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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all, and happy Wednesday, indeed!

Speaking of anxiety, hey-o, it's Pumpkin, reporting in post-appointment! :) First, I'd say I'm completely with Poppy when I say it's easy to fill the space between the end of the obvious symptoms and when you feel movement / look pregnant, with anxiety. It's an odd time. And, I hope this is not one bundle of neuroses enabling another :) but I think at some point, I did best during my last pregnancy when I gave myself permission for both of these things:

1. enjoy the pregnancy without constantly qualifying it 
2. on the other hand, let myself just feel / accept being worried at times

I also really do think the reassurance that the visits provide is only natural. I fully admit that I still feel this way the second time around! See note above about enabling, though. :) Anyway, for me, I don't think it's a matter of not enjoying the pregnancy. There is room for joy and fear. For me, letting myself recognize the risks lets me enjoy the pregnancy despite them.

Speaking of anxiety - today's appointment! Got an unexpected visit with baby via ultrasound because my midwife couldn't find the heartbeat! So, while that was scary as H we did get to peek at baby and enjoyed a pretty wild show of movement and antics from the little creature. And, we told DS about it, so he got the see the baby, which was really, really neat.

He had been asking about when we are going to have a baby and the other day, he asked me if there might be a baby in my tummy soon. DH and I try to talk in code, but my little guy is at a very perceptive age and picks up on everything. He's also very interested in how it all happens so we talked a little bit about that. He's SO interested that we just felt like the time was right, even though initially I hadn't planned to tell him until later on, like 20 weeks.

Now that DS knows, (and so does our mailman, next door neighbor, and three random kids at the playground we hit after the appointment) I guess we're basically out of the closet now, too.  
  
The best part of the day was how excited my little one was. I'm 13 weeks tomorrow and my little pregnancy workout journal calendar says "welcome to your first trimester!"  I'll take it!

Hope everyone is doing well.  Looking forward to some new updates. And JinDC, so glad you got to hear gummibear.

We are not going to find out the sex ahead of time. We didn't find out with my son, either but I "just knew" he was a boy for sure (I mean, not that I knew completely, but I had an insane unwavering feeling). This time the hunch is not very strong, but I have felt slightly "girl" ish lately.

Anyone else have a hunch?

Talk soon

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