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We haven't made any purchases yet, but aside from clothing (mainly if we are having a girl...I still have all of DS's clothing), I don't think we will really need to purchase anything! We are planning on using DS's nursery for this baby since he sleeps with me and we don't think he has any real attachment to his room. I plan on adding a reading nook in there for him and making it his as much as the baby's, but we just decided it would be better to reuse it as is for this baby.

I asked DH about a double stroller and he doesn't think we will need/use one since DS hates the stroller anyway and liked to (still) be worn and/or held. I tend to agree, as we hardly used our city mini, but I don't know how I'm going to juggle carrying both! I do need a new diaper bag and I'm eyeing up the Danzo Weekender or San Ysidro but can't decide which size is best. I need it to be large enough for a toddler and NB in cloth, but not overwhelming (our current diaper bag we managed with cloth but it could never be closed in the early months).

@DigAPony: Same here! I've been trying to keep up by reading everyone's posts but it is hard for me to reply regularly. I'm usually mobile and lately surfing the Internet on my phone as been messing with my eyes and making me feel icky (can't really explain it but it is weird). Hoping it goes away or I can get on a real computer soon to catch up!

@MrsCB: Wow! You have tons of stuff! I'm the same way, we'll probably have everything bought and set up before I hit the 3rd tri.

@anbanan15: I want a Danzo so bad but I just can't see spending the $$$ on it!

@anbanan15: I love the way the Danzo looks, but it might be too big for me. Plus DH was super opinionated about the bag, lol. He didn't want me to get any purse type or girly ones. Since I may want him to carry it sometimes, I agreed, lol. We ended up getting the JuJuBe BFF in Stargyle - http://www.amazon.com/Ju-Ju-Be-B-F-F-Diaper-Bag-Stargyle/dp/B008J0DE9W.

I've been pretty lucky so far with the boob/bra stuff. I already have a large chest (DD) and have been dreading what pregnancy would bring. So far they're a little fuller, but no need for new bras yet, thank god. I really don't want to end up looking like some circus freak :-/.

For right now we're just filling up our guest room with baby stuff. We kept going back and forth on which room we want the baby to be in. I live in a townhouse and have a weird-ish floor plan. We have this giant loft on the 4th floor which is only accessible through the master bedroom. I think we're going to move our bedroom up there and put the baby in our room so we can keep the guest room. Not exactly ideal, but we plan to move in a couple years.

Hi guys! Sorry, have been keeping up very well. I was gone Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for super awesome DONA (Doulas Of North America) doula workshop and was so completely inspired, but also completely exhausted. So yesterday I mostly just laid around and now today I'm trying to get caught up around the house. Of course, I found out yesterday that my grandfather is not doing well and only expected to live a few more weeks, so now I'm also trying to figure out when I need to be headed 1,700 miles to the East Coast with the kids (Farmer Man will fly out separately when there's actually a date for the funeral) and making arrangements for various obligations I have here so I can be gone for what will possibly be several weeks.
But, other than being exhausted as usual, and being a little sick in the mornings yet, Cricket and I are doing well. We were supposed to see the midwife sometime in early May, but I'm not sure if that's going to happen now. A friend sent me a Doppler to borrow and I tried it the other night, but couldn't find any heartbeat but mine. Of course, I only had Vaseline on hand and none of the actual jelly you're supposed to use, so I don't know if that made a difference or not.
We haven't bought anything yet and probably won't for awhile. I was hoping to get a bunch of new stuff to replace the broken down gear we've used for the first two babies, but we'll see if that happens.
And my boobs are just the same, thankyouverymuch, lol. They don't generally do any kind of growing during pregnancy, which is one if my markers for IGT (Insufficient Glandular Tissue) and I'm not expecting anything different this time. Although, I'm already taking some supplements in an effort to develop more mammary tissue and my nipples have been way more tender for a lot longer amount of time this time, so a girl can always hope that something is happening!!!!!!!!!

How is everyone feeling?

@shellio: That's what I LOVE about cloth! No diaper buying!! We had to switch to sposies with DS the last few months (after he had an allergic reaction to nutritional yeast he would develop an ulcer on his meatus while in cloth! Switching is the only thing that kept it away even after stripped the CD's multiple times ) and it kills me that we are buying diapers while we have a huge stash just sitting here! DH even commented that he can't wait until we go back to cloth and he wasn't a huge fan of cloth when we used them! I am hoping to thin out our massive stash a little and maybe pick up a few girly diapers if we are having a girl, but everything is mainly GN, just like most of our other baby items. So nice!

UGH!! So I was going to switch OB offices because mine now won't do an NT scan and its really important that I know everything is going well since I had a missed m/c last time. I took my records over to my old office (switched last summer before my m/c because of insurance craziness). They called me back today and said the doctors reviewed my records and said they wouldn't take me on as a new patient because I have already established this pregnancy with another office. What?! I'm so confused.... I really want the NT scan and the nurse at my office now called yesterday asking for me to call her back. I don't know what to do...

@lilteacherbee: Ugh, so frustrating. It's so bizarre that they won't do a NT! I really thought they were standard practice. Keep at 'em!

I got our doppler in the mail today and finally found a HB after trying for about 10 minutes (totally terrifying my cats with the noises, haha). Baby has moved up and over in the last week and a half! I don't know what is going on with my doctor and a followup appointment (still not scheduled and they haven't called me) so it was SO reassuring to hear that heartbeat going strong.

@MrsCB: We use mainly pockets. Our initial stash was bum genius and rump-a-roos. The RaR's were great for smaller babies since they have a 4th raise snap. BG is my overall favorite. I tried a TON of other brands too, but those would be my all time favorites. SmartiPants are nice for the price and the insert self agitates out during the wash which is nice for dads :). We tried a few AIO and my favorite hands down is Ragababe, but they are pricey and hard to get your hands on a large quantity (stocks 1-3 colors and in 1 size at a time), but they are AMAZING! Some WAHM diapers are also great and more absorbent. I like Pirate Booty Fluff who has an AIO. We used sposies the first 3 weeks until DS's umbilical stump fell off, but this time around we may do cloth right away with our RaR's.

@MrsCB: Oh my gosh, so many people did that when I said I was going to CD with our first baby! Sooooooo many people. Said I wouldn't last longer than 2 weeks. HA! Over 4 years later, I'm still CDing! Sure, I've used sposies here and there, but 90% of the time my kids have been in cloth. I think part of the reason people think it's such a pain and you won't stick with it is because they simply don't know how much cloth diapering has changed in the last 10 years or so and it's not just cotton diapers and diaper pins and rubber pants anymore.

@lilteacherbee: I had an anatomy scan at 16 weeks (measured 17 weeks) with DS and we found out the gender then. It was order for dating purposes but was the same type of ultrasound, anatomy scan, they ordered again at 20 weeks. Gender was confirmed at both scans and was actually better and easier to determine at the earlier one (DS cooperated better). I don't think the same thing will happen this time and we will probably wait until the 20 week unless we get the MarterniT21 test done (which isn't likely), but it just happened to work out that way with DS due to how our appointments were in the Begining (had to start going after first tri due to insurance issues).

I've been pinning a lot of items for a while, but I haven't made any purchases. I probably will continue to do research and wait to make any purchases until 18-20 weeks. But you better believe I will be locked and loaded

I just bought a zillion baby clothes items. Damn you, Old Navy & Gap online sales!

@anbanan15: I got a ton of orange and green stuff -- I am going to be unstoppable if/when we find out the gender, haha!

@MrsDragon: haha So funny you say about the green stuff...Our girls name means green and I told DH that I think that if we are having a girl we should only dress her in shades of green :). I saw Gap at the most adorable mint green sweater.

@MrsTiz: Hah, if you go to the Old Navy & Gap Canada websites and see anything in 0-3 or 3-6 months that is orange or green... I probably bought it. There's a 30% off sale -- not sure if the US site is having one too?

Super cute picture BTW! I think we're announcing on Facebook tonight.

@anbanan15: Do you have it in your family or are you older? I am going to call my OB today and ask if my insurance will cover it. I think they can find out the gender at it too, which in my head is more accurate than an u/s (could very easily be wrong, though!) and I think I might be open to paying if I could find that out as well. My office doesn't do that until 20 weeks!

@anbanan15: My insurance told me they do, I have Harvard Pilgrim.

@MrsTiz: So cute! I love it.

@lilteacherbee: Yay!!!

We announced on Facebook last night. So weird to have everyone know!

@Ash: I freaked myself out yesterday when I couldn't find it right away with the Doppler. I've read up on the idea of 'I'm pregnant today', every day as a bit of a reassuring mantra and I'm trying to take it on and remember it.

I called the clinic because it's been two weeks since my first appointment and the doctor didn't call to schedule any kind of followup like he said he would so... now I'm waiting 6 weeks between appointments again. I guess if he calls in the meantime I have something as a fallback but I'm kind of annoyed.