Expectant parent club! Where the pregnant people hang out.

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

http://www.ratemds.com

Awesome site! Find out if your doc you are looking at is the best or two steps away from being sued.

 

[reveriereptile]

Thanks for the information. I just went in not long ago to a clinic that took me right in. They did a urine and blood work and said to call Thursday and set up an ultrasound. After the ultrasound they will get me on regular appointments with the doctor.

I've been awake for 29 hours with this cold and the meds seemed to help earlier cause my voice was coming back. Now I am back to even worse coughing and vomiting. Had to run into the bathroom at the clinic to throw up while I was waiting. Just tried to lay down and had to jump up cause I went into uncontrollable coughing and vomiting. What made it worse was I sucked the vomit into my lungs which got me coughing more. It's the generic version of Keflex.

 

[furbabymum]

Well ladies I think I can officially say I'm a practicing bulemic. I'm sitting here eating candy bars with the joy of knowing in about an hour I'm going to be barfing them up. Losing so much weight with this pregnancy. I finally caved and asked my Dr. to prescribe me anti nausea pills because I kept having to pull over and puke on the side of the road. Oh being me is so fabulous!

On a side note we've decided that we are dont having children the natural way. We are going to adopt two children to complete our family of 6. Not anytime soon but we have decided to adopt so that's making me happy.

 

[yoie]

I am going next Friday for my first appointment! They want to see if I conceived before or after my IUD was removed. Then I'll know my due date

It all still seems so surreal to me. Never thought we would be having a third kid! Also trying to figure out when to tell the family, previously we told them right away, but there is so much going on with the family right now, not sure if we should. Both my father and grandmother are in the hospital recouping from surgeries, falls, and a near death moment. We are hoping they will both be home for Thanksgiving so wondering if we should wait till then. But I really want to tell my mom, but she has been back and forth to the hospital visiting my dad, so I haven't seen her in a while. And I really want to tell her in person, not over the phone.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

I am going next Friday for my first appointment! They want to see if I conceived before or after my IUD was removed. Then I'll know my due date   It all still seems so surreal to me. Never thought we would be having a third kid! Also trying to figure out when to tell the family, previously we told them right away, but there is so much going on with the family right now, not sure if we should. Both my father and grandmother are in the hospital recouping from surgeries, falls, and a near death moment. We are hoping they will both be home for Thanksgiving so wondering if we should wait till then. But I really want to tell my mom, but she has been back and forth to the hospital visiting my dad, so I haven't seen her in a while. And I really want to tell her in person, not over the phone.

Hard as it is, I'd wait for thanksgiving and find some unique way to announce. We actually used a t shirt. We took a picture of our son Toby wearing a 'Big Brother, May 4, 2013' and posted to Facebook. None of our family lives close, so it was the best we could do. But you could do something like that. Just show up to Thanksgiving dinner and see how long it takes for someone to actually read the shirt!

 

[reveriereptile]

Thought I better update. I found out last Tuesday that I was 16 weeks and 1 day along. We also might be having a boy.

During the ultrasound I noticed something between the legs and asked and she said it was to early. Right after she said that we got the perfect butt view with the legs wide open. There was definitely a turtle head there and I didn't see any lines for a girl. She said some boys do show up early but couldn't say for sure if it was a boy but thought it was. I think she isn't suppose to say anyway to avoid having angry parents. She told me not to go overboard on the blue till my next ultrasound in 2-3 weeks.

Everyone at the Thanksgiving party congratulated us. Then they got asking about names. We both like the name Archer and I know it is one of those love/hate names. Well half the family didn't like it and was trying to get us to change it. I learned to keep my mouth shut till after the baby arrives.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Went to my doctor appt the other day and had one of those wonderful"there's been a miscommunication" moments. I thought I was getting an ultrasound and I wasn't. I could swear the appt card had u/s on it and the nurse had been talking about ultrasounds before I scheduled. So, end result, I have 2 weeks before I get to find out boy or girl. *sigh*

 

[yoie]

Went to my doctor appt the other day and had one of those wonderful"there's been a miscommunication" moments. I thought I was getting an ultrasound and I wasn't. I could swear the appt card had u/s on it and the nurse had been talking about ultrasounds before I scheduled. So, end result, I have 2 weeks before I get to find out boy or girl. *sigh*

So sorry about your appointment mixup. It is so hard waiting to find out what you are having! At least you only have 2 weeks to go, I have to wait till February to find out. I wish there was a way to know now. There is so many cute things out there and I want to start shopping! And I went to the u/s tech yesterday and I finally got my due date, July 23! Only 5 days before my oldest daughters birthday,

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

So sorry about your appointment mixup. It is so hard waiting to find out what you are having! At least you only have 2 weeks to go, I have to wait till February to find out. I wish there was a way to know now. There is so many cute things out there and I want to start shopping! And I went to the u/s tech yesterday and I finally got my due date, July 23! Only 5 days before my oldest daughters birthday, 

There is a test Walgreens carries. It's about 80% accurate if I remember right. We are just on a really tight budget so I am not getting it. It's $25ish. DH is loosing his job three days after my due date.

And I thought mine was bad being 16 days before DS's birthday! Wow. Hope little one comes a bit early so you can spread out the parties!

 

[reveriereptile]

Since I was dealing with insurance issues I didn't get my first ultrasound till just a couple weeks ago at 16 weeks along and we think it is a boy. My cousin who is 1 week behind me has had a couple already that she has showed me. Made me jealous but now she has to wait till the 28th for her next one to find out the gender. Makes me feel a little bit better since my next one is on the 10th.

It is hard waiting around to find out what you have. It was a big relief for us since I didn't know if I was even carrying a live baby or one that looked healthy.

I'm thinking about going with cloth diapers and nursing to save on money. If I have to use formula for some reason I'm getting the powdered kind. I got lucky that a relative is going to give me a crib that is still in good shape. I did stop into the Joann Fabric store today to buy some prints that I seen online just 2 days ago that I wanted to make a blanket out of. I don't like the size of the receiving blankets or the $15 cost for one. Seems cheaper to make it and have a cute fabric that is also larger. I went into the store today and couldn't find the fabric I wanted and they removed it off the website. Don't know if they just sold out of it or not since it was 60% off but it was a new arrival too. Sucks cause it was a cute white fabric with black tree branches, yellowish green buds on them, and blue outlines of robins. I did buy the one that was a turq. background with white branches and black robins on it. Couldn't pass up only paying $5 for two yards of flannel fabric. Now all I have to do is find a sewing machine to use.