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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/24/2008 5:45:27 PM
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artemis
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Thanks, Catherine and Reach! I'm super excited  With five younger brothers and my sister being only a year and a half younger than me, I'm definitely more comfortable around little boys than little girls
So... we went to the doctor and he asked if we wanted to know the sex. I said we did (I finally won the argument about 30 minutes before the appointment  ). As he was putting the gel on me and just starting to look for the baby, he said "Well, we'll take some measurements first and if the baby's cooperative, we'll try at the end to see if we can tell the sex. Wait... oh yeah, he's definitely a boy. And not modest at all!"  The baby was moving all over the place (and flashing us the whole time) so much that the doctor had a really hard time getting his measurements. In fact, the baby wasn't cooperative about anything except showing off his gender  The doctor said everything looked good, but he wasn't able to get all the measurements he wanted because of all the wiggling around The baby is measuring 20weeks, 4 days and is 9 inches long and 13 oz.
Then I went to my other doctor (my gyno... she doesn't do the sonograms herself). She said everything looked good to her, too, so I just come back in a month. I asked her about weight gain and she said I'm doing fine (I've gained 7 lbs) and that she'd be happy if I gained 20-25 lbs total. I was overweight before getting pregnant, so that makes sense and I seem to be on track for that.
And I have a question that I felt weird asking my doctor. I've been feeling a lot of movement lately, but thought that it couldn't be the baby because it seemed so low. When the sonogram doctor looked for the baby, he had his little probe thing-y really low on my stomach... way below my bellybutton and right about where my hairline starts (  ) Is this the normal place to carry a baby or am I "carrying low"? Whenever I see other pregnant ladies, they rub their bellies much higher than where I feel the baby kicking, but maybe it's also because I'm only 20 weeks along? I don't have any prior experience to compare this to. I'm not concerned or anything, just curious 
Yikes, this is a ridiculously long post, so I'll stop there. I'm just really excited
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/24/2008 5:55:14 PM
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Karaboo2
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There is an old wive's tale which says that boys tend to carry lower since they are more independent ... girls are higher (closer to mom) since they 'need' the extra loving and nuturing. (Saw that on TV the other day, on a show where they werre trying to determine the genders of 5 babies in utero based on old wives tales such as positioning, ring over the stomach spinning, etc)
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/24/2008 6:00:50 PM
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Karaboo2
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Yeah ... that OWT regarding positioning was never accurate for me ... I've either carried them all really low ... or all over the place.
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/24/2008 6:56:24 PM
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AngieCat
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Congrats that you were able to convince your husband to find out the sex and also for having a boy!!!!!
Like the others said, it is perfectly normal to feel movement really low.
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/24/2008 8:45:15 PM
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JoyfulWife
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Congratulations Chelsea Rae!!!
Also, congratulations Artemis on a boy :)
29 weeks tomorrow - yay! We just moved dd into a "big girl" bed a few days ago, so that there wouldn't be an issue later on with the baby having her crib. She really seems to like her new bed a lot!
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I need to vent a little. Dave lost his job in May, and we are really struggling financially. It seems like every day I wind up in a mental whirlwind of "AAAAHHH!! How are we going to support ourselves, nevermind this new little life?" I'm exhausted/uncomfortable/stressed out. I'd really appreciate your prayers during these last few weeks of pregnancy, that we would place our trust in God and not allow these circumstances to steal the joy of Josiah's arrival.
Yachaddm - I'm so sorry you're going through this. My Dh and I just went through a year of unemployment after my husband lost his job in June of 2007. He found a job two weeks ago, but I can completely empathize with the fear and uncertainty that comes along with job loss. God is so good though - He took care of us through the year in one way or another and showed us that He is the Great Provider. I will pray for you.
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/25/2008 11:17:08 AM
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Karaboo2
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LOL Erin ... that was me a few months ago ... I think I summed it up well in another thread I post to ... "I've passed the 'beached whale' stage and am now at the 'easily mistaken for an ocean freighter' portion of the pregnancy!"
ETA: and my stretchmarks even have stretchmarks ... I think I've got a map of the city cross-streets on my stomach somewhere!
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/25/2008 11:18:03 AM
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Hey, Erin, your "standard" side view is a frontal shot of bare belly. Just thought you might like to know....
(((hugs))) You're a beautiful pregnant lady
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/25/2008 11:18:20 AM
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There is an old wive's tale which says that boys tend to carry lower since they are more independent ... girls are higher (closer to mom) since they 'need' the extra loving and nuturing. (Saw that on TV the other day, on a show where they werre trying to determine the genders of 5 babies in utero based on old wives tales such as positioning, ring over the stomach spinning, etc)
Somebody should have told Gabby that, she could have saved her momma some hooha pain.
Erin, you look good! But there is no side view :)
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/25/2008 11:24:58 AM
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Okay I am fixing the link. I am having trouble cutting and pasting...its like being in Kindergarten again!
Its really strange because I dont think I LOOK that 'big" or really feel huge, but when I try to get up out of bed, or scoot over to cuddle with hubby, I feel like I am flopping around. Thats what was so funny about the other day...we were laying there and tried to snuggle over to cuddle and it consisted of my grunting, flopping, and finally giving up because it was too much work. And the other day I dropped something in the floor at the office and I just sat and looked at it, my boss walked by and asked what I was doing, i told him I dropped my pen and was willing it to come back...he picked it up for me!
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/25/2008 11:37:56 AM
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Erin, you are so cute!
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/25/2008 11:44:54 AM
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And the other day I dropped something in the floor at the office and I just sat and looked at it, my boss walked by and asked what I was doing, i told him I dropped my pen and was willing it to come back...he picked it up for me!
If only that would work for me ... I just keep looking and looking at whatever I drop, and dh laughs at me and says it's not going to pick itself up!!! (I then look wistfully at him, but he doesn't seem to get the hint ... or he just ignores it!)
I'd like to will my running shoes to tie themselves at this point ... instead, I'm wearing flip flops and driving my chiropractor up the wall!
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/25/2008 12:43:34 PM
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Erin, you look great!!! What an adorable shirt, BTW.
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Its really strange because I dont think I LOOK that 'big" or really feel huge, but when I try to get up out of bed, or scoot over to cuddle with hubby, I feel like I am flopping around. Thats what was so funny about the other day...we were laying there and tried to snuggle over to cuddle and it consisted of my grunting, flopping, and finally giving up because it was too much work. And the other day I dropped something in the floor at the office and I just sat and looked at it, my boss walked by and asked what I was doing, i told him I dropped my pen and was willing it to come back...he picked it up for me!
LOL! I remember when I was preggo with Isaac and working . . . my boss used to irritate me so badly. His desk was about 5-6 feet from mine and about a billion times a day he would say "hey, come here real quick and look at this". I'd just stare at him like "are you kidding me??" I could not just glide across the room effortlessly like I did not preggo, LOL!!! It is a total ordeal to get up!! And then we moved offices during the last few weeks of my pregnancy . . . . and his desk was across the hall from mine . . . and still, he would:
boss -- "Hey!!"
me -- "What?"
boss -- "Can you come here?"
me -- *glaring silence*
LOL! He eventually figured it out, it took long enough.
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RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 - 7/25/2008 1:35:30 PM
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SweetLittleErin
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Erin, you look great!!! What an adorable shirt, BTW.
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ORIGINAL: SweetLittleErin
Its really strange because I dont think I LOOK that 'big" or really feel huge, but when I try to get up out of bed, or scoot over to cuddle with hubby, I feel like I am flopping around. Thats what was so funny about the other day...we were laying there and tried to snuggle over to cuddle and it consisted of my grunting, flopping, and finally giving up because it was too much work. And the other day I dropped something in the floor at the office and I just sat and looked at it, my boss walked by and asked what I was doing, i told him I dropped my pen and was willing it to come back...he picked it up for me!
LOL! I remember when I was preggo with Isaac and working . . . my boss used to irritate me so badly. His desk was about 5-6 feet from mine and about a billion times a day he would say "hey, come here real quick and look at this". I'd just stare at him like "are you kidding me??" I could not just glide across the room effortlessly like I did not preggo, LOL!!! It is a total ordeal to get up!! And then we moved offices during the last few weeks of my pregnancy . . . . and his desk was across the hall from mine . . . and still, he would:
boss -- "Hey!!"
me -- "What?"
boss -- "Can you come here?"
me -- *glaring silence*
LOL! He eventually figured it out, it took long enough.
Oh my boss does that too. I usually sign heavily, say, just a second, grunt, get up, and meander in there...I think he is starting to get the picture. He should get it, he has three kids!!
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