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Thanks for reassurance Bubbles i had my usual morning dry heave but still worry i guess lol.. Next Wednesday can't come soon enough!!

Our LOs will be sharing a room, so we don't have to prep a nursery at all. Unless this baby is a boy, then I'll buy new bedsheets for the crib. We already have a twin bed in the room that my DD will graduate to shortly before the baby is here.

I am 9.5 weeks now and I am just now finally starting to shake the nausea, but I am still so tired all the time!!! I'm realizing how easy my first pregnancy was in comparison!

Are any of you ladies NOT considered high risk, and still doing the harmony/MaterniT21 etc testing? I only want to do it so we can find out the gender sooner, because I am dying to go shopping for the baby! I won't do it if my insurance won't cover it, but I don't know how persistent I should be with pushing the issue.

@sassymama34: I just ate ramen for dinner...it was amazing!

@Lilbear: I'm not considered high risk and am doing the NT scan just to have another chance to see the baby and find out the gender!

@sassymama34: I'm craving sushi (which I had for dinner last night) and flavorful clear soupy stuff with noodles.

@Mrs D: I was craving ramen from like week 6-8. lol

@Alivoo01: we are definitely doing the nt scan at 12 weeks but we don't have the option of finding out the gender until our anatomy scan at 20 weeks. (Unless I do the harmony blood test. that is fraakin amazing that your doctor can tell you the gender at 12 weeks from a sonogram!!!!!

I cant stand meat very well n in fact most food sounds gross lol so im hungry all the time n want nothing except that salsa! Lol.. Still sick 2x a day n more nauseous today.. Currently at work with tissue up nose since smells are turning my stomach exciting we are nearing our 2nd trimester ladies!!

Lol gotta love those cravings i inhaled 6oz of my salsa in 20 min last night n only stopped so wouldn't be sick

@sassymama34: Yea... Meat doesn't sound appetizing to me either! I'm looking forward to being the 2nd trimester in a few weeks!!!

@erinbaderin: With a history, I too am always paranoid about losing this baby! I constantly have to reassure myself all is well and that things are progressing so I don't go bat shit crazy. Another reason why waiting for appts is so hard!

@Travelinmoon: for sure you could be showing! Check out our March bump thread. I'm 10 weeks, almost 6 ft, and pretty certain I am! (Second LO)

So excited! Today after work I'm picking up 3 baby items off of my facebook group moms sale... $50 total - mom on a budget lol

A swing is another thing on my list. Last time we had the Mamaroo and we still have it, but my son never really liked it for more than about 10 minutes. I'm thinking this time I'd like to try a swing. On the other hand, we were fine without one last time and maybe it's an unnecessary expense....

Since it sounds like a lot of us are second time mama's (and bc it will be great input for the first time mama's out there) what will you be getting that you didnt have last time? What did you have last time that you wont use this time?

AFM:
1) Bottle Warmer...thought this was silly last time but I think with this LO I will have a bottle station set up in the guest bathroom so I dont have to go all the way down to the kitchen. Though I hope to EBF for at least a few months.
2) Ring Sling - I had a k'tan with K and used it minimally. I'd like to find a sling wrap I can use more frequently do get things done around the house, and chase a toddler.
3) Glass bottles. I think I am going to take the plunge.
4) Bloomin' bath. I have seen many friends use this and it seems so nice and easy!
5) More pumping early on. I did not pump with K until I needed to (extended periods of time without nursing) but I think I am going to add in a few extra pumping sessions early on once our routine is established. I am also going to tailor my diet a bit more towards some of the things that help milk come in. I did not have a good stash built up when I went back to work and it was stressful!

@Alivoo01: The first time I put B in the mamaroo he went from screaming to asleep in like 12 seconds and I thought "Oh my God, this is the most amazing invention in the history of the world." Never happened again. From then on we'd just put him in it for about 10 minutes and be just about able to scarf down dinner at the same time before he got upset and we had to get him out (it was still preferable to our previous system, where one of us got hot dinner but had to eat fast, and the other could eat at a human pace but everything was lukewarm).

@MrsD: I want a Baby Bjorn bouncer (we had a few last time but none that I really liked, and I've read good reviews on this one), the Miracle Blanket (last time we spent weeks tearing our hair out trying to swaddle a grumpy flaily newborn), a Wubbanub pacifier (B would never take one but we didn't try this style, now he sucks his fingers and I worry it'll be a battle when we want him to stop). I'm also going to try to use a ring sling - I bought one last time and used it when B was bigger to wear him on my hip, but I'm going to try it from the beginning this time. And I just googled the Bloomin Bath and it's so adorable, now I want one!

Things I had last time that I won't use again: a Moby wrap (by the time I got it all wrapped up B was grumpy) and an Ergo 360 (I also had the travel Ergo which worked fine but I wanted it for the back wearing, but I've since bought a BabyHawk which is a lot lighter and cooler). I won't use the pump this time, since I discovered last time after months of 4am pumping sessions that my milk has a high amount of lipase and tastes disgusting after being thawed. I'm lucky that I have Canadian maternity leave so it's not a concern unless I want to spend some time away from the baby, which....I guess I can't, unless I have a better supply this time and can get enough for a feeding without having to freeze it to build up.

@erinbaderin: We have a Baby Bjorn bouncer and absolutely loved it!!! Even DS loves it. He's finally outgrowing it, but he knows it's "his" chair. When he wants milk, he knows to sit in there and ask for milk. Or when he has his milk, he knows to go sit in that chair and chill until he's finished with his milk. Not sure how he'll react when I put it away or when I use it for #2. He used the crap out of that chair so it was totally worth the $$$.

The Ergo 360 looks so nice and much more compact than my Ergo (the original one). But I don't wanna spend money on getting a new one so I'm just going to re-use the Ergo.

@Mrs D: Lipase is some kind of enzyme in milk, and apparently having too much of it can cause your milk to go off when you freeze it. I don't know for sure this is the problem, this is just what I'm assuming because every time I defrosted milk it smelled and tasted terrible. I googled it and that seemed to be the answer. Apparently it can be handled by heating the milk to scalding before freezing but since it wasn't a necessity for me I never worried about it.

@Alivoo01: I don't know about more compact, I found it a lot bulkier than the one we had, but we had the Stowaway (that folds up into a pouch) so maybe that's why.

@jh524: Welcome! Feel free to join us regardless of when you're due! March, April - close enough! Congrats on your LO also! I too look about 5 months pregnant by the end of the day, especially after a meal! Eek!

This is our bump thread: http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/march-mamas-bump-thread

@erinbaderin: ugh that is not cool. you would think they would know how sensitive these things are and would be more tactful. I'm sorry they called you back in but hopefully it is nothing and they are just being cautious. Good luck!

I also had my NT scan this morning but I guess I didn't have all the pre-bloodwork done so they weren't able to give me the results of the genetic testing. The ultrasound did look good from what I could see but I'm not a doctor and won't get the results till next week. Baby was moving and measuring right on target.

I definitely have been feeling better too. Not feeling nauseous barely at all and getting more energy. I will say that now I am getting head aches and I am really gassy lol

@erinbaderin: Ugh!! that's so annoying and I can't believe they "argued" about it in front of you. How unprofessional. Hopefully like the more trained tech said, it's just the angle. At least you'll see the baby again! Yay for a good, strong heartbeat!

@mrsog: Yay for feeling better, but boo on the gas and headaches. I've been feeling more alert the past two days like I'm not even pregnant, and it's kind of worrying me! I don't know if it's because I'm easing out of the 1st trimester (I'm 10+3) or if something's wrong. I'm choosing to believe the prior, but it's still unnerving! Ugh! I have an appt on Friday, and have been looking forward to it all week long. Everyday, I wake up and I'm like it's (day of the week)!!! X days until Friday!! I've been pretty gassy this pregnancy too and way more constipated. Arg.

@sassymama34: current cravings: hmmm none yet really! I pretty much just have anything that doesn't turn my stomach (boring stuff and lots of carbs. Oh and juice). I have more aversions right now than cravings, ha!

@Mrs D: hmm i think we are all set in items that we will use from the first LO. We have the snuggabunny swing, an arm's reach co-sleeper (that I used as a basinette instead of co-sleeper and is holding our toddler's clothes right now ha ha) that I kept in our living room downstairs, another basinette that I kept by the bed upstairs for nighttime sleep, and two bouncers lol. We didn't use a video monitor but don't really want one for this time around either.

One thing I hope will happen for next time is that I won't stress so much about pumping. When LO started to self wean, I was so so upset and sad, and blamed myself for not having pumped when she was first born (I thought it set me up for low supply), and looking back, that was all just unnecessary stress. So hopefully I can relax a bit about that.

So I had my 9 week u/s and baby measures right on track at 9 wk 6 days! Yay! (We've named it Gumby for now ha ha). We saw Gumby's heartbeat and it was perfect, and Gumby was bouncing a bit- yay! Here's an image

@erinbaderin: So sorry about the stress and glad to hear all is well!

@mrsog: I am SO gassy too! Its unreal. I honestly burp and pass gas so much its getting awkward!

@MrsLilybugg: Thats awesome you have it all set. I was pretty excited that my list of "wants" was nice and low this time.

Except...now I think I want a JuJuBe diaper bag! UGH! Anyone know if they ever pop up on Gilt or anything?

Had our first trimester screening this AM - all is well. Didnt ask what the heartbeat was but the little sucker was moving around like crazy. The tech was a little frustrated. I told her in the beginning that "she was welcome to make any predictions if she had them"...she actually tried to look at the end but the peanut would not stop moving...I think I saw a rather female looking nub - but not sure and she didnt get a pic of it! The u/s looked good - now we just wait on the blood work!