Crazy lady having #5

[htcamommy]

Anyone else here not like still in the "normal" number range of babies? My dad offered to "fix" the baby problem the last time with his weed wacker. What comments do all of you get & how do you combat them?

[DJ's_Girl]

Me!!! I am pg with #5, also. I dread my hubby's family finding out. My Dad on the other hand couldn't be happier! My Mom says I'm crazy. This is #4 for my hubby and I and I have a 10 year old daughter from my first relationship. I'm sure that a lot of people will judge us and have snarky remarks b/c we are having another baby and really- I don't care. EVERY baby is a blessing to me. No matter if it's #1 or #210. But that is my opinion.


I forgot to say CONGRATS btw!!!

[ChaoticMum]

Originally Posted by htcamommy

Anyone else here not like still in the "normal" number range of babies? My dad offered to "fix" the baby problem the last time with his weed wacker. What comments do all of you get & how do you combat them?

Oh my word, your dad and MY dad should get together. I'm pg with #4 right now and we've not told my parents yet as I'm NOT looking forward to the teasing we'll get. They have said - since before #3 - that if my DH doesn't want to get 'The Surgery' done, they'll help him out with the castrating tools they use on the calves.......I KNOW we'll hear it again when they find out about this one.


We've decided to say that because "The Surgery" was the right decision for THEM doesn't mean it was the right decision for US. End of story.

CONGRATS on another little blessing!

[Brisen]

Ah, I see you have been to the DDC.

#5 for us, too! I expected a lot of flak with #4, and didn't get any. I had women telling me how they had always wanted four, or that they thought they might have four. I think the fact that my dh is one of 7 children has probably already prepared my parents for the possibility that we will also have a large family. They worry, I'm sure, but they would have to be very, very worried to actually say anything.

[flapjack]

Another family here heading for #5. Ours was a total surprise, and DH's trip to the vets was already scheduled for the school summer holidays (he's a teacher)- but someone new invited themselves anyway.

[Lovemy3babies]

This will be number 5 for us if I am pregnant. I will have 5 kids 4 and under. WHOA.

[VegMomma]

This is number 3 for us, and [I]we're[I] getting comments! Most people are excited but my mom (who thinks my kids are unruly because they don't act like they're in boarding school, which equals that I am a bad mom) thinks I won't be able to handle it. She said that with #2 as well...

Other people just say that we are crazy because we'll be outnumbered, and, on the subject of homeschooling, one friend suggested (jokingly?) that homeschooling 3 kids would make me"pull a Sylvia Plath". Yeah. Thanks, guys.

[guestmama9916]

Its only #3 for me but we'll have 4 total children living with us due to DSS. My mom is the negative one. I sent her an email recently about my cousin having a baby and she saw the subject line and thought I was trying to tell her I was pregnant again. Well she had the nerve to say "phew! what a relief!" when she figured out it wasn't me. : She is a worry wart and worries about everything under the sun so that's why she says things like that. She did my older sister the same way because she had her kids too close together for my mom's liking. She loves all her grandkids though so she shouldn't complain!

[GAmomto5]

This is #6 for me, #2 for my DH. I fully expect to hear the negative comments, as I have all along, but they don't even bother me anymore. This time they may not be as bad because I had a miscarriage in November and everybody felt pretty bad for being so negative about that one. I tell them that I don't ask them to raise them, so why do they even have an opinion?

[Lexi_029]

This is our third and I haven't told any family yet because people were so rude about my DS. While we don't have the high numbers of babies, yet, mine are all super close together. I'll have three kids age 2 and under.

[carmel23]

I haven't told anyone yet, although I am dying to tell my SIL because she'll understand...

I am afraid of my parent's initial reaction, only because the last time I talked to my mom I cried on the phone about money problems...

And now she'll be like WTF, money problems and now this?

But I swear, I probably would have cried about *anything* because I was just so loopy with the hormones, and didn't know I was yet pregnant. And now, the money problems don't seem that bad, but on that day it seemed so bad... I was going to look for fulltime work. Well, now if I can pick up a few little things, babysitting, etc., I'll be okay....

But with number 3 one of my dh's relations said, "Have you ever heard of birth control?!" and so who knows what they'll say now... but maybe people freak about #3 because these days that *is* breaking the nuclear family mold of 2.5 ... and once you're out of that people leave you alone?

Hopefully?

[~Kristina~]

I'm also pregnant with #5. I've gotten Duggar comments as well as Octo-mom comments! I will not be telling my parents at all. They weren't supportive when I announced #2.

[htcamommy]

Originally Posted by ~Kristina~

I'm also pregnant with #5. I've gotten Duggar comments as well as Octo-mom comments! I will not be telling my parents at all. They weren't supportive when I announced #2.

Yes interestingly I too have gotten the Duggar and Octo-mom comments as well. Like those two share the same views on bringing children into the world. Duggar I get though since the reason neither my husband or myself got "fixed" after my ds was because we were debating moral issues of it. Anyway I've told them and for some its been ok and for others its been a beating but last I checked no one was paying my light bill or putting food on my table so "bite me" is my new attitude I'm taking towards them. There are worse things than another child to love.

[rainbowfairymomma]

This is #4 for us SURPRISINGLY most people have taken it WAYYYYYYYYY better then I expected. My parents for one, weren't too bad. I haven't told my grandmother yet (I'm scared : ) but other then that it has been ok!
Sorry you guys are getting such crappy comments! My neighbour did ask if we knew where they came from
CONGRATS on your blessings mama's!

[~Kristina~]

That's the thing, if we couldn't afford our kids, we probably wouldn't be having anymore. But we've never been on wellfare, wic, or the alike. (not saying it's a bad thing for those who do need it) We have very very little debt, so we have lots of kids and take lots of Disney vacations. lol But WE are paying for it ourselves.