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@Smurfette: I wonder if I should hope for two boys, hahaha. That's too bad your grandfather passed away before finding out about the baby!

Wow! Do your siblings also have children? Don't feel too bad - my SIL has a 7-year-old and my brother has no kids with no plans to have any anytime soon, so our kids won't be close to any of their cousins at all!! 3 years won't be a huge age difference, especially once they are older. Hubs and his sister are 6-7 years older than their cousins, and now that they are all adults, they're really close.

I passed my glusoce test I had yesterday! Woohoo!

Also- i am pretty bummed I am the last on this board to have my gender scan.... under am onth away... but stilll!!

@cheert16: Yay! Why did you do it so early? I don't think that I have mine till like 28 weeks.

@Smurfette: Okay, I'm having trouble figuring out how to use that chart. I conceived within May 21 - June 18, which is the leap 4th lunar month. So does that mean I should look at the 4th month?

If so, the chart is wrong! It thinks I should've had a girl and I'm having a boy!

@Smurfette: I did the Chinese gender chart and it says boy, but I am leaning towards girl. I don't have a strong preference, I certainly won't be sad if it's a boy, but I think I'm more ready for a girl and a boy will require some reprogramming of my brain...

@Smurfette: the Chinese calendar says girl.... Only 28 more days till we know for sure!!

@Smurfette: I've seen a couple versions of those charts. In most (like the one you linked to) I am supposed to have a girl. I'm having a boy!

@aprk: I don't think that I've had any intense cravings or aversions so far -- at least none that are any stronger or crazier than normal, pre-pregnancy. I would like a pumpkin beer, though, which is something that I used to buy and enjoy around this time of year.

@cheert16: I'm glad you passed! I am going to try to schedule my test right after Thanksgiving, so I don't have to worry about it during the holidays.

My family keeps trying to guess the gender -- and I think my dad tricked me last night! We were talking on the phone, and I mentioned that we were going to just put a changing pad on top of the dresser in the bedroom. My dad asked, "Are you sure that will be enough room for him?" I answered, without thinking, "Yeah, we measured!" My dad then laughed, adding "A him, huh? Or is it a her?" Whoops!

My mom is begging to know too, just so she can take advantage of the Black Friday sales. I think that we will announce to family at Thanksgiving and then other relatives at our shower that weekend.

In other news, my husband is awesome and spent 3 hours last night putting together a tricky Ikea dresser. I came home from work to be surprised with an assembled piece of furniture! Yay.

@aprk: Wow! I havent had any cravings like that- but I hope its for something semi healthy like eggs and not for hot fudge sundaes!

@mole: Aww! Glad your family is so excited! I dont know if I will be abel to keep it a secret after we find out- i will probabaly be so excited i will just blurt it out to anyone I see!!

@Adira: I love that name!

@Smurfette: We wanted to wait until we go visit my family for the holidays. I'm around 2000 miles away from my family, so we didn't get to tell them about the pregnancy in person. As a result, we wanted to be able to tell them the gender in person in a cute way (probably just with a cake?). It's kind of fun having a secret like this, but I am glad that our trip is only 5 weeks away.

The name we are definitely going to keep a secret, mainly because we don't want to tell everyone and then change our minds at the last minute! I think we have a first name, though.

Just called HR and filed for maternity leave! Wheee!

@Smurfette: haha, I wasn't going to, but my boss asked me when my due date was and stuff because he needs to find someone to cover me while I'm out, so I figured I should probably go ahead and file for leave now. But it is a relief to know that that's done - although I'll have to eventually call back and update them with my actual start and end date since currently they're just using my due date and 12 weeks from then.

@aprk: so exciting! I think I felt the baby for the first time this week too.

@Adira: It felt like a butterfly/nervous feeling, and then teeny tiny pops or pinches. It's so crazy!

@Smurfette: yay!

So I went to my appointment and they called in a prescription for an ultrasound to the place, and the place is supposed to call me to schedule and ultrasound sometime within the next four weeks.

I really wish I had a date... just so I could know how long I have to wait.

@Arden: the waiting is rough! I hope you find out soon. I have to wait for my scan until Nov 16 ... Ugh.

@Mrs. Blue: Thank you!!!! When is your scan? Is it soon??

@Adira: My anatomy scan is in 2 weeks at 18w, but I have another u/s Monday, so I'm secretly hoping they'll be able to tell! Either way, less than 2 weeks!

My 2nd NT & gender scan will be this coming Monday, at 18 weeks!

I was hoping to do something fun and personal with DH. I suggested to write down on a piece of paper what gender we think the baby will be ..and then we'll reveal it after the scan.

Have you ladies heard of something like this before or have any ideas how we can make this more fun/personal? I just wanted to do something special and different since this is such an exciting time!!

@aprk: OHHH i like that!