Hellobee Boards

@fussygal: yay! Congratulations! I love the name Nora

@ScarletBegonia: Yes, I think we (ahem, DH) is avoiding the whole name thing until we get closer, since we dont know boy or girl.

@fussygal @futuremama: fun! congrats on your little ladies!

So I had my u/s this morning. Went really well and everything looks great. We made it through without finding out if it is a boy or girl, so staying strong with TG! Honestly I dont know if they would have been able to see much anyway, Baby's little legs were crossed, but s/he waved at us We didn't have great photos, Baby was not being super cooperative with that, but at least the rest of the measurements looked good--to the tech, anyway, who knows what they're measuring in there--and a HR of 146.

Next up: glucose test

@ScarletBegonia: well this is the worst possible time of year for this! Halloween candy then other holidays upcoming? My test is right between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Oi. I'm with you, I will be beside myself if I have GD!

My boss has a pretty ridiculous candy bowl that I visit fairly regularly. I haven't scheduled my glucose test yet, but it will be in late Dec. I'm saving a half vacation day for it just in case I don't feel too hot afterwards.

Gah, I'm dreading the glucose test too! They said I need it around 28 weeks. Is that normalish? I also have to go straight to the 3 hour one because my dad is a diabetic so I'm at a higher risk.. boooo!!

Should I be making DH come with me to it if he can??

@Mrs. Champagne: I'm just having my husband home so he can watch our toddler during and afterwards and drive me straight to a protein filled breakfast.

@ScarletBegonia: Mainly nauseous, dizzy, and starving during, and I felt absolutely horrible and run down afterwards. They warned me that if I threw up, I'd have to repeat it, so I really had to fight it (but I'm borderline hyper emesis during pregnancy). They didn't want me to move around much, so I was stuck in the lobby with 2 hours of Wendy Williams show then another hour of The View blasting next to me. After the nurse suggested getting a turkey sandwich so I would feel better- I tried but one sandwich place down the street closed, the other was cash only, after what felt like forever I finally got one- that and a nap helped me feel a lot better.

Have something to read, some music, a well charged phone, ready for the wait. And some snacks and a giant bottle of water ready for once they set you free

I have my glucose test next week...same day as the anatomy scan. I know I'm gonna fail it and I'm hoping that I can juat get them to agree that I have gd and go from there. 3 hour test seems pointless when we all already know the answer.

@BabyBoecksMom: Oh my goodness, are you alright? Baby looks happy (if a little shy!!) in there.

Hey! I can't remember if I have posted recently. I really have lost my memory it feels like. Again with the memory, I can't remember if my midwife said the glucose test is next appointment (24 weeks) or the next (28 weeks). BUt luckily for mine I am just supposed to eat a normal meal for me and then not eat for 2 hours before the appointment.

Oh and I have been feeling kicks! I feel smallish ones all throughout the day and when I lay on my back I can feel giant ones. I love it! Sometimes we skip a few hours with the kicks so I am hoping that is normal. I don't know.

Still in prepregnancy clothes. But the baby kicks the waistband. So ummm not sure if that is a clue that I need bigger clothes? Is there such thing as smushing the baby with the waistband? My pants don't really feel tight. Well maybe at the cankles. Ugh! Anyways does anyone know where to buy a maternity coat and long maternity shirts. Like ones that will cover my bum if I wear leggings? Thanks ladies!

Hope everyone is doing well

@anonysquire: Yeah, babies sleep inside you, so there will be periods of time that you won't feel it kick.

I bought some nice shirts at Kohl's.

@BabyBoecksMom: Yikes! I hope you're ok!

@ScarletBegonia: @Mrs. Champagne: @Dandelion: @anonysquire: Yes, I'm fine. Thank you ...just sore and stiff. I went in for my 20 week appt today and he did a thorough scan to make sure she's fine. She was moving all over so I know she'll be just fine. Looks like my glucose test is scheduled for Dec. 6 - oh joy!

Hey ladies trying to resuscitate this thread! Things are steady as she goes here...I've got 18 days of work left until the end of school term and it can't come soon enough! I'm not terribly uncomfortable or anything but i just can't focus at work...I feel worse than my students in terms of wanting the holidays to hurry the hell up! I can't wait to get started on setting up the nursery and all that.

How is everyone feeling? Any new wonderful/nasty symptoms? Today I have to relegate yet another beloved dress to the back of the closet

@fussygal: I teach high school - grades 7 -12 here. I live in Australia...so end of term break is actually Summer! And since I'm due March 8th and school starts up again Feb 7th, my principal didn't want me to come back for just a couple of weeks so I'm officially on mat leave as of December 7th! I can hardly believe it, and have no idea what I'm going to do with all that time off. I have way too high of a tolerance for laziness, i may just end up sitting on the couch for 3 1/2 months straight

Are you a teacher as well?

@ScarletBegonia: Nice break!! I would love to have that!

@Dandelion: Ahhhhhh! I can't wait to find out!

Here's the updated list of everyone's due date and gender:

Team Blue:
March 4 math.nerd - 24 w, 0 d
March 14 mrsrccar - 22 w, 4 d
March 17 debbie18 - 22 w, 1 d
March 17 lemondrop - 22 w, 1 d
March 19 mrs. champagne - 21 w, 6 d

Team Pink:
March 1 mrsjets - 24 w, 3 d
March 8 matador84 - 23 w, 3 d
March 21 bao - 21 w, 4 d
March 25 bronxvillebump - 21 w, 0 d
March 30 babyboecksmom - 20 w, 2 d

Team Green:
March 7 scarletbegonia - 23 w, 5 d
March 15 prettylizzy - 22 w, 3 d
March 20 anonysquire - 21 w, 5 d
March 29 hazeleyes - 20 w, 3 d

Unknown:
March 7 pixiestix - 23 w, 4 d
March 10 sunderling - 23 w, 1 d
March 12 mamachin - 22 w, 6 d
March 16 bluediamond - 22 w, 2 d
March 27 fussygal - 20 w, 5 d
March 28 futuremama - 20 w, 4 d
March 30 xoxoxo - 20 w, 2 d
April 6 dandelion - 19 w, 2 d

@ScarletBegonia: I'm not a teacher but now I'm even more jealous! That will be so awesome for you though! you'll get in lots of nesting! Any ideas what you'll do for the nursery?

@fussygal: ah! I thought I had missed a couple - thanks!

@Dandelion: yay! Now I have something to look forward to this week

Love the updated list! It's so weird how far along we are all ready! I feel like I should really start to prepare, I have nothing done! Poor neglected child #2

@Mrsjets: same here, half the time I have to look up my pregnancy app to figure out how far along I am. My husband was super embarrassed the other day when he asked where we are at, I told him I had no idea either, I'm throwing up less, so halfway-ish.

I'm definitely enjoying the kicks more this time and feel more attached than I did last time, but with C we knew every single new stage of development, not this time!

Guys im feeling something weird. Like my lungs are smushing even when i lay stretched out. But i cant calm down my breathing. Im sure this willonly get worse but I am feeling awfully anxious. Blah.