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@Chuckles: please do, so I know what to expect in a couple of weeks! 🤣🤣

@Chuckles: ahhh awesome! Congrats on a healthy baby girl!

@Chuckles: Congratulations!! That’s such great news!

For all of you who have found out the sex of a pregnancy from NIPT results, did you and your husband find out together? Or did the doctor tell you and then you told him? I think we’re going to choose to find out, I’m just not sure how it works.

@karenbme: I asked my husband if he cared if the doctor told me first over the phone or if he'd rather wait and look online together, and he said he didn't care. So after I found out yesterday, i bought a pink onesie and wrapped it. Because we weren't expecting to find out so quickly, he had no idea what he was opening. The look on his face was amazing. I'm so glad I didn't just call him right away.

@bhbee: That’s a nice way to do it. Idk if I’d want to be able to surprise my DH or find out together, but it’s good to know we could find out together.

@Chuckles: Aww that’s super cute. It could def be fun to do something like that.

@LemonJack: I know right?! My draw is on Friday so we’ll probably get results around the same time.

My Doppler came this morning and we found the heartbeat really quickly! It was too faint to measure heart rate on the screen but we timed it twice and it came out as 172 and 176, so still at the high end of normal, but I did have pancakes and juice for breakfast though so plenty of sugar in my system. It’s really reassuring to know that it’s still there and growing even if I’m getting off light with my symptoms at this point. Still not fully out of the woods, but step by step. 🤞

No heartbeat at my appointment on Thursday. Best of luck to the rest of you, and a happy and healthy nine months!

@raspberries: I am so, so sorry. That’s heartbreaking.

@raspberries: I feel sick for you. I’m so sorry. You’ll be in my prayers.

@raspberries: I'm so sorry. Thinking of you

@Chuckles: I wouldn’t stress. Even my OB couldn’t find it via Doppler when I was 12 weeks with DS2!

@Chuckles: yeah I have an appt tomorrow (at 10+2 ) and I specifically requested another US because I didn’t want to deal with the stress of potentially not finding a HB via Doppler right away!

@karenbme: thanks. I'll try that. But it sounds like even OB's can have a hard time with the doppler at 12 weeks (thanks, Google!), so I'm going to try not to stress about it. I think I just got nervous because we started telling everyone, including our son, this weekend. So now I'm just paranoid again that something will happen.

@Chuckles: Yay!!! So glad I could help.

@Ms. RV: is that really too much? I’ve had 4 OBs in my 4 pregnancies and the only time anyone ever said anything to me about weight was when I gained 47 lbs (whoops 🤦‍♀️) with DS2. (In my defense, I lost it all by 4 mo PP and he was huuuge haha) As a matter of fact, 2 of my OBs told me that “unless it’s really extreme” (probably like 47 lbs ) they don’t even care about weight gain.

First trimester is hard enough without worrying about 5 lbs. Heck I fluctuate 5 lbs over the course of a day!

All that to say. Meh. Make healthy choices when you can but otherwise I wouldn’t give it a second thought! Just my two cents

Has anyone else been having crazy dreams? I just woke up from one where our blackberry bushes were making blackberries that were the size of big strawberries, and I was just standing in the yard noshing on them one after the other with juice all over my face and hands and in my hair. I have no idea what it means, or why I woke up from it at 1 am. Totally weird, but just one in a string of weird dreams recently. 🤷‍♀️

@bees_knees: Glad to hear everything's still looking good! Good luck with your panorama. Hopefully the results come in quickly! I totally get the nervous/excited combo. Once you get the panorama back, do you think it will flip to just excited?

@Ms. RV: I apparently gained 6 lbs since my appt 3 weeks ago 🤣 Dr office scales man. Can’t trust them.

@karenbme: yes I will def be excited then ! I’m actually just as nervous about the trisomy info as I am about potential gender disappointment Which sounds...selfish. They are certainly different types of nervous, but...that’s how I feel so 🤷‍♀️

@LemonJack: I admire your patience! Good luck with the NIPT...which one are you doing? Hope it comes back for you quickly. And thanks I know I’d love a little boy just the same, but this is our last and I know I’ll be sad to miss out on all of the experiences of raising a little girl!

@LemonJack: thanks If you want the NIPT, make sure you’re getting that (it’s also called cell free fetal DNA testing). A first trimester screen is actually different (it’s a blood draw paired with the NT scan which is an ultrasound). I’m sure you know all of that but just in case...the lingo gets tricky and I want you to get what you think you’re getting! Haha [I used to work as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist where we processed and tested all of these, so I’m kind of extra nerdy about it!]

@karenbme: thanks I honestly didn’t feel any gender disappointment with any other pregnancies, even my third boy! ...BUT I knew we weren’t done yet too. But now this is my last shot for anything pink! I’ll think pink for you too We’ll both know soon enough!