How many moms of many in this group?

[Mama~Love]

I'm PG with #6. Everyone knows already (well, some of my sisters who live far away don't; we don't speak to each other). Is everyone supportive? So far, no one has said anything mean or rude to us, thank goodness. They must know better, or they'd get a real tongue-lashing .

This will be our last baby . DH has made that clear. I'd love to have 10, but he says that's way too many. We have 3 boys & 2 girls, and we're not finding out what this one is until the birth. I'm thinking girl, but we'd be EXTREMELY happy with either!

[wardermom]

This is #8 for us.
I really haven't told anyone. My family is doing a good job of it already, like every time we meet someone new, like in a store, some little voice says, "And Mommy is having another baby."
I haven't told family. I don't know why I'm finding it so hard. I guess I'm just afraid of the possible comments.
My Mom married a man last summer, and when we had known him for less than 24 hours he told us to not have anymore children. My Mom backed him up.
I don't know how I'm going to get brave enough to tell them.
It's dd's 4th birthday today, and if I have her talk to her Grandparents over the phone, then, maybe I won't have to worry about it anymore.

[treehugginmama]

What's considered many? This will be #4 for us. I don't think that is many but I've run across a lot of people that do.

[Mama~Love]

Wow, I can't believe relatives can be so rude! So sorry you are dealing with that .

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your DD!! Hope she does a great job spilling the beans !

[Mama~Love]

Originally Posted by treehugginmama

What's considered many? This will be #4 for us. I don't think that is many but I've run across a lot of people that do.

I consider "many" 4 or more, although some may say it's 5+. It seems so rare to see families with 4+ kids anymore.

[tangozulu]

I'm having my 4th, too. Everyone acts like that is so many, but we want more! No one is actually unsupportive, though. I am sorry for those of you with unsupportive families. That really stinks. What is better in life than children/family?? Well, maybe not your families... Sheesh, the nerve of some people. CONGRATULATIONS to all of you from my family to yours!

[Saramomofmany]

I'm Pregnant with #4

We're expecting #4(not counting the 2 lost to miscarriage). Relatives can be so frustrating! : My husband's parents weren't super positive, but not as bad as I was expecting. MIL said well how did this happen? And my 6 year old told her, "mommy took a test and it was positive". MIL didn't say too much else. FIL just walked away and didn't say anything, which I guess kind of is good kind of like if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. Though I still think it's rude and disrespectful.

Sara

[Mama~Love]

Sara - that's awful! It IS rude & disrespectful!

Why does it matter so much to relatives how many kids we have?? They're not raising them (thank heavens!)!

[Jess A]

Well, I'm having #3 and that's it for us, but I just wanted to give you all a big old high five. I feel badly when I hear of unsupportive families with regard to family size (which is really no one else's business anyway). My husband was the last of 6, so I'm glad his parents didn't cave to pressure .

Congratulations on all of your new additions!

[Saramomofmany]

Originally Posted by teddybearmom

Why does it matter so much to relatives how many kids we have?? They're not raising them (thank heavens!)!

Mollie, Yes, Thank Heavens they're not raising them!! We plan on having as many children as God blesses us with, so hopefully they'll finally get it through their thick skulls that their negativity and such isn't going to change our minds!!

Sara

[Saramomofmany]

So I have a question for you moms. Did you start showing earlier with your pregnancies say after your 3rd or something? I went in for my first appointment, I am using my ovulation day for figuring the due date, and the midwife said that my uterus was a bit bigger than they'd expect for 12 weeks, but if I went by day of last menstural period, that would put me closer to 13-14 weeks which would be closer to the uterus size.

So I'm just curious about your experiences.

Thanks, Sara

[Mama~Love]

I always look pregnant . My belly never goes away. But yes, I started showing a lot sooner with the girls. I already look like I'm 6 months. With this pregnancy, I O'ed really late in the month, we didn't even DTD earlier in the month, and I told DH it was the wrong time to try. Guess I was wrong! we only DTD once that month. If I went by my LMP, I would be closer to 14 weeks now, instead of 12 w/ the conception date. I had a dating u/s, and the conception date was correct.

[theboysmama]

I have 2 boys so this will be our 3rd but i am also the nanny to 2 girs, and have been for 6 1/2 years so we get all the big family commits. I am showing and have been getting lots of wow remarks from strangers. Then you can tell they are thinking that we are overpopulating the planet, etc. I just ignore it.

This is my 5th pg (as I have had 2 m/c in a row) so I showed really fast this time. especially since I was just pg. My uterus is not measuring big though. Just my belly I have my belly pics in my sig if you want to take a look.