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@redsmarties: I've started swelling by the end of the day. It's not that bad yet, but shoes are tight when I come home and I don't like to sleep in my rings anymore. I'd like to think this is the worst it will get but I think that is wishful thinking. Laying with my feet up for 20 minutes helps, as does tons of water.

@Grace: Baby kick, so exciting! I think that is one of the best feelings in the whole world. I literally lay down with my hand on my belly forever, just waiting for a kick.

@.twist.: my dog always followed me around, but my cats have gotten extra weird. Both of them have decided their new favorite place to curl up in on my belly. My dog also likes to rest his head there (good pillow?) and sometimes the baby starts to kick at it. Cracks me up.

I'm taking a trip to Florida for my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary party this weekend, which meant I had to find a bathing suit that would work. That was an...interesting experience. Hope they're all ready for this belly.

I'm so impressed by all of you that have gear ready. I have only gotten together a few cute clothes, and most are big sizes because I figured people would mostly give me small things. Although my husband's dad and step-mom just bought us our stroller. It should come this week, and I'm really excited to have SOMETHING at least. It's hard to wait until after the baby shower!

@.twist.: My dog has been laying with his head on my lap a lot more lately. He usually just curls up at one end of the couch, but he's been snuggling lately. The cat, however, I don't even think notices the people who live in her house. She's only 7 months old and she's wild, always running from room to room and leaping onto windowsills, then crashing on the couch for hours. She's a strange animal...

@lawbee11: oh, I know EXACTLY which seller you mean! I did the same thing (I was in love with her peaches and cream tutu), had it bookmarked, and all of a sudden it wasn't available and I found the tiny blurb on her shop about stopping all tutu purchases because of the baby. Glad you were able to work it out!

@.twist.: Yay for carseat setup!

So I got the cutest little onesie from Baby Gap yesterday in the mail (red with little embroidery and hearts, and heart butons <3). It's 3-6 months and so SMALL! I mean, much smaller I think than my other 3-6 month stuff (I have yet to do a comparison). Then on Pinterest I happened across an article that suggested putting baby clothes in the closet by length, not by the sizing on the hang tag, which I think is a great idea.

So, FYI!

http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=65210&vid=1&pid=297885022

@StrawberryBee: The peaches and cream tutu set is the one I ordered! We have good taste Now I am just worried about baby cooperating during the newborn session. Oh and that onesie is sooo cute!!!

@redsmarties: OMG. Those are just the cutest!!

My appointment went well. HB was 150bpm and my weight is definitely on the rise (seeing the number on the scale is always my least favorite part). I go back for my GD test on May 8, and I have my next OB appt/will get the detailed results of my GD test a week later on May 15!

@lawbee11: yay for tutu crisis averted! Etsy sellers are usually pretty happy to work with customers!

@redsmarties: OMG! Those are so cute! I want to get these for LO because they match DH's that he lives in all summer when he's not working.
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/sperry-top-sider-bluefish-crib-shoe-baby/3143038

Hi everyone! I went away for a few days and fell behind, which then led to getting more and more behind, so I've just read the past week of posts (though I've missed like the last month).

I had my anatomy scan on April 1st and we didn't find out what we're having (well, pretty sure it's a baby), so I'm officially a member of team grilled cheese! So far most people have been excited about us waiting to find out, which I hadn't really expected. I think they'd be more annoyed if we had gone with my original plan of finding out but not telling. Poor DH would still prefer to find out but he didn't want to know and try to keep it a secret from me.

@lawbee11: My shower is in May--the 19th, I think? It's out of state, hosted by my MIL. I'm excited that my mom is going to be there too though! It's scheduled for a time that she'll be visiting me and we'll travel together to the shower.

I haven't started buying baby clothes since I'm waiting until after the shower. I'm planning on thrift store/consignment/outlet shopping with my mom after the shower, and just buying gender neutral.

We haven't made a circumcision decision yet either. DH would prefer to, I would prefer not to… I'll probably defer to him on this one unless my opinion gets a lot stronger after more research. He likes to remind me that if we had found out that the baby is a girl, we wouldn't need to think about it!

Last weekend I finally went to a prenatal yoga class. I have also purchased a maternity swimsuit and plan to start going to the pool twice a week. Ugh, I am the worst at exercise but I'm trying to make an effort… Except I should have gone swimming this week and didn't. Do good intentions count?

Yesterday I told my (college) students that I'm pregnant. I think many of them were surprised, but one girl was nodding like crazy when I mentioned they might have noticed… LOL. I'm 22 weeks and badly in need of some maternity jeans!

@ALIVOO01: Wait, what? Dang it I meant grilled cheese! Editing post now...

Whew. LOL, hamburger, grilled cheese, cheeseburger... Oops! We are guessing it's a girl though. As DH said, he didn't see any evidence that it was a boy (though the tech was good about telling us when we shouldn't look).

ROLL CALL

Skipper2010 - Aug 1 - Team Hotdog!
Andrea86 - Aug 1 - Team Hotdog!
Strawberrybee - Aug 3 - Team Hamburger!
.twist. - Aug 7 - Team Hotdog!
Sarbear - Aug 7 - Team Hamburger!
Redsmarties - Aug 8 - Team Hamburger!
Alivoo01 - Aug 12 - Team Hot Dog!
Jesskas - Aug 12 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Sapphiresun - Aug 12 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Delight - Aug 14 - Team Grilled Cheese!
STBHISMRS - Aug 15 - Team Hamburger!
Lawbee11 - Aug 16 - Team Hamburger!
Chanzi - Aug 17 - Team Grilled Cheese!
JamieLee - Aug 18 - Team Hotdog!
Greenebee - Aug 18 - Team Hotdog!
Organicsass - Aug 22
Grace - Aug 23 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Mrs.peep - Aug 24
MsMay - Aug 25 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Ocean Girl - Aug 26 - Team Hamburger!
MrsHedgehog - Aug 27 - Team Hamburger!
Mrs.Bicycle - Aug 28
Tysonja - Aug 29
MrsD - Aug 29 - Team Hamburger!
Moderndaisy - Aug 30 - Team Hotdog!

Hotdogs: 7
Hamburgers: 8
Grilled Cheese: 6
Unknown: 4 (are you grilled cheese or finding out?)
Total Babies: 25

Upcoming Appointments:

Delight - Apr 19
Redsmarties - Apr 22
Sapphiresun - Apr 23
Grace - Apr 24
Sarbear - Apr 25
Greenebee - Apr 25
Strawberrybee - Apr 27
Jesskas - May 5
MsMay - May 6
.twist. - May 6
Oceangirl - May 8
Lawbee11 - May 8
Alivoo01 - May 9
Strawberrybee - May 14
Lawbee11 - May 15
Jamielee - May 16
Lawbee11 - May 18
Alivoo01 - May 24
Alivoo01 - Jun 6

Updated List!
If I missed anyone or got something wrong, let me know and I'll update it!

@StbHisMrs: I am awful and never check that other email account, so I just saw your email! I added you as a friend, so as soon as you accept I'll add you to the Facebook group Sorry it took so long!

@chanzi: wahoo Grilled Cheese! Nice to see you back posting! I hope you are enjoying your yoga, I start mine in 2 weeks! I hope good intentions count towards exercise, otherwise I'm in big trouble. And What!? You're not in maternity pants!? Oh man, I've been wearing them since like week 10!

Eeek I love the little tutus! So cute! One of the girls in the April thread posted a newborn tutu photo. Awwwwww.

Looks like I'm next up for appointments, as I have one tomorrow. Hoping I didn't put on 11 pounds in one month like last time. Yikes. I hit a number on the scale this week that scared the bajeebers out of me. I'm feeling really good lately but am starting to get nervous about giving birth and actually having a baby around. Sometimes it is a little overwhelming, but so exciting too!

So it's official! We are having a girl! It was my gut feeling, so I wasn't super surprised. My husband thought it was a boy--so he needed a few days to process. It's so weird that "gender disappointment" is an actual emotion. Crazy. Anyway, now he's really happy and announced to the whole subway last night that his "wife was pregnant with a baby girl"! He had a few beers at a baseball game...Also, this boston stuff is crazy right now! Anyone in the area...be safe...

@Mrs Bicycle: Congrats on your girl!!

Ugh, just had a (female) coworker ask if I was having twins and comment on how huge I am! What's funny is she is obese herself, so I could have countered with - "Well my BMI is still lower than yours and my Dr says I'm perfectly healthy - I bet you can't say the same!" But that would be rude and awkward since we work together so I just made fun of her for asking me that so she would at least know it was annoying and inappropriate.

@Modern Daisy: YAY! Congrats on your baby GIRL!!!! That is super exciting! Also, boooo to co-workers making inappropriate comments! How is saying "You're HUGE" to anyone? ANYONE? Ok???

@.twist.: Haha I know, especially since I'm still less than half the size of her! I really made fun of her though, not for being overweight, but for asking me that question in the first place so I think I got my point across lol!

@Alivoo01: I know and it bothers me even more when it's another WOMAN who makes the comment, esp one who has had kids of her own!

I work with kids (10 year old twins) and one of them kept telling me I was SO fat, even though he knew I was pregnant. I had to tell him that's not ok, I'm not fat I'm pregnant, and despite that it's never ok to tell anyone they are so fat. Geez.

Even worse, when one of my FRIENDS found out I was pregnant sent me a letter that said "I can't wait until you get fat!". She's made other comments since and I REALLY wanted to tell her "I'm four months pregnant and I still weigh less than you!". I really don't understand why people think being pregnant makes body comments ok. Sigh.

@Mrs Bicycle: congrats on your little burger! so exciting! You can buy a tutu!

@Modern Daisy: People are so annoying. You should have really set her straight!

My doc appointment went fine today. I've graduated to OB status, so doc is pitting in my referral today. I only gained 3 pounds this month which is better than the 11 last month! My doctor pointed out the hard spots you can feel are the head or bum of baby if you press down. I've noticed feeling that a few times, so cool!

My BF met me at babies r us today to start our registries. However, we were told there that when you start your registry you have to add 100 items that day. What the?! I'm not ever going to have that many items. So we just walked around and looked at stuff and now I'm going to register online so I don't have to add 100 things. What a scam!!

@Alivoo01: oh it's right. 100 items. Ridiculous! You have to get 100 items registered before they post your registry. If you go online you can do what you want. I'm having a hard time getting to 20 items!

@delight: holy cow. Does a pair of socks count as 2 items? So a pack of 6 counts as 12 items right??? haha!