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2nd Trimester

The 2nd trimester thread for all of you in the 2nd trimester. 2nd trimester is from week 14-27. Please feel free discuss all things related to where you are at in the 2nd trimester, like finding out baby's gender, nursery decorating, nesting, etc.
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1035252 tn?1427227833
LOL Sun you're blazing the trail for me darlin....I think we shared trimesters for a short period of time there but I couldn't find this post so I was late to join the group. oh well, LOL
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800427 tn?1324945719
Sure Ashelen,,,join the group when im kicked out of it why dontchya! im 27 weeks now lol oh well i guess you cant stay in never never land forever...i gotta go have this baby eventually! oh well, you guys enjoy it and ill buzz in every now and then to remind you how crappy the third is (from what ive heard lol)!! minus the whole...getting a baby part!
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1123420 tn?1350561158
Im sad, Im leaving the second trimester in one week... Ive really enjoyed this trimester.  But I'll be closer to my due date :)...

Congrats all second trimesters
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1035252 tn?1427227833
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to 2nd trimester mrspookie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1056865 tn?1325808785
I'm in my 2nd trimester now!  wooohoooo!!!  I've been told 13 weeks starts the 2nd so I'm going with that...LOL   So I had a u/s on Monday which I was 12 wks 4 days and it was so amazing!  This is me and hubby's first so we're so excited and can't wait for our new family member's arrival.  I won't find out what it is until March which seems like an eternity but what can ya do.  Time seems like it's creeping by but just from seeing our baby Monday, it's proof that things happen even when you can't see them!  
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1035252 tn?1427227833
yay luv2bmommy i'm glad you brought this post back... I've been wanting to join the thread since I finally reached 2nd trimester, but I couldn't find it LOL. I'm14w4d with baby #2...I have a 15-month-old daughter named Kahlan and I don't know what this one is yet...hopefully soon!!!
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358455 tn?1277433619
lol its already a house of drama!
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800427 tn?1324945719
wow three little girls, congrats! thats gonna be a house full of drama in the coming years! how cool to be due on mothers day! im due on May Day....not as cool of a holiday but still a holiday lol. i think the name Maycee is adorable and thats a cute way of remembering your sister!
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800427 tn?1324945719
cute nursery plans! we got the sumersault vintage patchwork bedding so our's also has a kind of alphabet theme thing going on with lots of light green and blue stripes and polkadots and aligators haha so our sailboat rooms will be different sailboat rooms! we're going to pick up our crib on thursday but we're still looking for a dresser combo that we  like...we went with a light natural wood (like a pine). unfortunatly Df's sister is having a rough time of it and needed to move in with us for a while to get back on her feet and we only have a 2 bedroom so she is staying in what was to be my sons room. so i think we will have more of a baby corner in our room for a while. luckily we have a huge master bedroom..like unusually big lol so there will be plenty of room and im trying not to be too upset about it because i know helping family is important but i am a little sad not being able to totally deck out his room :(
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358455 tn?1277433619
hi everyone! First and foremost congrats to all of you. I am 23 weeks pregnant with a little girl! This will be me and my husband's 3rd little girl and we are so very proud. I am due smack dab on Mother's Day (May 9)  2010!!! but I am trying to squeeze in a semester of school before this little on gets here so i hope i go a little after! Everything with this pregnancy has been smooth sailing, except for the extreme nausea my first couple weeks. but no pain no gain right! I am seeing a midwife and not a dr. this time around. We have yet to pick a name, but I am partial to Maycee Kay, my big sister passed 2 years ago, and we called her Katie May, so its like a reversal of that name. We had originally said "this will be our last, we are done after this one" after learning i was pregnant, it took us four years and was a rollercoaster! but i am going to miss this sooooooooo much! im having trouble believing this will be the last time i ever feel baby kicks or get up at night with my brand new kiddo, so we talked and there might be a small chance, down the road that we decide for one more. but for right now we are focused on our soon to be family of 5! I am exited to meet her, hear her voice and see if she might look a little like me! Our daughters look just like him :)
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1123420 tn?1350561158
Bluegenie- Yea I think their just going based on the fact that they haven't actually bunked the altercations of too many u/s being dangerous to a baby, that's why here, if your not high risk then you only get 2 u/s during your whole pregnancy. Which *****, cause I would love to see him again.  We will just have to see how things look next month when it comes down to that.. Thanks for your comment though

Thickm- Congrats on the boy!!! I'm having a Lil boy too.. My first, I am 23wks 3 days!! As for the nursery I'm not doing a certain theme, I'm doing colors, everything is gonna be baby blue and brown.  I decided on that when I seen this bundle of stuff on babiesrus.com.. With a high chair, stroller, car seat and packnplay, and swing, its was so adorable, that I haven't even looked at anything else I want!!!!!!! What are u doing??
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548642 tn?1266179652
i just found out we are having a boy and im trying to grasp the concept of having a baby boy! i am so used to my 6 year old daughter that its a change i am excited to experience!!! what theme is everyone using for the nursery
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621803 tn?1302888341
I'm 24 weeks, 3 days.  Only 3 1/2 more weeks of the 2nd trimester! That's so hard to believe!  It feels like yesterday that I was waiting on that phone call from the dr!  My little man is getting more and more active every day.  Still don't feel him much when I'm walking around, but I swear he starts dancing when I lay down.  DH still can't feel him though, and its not like he's not kicking when he puts his hand on my stomach. Maybe it just feels stronger to me since I can feel him on the inside too. I'm starting to get a few more aches and pains, mainly in my lower back, but nothing bad so far.  I finally hit my pre-pregnancy weight, so maybe I can stop worrying about weight gain now! (at 20 weeks I was still 3 lbs under what I weighed pre-pregnancy...weird! Especially since Burger king chicken sandwiches are my FAV now!!!)
We starting painting the nursery this weekend, and I can't wait to get everything set up. We're going with a sailboat theme too, and got the Baby Boats bedding rrom Pottery Barn Kids.  Its so cute!  We're making waves on the walls and painting a mural of the sailboats. I'll post a pic when its all done. So far I just have the edging finished so it looks pretty funny.

Ammanda:  I hadn't heard that 3d ultrasounds can be dangerous for the baby...I go to see a high risk OB and he's done the 3d ones for me already, and I can't imagine that he would do them if they could be harmful, especially since he deals with women with complications a lot.
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1123420 tn?1350561158
Thanks guys!!! I really appreciate the help, means a lot to me. Im knew to all this and love any kind of feedback advice or just to even talk...

lavenderinscence- Sorry U cant feel the joy of being pregnant. Some people don't. I feel really bad for them. I love being pregnant, I think it's and amazing feeling!!!
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800427 tn?1324945719
rebekah is right...last night i layed with my bare tummy against Df's bare back when we were about to go to sleep and he could totally feel him kicking him ...i have a little night owl who is always very active right at bedtime and he is also shy to daddies hands :)
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1123420 tn?1350561158
thanks for the advice, I'll try it tonight, hopefully it works, cause I really want him to feel it with me!!!!!!
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1012334 tn?1283702979
If when your fiancee tries feeling the baby it stops moving trylayingwith your stomach on his back or stomach to stomach, so there no change in  movement, but he can still feel!! in my experience it usually work also have it dark, the baby can notice changes in light since its lighter in your stomach when not covered by a hand and then the hand leaves a shadow of sorts.
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376148 tn?1309899577
Thats kinda what i was thinking...i have a strong feeling that this time around im having a baby girl!! I want to find out soo bad but then i dont get my suprise at birth you know! lol  I was also thinking maby im just worried that something will go wrong that im thinking imy son moved around more then when i was pregnant with him! When he prob didnt! lol.. now here i am babbling! haha Then i think what if my epi went in wrong at birth last time and it screwed up some type of nerves or something and i wont be able to feel my baby as much!! My epi never took so im nervous about that!! AAm i just thinking too much into it! haha
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800427 tn?1324945719
Maybe its just a little mellow baby girl :) and thats why "she" acts different than your son?
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652671 tn?1353712165
ugh. not to be the pessimist, but I hate being pregnant. I am thankful that my baby girl is ok so far (i'm 26 weeks) but this pregnancy is my third and lets just say it was ... unplanned. I'm not leaving the hospital without my tubes tied,lol. I wasn't in the greatest health before I got pregnant (I suffer from severe general anxiety and moderate major depressive disorder) I am untreated as most meds are not safe during pregnancy and I just can't wait until April gets here. Acid reflux, sciatica, pelvic bone seperation, and for some reason I get hives like crazy this time. but at least i'm past the halfway point! This is just extremely hard for me to handle with a mood disorder and mental health issues. I'm happy it isn't worse though.  
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376148 tn?1309899577
I started to feel my baby move at 13 weeks though! lol..this baby dont move as much as my son did! I think its because i have weight on my belly already! ?
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1123420 tn?1350561158
This is so exciting, I wanted to post another comment!!!!!! once again I'm 23 wks 2 days. lol.. My son is so active, there isn't more than 5 minutes that pass without him kicking, or fluttering.  His name is Cole Patrick.. OOOO so cute!!!!! I'm planning my baby shower soon, actually very soon, I gotta have the invitations out by the end of the month so I better get on that.lol  I figured 32 wks along would be a great time to have a baby shower.  And I'm looking forward to the after shower so I can go shopping without buying anything I'm gonna have already.  I am ordering the bed set, car seat, high chair, swing, pack n' play, stroller and diaper bag off from babiesrus.com sometime within the month and I can't wait.  

worried: I really wanted to get the 3d u/s next month, its like 100 dollars here I want it so bad but everyone's trying to talk me out of it, cause it could be harmful to the baby.  And mostly people get those later on if they couldn't tell the sex  at the 20 wk u/s. So they figure since I know that I shouldn't take any chance, and use that money on baby stuff.  But I would love to see my baby again before he gets here.  So what should I do? Listen or do it behind their backs? lol

Well anyway I'm just so excited... Especially since I do feel like it was yesterday when I found out I was 4 wks pregnant!!! Now I'm three weeks away from being in the third trimester already!!! Well good luck to all and Congrats to all the second trimesters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1057060 tn?1266513126
i am 20 weeks 2 days!! i feel my little girl moving all the time, but mostly when i lay down! i think she's still little to make big kicks for me to feel when im standing. we have decided to name her arianna grace (which means very holy and god's favor...which i LOVE)...im going to start planning my baby shower in about a month...im so excited i want it to come faster!! and im so ready to start working on the nursery although i think im gonna make myself have a little more patience with that one...its nice being in this stage,,,theres not too much to worry about..the only thing i really fear right now is preterm labor. but im young & healthy so i dont think im at too much risk for that!! im feeling braxton hicks now every once in awhile..they dont hurt very much just kinda feel like a charlie horse in your leg would but not quite as painful! oh & i play with my heartbeat doppler all the time, i LOVE it..i rented it from baby beat for 27 dollars for one month...i have to return it soon but im thinking about renting it for another month,, i worry so much at random times and it really has helped me a ton! (so highly recommended)....i only have one more ultrasound to look forward to at 28 weeks..it'll be 4d and its $120..YIKES..but completely worth it..anyways i think that about does it, sorry for the novel!! :) oh and rosa i think that your placenta could just be on the front of your uterus instead of the back, which can muffle some of little baby's movements but is totally normal & safe. mine is on the back, thats why i started feeling her at 17 weeks.
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800427 tn?1324945719
oh and Rosa, every pregnancy is different! just because this little one is more mellow doesnt mean anything is wrong with him/her! My little man didnt start kicking at all until 21 weeks...i only felt flutters! i was freaking out....but he is just as healthy as ever!
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