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@tysonja: welcome! That would make me nuts to have no one who wanted to see me that long! I'd be calling both offices and making one of them see me

@tysonja: it's crazy to me that an ob doesn't see patients until 20 weeks!

@MamaBear87: That makes sense. I'm definitely not opposed to medication, but I'd like to try without it. My mom had me without an epidural, so here's hoping I inherited her pain tolerance

Since this is my third, I'm all sorts of obviously pregnant at 15 weeks (I think I was showing a tiny bit at 20 weeks with my first). I haven't actually gained any weight, but it is quite obvious. I'm struggling to imagine what I'm going to look like in another 25 weeks!

Also, I teach preschool and just got a huge bag of nearly brand-new baby girl clothing (my first two are boys) from one of the preschool moms. Her daughter was born in May last year, so sizes should be right on and all of it is beautiful and adorable. I'm excited!

: @tysonja: congrats and welcome!

@MamaBear87: that’s great you found a doula! I wasn’t sure when I should start looking but this pregnancy is flying by so I guess I should get on it

I broke down and called my midwife office today for the maternit21 results..... everything came back low risk and we are having a girl!!!! I’m in total shock because I was convinced it was a boy. Also, I think I felt her kick/move today for the first time which was incredibly magical . Is it possible at only 13 weeks!??

Just checking in. Not too much has been going on with me until the last couple of days. Work has been crazy the last few weeks.

I had my 15 week appointment a couple of days ago. I have only gained 1 lb so far. Baby girl’s heart rate was 142 on the doppler, and my midwife found it right away. She seemed surprised by how high up my uterus was already, and said that baby may be on the bigger side or it could just be her position.

The only concerning thing was my blood pressure was high when I first got there. I think it was because it was snowing pretty heavily outside, and the roads were covered when I was driving to my appointment that morning. I am not super used to driving in the snow so I was pretty nervous, and they called me back and took it as soon as I got there. I told them this so they decided to take it again a few minutes later, and it had already come down a lot. I purchased a blood pressure monitor on Amazon to keep an eye on it at home.

I scheduled my anatomy scan for December 20.

We toured a daycare center that we liked yesterday. We know a couple of people that send their kids there, and they like it. They also have spots open in August when we need it so we may go with them.

Oh, and the pregnancy insomnia is driving me crazy. I wake up at about 3:00am almost every morning wide awake. I never had trouble sleeping when I wasn’t pregnant.

How is everyone doing with baby names? We have pretty much decided on a middle name. I have 3 names on my list that I like (Eleanor, Edith, and Adeline). DH hasn’t really given much input other than to figure out that we can’t use a first name that starts with the letter P because her initials would be POS. He has now started calling her Penelope as a joke. I keep telling him to stop because I am afraid it will stick and we will have to change our plans for her middle name. I like Penelope, but I don’t want to change the middle name.

@NCSUchick27: I love Eleanor and I also like Adeline. Girl names are hard! For ours I really like Avery but it sounds too much like my son’s name. I also like Hazel but it seems pretty popular right now. I’m a little scared to tell my husband the name I really like for fear of rejection.

@MamaBear87: Cassius is very cool and unique!

@NCSUchick27: @magnolia: thanks. We like uncommon names. Something you don't hear every day but are recognizable as names. I do worry slightly that we are Caucasian and the most notable Cassius is Mohamed Ali, but Cassius was a popular southern name back in the day so I think it would be ok

Location: Florida
EDD: May 18th
How far along: 14w2d
First child? Second
First doctor appointment: Went really well and everything looks great. They said baby is smack dab in the middle of my uterus. Heartbeat was 166
Any symptoms so far? Super tired, nauseous (going away at this point though), moody, emotional, and breaking out life a teen around my hairline!
Who have you told? Everyone since we shared at 12 weeks.

Congrats to all you May mamas!!!

@paigeface: welcome! Glad to hear your appointment went well

@ms_sc: I feel the opposite! I’ve got all sorts of boy names and feel lost about one for this baby girl. One of my preschoolers suggested “rope swing.” So far, that’s all I’ve got.

@MamaBear87: Thanks for the warm welcome! I forgot to add to my post that I think I *might* be staying team green. I haven't decided yet. This is our last babe for sure and we already have a 3 yr. old boy. I know it's terrible but I am deep down hoping for a girl. I have this weird moms intuition it's a girl but that might just be me wanting it SO badly. Should I stay team green or find out at our 20 week scan? Kind of feel terrible I would have gender disappointment but I so would.

@paigeface: congrats and welcome! I wanted to be team green but I caved to my DHs wishes to find out... and I’m so glad that I did. Maybe finding out will give you time to cope with (normal/natural) disappointment if you are having a boy. But it also seems amazing to be surprised and you probably won’t care once you give birth because of the elation of birth? I also have a 3 year old son and I thought for sure we would have another boy but I’m very excited for a girl. I do think two boys would be very fun though.

@magnolia: Thank you for the warm welcome!
I don't know if I am strong enough to wait the full time to find out. I will probably cave at the 20 week scan coming up. Hopefully I don't ball my eyes out in the doctors office though. Super emotional lately ha ha! Does anyone know if they will write it on paper for you and seal it and not tell you in the room instead?

@magnolia: so fun to be pregnant as the same time as family!

@Berly: oh man I could never keep a secret like that from hubby! Props to your husband. I wanted to not find out this time but my husband was not onboard. Upside I've now gotten rid of a whole closet full of girl clothes

Anyone else feeling baby from the outside already? It's crazy I'm a little scared about how active this little dude is and what it will feel like when he's bigger

I am 17 weeks and I may have felt baby move on the inside a few times, but I am not sure. I am still in the "baby or gas?" stage. I definitely can't feel her from the outside yet. I am looking forward to DH being able to feel her.

@MamaBear87: I've been feeling baby since 13 weeks, which I think is nuts! And now family can feel her (17 weeks). Well, my 6 year old can. My husband and 3 year old are too impatient

@magnolia: My bump is ridiculous. With #1, I didn't show at all until 20 weeks. With #2, it was maybe 16-18 weeks. I looked clearly pregnant at 13 weeks this time. I'm kind of terrified for what this means down the line...

@magnolia: It is quiet! Glad your appointment went well!! Scheduled my anatomy scan for first week of January and can't wait! We will find out the gender that day but have them seal it for us. Still having all girl feelings but I could be wrong!