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@eko @LindsayInNY: so many crazy overlaps - DH was born in Nashua, we started dating when I lived in NYC on the UWS + he lived in (on?) Long Island and I lived in Porter Square when we first moved up here! I was born/raised in MA so I just roll my eyes when DH starts talking about buying this baby Mets gear ...

@dc yoga bee: Syrup sounds safe enough to me? Now I want some lol!

@extrasprinkles: Too funny!! How old is he? Wonder if we would know each other somehow... Yeah, luckily DH is a Red Sox and Tigers fan and I'm okay with either! No NY sports teams allowed!

This is my 12w12d us and bump pic. I did have sort of a flat belly so I am in big trouble with my small torso.

@Eko: Yay! That's a great ultrasound picture! And you have a cute bump.

I can't wait for my appointment tomorrow (even if I do have to drink the nasty sugar water stuff for an early gestational diabetes screen)!

@Eko: Cute and cute!!

@dc yoga bee: @Mrs.KMM: @MrsBrewer: @cascademom: Thanks! I took the care to block out my face, but didn't take my name out of the ultrasound photo, whoops haha. not that it matters too much!

@merriment: Ohh, how exciting. One of each. Boys are a lot of fun. I'm a mommy to boy and soon to be another one.

@merriment: Yay! One of each!

@merriment: Congratulations!!! That's so exciting to know so early!!

So, I'm doing my FSA, and oh okay I can pay for childbirth classes. I go to the hospital website, and they're BOOKED UNTIL JUNE! WTH!?!?!?! how are they already booked up this early!?!

@Mrs.KMM: We've never held a baby, or changed a diaper- so everything and anything LOL. My midwife also suggested I look into hypnobirthing because I may not be a good candidate for an epidural due to prior nerve damage from wisdom tooth removal surgery.

I just posted another thread to see if anyone else has taken one but I am really interested in a Confident Childbirth method class. (http://www.confidentchildbirthmethod.com/about-confident-childbirth-method/why-confident-childbirth/)

Confident Childbirth teaches a combination of Lamaze breathing, Bradley husband/partner involvement, and Hypnobirthing relaxation. They are also “pro” natural birth, yet not “anti” intervention when such intervention is necessary to promote the “Healthy Baby, Healthy Mom” outcome. It really sounds like it fits with the mentality I want to approach our birth with.

I tried to take a Bradley method class before LO1 and there weren't enough interested people so she didn't run the class. We got the workbook and books and worked really hard without the class. I labored naturally for 13 excruciating hours (like, the morphine I eventually let them give me didn't even take the edge off excruciating) before giving in and getting an epidural (the pain I could handle, but 13 hours in, I still hadn't made it past 2 cm dilated). I figured (and my doc suggested) that at this point, if I was able to birth naturally, I'd be too exhausted to care when he was born, and if I wasn't able to, we'd be way more likely to end up with a C-section. 10 minutes after the epidural, I was dilated to 6! My body was just fighting itself. I'm going to try natural again this time, but if my body fights itself again, you can bet I won't wait 13 hours before getting an epidural!

@dc yoga bee: Yes, exactly! The nurses/OB were all super supportive of me trying naturally and didn't say anything, but once I asked for the epidural, they all said they thought it was the right decision for me since my body was too tense. They all said my breathing/relaxation techniques seemed to be going well, they just weren't working.

@dc yoga bee: Most of the Bradley instructors only have classes listed through January! Honestly, we wouldn't stress a ton if we couldn't get into a class. My MIL runs a daycare and DH grew up around kids. And I've been babysitting since I was 12. A class would definitely be helpful but not essential for us.

@dc yoga bee: I had a lot of experience with babies (tons of babysitting/nannying/etc.) and I still wish I'd taken a newborn care class more than the labor and delivery class I took.

@merriment: congratulations! I can't believe they would tell you so early from the a at scan? I thought even girl parts protruded like boy parts at that point? I'm sure that the people who do scans for a living know a lot more about it than I do though! When do you get your Materni21 results back?

@Eko: that is such a great u/s photo! You can see baby's profile so clearly! You have an adorable bump! I am tall but have a relatively short torso, so I feel your pain.

On epidurals, I got one about 6-7 hours into labor. I was 4cm dilated when I got to the hospital. I wanted one immediately. I got it eventually when the doctor had time. It relaxed me enough to sleep through contractions and be ready for delivery. I labored a total of 14 hours with about half of it with an epidural. I'm pro epidural. It made my labor and delivery great!

@Mrs.KMM: So glad your appointment went well. Lots of great news. Do you have a feeling about which gender you're having?! That's exciting that you will find out soon!

My LO has been home sick from sick since last Tuesday, when I had to leave work to get it her. I hate that I am burning through the sick leave that I was hoping to use for maternity leave. On top of that, I have a bad head cold and a little bit of the GI trouble my LO has been having. I just want to sleep all day, but of course, I have to watch J. I am getting so behind in stuff for work too.

She is napping now and I don't think I can resist the urge to nap as well... hopefully I will be able to listen to my alarm clock and get up int 30-40 min so I can take care of a few things while she's still napping. I will probably go into work tonight to lead a group if my babysitter can get here by 4pm. I really don't want to, but otherwise we have to cancel (as my backup person is MIA).

Ugh, sorry for the vent! It just sucks being sick while pregnant... all the helpful meds are off limits!

@Mrs.KMM: I took her the first day she was sick and they said she had an ear infection and put her on antibiotics. They felt the GI stuff was something separate. She's supposed to be on the antibiotic 10 days, but I didn't give it to her yesterday because she was fighting it so hard (I'd had to hold her down the first 6 days) and I wondered if maybe it was making her belly worse? I know it's bad not to finish them though, so not sure what to do. Even with holding her down, she was spitting it out and not getting much of it the last day I tried. I called the doctor on Sat and asked if I could give her Imodium or something like that and they said, no, it just needed to run it's course. I do feel like she is a little better today, but I might call them anyway.

I thought my first baby was a boy and I was wrong! Both DH and I felt like baby #2 was a girl and we were right. So who knows about intuition! I guess it's 50/50.

@Mrs.KMM: Yay! I told my work last Wednesday and I was so nervous but everyone was excited and it's so nice to have it out in the open! After I told my news, another coworker shared that his wife is also pregnant and expecting just a few weeks before me. So fun!

@Eko: Such a cute bump! I'm ready for a bump and not just bloat!