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@Radish: Booo. I hope it gets resolved soon!

@radish: ugh! Feel better soon

Thanks, ladies! I have had no noticeable pain and I had been assuming my peeing more had to do with the pregnancy, so it was an unexpected phone call. Not excited about taking antibiotics because I like to be completely med free during pregnancy.

So my husband went to visit his family with LO this weekend with the intent to tell them the news. I didn't go since it is a good opportunity for me to take a break. He put LOs big sister shirt on her last night and no one said anything despite all of them interacting continuously the entire time. DH didn't say anything last night and put the shirt on her again this morning. After a while of nothing, he finally asked his brother to read the shirt. It took him 3 reads before they remotely caught on. His mom thought it was about her baby doll at first!? His parents immigrated over here 30+ years ago, but seriously? My parents got it in 10 seconds.

JANUARY MAMAS!!
Due Dates
January 1st: Oliviaoblivia (#2), namaste (#1)
January 2nd: PMRLADY (#1)
January 3rd: MFA_LADY (#1)
January 5th: Meowkers (#1)
January 6th: Cupcake (#2)
January 8th: MrsHansen82 (#1)
January 10th: Charmed (#1)
January 11th: MrsTiger (#2)
January 13th: KeepCalmCarrie (#2)
January 15th: CatchAFallingStar (#1), bhbee (#2), MapleMoose (#2)
January 16th: Oliviapope (#1)
January 18th: Mrs. Blue (#3)
January 20th: Pumuckl (#2)
January 21st: Gigi2 (#1)
January 23rd: HappyGal (#1), Mrs. Confetti (#2)
January 24th: sorrycharlie (#2)
January 25th: Espion (#2), JCCovi (#2)
January 26th: NerdBee (#2)
January 27th: SleepyMonkey (#2)
January 29th: jojepie (#2), cheesehead (#2)
January 30th: Snowdrop (#1), Raindrop (#2), Radish (#2)

Next Appointment
June 30th: MrsTiger, Charmed
July 1st: sorrycharlie, bhbee, Espion
July 3rs: Oliviapope (NT scan)
July 8th: Mrs. Blue
July 9th: Cupcake, Oliviaoblivia
July 11th: Pumuckl (NT Scan)
July 21st: cheesehead
July 23rd: MapleMoose, namaste, Radish
July 24th: MrsHansen82

@MrsTiger: Ahh so sorry you had to go through that! Enjoy the afternoon babyviewing session!

@Radish: Glad you are feeling better. What a bummer of a reveal! I'm shocked his family took that long to figure it out!

@MrsTiger: What a scare! Good thing they got you into ultrasound quickly. I can't imagine how sick you must have felt in the waiting room. Good luck at the NT later today!

@MrsTiger: I bet that was rough. I'm glad everything is looking good and hope you have a great NT scan.

@oliviaoblivia: I was thinking maybe they noticed and didn't say anything, but based on their response when he finally got them to read the shirt closely, I don't think that was the case. It was probably 6 hours total of her wearing it and them not noticing. The good news is they are happy this time, unlike last time.

@Radish: Why were they unhappy the first time? I hope the drugs work their magic quickly for you!

@MrsTiger: I'm kind of worried this is what will happen to me at my next appt. My uterus is tilted, although it should be tilting forward my that date. My husband can't be there with me, and it will be a nail biter to have to wait solo. I can't really think of anyone I'd want to have with me past him though, so I'll just have to cross my fingers for the best!

We're telling family members this weekend. This is grandchild #1 for my MIL, who is going to flip out, and #10 (unless a sister is secretly pregnant) for my side. I have no clever ideas on how to tell. With my big family, it's best just to blurt it out b/c things easily get lost in the chaos.

@oliviaoblivia: Last time his mom refused to speak to us for the majority of our pregnancy because she didn't agree with us having a kid at that time (we were more than financially stable and we were in our mid 20's). His dad was kind of caught it the middle and wasn't 100% on board, but I think he was a little excited. I think MILs co-workers finally talked her into being happy about it, so she came around about a month before we were due and we got a lot of random gifts from her co-workers.

@Radish: I'm so sorry. My MIL was really disinterested in my last pregnancy for a long time. She didn't acknowledge that there was a baby coming until I was 30 weeks and even then was kind of awful about things. I'm glad they are happy this time. Pregnant ladies don't need added stress. I'm sure you're a great mom and they can't ignore that!

@oliviaoblivia: I predict my MIL will be the opposite of yours. She joined on online support group "parents without grandchildren" and has been wanting grandkids for a lonnnnng time. She once saw me eat a fried egg with a runny yolk and told me that wasn't good for babies. And she didn't like it when I was running b/c she said it jiggled my lady parts. She's already worried about being left out, so if I spend more time with my family, she pouts.

It makes my skin crawl. I'm a private person, and she has a very different concept of boundaries.

@Pumuckl: glad your appointment went well!

@MrsTiger: So happy everything turned out ok, but the same thing happened at my appointment this morning! The doctor tried to find the heartbeat with the Doppler for about 5 minutes and couldn't, so she did a transvaginal ultrasound instead. Luckily an ultrasound room was available so I didn't have to wait long, but it was nerve racking for sure.
Everything looked good on the ultrasound and I got to hear the heartbeat right away (dr. said she wasn't sure why it wasn't getting picked up by the doppler), Baby is measuring on track for 12 weeks and I got some new pictures too.

@charmed: No fun, but yay for an extra peek!

I haven't told my dad's side yet (grandparents, aunts) but my aunt asked my dad if I was a couple weeks ago because I skipped an event because I was sick. he said nope, allergies.

then we were at her house saturday for a family thing and she came to me with a pitcher of sangria, looked pointedly at my belly and asked if I wanted some. I made up a lame excuse about having to drive...but she's totally onto me.

I can't wait to text them tomorrow with the ultrasound picture! I feel like I've been waiting years for tomorrow. Ok, so 7 weeks is kind of like years.

@sorrycharlie: Yay for your ultrasound tomorrow! It does feel like years - haven't we been pregnant for an eternity at this point?

@Radish: I think it's cute that your ILs are so dense. I'm glad they were happy when they figured it out though.

@MrsTiger: Wow scary not finding the heartbeat maybe since the baby was moving around a lot it was harder to find. How did your NT scan go?

@Raindrop: NT scan was good, but we didn't get any print out pictures because the baby was seriously doing gymnastics the whole time! Which makes sense now that my OB couldn't find the heartbeat. The US tech couldn't even do the NT measurement, but luckily when the doctor came in baby calmed down for 30 seconds and she got it. So different from LO #1 who was just completely still, with a perfect profile shot!

@Raindrop: Haha yes, and considering LO #1 was completely still and has been a complete maniac child in terms of activity, I am a little scared at what this one will be like!

@pmrlady: I heard about the blood test. But yeah I think most insurances don't cover it. I believe you can buy a kit on the internets and send it in and they will send you a letter back with the results if you want to do it that way... I believe it's kind of pricey like a few hundred dollars.

But hey, it's only a few months differences from them finding and you finding out which isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things.

@pmrlady: The blood test is offered to moms over 35 for free but for those without additional risk factors its $1000. I'd rather have $1000 worth of cute baby clothes.

It's not that tough to wait 5-6 more weeks for the anatomy scan.