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Hi Ladies!

I am pretty late to the game on joining in, but I wanted to wait until I felt ready. I am finally starting to feel less anxious and like this whole thing is really real! I just shared the news with my bff last night and will tell my mom and my in laws tomorrow!

EDD: June 23, but I will be having a medically scheduled c-section so baby will be here June 2nd!

When Did You Find Out?: October 17th - our 4th wedding anniversary

Child Number: #1

Where You Live: Chicago

What kind of provider will you see?: OBGYN

When's Your First Appointment?: 11/1, but I've had two more since then, the most recent was 12/10 for my 12 week visit and first trimester screening with great results.

What kind of birth do you want?: The safest one for the baby and me, which will be a c-section at 37 weeks. I had a huge fibroid removed several years ago and because of the large incision they had to make, I am at risk for uterine rupture. So a c-section well before I go into labor is really the only safe option.

What You're Most Excited For: holding baby!

What You're Most Scared About: being a parent! even though everyone seems to have lots of advice, it really seems like something you have to figure out how to do on your own.

Symptoms so far: fortunately the nausea, exhaustion and vegetable aversions seem to be lessening now that I've made it to the second trimester. New symptoms include some round ligament pain and sleeplessness.

Looking forward to being on this journey with you lovely ladies!

Hi, I was a June 2013 momma!! I bet you all are starting to look so cute and pregnant! Last Christmas was when we announced our pregnancy!!! Congrats and hope that morning sickness starts to go away....

@Chastenet: Diclegis seems to be doing the trick for now, so fingers crossed!

I think I felt the baby move this morning! At first I wondered if I was having a random spasm down low after I scrubbed my belly in the shower, and then it happened again after I put on lotion. What a great Christmas present!

I hope you all have enjoyed the holidays! Now that Christmas has passed, I am ready to move into full baby mode! I feel like childcare is going to be a big task for me. I probably will start research on that soon and hopefully begin visits in February (we'll see if that actually happens!) I also need to start researching some gear and making my ideas for the nursery a reality. Oh and of course, I need to put some time into finding a name. What's on your baby to-do list at this point? What am I not thinking about that needs to be done soon?

@CakeLady: Sorry, I didn't mean to overwhelm you! Last night, as I was telling DH about what I wanted to start working on, I also got a little overwhelmed. There are lots of good posts on HB about gear. If you go to the lower right side at the bottom, the Features/Hellobee series link leads to a lot of great blog posts and guides about different things. I have a lot of hand-me-down gear from my sister so I will only looking for a few things (like a stroller). I know I will get a Chicco infant carrier but also will start researching some convertible carseat options.

@kentuckygirl: We bought a lot of gear while TTC (wishful thinking!) so right now we're dealing with house projects that need to be done to make the bedrooms more livable. Sometime in the next week or two we're having hardwood put down in the nursery and I need to go through the paint deck soon. We also just finished putting in a new HVAC system with a humidifier so the nursery would actually get heating and cooling!

@kentuckygirl: I love that bedding, especially the cute alligators! If you get a sturdy rocker, you could definitely get it recovered later on. Navy with white piping and white beadboard would be such a great preppy look.

I ended up with a Cruz and Vista...originally I got the Vista and realized it was pretty heavy to load in and out of the car constantly, but I still wanted it for when we're in the city because the wheels are better for the cobblestones and messed up sidewalks. The Cruz is a lot easier to manage and a little narrower, so I think it'll be a better everyday stroller in the suburbs with a car. I actually ordered a City Mini GT before either of these, and liked the fold but I think you still need two hands to load it into a car because unless you're suuuupper strong it's way too heavy to pick up with one arm (and a baby in the other). If you have a Buy Buy Baby near you, you should definitely try them out and compare! They were so nice and brought out a ton of seats to help us figure out what actually fits in DH's car.

Sorry I've been MIA. I finally feel like I can come up for air after all the Christmas festivities.

We're starting the baby prep in earnest now too. A couple months ago I got a wild hair and took down all the wallpaper in the nursery, but we just closed the door and haven't done anything since. DH has a few days in a row off this week, so he's planning on prepping the walls and then I supposed it's time for me to pick paint, yikes!

Here's my nursery pinterest board if anyone is interested http://www.pinterest.com/allisenemilie/nursery-inpiration/

@spaniellove: Thanks for the idea to go to BBB and try out the strollers. There is one about an hour away, near my sister, and I had planned to register there. I have browsed a few times already and really like their selection vs. Babies R Us. I already have a small PBK registry and I'll need to do a BRU registry for the people here in my city. Yikes, I'll probably end up with four registries since DH's family only has a Wal-Mart close to them. But I'll just do basics like diapers and wipes on that one.

@Duckling: That's good to hear that you had positive reactions from family! Always a good thing. I'm sorry to hear that you had to give in on Team Green...your SO owes you one! I might have missed it; is there a reason you're having weekly ultrasounds? Hope you're doing okay!

@kentuckygirl: That is a lot of registries to work on! I've been racking my brain trying to figure out where to register. I'm 99.9% sure I'm not having a shower, but we've gotten several comments about gifts so it seems like I need to register anyway. On one hand I like that we have a BBB near our house and it's so easy to deal with returns/credits, but the stores aren't convenient to many people we know. Then there's Amazon...I love that I can link directly to a smaller registry on a cloth diaper site so no one has to look anything up, and they have every obscure item we might need. But I also worry that some older (tech-phobic) people might avoid Amazon. It's a toss-up.

@Duckling: Ah okay. I think we're having one fetal echo at 21 weeks because of med exposure. You'll have to let me know how the echo procedure is different from an ultrasound. Please keep us all posted; I'll be thinking of you and LO!

@spaniellove: I didn't do maternity shots and I kind of wish I had. (They were actually scheduled, but I had J six weeks early) I think pro shots can be done in a way that will make you look really beautiful and not fat and its such a great excuse to have some nice pictures of just you and hubs before everything changes. I would suggest waiting until the beginning of the 3rd tri when your belly is nice and round and hard (mine is still a little mushy at 17 weeks) and you may feel differently about how you look. I loved being pregnant and wearing tight shirts and showing off my belly. I'm not normally a skinny person and I never felt better about my body than when I was pregnant.
You will have a bazillion pics of your kid once it comes, but i know i am hesitant to take pictiures of just myself now without a good excuse. Get your hair done and your makeup done and find an outfit that you feel amazing in, even if its just jeans and a tshirt. I know it will be more money, but you can still get shots at 6 mos for the holidays if you want that.

Hope everyone had a awesome Christmas and New year! I had a nice chilled Christmas day and then stayed home and ate curry on Christmas eve!

Still on holidays from work and dreading going back on the 13th - I'm so used to sleeping in now ha ha!

I'm getting quite a few compliments lately about looking 'glowing' etc can't tell if people are just saying that because they are supposed to or not though lol.

@BabyBruins: I'm feeling pretty good about myself at the moment - usually hate my tummy but now my bump is getting bigger I'm loving it!

@spaniellove: I think you should do maternity! Better than regretting that you didn't! I'm sure you look much better than you feel.

@Duckling: I felt really happy when I found out, like I was more connected to him and could imagine him better once I found out it was a him hehe! Another plus is buying clothes - just go on a bit of a spree once you find out to reward yourself ha ha

Anyone else got a scan coming up? I've got my 20 week next Thursday and am sooo excited to see him again hehe

@TundraDaisy Shopping therapy will definitely be in my future. I realized last night that it's not as if I'm going to regret knowing. It's the same joy--just at a different time and place than I'd planned. Now I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Maybe I'll get enough of a peek from a chummy tech to know in 24 hours. Crazy!

@spaniellove: and @duckling:

Good luck tomorrow! I am super jealous! I can't wait to update the list.

@lilyann: It should definitely be detectable at 17 weeks!

I'm starting to wonder if my scan tomorrow will be canceled with the storm we're having and the governor declaring a state of emergency and all. Don't they know I need to find out the sex of my baby?!

@spaniellove Oh no. This storm better not mess up your scan. Good luck tomorrow--I hope you can be safe and successful!

Got my Cystic Fibrosis test back today and I'm not a carrier, so that's good news. Fingers crossed for cooperative babies and weather for you guys with appointments today! Can't wait for updates

@Duckling: I hope everything looked good at the echo! It sounds like the growth scan but focusing only on the heart.

The tech wanted to check from every angle just to be sure, but...it's a boy! (Wow, there are a lot of boys in this group!) And now I have a billion pictures of his parts.

@spaniellove Congrats! I'm glad you got to go in. The tech said that they were looking for either undeveloped heart chambers or valve function at this stage because of my own condition. I had the impression that later scans are looking for other sorts of development issues (i.e., holes, etc.).