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Had my appointment yesterday and met my midwife that will be part of the team, and I really liked her a lot. I also got to hear a good strong little heartbeat, and this is all starting to finally feel real to me!

My next appointment is 6/28. We will know the gender next week! We will see if my son is right, and if it's a "little sister."

How's everyone doing?

@Tanjowen: great appt! Do you have a preference? With my second I kind of wanted a boy (had a girl first) but I also always thought it would be fun to have a sister in our household so I kind of wanted same gender kids too, lol. So exciting someone in our group is finding out soon!!

@starchild: Thank you! And good luck on the name search! We somehow have managed to agree on names for either sex, which I'm relieved because it took us forever to come up with my son's name.

@2littlepumpkins: My husband really wants a little girl, but I'm okay either way. I love the thought of 2 little boys growing up together!

@Littlebit7: I'm 13 weeks. She told me usually close to 12 weeks they can pick up the heartbeat with a doppler, so hopefully you are close enough they can!

Is anyone else gaining weight? I've previously lost weight in the first trimester but this time my nausea is helped a little with eating and I keep craving unhealthy foods. I think I've gained 1-2 lbs and I'm only 9.5 weeks. Not taking it TOO seriously because I go up and down a couple pounds often but nervous because I can't just try to lose it the way I usually would.

@Littlebit7: Full bladder is for ultrasound, I don't think it matters for the Doppler. I thought you could usually hear a heartbeat by 9-10 weeks? I heard it loud and clear yesterday at my 10w1d appointment, which was wonderful.

I did the blood test yesterday so I will also find out sex in about a week. Cannot wait.

@2littlepumpkins: I also lost weight in 1st tri last time and it's not going to happen this time since I'm being much more proactive about staying full to keep nausea at bay, and also I'm just SO HUNGRY with this pregnancy. Not really worried about it though, weight gain isn't a big deal.

Howwww????? The more I eat, the more nauseous I get. I'm so jealous of you ladies! I'm hungry all the time but I can only eat little meals and small snacks, less than I ate before, and it's just terrible on the days I work out. I'm tracking to be down weight. I troll Pinterest recipes all the time daydreaming about food, ugh.

@2littlepumpkins: Eh, it was like once every 10 days for a few weeks there, and I spent Sunday entirely on the couch and puking unfortunately. It's hit or miss. I was able to go to the gym twice this week which made me feel so much better! I worked out a lot before pregnancy so that has been a huge adjustment.

What you described about thinking about certain foods is exactly how I feel, too. But then others are good. And some foods that repulse me now were favorites before. Oh, bacon, how I miss you. That sucks so much about the GI complications! I've also been craving really watery fruits. I basically eat whatever I am in the mood for because it's so hard to plan what won't make me gag when it's time to actually eat it.

I have been completely absent from posting, things have just been crazy!

I had my 13 week appointment this week and we did Mat 21 as well as nuchal screen. Everything came back normal! It was so cool seeing the babies look like actual babies on the ultrasound.

We debated about finding out gender (we didnt find out with our first, a daughter). Because we are having twins midwife explained the only way we would definitively know gender at this point was if we were having two girls, otherwise, we would only know that there was at least one boy. Well, we caved and found out we are having at least one boy! Over the moon excited.

Otherwise, I am looking forward to being out of the first trimester. Ive tried to keep up exercise. The exhaustion and nausea seems to have subsided. But as others have said, I am SO hungry but cant actually stomach that much. Trying to get better with my vegetables.

@Run2shore: Yay that's so exciting! Congrats on finding out!

@Run2shore: @kayla0416: I am so right there with you. I go back and forth between wanting cheesy carbs for every meal and trying to be healthy. Steam bags of "California blend" are my veggie saving grace these days!

Oh and for some reason I want alllllll the seafood. I've always liked it, but never like wanted to seek it out multiple times a week. I'm limiting myself to once a week and mostly shellfish for now!

What are your weirdest cravings so far?

@starchild: Hopefully your days like Saturday start to diminish soon! The GI stuff is kind of scary for me because a lot of what I experience are cramps that feel like period cramps. So then of course I think I'm miscarrying or something. Ugh first trimester is tough.

@Run2shore: Congratulations on a good appointment and a !!

@starchild: Jamba Juice! I hadn't had it in years and started craving it!

@starchild: Citrus fruit. I'm usually a big fan of bananas and strawberries, but lately all I want are clementines and pineapple. And chicken noodle soup, but it HAS to be Campbell's homestyle.

I have finally hit 10 weeks (yesterday) and am now googling "chances of (missed) miscarriage" ahead of my appointment in a couple days. There's nothing worrying can accomplish so hopefully I can get through the next couple days without acting too crazy. I know we're doing NIPT that day and I am wondering if I'll get to know the gender early too!! Never did NIPT last time and not sure exactly which test this doctor does.

@2littlepumpkins: Thank you for doing the list!

Hi all! I haven't been around much, this pregnancy has been super hard and I've been constantly worried we are going to lose one or both of the twins. We had our first appointment with Maternal Fetal Medicine today and I think I'm finally starting to be able to be excited! We saw both babies for the NT scan and it took over 45 minutes for the sonographer to get the measurements she needed! Both babies were being very uncooperative, haha! We did see a potty shot of baby B and I believe we saw a penis (but no one would confirm of course! grr). Now it's driving me nuts because we didn't see one of baby A so I'm trying to convince DH we should do an elective US this weekend to find out the sex It's ridiculous, I think if I hadn't seen baby B I wouldn't care so much and I'd be able to wait but now I need to know!!!

Hope everyone is doing well!

@2littlepumpkins: I'm officially in the second trip now, which seems crazy. This pregnancy is going way faster than my first. I'm still pretty sick though, I blame it on two babies. There's an elective place nearby that guarantees sex determination at 14 weeks which would be Saturday. With DS we did it at 16 weeks and it was very obvious, haha. I think they'd be able to tell.

I thought the fetal DNA test (with sex ID) was getting to be commonplace everywhere? My midwifery practice redid their testing brochure since I had my first kid in 2015 to basically present it like DNA testing is the default now. I figured everybody was finding out the sex at 11-12 weeks now!

@MrsTal: eeeee do it! Hahaha

@PawPrints: I think it is more commonplace but it's not a guarantee that your insurance will cover it. I was just chatting with my doc about it today. Apparently if you aren't AMA there is a greater chance they won't cover it. Some practices have negotiated cash rates with the lab in the event your insurance doesn't cover it. this is the case in my practice. I had it done with my first (although I feel like I was more like 15/16 weeks). This time around they are doing it at 11/12 weeks!

@MrsTal: awesome that everything is going so well and excited to see what you are having!

@starchild: I was just thinking today about how quick everything is going by and I'm only at 10w! If I feel good I completely forget I'm pregnant.

Phew! Good NT ultrasound today. HB was strong! I should get the results back of my panorama in the next few days (we are finding out the sex. I'm way too type A not to). Sloooooowly letting out the breath I've been holding since we found out!

My blood draw was last Wednesday so it's been a full week an I am so, so ready to get the results. I wish I knew how much longer it's going to be. At least one advantage of finding out via ultrasound is you know what date you'll know.