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Hi moms! it's been a while since i posted. My husband got the flu and then I ended up with it! I am almost 17 weeks pregnant and STILL so nauseous and throwing up Anyone else struggling ? With my first pregnancy, I was so much better by 14 weeks. Also, when did y'all start to feel the baby move? I'm hoping to feel better soon but the days seem long. I find out in 1 week if it's a boy or girl! yay!

@mommygrace: I started feeling the baby at 16 weeks. And now at 18.5, I still only feel it if I'm sitting or laying down at home and relaxing. Maybe try spending an hour in bed before you fall asleep and see if you feel anything?

Yesterday I saw movement from the outside!
And I was feeling baby a good 2-3 inches higher than usual, I guess that's why my bump is finally poppin out!

Are any of you ladies planning to go on a baby moon? We had already scheduled a trip to New Orleans for the end of April, so I think that's going to end up being ours. I just bought flights - I've never been and can't wait!

@raspberries: Oh, New Orleans is one of my favorite places in the world! In fact, DH and I had our wedding AND took a mini-babymoon there with LO#1 because it's such a special place to us. Have so much fun! This time around we'll probably try to take another mini-babymoon somewhere but not sure yet. We live about 3.5 hours from the gulf coast so maybe just a weekend getaway there.

@raspberries: we're going to San Diego for a long weekend in May! We are mainly going to celebrate DH's 30th birthday as that is where he went to college and I've never been... but it will also double as a babymoon I can't wait!

@MrsADS: so jealous of your Disney passes! We will be going in October with Baby, and plan in lots of trips as my ILs just bought a house near there. I love Florida!

Just had my 16wk scan. IT'S A BOY!!! I was surprised, I was really feeling girl.

The (possible) bad news - the ultrasound showed echogenic bowel, which is basically where the bowl is lit up a lot brighter than it should be. It increases the risk for Downs, cystic fibrosis, and other stuff, and puts you at high risk for intrauterine growth restriction. The doctor said because all of my other markers for Downs (NT screening, ultrasound, my age, etc) are totally normal, he says he thinks there is a 95% chance that the baby is totally fine. He says some babies have this and it just goes away.

So I am trying not to worry, but easier said than done. Today they did a blood test, I don't know what it's called but it's basically where they analyze the fetal chromosomes in your blood. It's different than the regular quad screen they do. We will have the results of that in 2 weeks, and if that is negative, then it means 99% chance the baby doesn't have Downs. If the test is positive, the doctor said he recommends an amnio. Even if all the tests are negative, he said I will have to have extra monitoring for growth restriction.

I wanted to be excited after the scan and call everyone to tell them the gender, but instead I sat in the car in the parking lot and bawled. I know everything will probably be ok, but it's scary.

@MrsADS: Congrats on the BOY!! I'm sorry about stressful news, but I'm hoping and praying everything is just fine Lots of us on here got a cell-free DNA test done and most got results fairly quickly (mine were exactly a week), so maybe you won't have to wait long.

@MrsADS: baby boy! I bet he is perfect in every way, and you will get confirmation soon. Hugs!

I had my anatomy scan today, and everything looked great! Baby is measuring right on time. And it's a...

BOY!!!

@aprild: Yay for a boy!

@MrsADS: ️congrats! I hope everything looks good.

@aprild: woohoo! Congrats lady!

Oh my goodness, all y'all are making it hard to stay team green! Congrats!!!

I didn't share the follow up on our ultrasound (our official results visit wasn't until the next day). I do have a small SCH, but they're basically not worried about it. I don't know why they didn't just say that in the first place. I know what that is, and I was really confused initially about what the heck they were talking about. They'll keep monitoring it, like I said, but they expect everything to be totally fine. I'm still clear to travel, work at the library, etc, and I'll keep seeing the midwives. If it was something bigger they would have me switch to an OB/MFM, so I consider that a good sign. So still wish things were normal, but I'm not worrying! Baby being perfect is still the main thing! And she's SO wiggly; it always makes me smile, even when she kicks my bladder.

@MrsADS: Congrats on the boy! I'm sorry you got bad news too. I HATE how it takes the fun out of everything. But for what it's worth, it really does sound like it will be nothing. I just read someone on here's post about having a baby that had showed that same result, and baby was born 100% fine, but I don't remember where. Maybe it was one of the recent birth stories? I can try to track it down if you like, since reading about good outcomes can be comforting. Lots of hugs, and feel free to vent all you want when you're worried!

@aprild: Yay, congrats on your little boy! Starting to even out a little on boys and girls here.

@raspberries: We leave for our cruise in less than 2 weeks! I'm really excited. We're considering taking another, small trip closer to time. Possibly to Atlanta, since it's only a 4 or 5 hour drive. And DH is a huge Braves fan, so he'd enjoy catching a game. I used to live there, so I like going back and seeing things I liked when I was younger. That would be our official "babymoon" if we do it. But we may just save the money and DH's vacation time for later. We have his company trip in June (Vegas, not my first choice but it's a free trip!), and then in November if we're feeling up for travel with baby, his dad is paying for a family trip (again, Vegas, but we'll see Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon, and again, free trip!), so we don't really *need* another vacation this year! But with how much DH has been working, any extra time off is not a bad thing.

Also, we got some pretty good news on his job front. He's officially being moved up to a Team Lead. It doesn't come with an automatic raise, but it will be taken into account when it's time for annual raises. And it gives him his first management experience. That's good for moving up in the company and for possibly looking for a job elsewhere eventually. Right now he'd take around a 50% pay cut to go anywhere else (not counting the overtime he gets paid for, so it would really be more), so we can't really afford it without major lifestyle changes. But if he can get into management, that might make it easier. Oh, and we definitely won't be moving for the next year or two (so we'll be near family when LO is born, which is *mostly* a good thing), but he's pushing really hard for international, so when we do move again we might be going to New Zealand!

Had my anatomy scan today. The little bugger was breech, facing my back, with the cord between its legs, so the poor sonographer had a heck of a time getting all of the images she needed. We'll get the results hopefully this coming week.

I think we've been forced to team green. The sonographer wagered a guess that it was a girl, but said she couldn't be sure because of the cord. So unless the doctor orders another scan, I'll find out when the baby gets here!

@Mrs. J: HB was 145 on the nose, which is the line for boy/girl as I understand! My Chinese chart says girl. I have had more girl dreams than boy, and gut feeling for me and dh says girl. But the moment if truth is still 11 days away!

@Mrs. J: This one has always been 160-170 at appointments. N's was 169 at his 6 week ultrasound (I actually checked through our old thread because it was exactly the same at our first ultrasound this time), but was in the 140s the rest of the time. And they're both boys, so who knows!

@Ms. RV: Oh no, are you okay with being team green?

@Mrs. J: 148 during my OB appt on Tuesday, 130 during my ultrasound Saturday. No clue on the gender.

@lilteacherbee: Not really. I'm a planner. It was on my chart that I wanted to know the gender. Maybe I'll get a sympathetic radiologist that says that the images of the heart were a little too fuzzy and orders another scan, even though the images were just fine

@Mrs. J: baby's was 166 at 9 Wks and has been 150-155 on the doppler at our checkups.

@Ms. RV: what a bummer! I hope you find out!