March Mamas and Due Date List

[RedOakMomma]

March Due Dates

March 1
ShellBelle76 (Shelley)
Cedarmom (Paula)
honeybee (Melissa) :
Swandira (Nealy)
3 Little Monkeys (Sherri)
March 2
kindergirl77 (Teri)
Robinde
kateniki
March 3
RedOakMomma (Elisabeth)
Megs Mom (Analisa)
lilsishomemade (Sasha)
March 4
Mrs Dimples (Rachel)
Jill Christina (Jill)
zoe11 (Aly)
lytemami718
Silvercrest79 (Alison)
SuzanneS (Suzanne)
InochiZo (Zoe)
March 5
Mom2Abaigeal (Erin)
love bug :
March 6
nepenthesea (Jolene) :
elinofa (Amy)
GalateaDunkel (Galatea)
Krisalee
March 7
amyrobynne (Amy)
MamaChel (Michelle)
Mommyat16 (Nikki)
lynn-e-pooh (Lynne)
March 9
nubianamy (Maggi)
March 10
melamama
churchofdisco (Kristin)
MrsAngelic
kakies
March 11
Mallory (Mallory)
Jillbob (Jillian)
marchmommy (christie)
wendizbaby (Wendi)
lisapug (Lisa)
cara (cara)
hypnohobbit (Cherie) :
March 12
KaliD (Angela)
Kiwimutti (kiwi) :
ahwuko (amy)
Metasequoia
March 13
etoilech (Olivia)
berlina (Anne)
manzelliland (Brynn)
March 14
momto3g3b (Kate)
sugarplumama :
smileyllc (Lisa) :
Jenny0116 (Jen)
milimama
March 15
CharlotteSometimes :
March 16
canne (Carrie)
March 17
blackberrymama (Sarah)
March 18
doulamom22 (Shanna)
CaliMomof4 (Andrea)
March 19
ravenscraft
March 20
jessiemom (Jessie) :
Kam (Kam)
Mariposa (Pepper) :
jennshim (Jennifer)
mexiguat
milkmommaof2
March 21
Jasifamily (Julianne)
allismom (Shari)
momma2lots (Tiara)
March 23
Nathans Mommy (Danielle)
scubamom (Heather)
Ilovelife
March 24
aminah (Aminah)
MeganCatheline (Megan)
Butterfly Kiss (Sophia)
March 25
Phoenix Mommy 4 (Phoenix)
March 26
amyjeans (Amyjean)
hrutledge :
sofysmommy (Sara)
christih (Christina)
March 27
HappiLeigh
rmzbm
majorsky (Kristin) :
March 28
#2dueinmarch (Dianne)
Kellykins (Kelly)
Birth Junky (Bryn) :
Tine (Christine)
ellie may12
March 29
snoopy5386 (Nicole)
March 30
lactationlady (Mellanie)
Talula Fairie (Lindsay)
Daisie125
3-30-06 in seattle (marcy) :
March 31
delphinemere (Deirdre)
giarose (Gia)
cee3 (Claudia)


DueDateless and Lovin' It
yvonnemlv

In our Thoughts and in our Hearts

Sandrine
Jillbob
Anakna4 (Emily)
sarahkjack (Sarah)
Knittin' In The Shade
mimi! (Jessica)
Tummy
LisaG (Lisa)
Erin_82
cali's-hippymama (Margarita)
goepark
MereOnceMoore (Meredith)

Please send me a private message (PM) with your due date in the heading if you need to added or changed! Also--if you would like a stork, please post or PM me....and tell me what color , , or :

...I know other people have introduced themselves on the March board, but I don't want to post anyone's private info (due date, name, etc.) unless you ask me to do it.... I'd hate to post private stuff if you didn't want it posted! So let me know!
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Hi!

Thought it might be nice to share our names, backgrounds, and due dates in a thread. I have such a poor memory for names and dates, I'm definitely going to need a thread to look back on!

I'm Elisabeth, 29 and SAHM to identical twin boys, Ian and James. Dh is a high school math teacher, and we live in a cute little Milwaukee neighborhood here in Wisconsin. My background is in (believe it or not) tropical ecology, and pre (surprise) pregnancy I had been PhD bound....Ian and James were born with special needs, so we decided change plans to be _very_ family focused for these first several years. Part of that is me staying home, and I love being here for them. They're the sweetest little guys, and being home just means I get two or three times the toddler hugs in any given day. (Ian and James are three )

This new baby is such a blessing. We've been trying for 11 months, and Dh was just days away from going in to get his swimmers tested. We suspected the problem was me, anyway, so for a few months I've been getting acupuncture treatments. I don't know if that's the reason I'm here, but whatever! I'll take it! I'm going to keep up with the acupuncture through at least the first trimester, but I've stopped taking the Chinese Herbs.

In the future we're planning to adopt a girl from China, so if this baby is a boy I'll be just fine. If it is a girl, though, she already has a huge stash of cute clothes (I've been buying a few girl outfits here and there for years now...goofy, I know. )

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

[ShellBelle76]

Hi Elisabeth! Congrats on your pregnancy! My due date is 3/1 - and I'm finishing up my phd in business administration. Keeps me very busy, and I'm determined to finish before the baby is born. On that note, I'd best get back to work.

Looking forward to sharing the journey with y'all!

[Mrs Dimples]

How old are your boys, Elisabeth?

Hi Shelley! Lots of smart mamas here so far.

I'm Rachel, I am a mostly-SAHM to Devlin, 21 months. I am absolutely thrilled to be pg, "due" March 4-5. We are planning a homebirth. I teach classes a few times a month at a brick and mortar AP/NFL store in my area. I teach classes on BFing, babywearing, and cloth diapering.

[sarahkjack]

Hi all! I haven't introduced myself yet, so thought this was a good thread to start :-) I'm Sarah, SAHM to 3 kiddos...my oldest, Nathaniel, will be 8 in July. My middle, Ethan, just turned 5. And my youngest, Emily, turned 3 a few weeks ago....she's my nursling, still going strong :-) I tested positive 3 days ago...VERY quickly I might add, lol. AF was due that day. I'm guessing I'll be due around 3/6 or so, but my 3 kids were all early so I'm thinking late February this one will make his/her appearance! DH & I are very excited!

Sarah (who needs to learn how to do cool siggys...I've only ever posted on AOL boards before!)

[amyrobynne]

Hi everybody! I'm Amy, mom to Peter (15 months). I started a little WAHM business last fall that I work on after he goes to bed, but I've loved the transition to being at home with him. We cloth diaper, cosleep, and breastfeed on demand. Peter was born at home with two midwives in attendance at 42w2d (after 24 hours active and 4 days prodromal labor) but ended up getting transferred to the NICU because of breathing problems. I'm looking forward to a calmer homebirth this time around! I'm due March 7th--the day before my son's 2nd birthday. Hopefully this kid won't make me go so far overdue.

[JillChristina]

I'm excited to be joining you all!

I'm Jill, SAHM to Miss Kylie, who will be three in August. My dh is Philip and he works at Philips Electronics as a technical manager. We live in Snohomish, WA, with our two cats and four fish.

I just had my IUD removed last month and am a little surprised to be pg already. Thrilled, of course, but surprised. Everyone we've told so far is excited. I just can't keep this pg secret.

I look forward to getting to know you mommas better over the course of our pregnancy.

Jill

[kindergirl77]

Hi ladies! Congrats to you all!

I am newly pregnant w/ blessing #2 due March 2. I also have a 19 month old girl and I do home daycare (for now) until this baby comes, in which I will be looking forward to being a f/t SAHM!
I had a terrible birth experience last time and want to take control of this birth as much as I can to have a natural experience. :

[zoe11]

This is my first post on Mothering, so I hope I'm doing it right, but I'm due March 4. My name is Aly, aged 22 years, mother to 3 1/2 year old Colin, who is still nursing. I'm hopefully having a homebirth this time, planning to interview midwives next week. I live in Michigan. I'm glad to "meet" all of you and Congratulations!

[RedOakMomma]

Welcome, Aly! Congratulations to you, too!

[mimi!]

Hi everyone!

I'm very excited to be here too! You rock RedOakMomma with starting an ongoing thread for us to chat on, as well as the website links -very cool

I'm due with #2 around March 4th. I have a ds who is 25mo., so they will be 2yr. 10mo apart, which I am hoping is a good space. Ds is nursing, with no signs of giving up! I slowly cut him back quite a bit to get pregnant, which was a 9 mo. process of night weaning, herbs, and homeopathy. Glad to be overwith thinking about all the things I need to take in one day Just drinking nettles and raspberry leaf now which is nice.

So this is week 5, and thanks again RedOak for the site with the pics! love it! - and the cramping I've had is sorta getting less. Anyone else had cramping and worrying?

Oh yeah, about me. I used to work in health promotion and epidemology, and loving being a sahm. Well, I just too exhausted even to think about going out to work everyday anyway! dh is a grade 2 teacher and we are just starting to enjoy our summer break and 5th wedding anniversary.

Looking forward to the next 35 weeks with everyone and those to come. Hey, march is a great month to be born; dh was born on the 6th and me the 31st of march. Here's to another march baby in our family!

Take care and rest well!
Gosh, I'm off to eat some more green olives; I've alread had 3 containers :

[zoe11]

So this is week 5, and thanks again RedOak for the site with the pics! love it! - and the cramping I've had is sorta getting less. Anyone else had cramping and worrying?

I'm glad you mentioned this! I feel a lot of cramping, like period cramps, only constant and not as sharp. I don't remember this from my last pg. And I just don't feel miserable like I did with my last pg, very little nausea, bf my son doesn't hurt, I'm not tired all the time. Plus, I played soccer the day before I found out I was pg and got some really hard balls to the stomach. So the worrying starts once again!

Aly

[Mom2Abaigeal]

Hi add me to the list too! I am so excited to be here, I just found out yesterday when I got sick at work and had to come home. I had started back to work (three mornings a week) a week ago...so that will not be lasting long lol.
I have one dd who will be 3 in September. When I was preg with her we were living in Va near our family, this time we will be going it alone so I am so nervous about not having all that support.

Talk to you soon,
Erin

Oops, I am due around March 5th!!

[Cedarmom]

Hi! I'm Paula, SAHM to Sage, who is 25 months old. I found mothering thru the cloth diapering forums and discovered that a lot of the things that I did naturally are considered 'AP'. heh. Who knew responding to your babe's needs wasn't what everyone did??? :LOL

Anyway, I had an angel in April (due in November) and I'm now due again March 1st. I was nursing until Feb when Ds suddenly self-weaned. His weaning coincided exactly with implantation with my last pregnancy. I tried to get him to go back but he'd have none of it.

I look forward to getting to know you ladies.

[a-sorta-fairytale]

HI! I am "due" on march 10th. I will be planning a home vbac. I was 10 days "over due" (its not like they have a calendar in there!) with my dd Cali and ended up with a cs for craniosyntosis.
She was 12 pouns at birth so i am wondering if this little sprout will be bigger?

We were going to start ttc next month but were blessed early.

I am so excited to go on this journey again.

Anyone else still nursing?
Cali is 14 months and not planning on quitting anytime soon

MArgarita

[momto3g3b]

Hi! Guess I'm the "old lady" of the bunch thus far. :LOL

I'm Kate, a homeschooling SAHM to 6 kiddos ranging from 13.5 to 19 months. I'm due March 14th (or thereabouts) and, assuming I am having just one baby (I've conceived 3 sets of multiples out of 5 pregnancies, but only delivered 1 set, so it's possible I could have multiples again), I would like to try to have a VBAC. My first 3 kids were vaginal births, then my twins were c-section due to being in a footling breech position (both of them) and my last child was also a c-section because I couldn't convince any doctor to let me have a VBAC. My plan, if I have one baby (or if I have vertex twins), is to labor at home until I hit transition (with the assistance of a midwife or doula to watch for any possible problems) and then go to the hospital, which is 10 minutes away. I figure that it the baby is pretty much crowning or almost there, they really can't make me have a c-section again. And I'll do pretty much anything I can to avoid another one!

Anyhow, I'm thrilled to be here and look forward to sharing the pg experience with the rest of you ladies.

Anyone else still nursing?

Yep! Isaac is still going strong. I've never nursed during a pregnancy, so I have no idea whether he'll continue to the end or if he'll wean. I guess time will tell, eh?

[a-sorta-fairytale]

Originally Posted by momto3g3b

Hi! Guess I'm the "old lady" of the bunch thus far. :LOL

I'm Kate, a homeschooling SAHM to 6 kiddos ranging from 13.5 to 19 months. I'm due March 14th (or thereabouts) and, assuming I am having just one baby (I've conceived 3 sets of multiples out of 5 pregnancies, but only delivered 1 set, so it's possible I could have multiples again), I would like to try to have a VBAC. My first 3 kids were vaginal births, then my twins were c-section due to being in a footling breech position (both of them) and my last child was also a c-section because I couldn't convince any doctor to let me have a VBAC. My plan, if I have one baby (or if I have vertex twins), is to labor at home until I hit transition (with the assistance of a midwife or doula to watch for any possible problems) and then go to the hospital, which is 10 minutes away. I figure that it the baby is pretty much crowning or almost there, they really can't make me have a c-section again. And I'll do pretty much anything I can to avoid another one!

Anyhow, I'm thrilled to be here and look forward to sharing the pg experience with the rest of you ladies.



Yep! Isaac is still going strong. I've never nursed during a pregnancy, so I have no idea whether he'll continue to the end or if he'll wean. I guess time will tell, eh?

are you a part of ican? it is ican-online.org the ladies there ahve a ton of great vbac info

[amyrobynne]

Kate, if I was in your situation, that's exactly how I would choose to deliver, too. Well, maybe I'd just plan a homebirth, but after a couple c-sections, I can understand the desire to consider a hospital birth.

Glad to have you join us! My 15 month old still nurses constantly, so that's a concern for me, too.

[lytemami718]

Preg and terrified =) and happy I forgot that one

Im 5 wks preg due on march 4th and this will be my 2nd. Im 23 yrs old and feel like a disappointment to some ppl, but learning how to please me. Im happy about this and scared. So is my Bf who is my 3 and half yr old son father. Just need reassurance that I can too do this!!

[LisaG]

Originally Posted by cali's-hippymama

are you a part of ican? it is ican-online.org the ladies there ahve a ton of great vbac info

ICAN is an AWESOME resource . They have a fabulous email list - I learned more from being on that list than any book I've read. There are also women in your situation Kate who've found "creative" ways to avoid unnecessary c/s.

Lisa

[LisaG]

Originally Posted by lytemami718

Im 5 wks preg due on march 4th and this will be my 2nd. Im 23 yrs old and feel like a disappointment to some ppl, but learning how to please me. Im happy about this and scared. So is my Bf who is my 3 and half yr old son father. Just need reassurance that I can too do this!!

and Welcome!! Glad you introduced yourself. Look at it this way, you're way ahead of me, you've already done this once .

As for avoiding the people pleasing - they'll get over it, or not, and you'll then have the opportunity to surround yourself with people who can offer you REAL support.

Lisa