Hellobee Boards

@Goldengirl: congrats on a great scan and finding out it is a healthy boy!!
@dragonsword: About a week or so ago I had a couple good days but then went back to feeling crappy. That only lasted a few days though and now all is good! It sounds like you are turning the corner!

@Goldengirl: Hurray for great results and congrats on the boy! I'm kind of jealous of those having a boy! I'm glad you got to see your baby move around too!

@dragonsword: It's funny because deep down I wanted a girl, even though of course I just wanted it to be healthy first and foremost. But now I'm so excited about it being a boy. There's really no bad option

@delight: I fly out to Hawaii this Thursday so I was really hoping I'd be feeling perfect by then. It's not tooooooooo bad, so I can't complain that much. I agree with @goldengirl for your ability to wait!

I was literally down the street from my house (leaving the dentist's office) when I received the vmail from my doctor's office. I could've waited to go home to call them back but I actually wanted to find out first! When I got home I looked at my DH and he JUST KNEW and said, I'M GETTING A GIRL!? I was like how the hellllllllllll did you know by just looking at my face. I'm glad I was the one to tell him though even though I didn't have to tell him. lol.

I like Natalie! ugh, names are too hard.

@delight: DD was a Natalie up until a few weeks before she was born. Possibly a contender if this one's a girl! I just don't love the nickname options.

@LAZB: @kes18: yay, boys! So excited for you both.

@delight: I LOVE being on Team Green. Not just for the delivery room surprise, but also because it drives everyone crazy that we don't find out. It's like one little thing I can control, when people drive me crazy with the inappropriate questions/comments/belly touches.

Speaking of, does anyone else get bothered by this question after you announce your pregnancy?
"Were you planning this, or was it a surprise?"
It drives me bonkers! Its always asked by acquaintance or coworkers and people I'm not close to and would never share this with, and I just can't believe people think it is an appropriate question to ask!

I have a response all prepared ("that's a really personal question I don't feel comfortable answering" or I could even go spiritual - my husband's a pastor - and say "It was all in God's plan"), but I've been too chicken to say anything other than "uh, yeah", knowing how uncomfortable it would make people. I guess no more uncomfortable than their asking it makes me, though!

Thanks for all of the congratulations! Sorry I've been a bit mia, I'm wrapping up things at work since Monday will be my last day, so I've been busy.
@LatteLove: that's so rude that people ask you that! No one has asked me (with any of ours actually), probably a good thing because I'm not as polite as you :)@dragonsword: so funny, your husband totally knows you! Good thing! Also, my best friend is named Natalie, so I approve of that choice
@caterw: six of us are due within a month and a half of each other, it really does come in waves!

So my first appointment was finally today. Unfortunately I locked my keys in the trunk right before I needed to leave. I had to call and cancel. I'm so mad a myself because I've been waiting 6+ weeks for my first appoinment. The next available one is in 2 weeks, so I guess Ill be 13 weeks the first time I get to see my doctor. I just wanted reassurance that everything's okay!

@littlebear16: oh, that's such a disappointment. Did you ask them to put you on a waitlist in case anyone cancels their appointment? Sometimes that works with my OB!

@LatteLove: ew. Someone I wasn't close with to begin with asked me that when I was pregnant with DD1..only she phrased it "Was it planned or an accident?" In front of a big group at a dinner. Um yeah, she never was invited to any event I had say in ever again. Some people!

@LAZB: @caterw: @PinkElephant: I'm noramlly the type of person to just say what I think, but I think the hormones of pregnancy (and SERIOUS pregnancy brain) made me unable to respond they way I wanted!

Anyone else experiencing pregnancy brain hardcore? I'm forgetting everything! Forgot my wallet at home and didn't realize until I was already in the Chick Fil A drive through (they gave me my lunch for free!) Forgot to leave a check for my husband that he needed, forgot to bring extra diapers to daycare. Forgot to email something to my coworker Friday before the weekend. It's driving me crazy!!

@LatteLove: I forgot my wallet at the grocery store the other day....they held my things at the checkout for me until I came back. Embarrassing!!!

When are you all going "public" with the news? We're starting to get a lot of the close people who already know asking us "when can we tell?" Everyone is excited for us to spill to the world it seems. I really want to share with all friends/family/randoms on the street... but it's so hard to feel "safe", or like I won't jinx it somehow... which I know is just my own paranoia! I'll prob let the cat out of the bag next week (after 13 weeks). Not sure I'll ever feel in the clear, but I want to share the excitement and not feel like I'm harbouring a secret any longer.

Heard the heartbeat at my checkup today for the first time, it was so cool! I recorded it on my phone and have been listening on repeat hahah.

@Goldengirl: I'm due a day after you and we are probably going public next week. We've started telling more than just our closest friends - people that I can't ask to keep a secret. So it's probably time to get the social media post out!

@Goldengirl: we announced at 14 weeks. It was SO HARD not to spill the beans beforehand. My other friend is due in September and they waited 21 weeks!!! How they kept it in is a total mystery to me.

@littlebear16: Have you gone to the ER? That's what my office had me do with spotting. They should be able to do an ultrasound there.

@Goldengirl: we started telling extended family and close friends after our NT scan just after 12 weeks. We had our NIPT results back by then too . We've just been slowly telling people as we see them.

@littlebear16: so glad everything is ok!

@Mrs. Confetti: @delight: Thanks! I was pretty sure that we were losing the baby, so seeing the heartbeat was a huge relief! Of course I'll still be nervous for awhile, but for now I'm trying to stay positive.

@littlebear16: glad you had positive news! I tell this story a lot, so apologies if you've read it before, but I had just awful bleeding at 6 and 12 weeks with DD1. Like you, I went to the ER and was sure the pregnancy was over. But happily, I had no further bleeding and that baby is now nearly four! I had no bleeding at all with her little sister, and none so far at 15 weeks with #3....so hopefully you won't have this same worry with future pregnancies either!!

@Mrs. Confetti: congrats! I agree, if this baby is a boy (after two girls), I'll be shocked (and a little scared!)