Born Oct/Nov 2015

Hi All.... our family has 5 boys and 1 girl (my brothers and sisters) on hubby's side only 1 boy.... so a girl would be nice but I have a sneaky suspicion that we will have a boy... don't know why but that is what I am feeling in my gut Hubby would be very very happy with a boy as his brothers boy is not 'legit' if I may say so, so a boy would carry the family name!

hi ladies,

how are you all doing this day?

well I have a girl and though i worry about raising a boy, i would love to experience raising one. So yaa, hoping for a boy

Good morning ladies

@Zo3sta – you're still in my thoughts. It's such a real fear and I'm so sorry you experienced it.

@HoopVirDieBeste – glad the scan went well. It really was such an amazing scan - so much detail. But odds are that our little one will be a short $hit like mommy and daddy!

I feel for all you ladies having such big gaps between visits, I must say I'm quite blessed to be seeing my doc every month, my next appointment is in three weeks (then four weeks after that). But I suppose living in a smaller city does have its perks at times. Even just going for three weeks seems like forever!

I went for my checkup yesterday and gynae is happy with my progress. I only have two more visits with her before I start seeing the delivering doctor (my gynae stopped doing OBs). She hasn't received the report from the ultrasound technician, but I'm feeling at ease since I was told on Friday that the measurement was within the normal limit and everything looked good... paranoia might kick in later though and I'll probably call to confirm when the full report is available that the risk is low. I was at 13 weeks exactly and little one was measuring at 13 weeks and 3 days The scan wasn't as clear as Friday's one, but I expected that – at least little one was wriggling a bit and waving his little arms. I had to laugh at the app on my phone which says little one should be about 5cm and 22g, was already 6.5cm on Friday and according the measurements yesterday weights 88g. But on that note, my SIL recommended the app, it's called Glow Nurture and it's quite nice – you log your symptoms, activities for the day and it gives you insights into your pregnancy.

I've decided I'm still going to hold off on the coffee, I had some about 1.5 hours before the scan and the heart rate sounded faster to me (I didn't ask what it was, but it seemed faster than it was on Friday which was 168 bpm), but doc didn't say anything was wrong. Just paramomtobe coming out again! I decided to google normal foetal heart rates later to check the upper limit!

@Lillyr – I know faster heart rates are normally indicative of girls according to the old wives tales, but I still think mine is a boy. A friend of mine just had a little boy and she said the heart rate was faster. I did a little search now and found this article: pregnancy.about.com/od/genderpredictions1/ss/genderfht.htm

@Clueless – I'm also trying to get back into gym and I think it's helping me generally. I'm slowly starting to feel a little bit more like myself.

Does anyone have any "feelings" about gender yet?

Morning ladies!

How are you all doing?

@ Zo3sta, I am so, so sorry to hear of your loss. You are in my thoughts. I also hope that you will continue and celebrate a BFP in the very near future.

@ lillyr, such good news! I am very relieved for you, it is a nice feeling to see the little heartbeat flicker, isn't it?

@ HoopVirDieBEste, that is excellent news! Now you can relax (somewhat). BTW, I am 1.79m and hubby is 1.90, so I know how you feel!

@Lauz.mayer, all of the best for Saturday and the few days waiting in between. Hope your week goes by in a flash, and I'm sure you have nothing to worry about and will have all good news on Sat.

AFM, I went foor the blood tests yesterday, after a quick scan at the gynae just to check that everything is still going well. Little Shrimp measures at 9weeks and 3days (so growing nicely) and actually waved at me . They took A LOT of blood, two large vials to send to the US for the genetic tests and then 4 vials for the normal pregnancy bloods. Large needle. My arm still hurts I should have results in about 2 - 3 weeks. Endless wait!!

My next appointment is at 12 weeks, on the 4th of May, and then I will hopefully have the results of all the tests as well. And my formal C-section due date is now around 2 November, one week after my LG's birthday

My symptoms have subsided a bit, I also started going to gym again in the mornings and eating better, small low GI meals or protein (yogurt, cheese, nuts) at least every 2-3 hours. I am convinced that, with me at least, the nausea is related to blood sugar levels. Have you ladies found anything else that helps?

Hope all of you have a wonderful week, and keep us updated!

Hi Ladies

Sorry life has been a little crazy so far!

@Zo3sta I am really sorry to hear
@lillyr Yay been thinking about you and so happy to hear all is ok, you must be so relieved and happy

All the scans looks amazing!!So dam exciting.

I have my next appointment next week Tuesday afternoon, I cannot wait. I still do not have any symptoms although I am already investing in maternity pants as all my pants and skirts are too tight. I am already showing and my belly is growing by the week already! I am 12 weeks and it all still feels so surreal but get all giddy and excited when I stop to think how things are going to be in a few months time.

Hope you are all having a lovely day ladies

@lillyr Oh that is such good news, I just knew that all will be fine! Please keep us up to date.

My next appointment is only on the 11th of May, then I will be 17 weeks.... *sigh*.... it is still so far away, wish I could see our little one everyday...do you guys also feel that way?

hey ladies.

my physician found me a gynae. She is great. Saw her today and we are measuring at 7 weeks 4 days. Saw the heartbeat going at 160bpm, hubby imeddiately started googling when we got to the guy, he wants a boy so bad..LOL. My next appointment is on the 18th May.

thank you for the love and thoughts, trully appreciated