do i see testicles?

[xeven]

last friday bryan and i went to the hospital for the official 1st trimester ultrasound. they'll use this to test for trisomy 21 / down's syndrome. they measured the thickness of the neck and took some blood samples. the doc asked us if we wanted to know the sex of the baby. i was surprised we would be able to see something so early. the doc moved

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[cakeinoz]

Mommy forums are nuts. You'll have to let me know if you find some nice ones. I'm on a couple here in the UK, and one which seems based in the US. They range from not very active, to active but squee-ing a bit too much for me, to active and militant about whatever their political agenda is. Actually, the last one is still my favorite sort, as I can sometimes get decent information out from in between the posts telling me if I don't co-sleep with my children until they're 5,6,+, I'm a terrible mother.

Okay I just erased a rant here, I'll stick it in my own LJ. haha.

Have you tried Freecycle? We got our buggy system for free there. It's a Britax, even, but a few years old. Since we're unsure what kind of stroller we'll want in the long run (I'm thinking one of those three-wheel off-roady things, since we'd be using it in dirt n stuff as well), this will give us some time to sort that out. And this has the newborn position, sitting up position, plus a car seat. I'm babbling. Definitely try Freecycle, people post baby stuff there all the time.

Sorry about the illness, btw. I'm in the process of getting over another cold here. I'm very pro-Tylenol (I believe it's the same as paracetamol here, which has been recommended by the doctor/midwife as being safe for the baby, despite what the flailing mums on the internet are saying!) It sounds like you're getting over it though, and that's good. :)

[cheese4me]

OMG you are killing me. Having a kid in your room until they are 5-6???? I bet they are still breast feeding too....which I am totally for until teeth show up. Then get the kid a steak.

[cakeinoz]

I seriously think I might make a post on this subject... which I imagine will turn into several posts over time, once the baby is out and I'm checking forums more frequently.

Co-sleepers (as they call themselves): believe it's inhumane to expect your child to sleep alone. Trying to force them to sleep on their own is useless. (this is how the subject comes up - poor mums trying to get their kids to sleep in their own beds instead of running to the parents' room every night.) The kicker is what they come up with when they are (rarely) questioned. The most frequent reaction is, of course, "when do you and your partner have Special Alone Time?" and their reaction is to mock these people for having such boring sex lives! ie, if you're only having sex in your bed, you are a dullard, as well as being a shitty parent because the kids are in their own rooms. Sex is what the hall closet is for! etc.

I rant. I'll likely repeat myself a bit once I post on my own LJ, sorry to say. The forums I'm thinking of are an otherwise great source of information, especially if you're interested in making your own baby food, or dealing with the problems of breastfeeding. But when their answers spill over into their little political agendas, it makes me really annoyed. bleh.