3: I changed my facebook photo to an actual photo of us so you can see our difference in the group. It's kind of ridiculous. I tell people it's a survival mechanism. I need him to reach the stuff on the high shelves (though it's really just frustrating because he seems to put EVERYTHING on the high shelves I can't reach!)

@MaryM: OMG WOW haha! Also, that umbrella pic is adorable

They didn't give us a growth percentile but we're both on the short/average side (I'm 5'3" and he's 5'10"). I have a small head and I think his is average.

Welp, just found my first stretch marks on my belly. They literally popped up over night. Guess I should get used to this since I still have 19 weeks left and am going to get much, much bigger.

@skiierchck99: oh I’ve had them on my boobs since 6th grade. Welcome to the cruel reality of big boobs.

Last time I didn't get stretch marks on my stomach, but I did on my breasts (20ish weeks) and upper inner thighs (40 weeks).... like really? But all my tummy skin got stretched in general. I fully plan to have a tummy tuck / DR surgery when "done." I don't want to look pregnant forever, even though I love being pregnant when I actually am.

Here's what's going on with me:
http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pneumonia-amp-pregnancy-input-needed-asap

HOLY COW!!! About to be very outnumbered LOL!

@dominobee: Were you completely shocked?

@dominobee: I understand the feeling. I am going to have a male-dominated future. Even my cat is a boy.

Catching up after a busy weekend.

Our AS was Monday. Everything looked great and was where it as supposed to be. And this little boy has NO modesty and made it VERY obvious he's a boy. lol

And he's measuring right at the 50th percentile. Thank God!

I read the doctor's notes that went into my chart last night, and it's no wonder I haven't been feeling as much movement (I can hear it on doppler, but only feel bigger movements). My placenta is anterior. But at least it's not previa (which the NT sonographer freaked me out about).

We follow up with the doctor today.

@MaryM: Hi cutie! So glad you had a great scan.

I asked the Dr. at my anatomy scan where my placenta was and she was like "why, are you worried about something?" No lady, I'm just curious! She didn't even really give me an answer, she just said it was all normal. I feel a lot of movement but it's still really sporadic and during the am and at work I barely ever notice anything.

@petitenoisette: I never feel anything at work either, it was the same with LO1 - I think since we're moving around so much, we just don't notice the comparably small movements of baby. As for names, we are the opposite, I've had this name picked out since high school and luckily DH agrees

@MaryM: so glad you have a great AS! 20ish weeks down, 20ish more to go!

@petitenoisette: Our name has been set. We've agreed to not discuss nicknames again until he's born and we can see him (since we couldn't agree on that). But DH calls him Junior and I call him by his full name. Or just Little Name (it's the same first name as DH)

@petitenoisette: @MaryM: I have an anterior placenta too and think I felt her less for a long time. It was nerve-racking hearing people say they felt movement at 15-16 weeks - I didn't feel a thing till 20 weeks and even then it's only been in the last few days (end of week 21 into week 22) that I have started to feel it more consistently. Right now baby girl likes to move when I am not, lol.

@petitenoisette: @desertdreams88: We are 100% on our first name (though we do also have another strong contender girls name in case we're not feeling it last minute) and are just deciding between my grandmother's first and middle names for baby girl's middle name. Might be a game time decision. I keep joking too that with my luck and the fact that we had no definitive boy name we'll end up in the 5% who are surprised!

@MaryM: I've been thinking of you and waiting for your AS update - so, so happy to see that everything is well! I also have an anterior placenta. My kid's cue to wake up and kick like crazy is me laying down to go to sleep

@dominobee: Congrats!!!!!!!!!

@dominobee: I still can't believe it!

@petitenoisette: still no names set in stone over here....DH hasn't given me anything to work with but did say he like one of the names I sent him last week. We don't agree on the nickname for that one though so....

@MaryM: that's so nice about your daycare provider. I have to seriously start thinking about that as our nanny is graduating from college in Jan and will likely be looking for a regular job shortly after. Nannys for 3 kids are hard to come by, and expensive, so I don't know what we will end up doing as daycare isn't an option with my schedule.