Diaper Swappers

nettepoet · 01-25-2013, 08:08 AM

i havent been on the boards in a while, but in the meantime i had my first u/s a week and a half ago...im having a baby girl!!!

so, mother's intuition has been right 3 for 3.

im really happy, i didnt expect to cry, but when i saw her tiny body on the screen i just couldnt help it. she weighed 14 oz --which sounded big for 20 weeks (not that i recall what my others were, but a book i have said something like 9-10oz) anyone else know about this? they didnt change my dates or anything, ill see what my midwife says when i touch base with her next week.

now my nesting has kicked into overdrive and i made my husband construct her dresser thingy, im washing up diapers and planning to sell off/give away a bunch of dipes i dont need from storage, and im just generally EXCITED!

its been a long emotional journey for me since this pregnancy came as a surprise and i felt pretty powerless and overtaken by it. now i cant wait to meet my unexpected, but totally wanted little baby girl.

klevmomma · 01-25-2013, 08:45 AM

Congrats, mama :-) My babe was 13 oz at 20 wk u/s. Babycenter says average is 10.5 oz. My dates weren't changed either (good thing, too, since I know date of conception!). Now we just have to wait for the whole second half :-)

NavyMama · 01-25-2013, 04:45 PM

I was told 13oz at 20wk 6d - she kind of worried me at first by saying this one might be my biggest baby (my other two were 6-7 lbs), but then realized I was farther along than she thought. I do wonder how accurate it can really be, though. I had a lot of ultrasounds near the end of my first pregnancy due to complications, and the doctor told me he thought I had an 8 lb baby in there. When he was weighed, he came out at 6 1/2. Just a bit of a difference there...

Phaedramekko · 01-25-2013, 07:34 PM

Congrats! I am also having another girl and like before I was drawn to girly things. I think I just subconciously know, haha. I am 20 weeks and I was told my baby weighed 13oz. My dd came at 36 weeks and she was a nice size for a preterm baby. She was 6lbs 7oz and 19"

Keropisunshine23 · 01-26-2013, 02:02 PM

Congrats! I am drawn to girly things but refusing to allow myself to get excited!

nettepoet · 01-27-2013, 05:34 PM

thank you, mamas!

i read somewhere that mother's intuition is right 75% of the time (but we do start out with a 50% chance, after all!). for each of my kiddos now i have gone ahead and bought them gender specific apparel before i found out for sure, i feel it *that* strongly. of course, then i always end up wondering if ill be wrong and/or disappointed.

at birth DD was 8 lbs 11 oz, DS was 8 lbs 5 oz...im hoping this one isnt over 9 lbs, i guess the good thing is that i wont know so i cant worry ahead of time about how much she'll hurt me! on the pics i got her head looks like my family's typical giant melons, haha. ouch.

i have heard the u/s weight approximations are sometimes wildly incorrect--hope so!

Ms-gurl · 02-14-2013, 11:34 AM

Yay! Congratulations!

01-25-2013, 08:08 AM	#1
nettepoet Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: dirty jersey Posts: 288 Ratings: 4 Feedback: 100%	baby girl i havent been on the boards in a while, but in the meantime i had my first u/s a week and a half ago...im having a baby girl!!! so, mother's intuition has been right 3 for 3. im really happy, i didnt expect to cry, but when i saw her tiny body on the screen i just couldnt help it. she weighed 14 oz --which sounded big for 20 weeks (not that i recall what my others were, but a book i have said something like 9-10oz) anyone else know about this? they didnt change my dates or anything, ill see what my midwife says when i touch base with her next week. now my nesting has kicked into overdrive and i made my husband construct her dresser thingy, im washing up diapers and planning to sell off/give away a bunch of dipes i dont need from storage, and im just generally EXCITED! its been a long emotional journey for me since this pregnancy came as a surprise and i felt pretty powerless and overtaken by it. now i cant wait to meet my unexpected, but totally wanted little baby girl. __________________ none on the boards, but feedback on LJ here: http://community.livejournal.com/mem...ck/128459.html Last edited by nettepoet; 02-19-2013 at 07:35 PM.

01-25-2013, 08:45 AM	#2
klevmomma Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,233 Ratings: 36 Feedback: 100%	Re: baby girl Congrats, mama :-) My babe was 13 oz at 20 wk u/s. Babycenter says average is 10.5 oz. My dates weren't changed either (good thing, too, since I know date of conception!). Now we just have to wait for the whole second half :-) __________________ ~Amy, Loving wife to E and Happy mama to K 4/04, L 11/05, E 8/07, V 1/10, J 10/11, and due 6/13

01-25-2013, 04:45 PM	#3
NavyMama Registered Users Join Date: May 2008 Location: the Northeast Posts: 330 Ratings: 7 Feedback: 100%	Re: baby girl I was told 13oz at 20wk 6d - she kind of worried me at first by saying this one might be my biggest baby (my other two were 6-7 lbs), but then realized I was farther along than she thought. I do wonder how accurate it can really be, though. I had a lot of ultrasounds near the end of my first pregnancy due to complications, and the doctor told me he thought I had an 8 lb baby in there. When he was weighed, he came out at 6 1/2. Just a bit of a difference there... __________________ Mama to 2 boys 8 and 5, holding down the fort for my Navy submariner , and expecting baby #3 in June.

01-25-2013, 07:34 PM	#4
Phaedramekko Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: PA Posts: 258 Ratings: 52 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: baby girl Congrats! I am also having another girl and like before I was drawn to girly things. I think I just subconciously know, haha. I am 20 weeks and I was told my baby weighed 13oz. My dd came at 36 weeks and she was a nice size for a preterm baby. She was 6lbs 7oz and 19" __________________ I am a baby wearing breastfeeding, co-sleeping,animal loving,cloth diapering addictedall natural crunchy mamato my beautiful DD, Phaedra Anaïs,born (20.04.11). I am pregnant with baby2 due 09.June.13

01-26-2013, 02:02 PM	#5
Keropisunshine23 Coop Hostess Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MN/ND Posts: 6,513 Ratings: 445 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: baby girl Congrats! I am drawn to girly things but refusing to allow myself to get excited! __________________ Summer, wife to Kevin Jr, mom to Kevin III (08/00), Kennyth (11/07), and Sofiya (03/09).