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We got an almost new double bob on craigslist, which was great. save a couple hundred dollars as I was planning to buy a new one anyway.

blood draw was this morning. it was a lot of blood. i didn't pass out (I did once a few years ago so I get a little nervous) but I was pretty lightheaded and foggy until I got some more food (in the form of a latte and a muffin, obviously).

i am spending so much money on groceries because I keep going to a store for one or two things and then just wandering around getting whatever looks good in the moment. Luckily we order and pick up our big weekly grocery shop, but I still end up at a store 2-3 times a week and I spend so much each time.

I guess I’m starting to show. We are waiting until after our first ultrasound to tell people. That’s not for another two weeks. Yikes!!!!!!

Wow, that was a super downer post, sorry guys! In good news, my NT scan is tomorrow and fingers crossed everything is okay - I'll report back. I decided I don't think I want to find out the sex this time (we didn't last time either), so it feels nice to make that decision, and we went to Buy Buy Baby yesterday while we were home for Easter and test drove some strollers. We need a new umbrella stroller and while we are going to have an adapter system to click our carseat into our BOB, I think we are also going to spring for a Mountain Buggy Nano since its universal carseat adapter makes it a good click-and-go option and it'll be a good umbrella stroller and fit well in our small car. We're trying to avoid upgrading either of our cars, but I feel like our Pontiac Vibe is already a squeeze with one kid. (Our other car is a Corolla, so same size but even less cargo space, plus its a stick shift and I hate driving it.) I feel like we at least won't feel like we need as much stuff with the second kid that we did with our first? Parents of 2+, is that true or do I need to start shopping for a station wagon?

@Ms.Mermaid: I'm so sorry about your mom. That sounds incredibly difficult. My husband's father has dementia and its a very sad situation, and challenging family dynamic to navigate.

We got a minivan prior to kid number 2, but we needed to replace a car that was dying, and knew we wanted more. Its REALLY nice to have the trunk space, particularly when we take trips (or even just go visit my parents for a night).

My friend who has 2 kids and a big dog got a Rav4 and wishes she'd gone for the highlander because she can't fit any extra car seats in. She figures if she had the third row she'd mostly leave it down for trunk space, but if they wanted to transport extra kids they could put it back up.

I LOVE my sienna. LOVE it. And everytime we go anywhere, my husband and I are like "how does anyone do this without a minivan?!" That said, we are not minimalists, and having the minivan certainly lends itself to over packing- I'm sure we'd be fine without it if we had to be!

I was diagnosed with Shingles Wednesday night last week. Its a pain in the butt. I pray that once this is over that the rest of this pregnancy is smooth sailing. Nausea has disappeared but my children seem to have caught a virus as they have been sick all morning. Just another bump in the road, right?

How’s everyone doing? Are the bumps rolling in?

@Silva: It's been a little over a week since the blood draw for my NIPT too, but they did it on a Friday so I'm trying to give them until the end of this week to call and ask. I managed to even forget that I was waiting for results this time, which is probably a good thing but maybe more of an indication of how exhausted/distracted I've been!

So, question about NT scans - I can't remember what happened last time, but my next ultrasound isn't scheduled until I'm 18 weeks. I'm assuming that a) they're not doing a NT scan since that needs to be done by 14 weeks, and that b) they can/will tell me the sex of the baby at the 18 week ultrasound? I honestly cannot remember a thing about these scans last time around!
ETA: I did have an "informal" u/s with my OB at 12 weeks, but it was quick and didn't seem that diagnostic... she said "everything looks great and on track"

@Silva: that makes sense. I declined finding out the sex via the NIPT results since I'd rather it be during an ultrasound with my husband there, but I don't think I realized I'd have to wait that long! At this point I just want to know

Glad to hear some are feeling better! I'm feeling a bit better on the diclectin but still have some pretty yucky days. Hoping it passes soon almost at 11w. NT scan is in 10 days, did the bloodwork for it last week so just waiting/hoping/praying for a good test result so I can stop outright lying to people and also tell work because I can barely stuff myself into my work clothes!

My nausea has been pretty much gone since 8 weeks. Of course today it randomly came back full force. I think it’s just hormone surges and then my body gets it all under control. But I still have a ton of food adversions. Grocery shopping and meal planning has been so difficult. I pretty much just want to eat cereal, pasta, pickles, and salt/vinegar chips.

I still haven’t called my insurance to see if they will cover NIPT, which I’m guessing they won’t. I’ll be 10 weeks tomorrow. Planning to tell my boss next week after my OB appt.

Trying to think of cute but simple ways to announce on FB shortly thereafter.

I HAD A WHOLE SALAD FOR LUNCH TODAY!!!!! And it didn’t make me feel sick!

@Ms.Mermaid: me too!! I haven't had vegetables in weeks!

@Silva: Congrats!! That's very exciting!

@Silva: yay!!! Congrats!

I broke down and bought a fetal doppler off of Amazon...and found a sweet, fast heartbeat!

Oh! My due date is now 10/28. I have a sneaky feeling I am further along based on my own calculations/chart, but the little bean was measured at the 10/28 due date last time I had an ultrasound a few weeks ago.

@Silva: Aw congrats!

Low risk over here too. Phew.

Did anyone’s spouse go to the genetic testing? I don’t really know what to expect but also don’t want him miss work if it’s unnecessary. They did say we’d meet with a genetic counselor beforehand and that’s what had me thinking he maybe should go. Thoughts?

Low risk for all trisomies! I guess we are telling LO this weekend.

@Ms.Mermaid: @Silva: How old are your LOs? Mine is almost 2 and we couldn't help but tell him fairly early on. Once we had our 12 week scan I got him a book and we watch episodes of Daniel Tiger when the mom is pregnant and the baby comes. No idea if he really understands though! He thinks that the baby comes by us "knocking it down"

@YogiRunner: mine is 3.5. We’ve been watching the Daniel Tiger new baby episodes to help her get excited/understand. I wanted to wait to tell her but our sitter last week asked her how she felt about being a big sister, and she was like, “no, big brother” and he left it alone, fortunately. I don’t want someone else telling her though so we’re gonna.

We told our little one right before we told our parents/in-laws. She's so excited, she thinks I'm having 10 babies, a mix of boys and girls.

Are you all going to travel for Thanksgiving? My sister lives about 45 min away and normally we would stay with her Wed-Sun but I’m nervous about being away from home that long with a newborn. She’ll have a new house that will have an extra room and can set up her old crib and glider and other stuff up for us and we can bring whatever we need and my kiddo loves her cousins and she’s close to my mom so I can bring the baby to the nursing home which will be nice. I’ve already told my sister we might just come for the day and she was fine with it, and obviously we’ll see closer to the date. I just wish there was some magic solution that made traveling with a tiny baby easier.

@Silva: I’ve already come up with a costume for the baby and am planning on at least knocking the closest 5 blocks but we live in the city so everything is close together and it’s not a lot of walking to hit a ton of houses. I might do a carrier costume but my kid wants to be a firefighter so I was picturing a Dalmatian...