2nd Trimester

[JoyRenee]

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.

[bluegenie2003]

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.

[ammanda]

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!!!

[Sunkissed19]

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 :)

[ammanda]

thanks for the advice, I'll try it tonight, hopefully it works, cause I really want him to feel it with me!!!!!!

[rebekah385]

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.

[Rosa20]

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