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@BandDmommy: I think I will be doing the harmony since I will be over 35 when I deliver. I have my first appt at my ob next week (still at my re now) so I am guessing we will go over it then.

@banddmommy: I am doing the Harmony test next Thursday and have my next appt 2 weeks later so we will know the gender in less than a month! I'm excited to know, but wonder if it will be strange to see it on paper without an u/s. Just different than last time.

@jh524: it's just a blood test. So, not at all.

The test I'm getting is called verifi, according to my OB it's pretty new.

@BandDmommy: I'm still bf-ing and starting to wean him! Yay!!! Mines a lot older though... He turned 2 in July. It's going well just making each session shorter. I heard your milk taste changes around 4 or 5 months so I'm hoping to be done by then or before!! He bf's in morning, before nap and at bed. I'm working on morning and night. At night, I allow 10 min on each breast and cutting a minutes every other day until no more breast and daddy will take over bed time if needed. For the morning, I'm gonna offer a yummy breakfast & drink right away and maybe distract to get him to stop. His nap nursing is usually less than 5 minutes and just suckles so that'll be the last one to go. I can't wait to be done!! We're also potty training so a lot going on over here and wishing for a quick transition for this soon to be big brother

Here's baby

@JennyLayneAZ: What an amazing picture! So clear!

@JennyLayneAZ: great pic! Congrats on a good ultrasound!

I had my last appt with my re today. Baby measured 8w4d (so one day ahead) with a heartbeat of 164. Now I am "graduated" to a regular ob.

@bloved: congratulations to you too! How exciting

Hi ladies! My appt. today went well and we saw our little baby #2 & its beating heart!! THE BEST THING EVER!!! I'm 9 weeks, 3 days and due date is still April 18th but I'll be a RCS so may deliver at 39 weeks. Anyways, baby (and only one baby in there!! Phew!! ) was moving around and measured right on so we're very happy! We will be doing the genetic testing this time because 35 and pregnant means a elderly pregnancy, which is bizarre!!! Can't they call it something better than elderly??!! LOL So, I'll be doing the Harmony test in a few weeks, I can't believe you can find out gender so early!!! That's crazy and amazing!!
Haven't spilled the beans to anyone other than DH & BF so I'm really excited to tell the big news!! I have a Big Brother shirt for LO but I don't know when we'll tell, maybe around Halloween when we see everyone.

When are you announcing? Are you doing anything special for the announcement?

@jh524: yay! I'm so glad you got to see your bean!
Why on earth would they call it an elderly pregnancy? That sounds so weird.

@jh524: interesting. My doctor calls it advanced maternal age.

Ahh! I had not been showing, but I think I popped overnight! Today there is a definite little belly that I am having trouble camouflaging. Hopefully just bloat because I want to keep this underwraps for quite a bit longer!

My next doctor's appointment is next week and then I have some down syndrome and custom fibrosis test. For down its the test you have to do between 12 and 13 w4 days. I forget what the midwife called it. I think I'm also getting tested for sickle cell as a possible AA genetic trait.

Most of the grandparents live so far away I have been thinking about ways to incorporate them in everyday life once the baby gets here. One idea is to have each record themselves reading a children's book. On the HB blog there was a craft to make a family pop up puzzle type book, I may try to take that on too. Amy other ideas?

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: NT scan? It's two part, US and bloodwork.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to use me as a resource. It's my 3rd pregnancy and I have pretty much seen it all and done it all with my 1st being a NICU baby born at 34 weeks.

@JennyLayneAZ: That's how my husband was too! Cute but exasperating. We face timed with our folks while my son wore his new "I'm the big brother" shirt that DH picked up on the way home. Whenever it's DH's turn to dress our son he wants to put it on him.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: NT scan is great appt for him to be at! You get great pics of the baby!

@BandDmommy: well, in that case it may be worth the aggravation, lol

@JennyLayneAZ: I hope he's able to make it to yours!

@jh524: I'm sorry you're sick! I haven't gotten sick yet but we'll see if I make it through the winter with catching something. Although u.t.i s aren't common for me so I truly believe that was because I'm pregnant. I hope you feel better soon!