We are locking down names. Please let us know what you think! I’m carrying baby #2, and the third name is for the agreed upon third girl name in advance. Vote: Do These Go?
@trixiehobbit - congrats! ya, how early/well each person can feel baby move greatly depends on positioning of baby in relation to placenta in relation to your other organs. You might see terms like “Anterior high” or “posterior low” on copies of scans or other paperwork, they refer to the positioning of that all. Basically, if the placenta is between baby and your other organs, you feel it less/later than if the placenta were on the side of the uterus closer to the belly button than the side closer to the spine. Interesting, huh?
That is so interesting, I didnt know that but it makes perfect sense! I guess that’s why they give such a wide range (something like 16-24 weeks) that people might start to feel movement. Really good to know, thanks!
@trixiehobbit rriiiiight? I feel like it should be something they tell everyone at their initial OB consult, because it’s really such a simple thjng, but without knowing about it, most ppl I know have some amount of anxiety over not feeling baby kick yet esp when their friends/families felt it earlier than them
Got to see my baby girl yesterday! She’s a wiggle worm and is very clearly sucking her thumb already! [name_m]Can[/name_m] it be [name_f]May[/name_f] already, I’m ready for her to be here!
YES! This is so true, with my first pregnancy I add an anterior facing placenta, and I didn’t feel little miss move until week 23 or 24 and luckily I had done my own research and come across placenta placement and movement, because even my dr.s and ultrasound technician were telling me I should’ve felt the baby move by then, and I would’ve (and still did a little bit) had major anxiety had I not known.
I had 3 friends announce their pregnancies this week and I am sooo impatient to announce ours, but my husband and I agreed to wait until we know the sex (we’ve told all our family and I’m definitely starting to show, so it’s not like it’s a secret we just haven’t made a big announcement yet) however the anatomy/gender scan always brings out my anxiety. I’m super excited to see my baby and find out the sex, but terrified that they’ll find something wrong.
I’m so late to the party (as I never check out mom berries) but we’re having our third and final boy in early [name_f]April[/name_f]! I just wanted to say congratulations on all the new little ones! I scrolled through the latest 220+ posts and the ultrasound and announcements photos all made me smile. I’ll be having a recheck on my guy in a couple weeks because he’s really difficult to get photos of, but there just missing clear shots of his heart. Everything seems fine. Except he apparently seems to think the placenta is his personal pillow and lays so we can only see his spine.
We have a pretty nice gap this time as my others will be shortly turning 7 and 5 after the new guy arrives. No names though. I’m so outnumbered by boys now, send help
@LibelluleClaire I can empathise, I get what my husband calls “scanxiety” before every single scan Ours is next Weds and I’m already thinking about everything that can go wrong. I’m sure your little one will be absolutely perfect, and Im so excited for you to be able to announce! Let us know how it goes!
Welcome @Lauralee835 and congratulations! What a lovely age gap you have between your little ones, are they excited to have a lil brother?
They’re so excited! [name_f]My[/name_f] oldest will be 6 when the baby is born but his birthday is a month later and my little guy will be turning 5 soon after that. They all really wanted a girl, but my guru of a 6 year old told me, “we can want something, but it’s up to the baby to decide what they want to be, so we can be happy with their decision.” Now that everyone knows it’s a boy they are more excited than ever!
Week 20… twiddles thumbs
So, just 17-18 weeks left, depending on what 3rd trimester looks like.
Spending most of the day on the couch resting. Singing little kids songs and potty training the toddler.
Definitely showing now.
Ho hum.
Week 20 too, I’m very likely to be induced (for various reasons) at 38 weeks so 18 weeks left for me
Sounds like a lovely day! I’m absolutely massive at the moment, did not expect to be this big at all!
This weekend we’re finishing off the nursery, because I’ll soon be too big to help too much. [name_m]Can[/name_m]’t wait for it to be all put together!!
I’ve carried to 41w and been induced twice now, so I wasn’t expecting anything earlier, but I’m “OLD” now, so the longest they’ll let me go is 39, so I suppose this guy will be a bit smaller, maybe. I am huge though! But he finally turned a bit and my belly size became almost half as big
But I’ve mostly just been enjoying nap times and relaxing too.
@Lauralee835, i hear ya. nowadays it is increasingly less common for folks to go to 41w bc of newer/more studies looking at fetal demise rates after 40 wks.
Poll time!!
We have some new members to the chat which has gotten a few hundred posts long (wow!), so it’d be fun to have another poll or two to re-introduce everyone.
Boy or Girl?
Boy
Girl
To be a surprise at birth
Dont know yet (will find out before birth)
0voters
What # Child will this be?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
0voters
Whereabouts [name_f]Do[/name_f] You [name_f]Live[/name_f]?
Thought I’d hop on for the ride since I’m due in [name_u]June[/name_u] with #3! I’ve had my 12-week checkup and first labs; everything looked great, but we’re still waiting to find a heartbeat on the Doppler. No one really expected to find it then, since both my boys were shy (way down low, I think, hiding.) Couldn’t hear my 2nd boy till 17 weeks (!) [name_f]My[/name_f] midwives told me to pop in for another listen anytime I was in town, but I’m hardly going out because Covid.
So far, a very easy pregnancy, few symptoms. I’ll feel easier in my mind once we hear the heartbeat.
I’m a little late to this thread, but figured I’d hop in and say hello. We have a 3 year old little girl and I’m due [name_u]June[/name_u] 19th with baby #2. =] We went through a lot with our daughter (cleft lip/palate, lung lesion, and holes in her heart), so we’re a little anxious this time around, but I’m 13 weeks and so far so good. Won’t really know much until anatomy scan in [name_u]January[/name_u]. Not showing yet (I’m a little chubs around the middle), but feeling like I look like I ate too many tacos. lol
Hope everyone is doing well and prayers/good vibes for anyone struggling with anything. I didn’t go back and read through all 200+ posts, so I’m not up to speed on everyone in here. haha
@ChelsAnne22 that certainly sounds like a really rough ride with your first, as if parenthood wasn’t already a big enough adjustment - I can understand the anxiety. I hope she’s doing well now?
@LynnG, sooooo glad to hear that scan was all good! [name_m]Can[/name_m]’t wait to hear that the rest are all good too! [name_f]Claire[/name_f]’s a gorgeous name, if you still decide to go with that.
I’m 21 weeks now, had anatomy scan on Fri… It’s a boy! Tbh I was a little disappointed at first, not so much about anything to do with actually being a boy if that makes sense, but more just that a) I’ve got so many more girls names I’d really love to use, b) we’ve already got heaps of gorgeous girls’ clothes hand-me-downs, and c) I think I’m a bit worried that being a boy is more limiting in some ways… like I think overall life definitely still tends to be ‘better’ for men, but it feels like while feminism has helped it be more acceptable for women to do ‘manly’ things, it hasn’t managed to get rid of the lower status of ‘feminine’ things. So I guess, with having a girl I feel like wow, she coumd do ballet or martial arts and have her hair long or short and where dino t-shirts or pink frilly dresses with butterflies… and I guess I feel scared that my son’s options, and how I get to explore the world together with him, might already be somewhat more limited.
But it only took 24 hrs for me to get into the super excited “yay this baby feels more real!” stage. We find boys’ names way more tricky (even though the pattern of hubby suggesting something common like [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], while I want something that has never or not recently been TOO popular, and him vetoing pretty much everything I suggest, is identical…)
Thinking maybe [name_u]Owen[/name_u], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] or [name_m]Casper[/name_m]? Hubby also likes [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u], but even though it’s a really nice name it feels to ‘common’ for me, I went to school and uni with a bunch of them.
Ours is next Weds and I’m already thinking about everything that can go wrong. I’m sure your little one will be absolutely perfect, and Im so excited for you to be able to announce! Let us know how it goes!
