Jellybean Watch – Week 6

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It’s a shame that this photo doesn’t really show how tiny that little suit is. I remember when Riley was born I had one suit that was five-zero and the rest were 4-zero figuring that she would be too big for 5-zero anyway. Not so. She swam around in that 5-zero suit.

I’m still waiting for morning sickness to show up. Yeah I know, it sucks to be me, right? I’ve had a few days of queasiness but nothing like the nausea I had with Riley. The lack of nausea makes me nervous, to be honest. I’d feel more comfortable if I was really sick. But I don’t really know if morning sickness has anything to do with fetal health, or if it’s just one of those things ‘they’ say. And definitely nothing I ever thought about the first time round. First time around I never for a minute thought anything would be wrong. Second time around I’m a lot more nervy.

I’ll be very excited to get that first scan so I can see that everything is ok and there’s a little jellybean in there, swimming about. But I’ve still got another 4-6 weeks before that happens, so I’ll just have to wait. And we all know how good I am at that. I didn’t do the scan for Down Syndrome last time and I doubt I will this time. For a whole range of reasons really. Mostly I don’t think I’d want to know and it’s a whole lot of stress for something that isn’t that accurate in the first place.

As much as I’m looking forward to the first scan? What I’m not looking forward to is having to drink all of that water beforehand. I clearly remember my first scan with Riley and being fairly certain I was going to die because my bladder was going to explode. I’m fairly certain I’ve never been that uncomfortable in my entire life.

Famous last words, I’m sure.

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http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932508388869573748 Megan

Sorry, I’m still stuck on the 5-zero thing. We bought mostly 4-zero things as well, but my bub was straight into 3-zeroes!!!! Had to send hubby home to get clothes for her!

http://goodgoog.com Zoey @ Good Goog

That’s so funny! The midwives kept telling me Riley was going to be a big baby so I was prepared for that – but in the end she wasn’t – she was 7lbs and still in double zeros when she was 1!

http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/104031464078848991939 Sherri

Ugh, I remember the incredible-exploding-bladder-test! It’s so worth it to see the little one, and I wondered if they really needed THAT much water in there, or if they were just messin’ with me!

Love the little outfit!
http://www.unlikelymama.net Amber

I’m kinda lost on your sizing system. What does the number stand for? All of our stuff is done in months of age. Though, it’s kinda vague since babies are a whole range of sizes regardless of their age.

BTW, I didn’t have any morning sickness. The only thing that bothered me was more seasickness than normal when we went on a cruise. Yeah, bad timing, but we booked it far before I got knocked up Though, I think I would have been sick either way since it was a week after some nasty hurricanes and even the staff was puking! Long comment short, feel good that you feel good!

http://goodgoog.com Zoey @ Good Goog

Sizing is confusing! 00000-0000 newborn 000 3 months 00 6 months 0 9 months then it just goes according to age from there. Although Riley is still in 1s for pants

I talked to my mum and she said she never had morning sickness either. Might as well enjoy it!

Francesca

Megan, I was in the same situation as you At almost 12 pounds Hugh totally skipped 0000 entirely and I had to get my husband to get more clothes from home too! Luckily I didn’t have a whole lot of newborn size stuff but I did have a bit of a panic a few weeks before my due date about having a tiny baby and bought a few extra 0000 sleepsuits on ebay. They went straight into the “too small” pile

Zoey, I thought the whole “bad morning sickness is a good sign” thing was true too but apparently it isn’t. I had a blighted ovum and felt REALLY sick from about 3.5 weeks (exactly the same thing happened when I was pregnant with Hugh too…) until a few days after I had a D&C to “deal with it”. My body was convinced all was right with the pregnancy and was doing everything else (breasts, fatigues etc) despite there being no “baby”. Maybe the different degree of morning sickness means a boy!!
http://ceaselesspraises.blogspot.com Carrie

That sizing system is interesting! And cute outfit!

I wouldn’t want to necessarily know about Downs Syndrome either – I would love my child just the same, and yeah, the tests are so inaccurate, why worry about something that might not even be true?

I was sick mornings & evenings for 6 weeks with Zachary, but with Natalie, I was hardly sick at all, just a little queasy in the mornings for about 2 weeks – so hopefully you’ll skip the actual sickness! I was really worried about it, too, but everything was fine – they kept telling me not to worry, but of course I did anyway.

Also, I have a really small bladder, so I never drank as much water as they said, I just kind of tried to drink & not go to the bathroom right before, and it worked fine for me – I think they just want to make sure you’re prepared, but you don’t really NEED that much water, I don’t think.
http://www.happychild.com.au Yvette Vignando

Wow, while I was in India – you had news – how did I miss it? Congratulations!!!!

I remember all the waiting for the morning sickness to come – as proof that everything is okay – and then all the wishing for it to go away – as proof that everything is okay!

Wishing you a gorgeous and safe pregnancy – hugs to you.

http://goodgoog.com Zoey @ Good Goog

Thanks Yvette! I think the morning sickness has kicked in today. Never thought I’d be grateful for nausea

http://www.readysetread2me.blogspot.com Jackie

LOL. I remember the bladder exploding scans! The worst was that the technician kept moving me around– roll this way, roll that way– I was like, “oh my, if you touch me again, I may have an accident on you.” I hope all goes well. Good luck on your pregnancy.

http://goodgoog.com Zoey @ Good Goog

I know it’s unbelievable! The technician asked me to go to the toilet and ‘let a little bit out’ because I was too full. To this day I’ve no idea how I even managed it!