Hellobee Boards

March 3 - MamaChamp - Team Pink
March 3 - Mole - Team Blue
March 4 - Mrs. Mousie
March 4 - Adira - Team Blue
March 9 - Shopaholic - Team Pink
March 17 - Smurfette - Team Oct. 29
March 18 - Sheskrafty - Team Green
March 19 - Arden
March 21 - Penguin917 - Team Nov. 6
March 25 - Cokiezombie - Team Oct. 22
March 25 - MrsLMA - Team Oct. 23
March 27 - Aprk
March 27 - LegallyHeidi
March 30 - BlackBird - Team Pink
March 30 - Cheert16 - Team Nov. 12

@Adira: yay! Congrats on your little guy.

Hi March Mamas!

I'm a little late to this board, but I have been following it for a few months and am hoping that I can still jump on!

I am due with out first baby on 3/29/13 and we just found out this week that it will be a boy! We were totally surprised (both of us were convinced it was girl), but of course totally thrilled and excited. So far, I have been very lucky and have felt great throughout the entire pregnancy. I can't wait to continue to check in with this group and I wish you all healthy and wonderful second trimesters!

I'll go ahead and add you to the list!

March 3 - MamaChamp - Team Pink
March 3 - Mole - Team Blue
March 4 - Mrs. Mousie
March 4 - Adira - Team Blue
March 9 - Shopaholic - Team Pink
March 17 - Smurfette - Team Oct. 29
March 18 - Sheskrafty - Team Green
March 19 - Arden
March 21 - Penguin917 - Team Nov. 6
March 25 - Cokiezombie - Team Oct. 22
March 25 - MrsLMA - Team Oct. 23
March 27 - Aprk
March 27 - LegallyHeidi
March 29 - BrooklynBee41 - Team Blue
March 30 - BlackBird - Team Pink
March 30 - Cheert16 - Team Nov. 12

@BrooklynBee41: Welcome! Congrats on your little boy!!

@BrooklynBee41: Welcome and congratulations!!!

@shopaholic: @aprk: Thanks ladies!!! I'm loving that it's looking like I'm pregnant now and not just that I've had too much to eat, haha. Strangers can finally tell too - a cashier at A.C. Moore asked when I was due!

@aprk: Heh, I did that like a month ago. The kid's consignment shop was having a 50% off sale, so I bought a ton of gender neutral outfits, some onesies, hats, pants, and a tee. I now have TONS of onesies, but no sleepers.

Question: for a due date in March, living in Florida, am I actually going to NEED sleepers, or will a onesie under a swaddle be plenty? I don't want to buy things I won't need....

@aprk: I haven't bought one single thing yet for baby Waiting till we find out the gender.

@Smurfette: I haven't bought anything for the baby yet either, although my friend went out and bought some boy clothes the minute I told her the gender, haha!

@Arden: I wouldn't think you'd need any sleepers, but I don't really know. How cool do you keep your house? And how cold can it get in Florida? You might want to get one just to be on the safe side maybe?

@aprk: I had gotten both Freetimes and 4.0's, and once I got them I realized the freetimes were going to be way easier to use. No stuffing, no touching the inserts to pull them out when you wash the diaper, no finding inserts and matching them to the diaper.

The freetime is one piece, done. Plus, the inserts are sewn in but not down, so they won't take forever to drive like other AIO's. So they are like the absolute easiest.

@aprk - ohmygosh, my LO already has half a closet FULL of clothes and baby stuff! We found out gender at 12 1/2 weeks and I couldn't help myself! Had a big shopping weekend with my mom, aunt, and Gma. My sister has bought 2 big hauls at her local consignment shop - all really great stuff (incl. some new with tags!) I keep buying clothes as well as stocked up on Tommee Tippee bottles, sterilizer, PPB diaper bag, sleep sacks, swaddles, hangers, books, stroller toys, etc. We bought the crib, mattress, and dresser/changing table too. If I see a good deal, I can't seem to pass it up!

@mole: So cute!!! Love the bump AND the shirt!! We're also making it Facebook official soon!

I just realized we currently have three Team Blues and three Team Pinks! It'll be interesting to see if we continue to stay 50/50 as more people find out the gender!

@Adira: I am really hoping we are going to be Team Pink! My gut keeps changing from blue to pink. Majority of people think pink for me. Seriously these next two weeks are going to go by so slow till our ultrasound. DH being gone all week in London isn't going to help, either!!

@Smurfette: A bunch of my friends thought Team Pink for me too! they were all so convinced, and the ultrasound tech was just "Your friends are wrong!" hahaha.

@Adira: Friends seem to be mixed. My whole family thinks pink, DH's family thinks blue. I have always wanted a little girl, so I just hope that I am not disappointed if it is a boy. Regardless of the sex, we are going to be over the moon in love with the LO.

@aprk: Oh, that's annoying they're being so strict! My appointment was at 19 weeks 4 days, so I don't know why they couldn't do yours a little early! My office will do it anywhere between 18 and 20 weeks - we just happen to do it closer to 20.

@Smurfette: Does your husband have a preference at all? My husband wanted a girl and I wanted a boy, so we knew that one of us would be thrilled, haha. Now that I know I'm having a boy, I'm worried I'm going to have ALL boys though, because like you, I REALLY want a girl. I just wanted a boy FIRST.

@MrsLMA: Thank you! I wonder, are you carrying low? I've heard that if you carry low, that means a boy, so maybe people are just trying to base their guess on how you're carrying. People thought I was carrying high, so thought I was having a girl. Really, I'm just chubby and all that extra fat has moved up, so it gives the illusion I'm carrying higher than I am, haha.

@Smurfette: I totally hear that! I've heard two girls are the easiest to raise, so I hope you get what you want!!! We're also only have two kids and I REALLY hope I get one of each. Now that I'm having a boy, it puts more pressure on #2! I actually would've really liked having two girls because I think I'd like girls more and they would be easier to raise, but Hubs is the only one of his family that can pass on his surname, so I'm glad we're having a boy to keep the family name going. That's actually one of the biggest reasons I wanted to have a boy. Plus I have an older brother and I LOVED having a big brother to look out for me growing up, so I'm hoping my second is a girl so she can have the same kind of family life I had.

@Smurfette: Yeah, is your husband has cousins that can pass on the name, I wouldn't worry about it! My husband has two male cousins, but they have different last names, so he's the only one that can actually pass on the surname! So I am glad we're having a boy to do that, although there's no guarantee he'll ever have kids, haha!

Do you have siblings? I think I just want to have the same family I had because it's what I'm used to! I figure I grew up with an older brother and know how my parents treated us, so I have an example to go by with my own kids! If they're both boys though, I'll be a little lost, haha.