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I hope that theory is true ... I was a little over 7 lbs and DH was a little under. Hoping for a healthy, but not too big baby!

I'm thinking of starting my maternity leave/quitting my job from April 1st. It is 6 weeks in advance but I drive 3 hours daily (1.5 hrs each way) and the commute is really tiring me out, already.

Soooo I haven't had a chance to catch up...but I wanted to update since we had our anatomy scan today. We are 100% team green failures!!! DH wanted to know so badly that I had to give in...annnnnddddd...add another boy to the list! I'm kind of in shock. I'm totally happy, but I never really thought I would have a boy (even though I had a boy feeling in the beginning) . I haven't quite processed it! I always assumed DD would have a little sister! But DH is ecstatic ...it's pretty cute

@cookie_dough: Congrats on being team blue!

@cookie_dough: Congrats on the little boy!!

@cookie_dough: NO way!!!!!!!! Ahhh congrats on your boy!!!

@Glitter: Oh my goodness about your commute, that is a lot. Will you look for work following baby and some time, or are you going to be a SAHM?

@Beebug: My husband and I just opened a baby store so I'm hoping that becomes my "part-time" work. If that venture is successful I might just run that from home. If not, I'll seek something part-time, within close proximity to home, after 6 mnths or so with baby. Possibly my FIL's business. I doubt I'll be returning to my field because all possible jobs are at least 1.5 hours from where we live, where DH works, where we go to church and where extended family lives and the nature of the work is too corporate/non-family friendly for the life we would like to have.

@Mae: We have been looking at some GRACO Carseats (Pasadena in particular) though a relative has one we may borrow... if it's in good shape, etc. MIL keeps asking us not to make purchases until my shower... yet I have no clue that I'm even having a shower, so we're just browsing for now and not settling on anything for sure yet.

@Mae: we have (and will stick with) Graco! We have the Snugride 35 with two bases, and then two MyRide65's we use now. I moved her out of the bucket early, just before 5m, but loved it while we used it! My biggest thing was the buckles, I was really picky with testing the buckles, some were such a pain on other brands!

@Mae: We're doing the Chicco Keyfit. I have one friend who got Graco and hated it (I don't really know why?) and several friends who got Chiccos and liked them.

@Mae: We decided on and bought the Britax B-Safe infant seats mostly because it was compatible with our stroller, and my DH wouldn't even consider any other seat because he found that Baby (Prince) George was taken home in that stroller. lol. But anyways we registered for the Britax Marathon convertible seats.

Wow! Just played catch up

@tarabonno- a friend/client got me the baby bargains book. It has been incredibly helpful.

@Apex- we are also getting the Britax. DH and I went over to the baby store this past weekend and tried it in the back of our car. We are also getting the Bob stroller and the Britax is compatible with that. Someone gifted us their old City mini stroller, so we will be using that us our travel stroller.

@mae- we are getting the Jenny Lind crib. I did not know it came in black until I saw your post with the two options I like the other crib you picked as well. Very pretty. I think we will be either going with the yellow or blue color of that crib.

We have been working on our registry and had done it entirely online. I think I saw that someone else had done that as well, but you all are right. I should set up something for the people who will buy last minute gifts. My shower just got moved to March 23rd.

Oh that pregnancy pillow is the BEST THING IN THE WORLD!!

Hi guys!! I'm back! Sorry for being MIA for so long. I've been keeping up with everyone on my phone, but my phone sucks so it is too hard to post. I was absolutely swamped at work from the end of October through the holidays and then we all got sick. I have had the worst cold/sinus infection since New Years. My ob said that I could take some sudafed if I wanted, but I've been trying to tough it out without taking anything.

We had our 20 wk u/s and everything is great. I was a little worried b/c I've had some spotting off and on, but my ob doesn't seem too concerned. She did a cervical check just to be safe at my last appointment, but she said everything is fine. They think maybe I broke a cervical blood vessel or something like that. Our u/s took almost 2 1/2 hours b/c I was having some contractions and the baby was too squished to roll over. They made me walk a bunch and basically tipped me upside down to try to get the baby to flip over. It was a hassle, but actually pretty cool to see the contractions on the u/s.

Oh and the important things!! We are team green! I didn't think we would be patient enough to wait, but now that we've decided I'm actually pretty excited about the suprise. Also I they've changed my due date to May 9th. DD's b-day is April 27th, so I'm hoping this baby doesn't come early!!

I'm glad I decided to post b/c I just realized I haven't scheduled any more dr's appointments so I should probably call this morning and get them on the calendar.

@Mae: I got a Chicco Keyfit that my mom is now planning on using for the new baby, so I need to get a new one. I chose Chicco because I read up the Consumer Reports reviews and they had the highest rating and the Keyfit was pretty small. I'll probably just stick with Chicco but if I find a lighter one I would get that -- they get heavy FAST.

@tarabonno: Congrats on the new house! That sounds exciting but stressful! I hope you're able to stay nice and rested despite all the changes.

@Keds: Glad your 20 wk ultrasound went well and congrats on being Team Green!! Do you have a guess on boy or girl or are you feeling neutral about it?

@Beebug: I'm so sorry about the family drama. I hope you'll be able to stay non-stressed, even though I'm sure it's hard. I was going to try to make it through winter without a maternity jacket, but that was wishful thinking. Apparently I had no idea how huge I would get so fast! Luckily my cousin lent me her jacket, which has been a lifesaver. If I didn't have her's I would probably be trying to make do without a maternity jacket, but it's been so cold that I probably would have bit the bullet by now.

I have another appointment tomorrow. I feel like I go to the doctor all the time, and I guess I do since our appointments are usually every two weeks with either OB or peri. I'm anxious to go tomorrow, though, because I've been having terrible pain below my right ribs, usually after eating. It's probably that I'm just running out of stomach space for food (even though I'm on this regimen of tiny meals every 2 hours). However, I googled (bad idea, of course) and saw that it can be an indicator of gall bladder problems, which is already common in pregnancy and more so when there are multiples. So we'll see what she says tomorrow about it.

On the good news front - my husband got to feel the babies kick a lot last night! About a week ago he felt one little kick but he hasn't been able to feel another since. Well last night they were kicking up a storm and we were able to sit there for about 10 minutes feeling intermittent baby kicks. So so amazing!

My big ultrasound was today. The baby looks great and we found out its a boy! My mommy intuition was wrong - I really thought it was a girl. But so excited to think I will now have two little boys to love!

@Mamasig: congrats!!! I had it my head that we would have a girl as well, and found out on Monday that we are having a boy

@Beebug: you just never know!!! I thought it was a girl because of a feeling plus the pregnancies have more differences than similarities. Nope - all boy! It's so true how each pregnancy can be so different.

@Mamasig: Congratulations on another boy! I was the same way sure it was a girl b/c my pregnancy but nope another boy. A friend of mine has 3 boys and had 3 completely different pregnancies so you never know!

@Glitter: no advice to offer, I don't remember feeling any braxton hicks last pregnancy But I hope it's nothing to worry about. I got kind of worried myself the other night. I was getting crampy feelings that would come and go, and seemed like they were happening on fairly regular time intervals...so i thought maybe contractions/braxton hicks? But it didnt' really feel like tightening, more just cramps. But it seems to be gone now.