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@anandam: your right about not being in cars but I have also been avoiding the subway as much as I can. I am learning the buses around town pretty good. I feel so trapped on the subway when I feel sick but being on a bus I can just hop off if I need to. unfortunately I do have to go bus to subway to work or else it would take way to long to get there - adding that bus in there has already increased my time by 15 minutes and I don't have much more time in the morning as it is. how is your commute?

I already retract my statement, though it IS cute. I guess at first you won't know who it's from and it would be like what? Too random, lol.

@Mae: I can see that but the one train I would have to take is insanely crowded and in the beginning I was standing like a sardine contemplating to who I was going throw up on lol I figure once I'm big I won't want to be pushed around like that either so I stopped taking it and I'm so much happier without it!

@mrsog: Oh dear, my commute. I go from South Brooklyn to Jamaica and it kind of sucks. It's over an hour by subway or cab and by bus I can't even imagine. Probably 2 hours. Luckily I'm usually going opposite rush hour traffic, so I typically get a seat. Though I definitely have my moments of fantasizing about who I'll aim for if I barf Usually it's whoever overdid the perfume that morning...

That said, here's a trick I discovered by accident a few weeks back - if you carry an orange with you and nick the skin a bit with your nail, the citrus smell has been a great antidote for me in moments where I thought I might lose it. I look like a madwoman sniffing citrus, but whatever.

No paint anywhere in the house yet so it's realllllly white. I used a filter to darken the edges a bit. Dog's reflection in glass of the fireplace sort of annoys me, but I can deal with it.

My husband just went crazy with excitement looking at baby clothes from his favourite soccer team - AS Roma. I mean crazy - jumping up and down in the bedroom with his face all lit up. Every year I get him a shirt/jacket from Roma for his birthday, but he says next year he wants one for his SON since they have suits from size 3M. We find out the sex on Tuesday... but no pressure right?!

@Glitter: I can't believe you'll know the gender SO SOON. I'm so excited for you!!

@Mae: I have a couple appointments to add to your list. Dec. 3 I'm going to the perinatologist for a high level ultrasound to check growth and measure my cervix. There is a chance (FINGERS CROSSED) that we might be able to find out the genders that day, but we're not sure yet. It might still be too early. Then I have a regular OB appointment/sonogram on Dec. 13.

How was everyone's weekend? We got a lot done in the house as far as cleaning out the office so we can move the current furniture out of the nursery when my family comes for Thanksgiving. We also planned out the layout of the nursery. What I thought was a pretty decent-sized baby room starts to get really crowded when you factor in two cribs! We are pretty set on furniture, but my husband wants to see it in person first, so we'll have to make a trip up to the Chicago area sometime since downstate IL doesn't have the "good stores."

Yesterday we had terrible weather, including tornadoes. None touched down in our neighborhood, but across the river whole subdivisions have been destroyed. Our little community is still reeling this morning. So scary!

@Beebug: I love that! It looks so perfect. Beautiful!

@anandam: DH would never say what he prefers but I am thinking he might want a girl this time. One of my friend's husbands was not shy about admitting he wanted a daddy's little girl too! But I do think most men would prefer boys and many women would prefer girls.

@Glitter: I can't believe you are going to find out the gender so soon! Good luck at your appointment!

@twodoghouse: Wow, so scary. I'm so happy to hear that you are safe.

@Mae: I just have a regular appointment with the midwife on Thursday. I think after that they may let me book my anatomy scan. Hoping to get it during the week between Christmas and New Year's because DH has that week off work.

@cookie_dough: @skipra: @Mae: Thanks for the comments about the tornados, ladies. We feel very lucky that we were not in the path of the tornadoes, but it is such a terrible feeling knowing how many people lost their homes, cars, pets, etc. yesterday.

@Glitter: I'm feeling movement with this one, but with my first I didn't feel anything until about 17 weeks. I'm jealous about your gender scan! We have an appt next wednesday, and I would love to know so we can tell our family on Thanksgiving

@anandam: I also had my first congrats from a stranger. It's nice to know I just don't look like i've been binging on fast food lol

@Glitter: The first time around, I did think it was gas bubbles or my bowels working. The best way to describe it is flutters. I think that people don't actually feel them earlier, but the 2nd time around you just know what you're looking for, so you don't doubt yourself.

@Mae: LOL that picture is so funny and so true! Hey it's just safer to be told than to ask and risk offending, u know what i mean? But I still want my congrats!

Hey mamas- Missed out on lots of convo. I went to New Orleans to celebrate part2 of my hubbies birthday. We are making it a month long thing It was mostly fun, except I am still battling acid reflux so I could not eat all the stuff I wanted to. I have to do another trip to NoLa post baby just for the food (and just because I really wanted a hurricane or sazerac- but was stuck with sips of water!)

@Mae- that 'when to ask' poster just made me laugh so hard!!! I am personally hoping strangers start asking. I keep telling friends who I bump into- no I am not just fatt(er)- I am pregnant

I did however have the first person touch my belly. I thought I would be weirded out. We had barely met, but I was OK about it.

@Beebug- LOooooooovvvvveee the announcement. So, so adobs.

Sooooooo..... I had my ob appointment today, and the doc was going to tell us the gender. I pushed/begged/pleaded with my doc to try and do it early since we are still at 15 weeks and 3 days. I was really excited to find out. Turns out out baby is 'quite modest' and 'stubborn' and REFUSED to 'part the legs' (his/her legs were crossed the entire time). so the doctor could not get a lookie. I thought I would be seriously bummed, but I was more amused by it. Goes to show- even the best laid plans!!! Boooooo!!! We have to wait another three weeks.

I was convinced at the beginning that it would be a boy, but recently I have been having lots of girl dreams. My husband would love a boy. I also think I want a boy too... but frankly, I no longer care. I just want a baby

@glitter I think I felt it for the first time tonight!! Felt like an eye twitch almost, but definitely stronger than I thought and not like anything I'd felt before. It was higher up than I expected too... closer to my ribs.

I called a friend who just had a baby and she said her movements felt the same way. It has to be baby movement - it didn't feel like anything I'd felt before! I was running around today doing a whole bunch of things and as soon as I sat down in the car it started. Maybe lasted a few seconds or so? It has happened four more times since then!

@Coopersmama: awwww...too bad the little guy or girl wouldn't cooperate for you!

@Glitter: so exciting!!! can't wait for an update!

I THINK i've been feeling movement here and there...but I'm really not sure (you'd think I'd remember from my last pregnancy what it felt like early on, but I seem to have forgotten!)

@Glitter: Good luck today! Can't wait to hear!

@Coopersmama: Aww your LO is running the show already!

I think I've been feeling movement for a little while now. I remember distinctly with DS but I think because I'm so much more distracted this time especially with all our housing drama going on that I just don't notice it unless I'm trying to pay attention. I didn't feel any big obvious movements with DS until 18-19 weeks but felt little flutters a few weeks before then.

@Glitter: I have a fb group I am in for May 2014 too, and there are quite a few who know via 3d u/s at this point and posting about it, so eeee for you! That is exciting!

@Beebug: so coool!! I don't know how I am gonna make it to 4pm. soooo excited!