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@BlueWolverine: what did you say/do for your facebook announcement?

@BlueWolverine: got it. we're trying to hold off until our gender/anatomy scan at the end of august, but i always like hearing what people did!

Sounds like everyone is doing great!

I don't do Facebook or Twitter so a lot of people aren't going to know until I give birth. Most of our family members and close friends know already. We told just about everyone in person.

DH and I told my mom and his parents by buying birthday party invitations. We just moved about 5 months ago to about 7 hours away from all our family, so DH handed the invites to them telling them that we are throwing a party for everyone to come and visit us at our new place. On the invitation we wrote

For: Baby XX's Birth Day!
date and time: around January 13th, 2013
place: Labor and delivery at XX hospital
rsvp: to proud parents to be mr. & mrs. XX

Half way through my mom caught on and started tearing up.
DH's parents were a little confused ( they were not expecting it at all) after reading it Dh's mom was like "ARE YOU PREGNANT?!

on facebook we announced it as.....

June 14th, 2004- The day DH and I started dating
October 14, 2011- The day DH and I married each other
January 14th, 2013- The day that will change our lives: Parenthood

Baby XX is coming soon!!!!

(we fudged the arrival date to match the other two hehe, what baby ever comes on time? lol)

I found out today and I just posted a new thread about it. We found out early because we did CVS testing. We're having a boy!

@shoemama: i'm getting antsy and DH is feeding into it. i was so not about the elective U/S, but i think we might do one this weekend to find out! i don't think we can wait 5 more weeks!

Well yesterday went great. I FINALLY got to see baby! Man was baby soooooo active. Wouldnt hold still at all. Was worth the wait and I feel loads of stress off my sdhoulders finally seeing and knowing everything looks good in there.
My Doc just called me right now and is refering me to a specialist because of a genetic conditon thats common in DH's side of the family. Not sure if they will be able to detect if baby has it, but sounds like an extra ultrasound and visit with a specialist. Will be about a 1.5 hr drive. Not too bad. Not terribly worried. DH's Grandfather, father and brother have it. But it doesnt affect that that bad. I cant even remember what its exaclty called. Its a mouthful.
The other thing I am SUPER excited about is because of a condition I have, a previous doctor told me I will have to deliver via c-section when I have kids. My doc told me yesterday that we will do everything we can with in reason to see if I can deliver vaginally. I am excited that the option is there and that I at least feel like its a possibility.

@Rescuemom10: Yay. So glad to hear it went well. I think you were the last of the January moms to have an ultrasound...it so helps to ease the mind a bit.:) Good luck with specialist. I also have to see a specialist to make sure everything is ok with the bean to make sure I am not passing on any heart issues. I am just looking at it as an extra chance to get to see the bean in there.
@Mrs Green Grass: Congrats on the baby boy! So glad to hear everything is going well with you.

@pinkb: Same here. I am not terribly worried and keep looking at it as an extra ultrasound.

My doc called yesterday to tell me about the referal but now its a matter of insurance and what is or is not covered so still looking into that. Ugh!

@eiko2010: It really was. I totally thought I maybe would cry seeing my recent state in emotions, but I was just in awe!!!

Hey! When is everyone finding out the gender? I just scheduled my appointment for 8/6 so it won't be long now. Can't wait!

@oliviaoblivia: Oh, weird that they had you scheduled in the first place? How disappointing! Yes, I totally want another girl, especially since the tech at our NT scan guessed girl. If it's a boy, I'm going to want to strangle him! LOL.

@oliviaoblivia: I guess rules are rules! My hospital needs you to be between 18 and 20 weeks. Yes, fingers crossed for girl #2! So you are hoping for a girl, too?

@oliviaoblivia: that would be such a fun birthday surprise!

@birdofafeather: yay! is it today??

@Andrea: mine is 08/06 too!

@shoemama: @Andrea: and all my other january mommas!!:

It's a GIRL!!! we are sooo excited!! it was so fun to see her moving around in there and the technician was so sweet and made it really special. if it's something you're thinking about at all and you're totally impatient like me, it's totally awesome. (i only like surprises if i don't know they are coming. otherwise, i want to know right away!)

we hadn't seen baby bird since 7w, so it was crazy to see how much she grew from a little pea to a tiny little person!

@Mrs Green Grass: it was TOTALLY worth it! i cried on the way home thinking about how excited i was for DH to teach her things and how happy i was to know that baby bird is a SHE!

@birdofafeather: a girl! congrats!! you're going to have so much fun with your little darling.

@shoemama: 8/6 isn't too far away now. woohoo!!

We have our 20 week on 8/28. I had to do it a week late due to our vacation. I should have figured it out before I booked our vacation especially since we're only visiting family.