Another baby girl dream last night. I don't remember many details except it was an ultrasound that I could do myself.

Interesting to note and for what it's worth, the last two times around, the dreams that ended up being accurate involved actual births/babies, NOT ultrasounds. We'll see if that holds true this time too! (most of the actual baby dreams have been about baby boys, I believe)


Tally:
Girls: 7 Boys: 4

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Still no internet... but I did want to add this before I forgot. Two nights ago was another boy bdream! In the dream, he was four months premature, but huge. Everyone kept saying how big he would have been if I had gone the whole nine months. Lol.

So that brings us to:
Girls: 6. Boys: 4!

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Last night's featured a printed ultrasound report entitled, get this, "Abbey Lou" (?!) The first paragraph ended with something about seeing girl parts, though it was phrased in a strange way that I can't quite remember.

At any rate.. the score:

Girls: 6 Boys: 3

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Great ultrasound dream last night... lots of detail. This one was most definitely, "It's a boy!" It started out the tech told me that because it was still so early, she couldn't do better than 50/50 and then we took a closer look and yeah, there was no mistaking those parts...

Boys are catching up!

Girls: 5 Boys: 3

p.s. I was iffy for awhile there (I even had girl pronouns randomly popping into my head when I'd think about the baby, which has never happened to me), but I think am ready to officially register the "mommy's intuition" vote that this baby is, in fact, our third little dude. Off to ponder the boy names some more...

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Wow. I've hit the baby dream jackpot the last two nights!

Last night was another breastfeeding anxiety dream, I think. LOL.

Tom's parents were coming to pick us up for something or other and I kept running around packing up things for the baby. Of course, this being a dream, it seems our other children were nowhere to be found.

I realized she (yep, another girl) hadn't eaten since morning! Gah! I realized that not only did I not have time to pump before we left, but that I hadn't even bought any bottles. I did manage to find one that came with the pump and threw some powdered formula into it, shook it up and tossed it at my MIL. Then I went about looking for all the rest of the pump parts so we could leave, realized it was already 8p.m. and this was ridiculous and sent my husband on his way while "Lily" (a name that, while lovely, is not and never has been on my list) and I stayed home.

This brings the new tally to:

Girls: 5 Boys: 2
(I had the score wrong yesterday because I went off an older post)

(and the breastfeeding anxiety dream count to 2. LOL. )

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Wow. I haven't had any pregnancy/baby dreams for weeks! Finally, something new!

In last night's dream, I had opted for the nuchal screen and my mom went with me. The tech did the scan and there was the baby. It looked perfect, I made sure to check and my subconscious noted this. LOL. Then my mom said, "See? It's a girl!" The ultrasound tech just rolled her eyes and I said, "I know, it's too early to see. Will you tell her that?" She was going to take some more time to check but then a whole crowd of other pregnant women walked in for scans so we had to leave.

I am giving this one to the boys because of the feeling of doubt that came over me when my mom pointed out what she thought were girl parts.

So, the tally stands at: Girls: 4 Boys: 2

We have a tie!!!

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I had a dream last night that I don't remember too many details of EXCEPT that I had a beautiful newborn baby BOY who came out looking just like my other two. It was by far, the most realistic of all the dreams I have had, no multiples, no toddler-sized newborns, no weird circumstances... just a normal birth of a perfect baby boy.

Honestly, I'm feeling more and more like this is probably a boy, though I'm trying to withhold judgement/intuition (if that's possible) until the ultrasound because I'd really like to be totally surprised that day instead of going in with a hunch that it's one or the other.

Anyway, the current tally is:
Girls: 4 Boys: 1

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Oh yeah, SO never doing this ever again ever ever ever. I have NOT missed this aspect of pregnancy even a little bit. I don't know if I did something to really set it off today or if its time to shine has just arrived, but sheesh. Burning, burning...ow ow ow. :(

Hope the Zantac kicks in soon. (cry!)

Another girl dream last night. In this one, a sonographer just sort of appeared in the midst of another dream in which I had forgotten to pack Ben a lunch for school and announced that she saw "the three lines." Then she left and I went back to panicking about Ben's lunch.

Girls: 4 Boys: 0

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Okay, this is a weird one. I know where it came from though... yesterday, I was googling whether or not you could see the sex at the first-trimester screen (so, 13 weeks, 6 days at the latest). I ran across all these photos of baby boys and girls at that gestational age and OMG, they ALL look like they have penises. It's really weird. Anyway.... there's your background.

So in the dream I was at some random doctor's office, with my older sister-in-law. (I'm not sure why you keep figuring into my dreams lately, Krystyna, but anyway) The doctor told me she'd take the baby out so we could have a closer look. She held it up and it looked just like the photos I had seen earlier, like it had a penis. I asked Krystyna what she thought and she said, "Looks like a boy to me!" And then I went on to explain that they ALL look like boys at this age and I was pretty sure it was a girl but that we would just have to put it back and wait and see. Then I remember being excited that maybe it really WAS a boy and thought about going home to sort through all our boy clothes. Then I guess the doctor put the baby back to continue gestating, although I don't remember that part of the dream.

I'm not sure which team to give the point on this one... I think since in the dream MY gut was that it was a girl, we'll give it to the girls.

So, I believe we are now at
Girls: 3 Boys: 0

(or possibly Girls: 2 Boys: 1... I just can't decide about this dream... whether the me in the dream was just reserving judgement or really had a hunch my SIL was wrong)

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Yeah, see the banner up there? That's no exaggeration. But once it's over this time, it's OVER. (The more I say that, the more I am probably just asking for an accidental fourth child... but it's just so EXCITING that come August, this factory is CLOSED)

More weird dreaming last night, but from what I can remember, no babies in them. I was helping in Ben's kindergarten room and his teacher yelled at me for spilling glitter on the floor. I told her to chill out and got the dustpan to clean it up. Suddenly Ben and Simon appeared on the scene and started playing with all of her toys, which I couldn't stop because I was busy cleaning up glitter. So she had another hissy fit. My mom also made a cameo, just calmly rocking in a rocking chair in the corner and talking to me while I cleaned up the mess. Weird, yes... but not revealing in anyway as far as I can tell.

Never made it out to get a belly band yesterday, so that's definitely on the agenda today. Especially since I spent all day yesterday EATING. I did finally brave the scale and I have gained four pounds. Sheesh -- but, not atypical for me... I gain about a pound a week for the entire first trimester and then start not being able to eat at ALL without hurling, so it slows down after that. So, it's all good. ;)

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I woke up at 2:30 this morning and laid there, willing myself not to get sick. Thankfully, as is typical of my pregnancies, the nausea is limited to the morning hours right now (or if I wake up in the middle of the night) and I am able to keep food down all day... I will appreciate that while it lasts. I also still find coffee appealing, which I also know isn't long for this world.

I had another dream last night. In this one I was determined to breastfeed, but people kept moving the baby and I had to keep chasing it around the house with giant wet spots on my shirt. At one point, I found Ben with her (yep, another girl dream), rocking her like a pro. It was actually kind of cute, but in the dream I was ridiculously frustrated with the situation. The baby had brown hair and brown eyes this time. Gotta love weird pregnancy hormone-induced sleep.

The dream gender tally now stands at Girl: 2 Boy:0. Don't read too much into that though. I think girls led early on when I was pregnant with Simon too. It isn't until later in the game that the dreams start to get more clear (and in my experience, more accurate) ;)

I dug out the boxes of maternity clothes last night and sorted them out. I haven't gotten on the scale at ALL, but I can definitely tell I've added a pound or three and I can see it in the mirror. Those comfy pants will be rotated into the wardrobe in the next few weeks. I'm not a huge fan of this stage of pregnancy... but it will be over soon enough. And, as I keep telling myself with each and everything that happens this time.... THIS IS THE LAST TIME!!!!! Sad for some parts of it, notsomuch for others. Woohoo!

I can't find my belly band, which irritates me to no end because I am so meticulous with organizing and storing clothes. It will be necessity though in mere days, I'm thinking. so I'm off to get a new one sometime today. I'm sure the old one will turn up as soon as I shell out the $8 for a new one. Grr...

Labels: dreams, month 2, puking

We decided not to tell anyone yesterday. I was having kind of an off day with more lower back pain and some cramping...

I've decided I definitely need some concrete "all is well" evidence before I tell anyone else. All I can really do is wait for something to happen and then on the 13th, I have the doctor's appointment and ultrasound. If I get really desperate, I will take my other doctor up on running another round of bloodwork, but I honestly don't think I can mentally handle waiting around for a phone call for the news one way or the other.

I had a miscarriage dream two nights ago, which, along with all the discomfort yesterday did NOT help me feel any better. (my m/c dreams are notorious for coming true) Although, during the same dream, I was in a room with a woman (who was not me, but in the dream I thought she was.... you know how dreams are) who was talking with these four identical blonde, curly-haired little girls when she realized they were actually her daughters she was pregnant with and she was just getting to talk to them before they were born. I am certain I do not have four babies in there... but I did think the general idea was interesting and I wonder what it means. My pregnancy dreams are almost always relevant in one way or another, so I always make sure do document them. Anyway, I hope the good manages to outweigh the bad in this particular one.

Anyway... back to waiting...

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