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@dcw6411: ha!! Ohhhhh yes. The honesty is the best. It reminds me of a story my Mom's friend told - she was showing her younger son pictures from his baby book including some from when she was pregnant at her baby shower (with him). She told him, "and here you are in my tummy" and he looked at her horrified and said "you ate me?!?"

@dcw6411: And thanks, too. DS has always been very inquisitive so this is no different. He has also asked "how will she come out??" Uh.....

We also didn't want him to think the baby is growing in my stomach, so we actually told him the baby is in my uterus and that when she gets bigger, it looks like my belly gets bigger. I wouldn't be surprised if he announced at school tomorrow that he will be a big brother and that baby sister is in mommy's uterus. Lol.

@coopsmama:@pregnantbee: awe so cute! Gotta love inquisitive little ones!!

@pirouette: we sure are all in this together!

My DH finally put it all together last night when he started asking about due date and stuff. (He's been quite freaked out by all of this so im trying to let him warm up to it at his pace). He's a big hockey buff...still plays 2 nights a week. We're "due" on 8.28 and so he says: Well, we're going to squeeze those legs of yours together until Sept. 1 because thats the age cut off for hockey. What a hoot!
Are any of your husbands getting used to the idea of a new baby in funny ways?

@MrsKerch: Hahaha!! That is hilarious. I'm sure you won't be interested in making it to September once August rolls around - I hope he is understanding.

@Pirouette: We're 2-2 over here on guessing the sex correctly. I'm curious if we're correct again! With my first my sex drive kicked into high gear towards the end of the first trimester and never went away - it was a fun pregnancy. From that we concluded boy since we figured the increase of testosterone had something to do with it. Sure enough. Second pregnancy I was a lot less sick and had no sex drive whatsoever and so we went to the anatomy ultrasound and told the tech, "we're sure it's a girl, can you verify?" So first thing she did was confirm girl. I've been thinking girl this whole pregnancy based on my symptoms and last night my husband laughed at me because I'm so not feeling sexy or even remotely interested and he said "yup, another girl! I thought so! If it were a boy we'd be getting to where things should start being more fun." So we're both pretty convinced this is a girl - it will be interesting to see! If you had to venture a guess what do you think for this baby? Right or wrong, still fun to guess!

@coopsmama: My guess is a girl, but everyone who knows about this pregnancy (just family) says boy. We have one of each already and would be more than happy with either!

We're fairly convinced it's a girl too. This pregnancy just feels SO different than with DS.

I got my Panorama blood work today, but it was like pulling teeth to get it done. I get so frustrated with my doctor's office. It's like all the people that work there are sheep, and they just repeat what they've been told. So initially the nurse said we should do the panorama test at 11w, and they were getting a lot of retests before that. So I researched the test and found that panorma says you have approximately a 90% chance of not needing a retest between 9 and 10 weeks. Between 10 and 11 weeks you have a 95% chance of needing a retest. So I decided I would do the test today at 9w1d, and I should have the results back by my 11w appointment and I can get a redraw then if I need.

Well I called today to set it up and they gave me a huge hard time and the receptionist was like "the nurse won't do it before 10w". And so I started quoting the stats to them asking if every one of their patients before 10w just happens to fall into the 10% that needs a re-draw. Eventually I got someone on the phone who was like sure just be aware you might need to do it over.

This was after I had to fight with them to get a Zofran prescription. I haven't mentioned this here, but I have type 2 diabetes. I have PCOS with insulin resistance, and I had GD with my first pregnancy, and I'm one of the unlucky few where it never went away. So I can not treat morning sickness with crackers, which was their advice to me. All the nurse could tell me was that taking Zofran increased your chances of the baby having a congenital heart defect. But she couldn't tell me what the chances were. So I did my own research and found that taking zofran before 9w increases your chances from 1 to 1.3 percent . I'm sorry, but I think my baby's in far more danger if all I can eat are saltines all day.

So I'm just ugh about them right now. A lot of my job is dealing in statistics and probabilities and the likelihood of something happening, and these people just parrot what they've been told instead of actually understanding anythign they say.

@ShootingStar: I live that you keep challenging them! Yay to being your own advocate, but boo to having to fight everything.

@coopsmama @pirouette - I was on pelvic rest (read- no sex) with my first so I had sex drive through the roof. With a girl! But my sex drive may have been a result of not being able to get any?!

@OldpuebloJenn: haha yes, if you're told you can't, then you definitely want it more!

@coopsmama: YES, hahaha. Girl pregnancies = no sex drive. Boy pregnancy = crazy sex drive. I'm sure the testosterone had something to do with it.

Based on that theory, I'm having another girl lol.

@HLK208: I was actually hoping for an upturn in sex drive with this pregnancy. I really couldn't care what the baby is - will be so delighted with either! But I feel like since weaning M I have had nooooo drive so was hoping to feel a little more . Probably TMI. Sorry ladies.

@coopsmama: bahaha we're ALL tmi here. No shame!

Ugh, BFing always kills it for me too. Especially when I'm EBF before starting solids.

@mrsscb: yes, our first. He is one of 5 and they were/are all hockey players. Athletics show up in both of our backgrounds pretty much from day one so we'll probably be those parents teaching to skate or ski at 18 months!

How is everyone feeling today? I had to go to the 4th page of the boards to find us this morning. I am having pre-appointment gitters today. I go in tomorrow morning for a check on my bleed, contractions and of course baby. I so nervous. Eek!
I have joined the crazy dreams club. Thankful to be sleeping better but when I wake up I am so mad at DH for whatever crazy thing he did in my dream. Lol. Poor DH!

@dcw6411: too funny about the dreams!! Hoping your appointment goes well tomorrow!!

@MrsRcCar: Your post made me tear up, thank you. How are you feeling?

@coopsmama: Thank you!

@HLK208: Thank you!

@dcw6411: sending you all the good vibes for your appt tomorrow! we have so many pages i can't keep track of who has appts coming up anymore!

I had a bad day yesterday. i ate lunch and then about an hour later started having what felt like contractions - tightening and extreme pain that lasted like 15 seconds at a time and happened every few minutes for the better part of an hour. I was sweating and had chills and was pretty sure there was something seriously wrong (and all this was at work, of course). then all of the sudden, i realized, no, my stomach is very sick. I felt so much better after finally going to the bathroom about an hour later (sorry, never TMI around here, right?) but i still had light cramps the rest of the day and am just terrified to eat ever again (not really, i'm eating lunch right now, but eating in fear!). I have no idea what caused it, but it was the worst hour I've ever experienced at work, that's for sure! and i couldn't shake the feeling something was really wrong.

other than that, DH came back from yet another work trip last night, and i was so thankful to see him after a rough day.

hope everyone else is doing well!

@MrsRcCar:

@Pirouette: that sounds awful! Hopefully it doesn't happen again!!

@dcw6411: Good luck at your appointment! Got busy yesterday and couldn't check in as much

@MrsRcCar: Hi doll. I'm so glad to hear you are doing relatively okay. It sounds like you have a great husband that is supporting you well. I'm keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

@MrsRcCar: I love this update. I'm still sorry for your loss, but it sounds like you are doing what you can to move forward. Your husband sounds like a sweetheart