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@Dandelion: Ouch. I'd be real upset with my mom. I found out after we went public my mom told her BFF and one other person. I asked how how she'd have felt if she told someone not to tell and they did (my mom had 5 miscarriages before me). It kind of shut her down a bit and she apologized, but it's like come on. It's not their information to tell.

@Dandelion: Yikes, that is a little intrusive to ask, too. I'm sorry that happened to you.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!! I felt the baby move the past two nights and I'm so excited!!! I thought I had felt something before (and probably did!) but these two times were unmistakeable.

Bought our very first baby items yesterday because Halloween costumes were 75% off at babies R us. So now baby has a lion costume and a set of pumpkin butt jammies waiting for him. My husband hung them in our hall closet and we both keep sneaking peeks of them hanging in there. So cute! So exciting!

@gilmoregirl: Aww that is so cute! And if you get a deal how can you pass it up? Before we were even TTC, I went on Amazon, and they had a St. Bernard costume for 6-12 month olds on sale for 12 bucks (originally it was 30 some I believe) so I snatched it right up. We have a Saint, so I knew that was what I wanted my child to dress up as.

@LovelyPlum: I'm sleepy, too. I'm glad I have no classes tomorrow so that I can nap all day.

Hey Ladies!

It's fun to hear y'all are shopping for baby stuff and maternity clothes! I know everyone is pretty far ahead of me but I just hit 15 weeks and time feels like it's flying by.

I finally retired my normal jeans this week... I was tired of constantly pulling them up! The rubber band thing was driving me bonkers. But still no bump to show off... ugh. I do have quite the bellow-the-belly-button-fluff though.

I've had a fairly constant lower back ache lately, so maybe baby is hugging my spine instead of sticking out the front? Is that anatomically possible? I've also had crazy RLP the past couple days so hoping that means growth spurt! And I'm with y'all on the hunger. I just bought a costco size bag of the peppermint dipped Rold Gold pretzels and it is taking every ounce of self control for me to not eat the whole bag at once. Try them, they're so goooooood.

We have our first group appointment on Wednesday. I'm so curious to see how it's set up and excited to meet the other couples. I still have yet to buy anything for baby. Not sure what my problem is, but it might have to do with the fact that baby's room is currently packed with construction materials as we are doing major home renovations. So once we're done, it's shopping time!

I'm starting to think about our "Gender Reveal" party... Anyone else doing one? If you're finding out the gender of course...

***ETA!!!! I failed to update y'all on a major life event!!!!***
Last month I accidentally ate a meatball (haha!) at an open house, not thinking it could have gluten in it. I've been avoiding gluten for over two years because I get severe (unpleasant) reactions. Well, I didn't get sick! So I've been very cautiously allowing myself one serving here and there of something non-gluten free and it has been amazing!!!!! Maybe that's why the pretzels taste SO GOOD. (I was thinking y'all might think I'm crazy for eating pretzels if I'm intolerant, haha! I think I mentioned that I was at some point, because it's no fun!) But I'm so thankful. Especially since this will be my first thanksgiving/christmas that I get to eat like a normal person in three years! And hopefully post-baby I'll still be symptomless! Anyway... big deal for me! haha.

@PEAPIE: and btw i LOVE those pretzels. so good! hope that crazy RLP gets more manageable

@Dandelion: yay for naps tomorrow i took today off to get things settled in the new house but DH kept interrupting when I tried to nap. Grrr maybe tomorrow. School is closed for Election Day .

@LovelyPlum: I haven't been super hungry today but I swear some days it feels like all I do is eat!!

@nana87: Did you tell us?! Did I miss it?! I need to check the Appointments board!

@PEAPIE: Ok. I am going to get in on some of that pretzel action because they sound delicious. We are not doing a gender reveal. We are keeping the gender a secret until Christmas. If I was REALLY daring I would have the US tech put the gender in an envelope and open it on Chirstmas as a gift to us, but I am not sure I would have the willpower. I have also seen that taken one step further and you go to the store and pick out a boy outfit and a girl outfit and have the cashier open the envelope and ring up and wrap which outfit is the right one and then you open it too.

@SupernovaJ: So happy you are feel movement! I feel the same sort of thing, but mind comes and goes. I think I have a very stubborn baby. The bubbles have definitely moved. They were nestled way down on my left side. Now they have moved to the middle by my belly button, but they are very few and far between. I thought being I am so still and quiet at work he/she would move more, but nope. Only at night when I'm slumped on the couch (and I haven't had movement for a few days now).

Everything I have felt has been low, low, low, but I've had some pretty good bops from baby. It's probably the only thing I enjoy about pregnancy so far But I really love feeling the little bops.

@gilmoregirl: I don't know if this was baby or not, but it was pretty suspicious. I felt a low bop, and I IMMEDIATELY dropped everything I was doing and was like, "Oh dear God I have to pee!" I made a mad dash to the bathroom. Dh was so confused. I am the queen of holding it, and what was weird is I just went bathroom, like, a half an hour prior to that. I am not sure if baby is capable of doing that, but it was suspicious!

@PEAPIE: that is exciting, I know gluten is in eeeverything.

I'm feeling little kicks/twitches/pops more frequently too, which is really fun Especially when I'm lying still. @gilmoregirl: They've been low for me too, but I dont know if that has more to do with my anterior placenta or, just that Baby's hanging out down there.

Ah! Our "anatomy scan" is tmw, and with more an more people finding out, including two close friends due on either side of me it is making it reaaaally hard to stick to team green. It would be a really nice birthday surprise for me this weekend. Bah! Just need to make it to the other side of the appt, I think, and I"ll be good. I just need to focus on being excited for another viewing of our little Bean.

@HazelEyes: You are strong! I'm dying to know what this baby is! 9 more days!! I'm getting so impatient and I'm driving DS crazy because I bring it up all the time, lol.

@LovelyPlum: Lmao. I'm so sorry! My boobs are a C and haven't changed much in size. They are just, well, fugly. Yes, I said fugly. DH likes them, but they look like something out of a National Geographic magazine to me.

@LovelyPlum: my boobs haven't actually grown yet! well, they have a little, but I can still fit into my pre-pregnancy bras...

@LovelyPlum: Oh gosh, yes. I was a C before, and I'm about to go through my second round of buying new bras. They're out of control. I mean, they look ok, but I am NOT used to this situation.

Well, it happened: I sneezed today and peed my pants a little. In front of students! Fortunately I was in a dress with leggings, and it was the very end of the day, so not a total disaster but oh gosh. I am not prepared for this.

@gilmoregirl: LOL, I'm sorry. It happened to me for the first time last week, and I called my mother to announce that I was officially a pregnant woman. She laughed at me. Thanks, Mom

And anyone who wants their boobs to be bigger but they haven't been can have a piece of mine. Seriously.