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@Becky: tights stay up? I feel like I’m always tugging at stockings when I’m not pregnant

Omg my NIPT came back low risk!!! I can't even believe it!!!! she just left a voicemail with the gender that DH and I will listen to together later on when he wakes up today. I'm so so happy!!!! 🤰

@yellowbeach: What a relief! Congratulations on a low-risk baby!!!

@yellowbeach: so happy for you! What a happy early Christmas!

And it’s a boy!

@skiierchck99: I’m right where you were two weeks ago with the news of a little boy! How are you feeling about it now after some time to absorb??

@yellowbeach: Definitely more certain! The Radiologist guesses boy during our 13 week ultrasound last week (she didn’t know) so I guess it’s real! Sad to give away dd’s clothes but I don’t want to hang onto them because we might have a third - need to start going through them to take out anything neutral. We’ve been thinking of names and it feels harder than girl names! But overall just grateful to have a healthy, easy pregnancy so far this time.

How are you and fam taking the boy news? Is DH excited?

@yellowbeach: hooray! I’m so happy for you!

@yellowbeach: congratulations on the awesome news! I was so happy to see your low risk results for you and your family!

So excited here! Finally saw the baby on an ultrasound - measuring perfect size and perfect heartbeat! So no adjusting my due date.

Having NIPT done today so should know in about a week the results. One joy of a MFM team is in two weeks they are also going an NT screening ultrasound in two weeks although they noted nothing concerning seen on the 11 week ultrasound today and they saw the placenta forming which is a good sign.

I’m over the moon since I truly walked into the appointment today expecting the hear the worst.

@bhbee: thank you! Hoping to join you with a healthy rainbow baby this time.

@MrsJBeeG: yay! So happy for you!

@yellowbeach: @LAZB: @chypmunk: thanks ladies!

I admit I was really struggling the last few weeks expecting to get bad news this morning. I know there are many more steps to go before June, but this was a positive forward.

@yellowbeach: My SIL is at high risk for preterm birth and we’ve all been trying to encourage my niece, 2.5 and 32 lbs, to be more independent (her parents, grandparents, me). It’s definitely made a difference. A month ago she wouldn’t go down the stairs alone and now she will. It’s my personal crusade to get her to climb in and out of the car on her own. I would be careful not to frame it as you needing her to do it because you’re pregnant so as not to cause jealousy.

FWIW my DD was about 35 lbs when I was pregnant and I did NOT do a good job of not carrying her around (she was very clingy), but I was totally fine (as in full term pregnancy, DD2 was born on due date). I actually did a ton of lifting in late pregnancy (8 months and later) because we moved houses, and at work we moved offices.

@Becky @LazB: I also thought he was being a little crazy... like "How in the hell is that practical?" but then he got a little emotional about it and told me about his mom (I hadn't known she'd suffered a loss as DH is 1 of 4 boys). I'll be honest - it's nice to have DH do some of the lifting and nighttime routine now since I've been experiencing so much fatigue in the evenings anyway (that's really my only symptom now)... but I don't want to make him a false promise that I won't lift her.

On another bright note, I took my last dose of estrogen this morning and have my 12 week appointment tomorrow with my RE. If everything looks good, we'll officially graduate! I've ordered a pretty ornate charcuterie board to take along as a thank you gift. For DD, we had custom sugar cookies in the shape of uterus and sperm with the names of the MD, nurses, etc. They were pretty hilarious, but we wanted to do something different this time. I'd be pretty jazzed if I were at work and a huge slab of manchego appeared.

@msmilkshake: She’s only local here so likely not much use to you, but if you like food porn, her instagram account is on point.
https://instagram.com/briestillmyheart?igshid=g0y07lb9sywu

So, big day for us - had our 12 week appointment and graduated from the RE... little man was in there dancing away. Their US machine is so good you could count every rib.

We also made it Facebook official today. It's nice to be out of the closet so to speak. I ordered our Christmas cards last night, but they won't get here for another week, so I'll mail them out then and hit anyone not online.

How's everyone else doing this week?

@skiierchck99: omg they were half way through the Brie before the ultrasound was done. They specifically said how much they appreciated something that wasn’t sweets. She put a photo of the tray on the instagram account I linked to above.

@yellowbeach: What a relief to be out of the woods!

I had an appointment yesterday and heart rate was 160. The old wives tale of HR over 140 being a girl rang true for my first two so now even more I’m expecting a third baby girl! I have my NT Scan next week at 11+6 so maybe I’ll find out then!

I really popped over the weekend and there is definitely no hiding my bump now. I am feeling SO much better (evenings are still somewhat tough) and have started running again, just in time for snowy, icy roads/sidewalks 🤦‍♀️ I’m hoping to get back into doing barre once per week but it’s so expensive. I really want to do more strength training this pregnancy but find it so hard to get motivated to do it alone at home with the random weights be have.

At 10+5 my nausea is still going on but it’s no longer preventing me from eating regular meals. As a result I feel like I totally popped over the last couple of days and I’m excited to have a little bump but also convinced it’s just food and extra weight I’m going to need to lose afterwards. My husband has been getting me a doughnut for breakfast on Saturdays but this morning my 6 year old DD started crying that the baby isn’t going to be healthy because mommy eats doughnuts every day.

I’ve told a lot of people casually (still haven’t told work or long distance friends that I’m hoping to see within the next month) which is earlier then we’ve shared in the past. People knowing is making me both more excited and more nervous. I don’t even know why we shared before the 1st trimester was over, just that it seemed to come up a lot.

@Becky: I am really anxious to get back to working out. I didn’t in my first 2 pregnancies and I’m convinced it made labor so much linger and harder. I had hoped to do barre throughout but it just hasn’t been possible. I’m hoping I’ll be able to pick it up once the nausea and exhaustion die down.