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[rachieface]

Hi ladies!  Welcome to the February 2013 DDC.  I wanted to start a general introduction thread so we could get to know each other a little bit.  Hopefully we will all be spending a happy and healthy 8 or 9 months together!

Tell us your...

Name (screen name or real):

EDD:

Number of kids/partner:

General location, if you want to share:
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home?  Team blue or pink? Earliest symptoms? Surprise or TTC?  Tell us what matters to YOU.

I'm so happy to be here!

[rachieface]

Name (screen name or real):  Rachel

EDD: February 9 or so....

Number of kids/partner: Judah, 25 months/Jason, my wonderful husband of 3 years TODAY!  Happy anniversary to us!

General location, if you want to share: Chicago!
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home?  Team blue or pink? Earliest symptoms? Surprise or TTC?  Tell us what matters to YOU.

I just made an appointment for a month from now with a hospital-based CNM group.  I've doula'd with them, and really like them.  I definitely plan to find out the gender.  I'm kind of hoping for a girl, but will be happy if it's a boy...I just need to find out ahead of time!  We were TTC, but I feel so blessed that we caught the egg our first month trying.  I am so excited about another little one, but feel worried because I found out so early.  I haven't even missed my period yet!  I hope everything goes well. 

[joyriders]

Name (screen name or real):  LK 

EDD: 02/02/13

Number of kids/partner: my s.o. is JK (we both have different K last names) been together 5 years this november. no kids. 2 cats. milo (12) and oliver (8).

General location, if you want to share: NYC

Hospital or home?  hospital with a midwife. hoping for birthing center, but they have a lot of restrictions.

Team blue or pink? honestly as long as it's healthy i don't care. i feel like it's a boy but i'll be pleasantly surprised if it's a girl.

Earliest symptoms? feeling very HOT, hungry and tired.

Surprise or TTC?  it was our first month ttc and it was a surprise that it happened so quickly!

what else? my first appointment is on the 18th and i'm very anxious. we specifically tried to conceive for a baby born in jan/feb/march to fit best with my work schedule (i'm a photographer, and my busiest months are spring/summer/fall) and i'm real stoked everything cooperated. here's hoping the summer weather cooperates for my shoots over the next few months, too! my best friend had a baby a week ago, so i'm excited to hopefully be joining her with a baby soon.

[Chloe'sMama]

Hurray!  So excited this is up.  I can't believe I am just 14dpo today and I have known for 5 days now....

Name (screen name or real): Chloe'smama (Tamara)

EDD: February 7

Number of kids/partner: 2 girls, Chloe- almost 4, Hannah- 21 months, DH-Matthew (married 10 years in January)

General location, if you want to share: Fresno, CA (It gets HOT here in the summer.... tomorrow is supposed to be over 100)
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home? - Home, unless it is twins

Team blue or pink? I think another girl, but we will be finding out this time, so I guess we will know in 16 weeks

Earliest symptoms? nausea, dizziness, nipple sensitivity when I nurse

Surprise or TTC?  TTC for 4 months (had a chemical pregnancy in January

Tell us what matters to YOU.

We are still co-sleeping with both girls, I plan on continuing to nurse DD2 until she stops (I tandem nursed the girls for almost a year), we do not vax and will not be circing if it is a boy.  

This will be our last baby... DH will be getting the big V a few months after baby is born.  I am going to try and embrace every moment of this pregnancy.

Excited to spend the next 9 months with you ladies!

[LadyCatherine185]

Tamara- I cannot believe how parallel our lives are! haha.. My DH and I will have been together 10 years this January too! (just our dating anniversary) and also our 8th wedding anniversary will be this January!!!!!

[LadyCatherine185]

Name (screen name or real): Catie

EDD: February 6th, but I tend to go late! I'm saying mid-Feb

Number of kids/partner: 2 boys! DS1 will be 4 in August, DS2 is 18 months; DH Aaron- married 7 1/2 years :)

General location, if you want to share: Central VA
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home? Homebirth!! This will be our second homebirth with the same midwife. I LOVE my midwife.. it is almost worth it to just keep having babies just to see her. ;)

Team blue or pink? I have 2 boys so I would really love a girl this time :) but we are THRILLED either way!

Earliest symptoms? headache lasting 2 days at 6-7 DPO (I never get headaches) and cramps/diahrrea/nausea starting at 8 DPO!!

Surprise or TTC? we were trying :)

Tell us what matters to YOU.

This last year we have made a LOT of changes in our life. September 2011 we moved into a new (to us) home, right around the corner from family! This house is twice the size of our old house, and it is older (built in '74) but we LOVE it!! We are out in the "country" now, whereas we used to live in the Suburbs. Since moving, we have drastically changed our eating habits (for the healthier!) and I started exercising. I lost 30 lbs in 7 months! We joined a new church, which I have loved, and I have seen God working in our lives SO much these last few months. I am so looking forward to this pregnancy. :)

Edited by LadyCatherine185 - 5/31/12 at 5:27pm

[canimom]

Name (screen name or real): canimom/Lauren

EDD: February 1st

Number of kids/partner: Judah 5 1/2 Kylee 2 1/2 Married 7 years to Ben -my best friend in the world

General location, if you want to share: Quebec
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home? Team blue or pink? Earliest symptoms? Surprise or TTC? Tell us what matters to YOU.

Hey Guys! I'm sooo happy I found this group...Im so excited abt our lil secret and am thrilled to have a place to share... We have been ttc since sep. my lmp was april 26th I had statining last wednesday and figured it was my period...however it was a few dots and my breasts were tender so i figured what the heck im taking a test and sure enough i got my big P! aaahhhhh beyond ecstatic!!! A little nervous because i do have a condition called Unucornic Uterus and miscarriage rates are slightly higher, doing alot of praying for a healthy pregnancy!!! its gonna be csection and they wont let me go past 37 weeks so i really am planning for a baby mid January however i will hit all milestones with u guys so im gonna stick to the February group! waiting for the nausea to kick in...for now just tired and sensitive breasts.

[loveandgarbage]

Hi Ladies! The last time I was on this forum was when I had my youngest, who is now almost four :)

Name (screen name or real): Jean

EDD: around 2/3

Number of kids/partner: DH of 7 years, DS1 is almost 6, DS2 is almost 4

General location, if you want to share: Madison, WI
Hospital or home?  We're going to do a homebirth this time! Had two hospital births (second wanted to do a homebirth but VBACed)

Team blue or pink? Always thought I'd have 3 boys, so I will be SHOCKED if it's a girl, but also excited of course

Earliest symptoms? So. incredibly. tired.

Surprise or TTC? Tota surprise, though I know when the "oops" happened and was already smiling about it

So good to meet you all and be in the birth club!!

I also need to change my signature I think :)

[Adaline'sMama]

Name (screen name or real): Holly

EDD: Feb 9, 2013

Number of kids/partner: I have one daughter Adaline, and am married to David.

General location, if you want to share: Kentucky

Hospital birth, natural with a birthing pool

Boy or Girl? We hope it's a boy, we tried the Shettles method.

Earliest symptoms: nausea

Surprise or TTC? We ttc, We lost our son, Charlie, at 10 w 5 days to SIDS. He was born last January, but this is my second Feb ddc in two years. While no one can replace him, this baby is very, very wanted.

[Nanette56]

Name (screen name or real): Damaris or Nanette

EDD: End of February some time?? No idea. Will know more at our dating sono next week.

Number of kids/partner: 8 y/o DS, and twin 14 month old DS's, and one very sweet DH that I love more than life!

General location, if you want to share: FLORIDA
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home? HOME VBAC Team blue or pink? Hoping for pink after 3 boys! Earliest symptoms? No AF, dizziness, nausea. Surprise or TTC? Complete surprise after having to go through IVF 2 years ago!

Still nursing both my 14 month old ds's, so I'm unsure of how three is going to work!! And this will also be our last baby. Sad about that, but happy that we'll get to be enjoying a different part of parenthood :)

[rachieface]

Welcome everyone!

Lauren, that's cool that you have a Judah too!  I don't meet to many of them around here.

Holly, I am so, so sorry about your son.  I can't imagine.   I'm glad you are here, though. 

[odinsmama]

Name: heather

EDD: 2/5 or so

Kids: 2 boys, O - 6.5, V - 3.5
Hubby: D, married 15 years

Planning on my 2nd home birth.
Live in Hawaii!

I actually kind of want another boy. But a girl would be cool too (although I dread the teenage years).

Symptoms: sore breasts, acne, interrupted sleep, vivid dreams, got a freaking hemorrhoid already! Seriously?? Yeah, I figured if I wasn't pregnant then my body was playing a mean joke.

We were trying, got blessed the first cycle.

This will probably be our last as well. I homeschool and am loving that. We own our own business which is great but can also be super stressful at times. I love being home with my kids but we get to town a couple times a week to play with other kids.

Looking forward to getting to know you ladies!

[JamieCatheryn]

Name: Jamie

EDD: Best guess about Feb 4, not sure of dates but felt implantation May 22

Number of kids/partner: DH and 2 boys (aged 6 and 3)

General location, if you want to share: KY

Hospital or home? Home

Team blue or pink? A girl would be nice but those are rare in my husband's family. Team yellow means won't be checking right? I doubt I'll check, hard to get an u/s when seeing a homebirth midwife around here, or UP'ing, as I may be until I figure out whether we're moving or not and thus who to hire.

Earliest symptoms? Trouble staying awake during the day, getting hungry early then being full after a couple bites, round ligament pain.

Surprise or TTC? Big surprise, I got an infection which made fertility timing and symptoms go funny (hence in the unsure dates). Our philosophy was another wouldn't be the end of the world but we're really glad our kids don't outnumber us. So much for that.

Haven't told DH yet, I'm afraid he'll freak out. Also he's interviewing for a promotion and if he gets that we'll move so things are so up in the air right now. I want to wait but don't know how long I can keep it to myself! Ideally, he gets the job (with the 12k/yr raise and certainty of what we're doing next), then I tell him. But...that could take weeks and I think he already suspects.

[alaskanmomma]

Name (screen name or real): alaskanmomma/Megan

EDD: February 8th 2013

Number of kids/partner: 2 kids: DD who is 3, and DS who is 2. I have a DH who've I've been married to for 2 years, together for 6. 

General location, if you want to share: Anchorage, AK

Hospital or home? It's between a birth center or home birth, leaning towards home
 Team blue or pink? We're leaning more towards team pink since our DD wants a little sister SO bad, but it really doesn't matter.
 Earliest symptoms? I have had NO symptoms other than -wanting- to be pregnant.
Surprise or TTC? TTC

[Teles]

Name (screen name or real): Teles

EDD: according to online calculators, Feb 7

Number of kids/partner: Husband of more than 2 years but no other children

General location, if you want to share: Nova Scotia

Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home? Hospital (I'm lucky to live around one of the best children's hospitals)

Team blue or pink? I'm voting pink, DH is voting blue, but we're both happy either way

Earliest symptoms? Sneezing all the time, mini nausea fits, sleeping every chance I get, tender breasts, acne, beautiful fingernails, hair growing like a wild beast

Surprise or TTC? TTC since January

I'm nervous to join this group because I had a m/c on May 3 and didn't have a cycle between that and this. It's hard to believe the two little lines and it makes me want to pee on sticks constantly for reassurance. I'm not telling anyone until we at least see a heartbeat, so this group will be a nice way to work through my cautious excitement.

Congrats to all of you!

[kathleen_mary]

Name (screen name or real): Kathleen 

EDD: Jan. 29, but I went two weeks past with my DD, so I'm thinking Feb. 

Number of kids/partner: 1DD who is 2 1/2 and my high school sweetheart, now husband

General location, if you want to share: Pittsburgh
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...this wasn't planned and I had a miscarriage in the fall, so I'm feeling really cautious at the moment. I honestly haven't even thought about finding a doctor or midwife yet. However, I had an unplanned c-section for my DD, and would love a vbac. I used hospital based midwives the last time. 

[iamkateiam]

Hi Everyone!

Name (screen name or real): Kate

EDD: February 13th (according to online calculator)

Number of kids/partner: This is our first!!  We've been married for almost 4 years

General location, if you want to share: Kansas City MO
 

Like I said before, this is our first.  I'm still sort of in shock.  I just went off birth control two months ago and I don't really think we were expecting it to happen so soon- but I'm sooooo excited!!!  Now I just have to figure out a creative way to tell hubby when he gets home from work in 3 hours.  I have no idea how my birth is going to go yet- my plan is to have a midwife in a hospital, but we'll see how it goes- this is all so new!  Can't wait to get to know you ladies better (c:

[etsdtm99]

Name (screen name or real): Staci/etsdtm99

EDD: feb 11-13ish

Number of kids/partner: 3 kids ( 6, 4, and 20 mo ), DH married for 7.5 years

General location, if you want to share: missouri
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home?  Team blue or pink? Earliest symptoms? Surprise or TTC?  Tell us what matters to YOU

This will be our 2nd homebirth :)

my gut right now says girl, but that may change- and if i get my way we won't be finding out

last monday, which was at most 7-8 dpo, i was cramping, nauseas, and tired. - since then i've added thirsty, crazy hungry, and dizziness - first positive test was yesterday, it was weird having so many symptoms and negative tests. though there was a super crazy near invisible line on my test thursday too..

we were not trying/not preventing as of this cycle - but i had wacky cycles (long, late O, super short 6-7 day LP)  so we didn't expect it to happen so easily and quickly.
 

[lisaloulou]

Name (screen name or real): lisaloulou/Lisa

EDD: 2/14/13

Number of kids/partner: DD, Aria, is (according to her) 5 and 3/4 and my Alex is my wonderful husband of 6 years (been together almost 13 years)

General location, if you want to share: Kansas City area
Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...

Hospital or home?  Team blue or pink? Earliest symptoms? Surprise or TTC?  Tell us what matters to YOU.

I would LOVE to have a water homebirth, but we shall see.  DH is not on board with this.....yet.  Otherwise, it will be with a midwife in a hospital like my first.

I honestly do not care what gender we get, as long as it's healthy!!!  My earliest symptoms are slight nausea, extreme bloating and sore breasts.  We had been

TTC for the past 3 months.  SOOO excited and I am happy to be here!

For a group of so few, it's pretty cool that 3 of us are from Missouri (2 at least in the same town!!!)

[MandyB]

Name (screen name or real): Mandy

EDD:  January 29th (but so close to Feb, I figured I'd join in here!)

Number of kids/partner: DH married 10 years.  We have 4 kids, but our two year old passed away January 11th.  Hayden is 9, Ellie 7, and Jordyn is 4.

General location, if you want to share: Northern California

Other things you could include, depending on how much you want to share...  A little nervous about how this pregnancy will go, since I'm still grieving the loss of my little boy, but we are so ecstatic to be pregnant again!

Hospital or home? Home, waterbirth!  (4th time doing so)

Team blue or pink?  Pretty sure it's a girl.  We saw a medium a couple of months ago and he said we would get pregnant in May and have a girl.

Earliest symptoms? Exhaustion, nausea

Surprise or TTC? TTC for 6 months