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@HappyBluebird: I am so, so, sorry to hear this news. My heart is breaking for you. I'm sending you and DH hugs and prayers. I also had a D&C last year in May so am happy to answer any questions. I agree with @Banana330 - really take it easy after and do whatever you need to heal. XO

@Banana330: @SunshineMcC: Thank you. Right now I am trying my hardest to put it out of my mind but I may ask questions if I need to later. It makes me feel a little better knowing that other people have had it done and had healthy pregnancies after.

@windswept: @Boopers: @Jenn23: @meredithNYC: Thanks

@Boopers: I am so sorry to hear about your fall! Hopefully you just took a little bump and your bean is safe and sound and oblivious in there... good luck at the drs and let us know how it goes xxx

@PawPrints: Just catching up and saw that they were able to tell you girl at your NT scan. With DD the tech told us girl at 13 weeks, so they can totally tell that early and be accurate! I didn't trust it until they said girl again at 17 weeks, but that is really exciting! Was it the "three lines" that the tech saw? That's what ours saw, but I think there is some nub theory thing also.

@HappyBluebird: Oh I am so, so sorry for your loss.

@PawPrints: congratulations!
@HappyBluebird: I'm so sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your DH. I think hiding this board will help. We will miss you.

@PawPrints: that's so exciting that they told you that at your NT!

My NT went well. Strong heartbeat at 165 and baby was moving around a lot. The doctor said the nuchal fold is measuring within normal and I should have my results by Thursday. No shots to guess the gender, but that's ok! I have my anatomy scan November 3, which is only 6 weeks away. I'm sure it'll fly by!

I called my OB after my NT scan about my fall and she said as long as I had gotten checked by someone and there was no trauma, then I didnt need to come in after all which was a bit of a relief. Thankfully I've been feeling fine and I landed only on my tailbone, not on my stomach.

@NeekieRose: @marionberry: @Boopers: Hehe thanks but it was just a guess, we are not breaking out the pink champagne yet.

@Boopers: Glad your scan went well!

@loki: so sorry your so sick. I can totally relate to the crying thing. It is so strange I have a high tolerance to pain but for whatever reason when I am sick and jut feel like crap I get the cries lol. feel better!

@Boopers: awww, I can relate to being sad about no grandparents being close by. We won't have any in our state once our baby is born.

@lulu22: Congrats on 12 weeks! I can't wait till I am there too.

@HappyBluebird: Oh no, I am so so sorry to hear this news. You and your husband will be in my prayers..

@NeekieRose: hahaha your husband is so funny, I could see my husband being this way.

@Boopers: That is hilarious about your student's mom. Hopefully she won't tell him. Part of me keeps fearing I'm going to run into someone I know at the midwifery or imaging center, but it hasn't happened so far.

I confess I don't know much about the wives' tales, mostly because they confuse me (wait I'm supposed to balance an ultrasound photo upside down on my stomach if... what?) aaaand also that whole thing where they are completely meaningless As for having a feeling about it being a boy or a girl, I really didn't. Maybe I'm experiencing telltale girl symptoms and just don't know it, though. I've never made it this far in a pregnancy so this is pretty much my first rodeo. It will be interesting to see if the tech got it right.

Insomnia update: This might be a new normal. Sat night I was up at 3am with a migraine, couldn't get back to sleep for hours. Sun night I woke up around 3, couldn't get back to sleep for hours.

Last night I drank sleepytime tea and did a guided meditation before bed. I guess I was a little better since I stayed asleep until 5:40. But, it is my late shift day at work and I wasn't meant to be up until 8.

Better news: I had my first proper midwife appointment yesterday. It was so, so different from my experience with the Kaiser OB!

When I went to Kaiser 2 weeks ago I was there for about 2.5 hours, but, easily 2/3 of that was waiting. My time actually interacting with humans was split between three different receptionists, a sono tech, a lab tech, a medical assistant, an RN, and the OB.

Sweetie and I sat down with the midwife for a solid hour and forty minutes. We did cover a lot of stuff about how I'm feeling, and what to expect in future appointments, but, we also just spent a lot of time chatting and getting to know each other.

Didn't successfully hear the fetus, but, I know I'm right on the earliest edge of when that's possible. Probably going to take a quick peek while at work today just to reassure myself.

Later this am I'm off to Kaiser to figure out what genetic screening stuff they cover and get that ordered. And then hopefully I can stop doubling up on care until I need my anatomy scan ordered.

@HappyBluebird: I am so sorry. My thoughts are with you and your husband

@loki: I agree with @As Time Goes By, I would run the neck thing past your dr. I have not heard of it but maybe you put a kink in your neck while sleeping or something?

@ineebee: oh my goodness, so exciting! first of all, great news about the health of the baby! and so exciting it's a boy!!! your reaction is sooo cute. is your DH so happy?

@Boopers: Sorry about your fall, but great news on the NT scan!!!!

@ineebee: Wow, congrats on your boy!!! That's amazing news!!!

Well, today I am 9w4d and graduated from the RE! HB was 154 and the size of the baby is perfect so I move on to the OB starting next week. Yay!! Going to schedule that appt., plus the NT appt. as well.

@loki @Banana330 @Jenn23 @Rockies11 Thank you!! It really is crazy that they can find out this early.

You ask if DH is so excited? Well, he's really relieved about the health of the baby, and as unreal as the whole pregnancy is to me, it's even MORE unreal for him! So he's definitely happy and still trying to come to grips!

@Jenn23: CONGRATS on graduating from the RE! That is huge! I hope you have a great experience with your OB.

@loki: I look super pregnant, but with skinnier legs, so my husband is not tempted, lol. I am down 4 pounds total, but I haven't lost weight since 6 weeks pp with LO#1 despite religiously dieting and working out with a personal trainer, so I can't help but be a little happy about it even though it's obviously a bad thing.

@Rockies11: haha ya it is a bit of a good thing cuz i definitely did not start out my pregnancy at my best (in fact, probably at my worst)... so hopefully it helps my keep my overall weight gain in a lower/healthier range.

Well, as for me - we had our NT scan this morning, and like so many of you have said, it was WONDERFUL! I could not believe how much the little one was moving around in there - it looked like it was doing the worm a couple of times! Our measurements were good - NT fold was 0.7 mm and the tech saw the nasal bone - so now we wait for the blood test results - hopefully we'll have those in a week, and that will determine whether or not we proceed with the MaterniT21 - hopefully not.

The tech also asked us if we wanted to know the sex - DH & I looked at each other and were like YES! We've both thought it was a girl, so imagine our surprise when she pointed out its legs, as well as the part growing between them and said it's a BOY! I secretly wanted a boy - I have two nephews that I just adore and always wanted my own little guy. I love pictures of DH as a little guy - red hair and all teeth - and hope ours looks just like that!

I feel like I'm floating through the day - I'm so happy, and so relieved to have a good appointment. Heartbeat was 161, so still nice and high. Today is 12 weeks (!), so it's really a great day!

The only concerning news was in relation to the pain I've been feeling under my right rib. I told the doc about it and how bad it was on Friday, and he and the NP suspect that it's my gall bladder - so have instructed me to eat really bland food and to stay away from fatty and greasy foods (which I do anyway). He said if it continues they can do some testing to confirm that's what it is, but that based on the symptoms, it's all tell-tale gall bladder. Anyone else ever dealt with gall bladder issues or stones?

Whew - there's my novel for the day!

@SunshineMcC: Yay for boys!! Congrats on a great appointment! My NT scan is this Thursday. Can't wait!