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Man, I'm so jealous of you guys feeling movement! I just turned 16 weeks, so I'm hoping in another couple weeks I'll feel it too.

I'm super jealous of y'all who KNOW you're feeling kicks! I thiiiiink I may feel something at night when I lay down, but I'm never sure! I can't wait for that first, like, totally LEGIT, "OMG that was totally baby" movement/kick...

@MrsTiz: I *think* I've been feeling movement the past few days but it's so hard to tell. Always feels the same though and in the same area, so I think that's what it is!

@Ash: I don't know about your hospital, but I can't even imagine what thanksgiving dinner at ours would look like. I actually feel the movement (or what I think is movement) when I'm not looking for it!

I've been feeling what I can only compare to a bug crawling across my skin but on the inside -- it seriously makes me feel tickly and itchy! Today I've really noticed it along with some thumps, so I think it *might* be movement... been happening on and off since 16-17 weeks or so? I had one crazy roller coaster feeling a week and a half ago.

I've been feeling kicks/movement for about a week now--I felt the first one for sure last Monday when I was exactly 18 weeks! Two nights ago my husband was able to feel. It was amazing. To me they feel like soft pokes. I've been feeling it every day now. I recommend lying down on your back and being still--that's when I feel them the most!

Also, about birthdays--I'm due Nov. 4, and my husband told me he would love it if the baby was born on his birthday, which is the 14th! I told him it was a very sweet sentiment but I do NOT want to be 10 days late.

@anbanan15: it's a good day!

Okay freaking out slightly! The phlebotomist just asked why my doctor was using the diagnosis code they did and if they tested for α-fetoprotein yet. She made me nervous/concerned! My midwife was just rechecking my B12 and running a CMP.

ETA: We opted out of the first tri screening so I have only had the normal first tri blood panels done. No triple or quad screening so as far as I know α-fetoprotein has not been checked and I can view my labs online and do not see it.

@Cara M. 17: V28.1 "screening for α-fetoprotein" which no specific screen for that has been ordered, just what I mentioned above, my monthly thyroid panels, and vit D labs. She went on to say is used in determining genetic disorders (duh! Thanks for spelling it out). I am pretty sure the code is correct though as my B12 is lower normal for US range (deficient for rest of the world) and I was upset at my last appointment because I second guessed if we should have had the NT scan done with those B12 levels and those levels in combination with my bit D and thyroid issues can cause low birth weight....but I didn't need the women to point it out to me and make a huge deal about it for 20 minutes! Now I'm even more worried and my midwife told me I was unnecessarily worrying last appointment

@anbanan15: I hope you get it figured out :(. I hate when doctors/medical staff make you panic about things.

I'm very excited today because we booked our newborn photographer! And the price was great. She's going to come to our house to do a combination posed and "lifestyle" shoot. I love that we don't have to go out anywhere at the end of November and that she'll bring everything we need. Here's the one we chose - http://www.jillserranophotography.com/.

@MrsCB: Yay!! I've been thinking about this as well. The mom of one of my previous students is an amazing photographer and I've been thinking about contacting her for maternity/newborn photos!

Omg y'all, I FINALLY got some sleep last night!! I know some of you have taken Unisom for nausea but since I was taking b6 before my BFP (and just continued because I was too paranoid to stop), my nausea was never too bad. BUT I've been having horrible insomnia for the past couple of weeks. Last night I took half a Unisom tablet before bed and I slept 10 hours straight without waking up! It was glorious!!!

@MrsCB: haha when I woke up, I had to pee REALLY bad, but it was def worth it!

@MrsTiz: Yeah, I was really happy to find her. We had another one that we absolutely loved and she refused to come to where we live. We even offered to pay an extra travel fee and she had no interest. And then no one else really measured up to how good that woman was. Until I found this one!

@MrsDragon: Yah! Another girl!

@lilteacherbee: OMG, so jealous of that 10 hours. Between peeing, my own internal clock, and kids that rise with the sun, I haven't slept 10 hours in a row in a very, very long time. Although, after being up most of Monday night with a nasty stomach bug that had me puking up everything I've ever eaten since the day I was born and attending a birth that lasted most of the day yesterday and into the early hours of this morning (I didn't get home until 6:30 AM), I will be pooped by tonight and just maybe I'll sleep good and hard.
@MrsDragon: Aw, yay! Congrats!

@MrsDragon: Oh yaaayyy!!! How exciting! Congrats! That cancels out any genetic concerns, right?

Thanks everyone!!

@MrsTiz: She could be a carrier (because I don't know if I'm a carrier) but the chances are quite slim -- and shouldn't affect her at all. I'm hoping to find out my status sometime in the future -- I think I will have to be done being pregnant/breastfeeding -- and if it turns out that I *am* a carrier we'll have to figure out if we want to have her tested or let her decide on her own. But the major risk is definitely negated!

@MrsDragon: Woohoo! Congrats!

@MrsTiz: Hemophilia runs in my family, but it's carried on the X-chromosome so girls can be carriers but not affected, and boys can be affected (there are some cases of hemophiliac girls but it's really rare -- I think a carrier has to have a baby with a hemophiliac or something like that?). I have a 25% chance of being a carrier, so baby's chance of carrying is much less than that.