Poll: UCer Characteristics! - Page 12

[alicia9178]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 29, will be 30 when babe arrives
Where are you? Tucson, AZ
Are you currently PG? YES!!!
Are you/Did you UP? No...I am diabetic so I have to still see a Dr
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Some people...not my medical provider though
Have you UCed before? Nope
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 31
How long have you been with your s.o.? almost 13 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? Given birth 5 times, have 4 at home...one was adopted. Kids at home are 8, 5, 3, and 1
Will your older children be present for the birth? No
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? yes
Wear your baby? yes
Cloth-diaper? yes
Breastfeed? Yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? No
Circumcise your baby? Undecided...first son is...but don't want to anymore
Homeschool? Yes
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) I follow a diabetic low carb diet

[arcingpath]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 32
Where are you? Austin, TX, USA
Are you currently PG? yes
Are you/Did you UP? yes
Are you telling others about your UC plans? some
Have you UCed before? no
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 33
How long have you been with your s.o.? 4 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? no children
Will your older children be present for the birth? n/a
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? yes
Wear your baby? yes
Cloth-diaper? yes,
Breastfeed? yes,
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? no
Circumcise your baby? no
Homeschool? yes
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) we stress healthy, local, whole, organic foods, but have no dietary restrictions.

[zonapellucida]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 38
Where are you? FL
Are you currently PG? yes
Are you/Did you UP? yes
Are you telling others about your UC plans? no
Have you UCed before? yes
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 42
How long have you been with your s.o.? 11 ys
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 18. 16. 10. 9. 7. 5. 2. 1
Will your older children be present for the birth? YES
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? YES
Wear your baby? NO
Cloth-diaper? YES
Breastfeed? YES
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? NO
Circumcise your baby? NO
Homeschool? YES
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) Natural

[mama_in_PA]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 30
Where are you? Mechanicsburg, PA
Are you currently PG? Yes
Are you/Did you UP? Probably - I have fast labors.
Are you telling others about your UC plans? No
Have you UCed before? No
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 30
How long have you been with your s.o.? almost a year
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 2, 10 and 4
Will your older children be present for the birth? Yes
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? Yes
Breastfeed? Yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? No
Circumcise your baby? No
Homeschool? Going to try it next year
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) We're gradually making improvements like cutting out dairy and mammal meat.

[georgia]

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[Happyucmama]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 28
Where are you? Ks
Are you currently PG? yes
Are you/Did you UP? yes, yes
Are you telling others about your UC plans? yes
Have you UCed before? yes
About your family:
How old is your significant other?28
How long have you been with your s.o.? 12 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 3 kids, Liam~7 Piper ~5 Vivienne ~2
Will your older children be present for the birth?Yes
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? Yes
Breastfeed? Yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? No
Circumcise your baby? Never again!!!!!
Homeschool? Did but they decided to attend public school for now
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) Nope

[intentfulady]

CAnt wait to read.

I LLLLLLLLOOOOOVEVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE

UC

couldnt do it,

im a midwife and dh is a doctor

lol


BUT when we needed inspiration,


UC is where WE went!!!!

and then inside of course

XXXXXXXXXXX00000000000

colleen

[indignantgirl]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 30 (today is my birthday!)
Where are you? Oklahoma
Are you currently PG? No
Are you/Did you UP? No, I saw an OB a few times, and a midwife a few times.
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Not really. They all know that's my "ideal" birth.
Have you UCed before? Yes, twice.
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 29
How long have you been with your s.o.? 9 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 3 kids, ages 7, 4, and 1.
Will your older children be present for the birth? I'd like them to, but they're always asleep.
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes (6-8 hours a day from newborn to crawling phase...I'm an *extreme* babywearer )
Cloth-diaper? Yes
Breastfeed? Yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? No
Circumcise your baby? No (okay, I did circ my first, but not my second, or future sons)
Homeschool? Yes
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) Vegan

[cravenab00]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 26
Where are you? at my computer
Are you currently PG? yes, 38 weeks!
Are you/Did you UP? yes
Are you telling others about your UC plans? only a couple, others assume we have a MW
Have you UCed before? yes DS aug 04
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 28
How long have you been with your s.o.? 7 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 4 children, DS 9, DD 6, DS 5, DS 3
Will your older children be present for the birth? depends on time of day
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? yes
Wear your baby? yes
Cloth-diaper? yes
Breastfeed? yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? no way
Circumcise your baby? hell no
Homeschool? yes
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) not really. but grow alot of our own.

[munkeesmama]

I'm not a UC'er but a wannabe and would be if hubby "let" me. LOL. He's up for homebirth but not UC'ing. Maybe i'll "forget to call the midwife. Anyways, here it goes.

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 24
Where are you? corona, ca
Are you currently PG? no
Are you/Did you UP? no
Are you telling others about your UC plans? I probably wouldn't
Have you UCed before? no
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 24
How long have you been with your s.o.? 4 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 3 kids ages 4,2,1
Will your older children be present for the birth? most likely
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? cloth and sposies
Breastfeed? yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? pick and choose
Circumcise your baby? no
Homeschool? no, but i'd like to
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) See food, eat food?

[amberskyfire]

About you:

How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 27
Where are you? Hawaii
Are you currently PG? yes
Are you/Did you UP? Mostly UP, but I do have a midwife who comes by and checks on me as well once a month
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Yes, but mostly only family and friends
Have you UCed before? no, this is my first baby

About your family:

How old is your significant other? 32
How long have you been with your s.o.? 8 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? none, but he has a stepdaughter who lives out-of-state with her mom
Will your older children be present for the birth? no other kids

Will you/do you:

Co-Sleep? yes
Wear your baby? all the time
Cloth-diaper? strictly cloth
Breastfeed? strictly breastfeeding
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? never
Circumcise your baby? never!
Homeschool? unschooling
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) I like to eat mostly vegetarian and organic, but sometimes I do eat some meat

[Khourtniey]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 22
Where are you? Arkansas
Are you currently PG? Yes
Are you/Did you UP? No. Im High risk due to incompetent cervix and prior birth defects
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Some.. not many..
Have you UCed before? No Both prior births were premature deliveries in hospital
About your family:
How old is your significant other?
How long have you been with your s.o.?
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 2. Both boys 2.5 and 3 years old
Will your older children be present for the birth? Yes
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yep Ive never slept any other way
Wear your baby? Of course
Cloth-diaper? Yes
Breastfeed? Yes yes yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? It depends
Circumcise your baby? NO
Homeschool? Yes
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) Organic as much as possible

[Rainystar66]

How old are you? 22
Where are you? California
Are you currently PG? No
Are you/Did you UP? Yes
Are you telling others about your UC plans? I primarily only told those who I knew would be supportive of my plans, and a couple others just for the Shock factor...lol
Have you UCed before? Once
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 27
How long have you been with your s.o.? 4 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 5- DS 7, DD 3, DD 2, DD 1, DD born 12/07
Will your older children be present for the birth? They were all sleeping until the heard the baby cry, and came in immediately and bonded.
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? No
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? Yes
Breastfeed? Yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? No
Circumcise your baby? No
Homeschool? No longer
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) No

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? Movies on occasion.
Sign with your baby? No
Read to your newborn? Yes
Work outside the home? Occasionally
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? Preschool
Recycle? Yes
TCS, TCC, or CL (consentual living)? I'm not sure what these are.
Own or foster pets? Yes
Follow a religion? I follow my heart
Encourage higher education? Yes, I don't believe on ever stops learning
Generally support union activity? Yes
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Yes

Baby possessions:
Plastic baby toys? Yes
Toy guns? No
Other toy weapons? No, I see no point in toy weapons, I think they send a poor message, and weapons are not toys, but my DC do learn about and use real weapons.
Branded characters? Limited as much as possible

Medical philosophy - do you use the following models of care for actual illness/injury:
Standard medical model (practice-based)? Yes
Evidence-based conventional medicine? Yes
Homeopathic? Yes
Chiropractic? Yes
Herbal? Yes
Nutritional/naturopathic? Yes
Ayurvedic? No.
Other/describe?
Are you a feminist? No
City, Town or Rural? Town
Do you vote? Yes
Where do you fall politically? Wherever I feel I need to be.

Use a pacifier with your baby? Yes, with all of them to a limited degree
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? Yes

[CTH3989]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 18.
Where are you? Georgia.
Are you currently PG? Yes.
Are you/Did you UP? I didn't with my first but I am with this baby.
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Yes.
Have you UCed before? No.

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 18
How long have you been with your s.o.? Almost 2 years.
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 1. 13 months.
Will your older children be present for the birth? Yes.

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? I did with my first and I will with my second.
Wear your baby? I still wear DS, and I will definitely wear this baby.
Cloth-diaper? DS is still in cloth and I will be cloth diapering this baby.
Breastfeed? I am tandem nursing.
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? I don't vaccinate.
Circumcise your baby? Nope.
Homeschool? I want to.
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) Just eating healthy and taking my vitamins.

[eveblac]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.)
21
Where are you?
Florida
Are you currently PG?
Yes I am! Due spmetime Late April of 2008
Are you/Did you UP?
So far yes.
Are you telling others about your UC plans?
Not really, no one is receptive... My partner knows my intentions and honestly feels comfortable with it. Everyone else insists on me having "Someone" present.
Have you UCed before?
No, but I have had a Vaginal birth in a hospital. It wasn't even natural, as I intended... thus the desire to have this baby Unassisted.
About your family:
How old is your significant other?
24
How long have you been with your s.o.?
2 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages?
We have one little boy, who is almost 13 months.
Will your older children be present for the birth?
I'm pretty sure he will be!
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep?
Yes, since day one
Wear your baby?
Yes
Cloth-diaper?
We did for 8 months with our son, but living conditions changed and we "weren't allowed" to continue CD. Long story... But with the New Baby's arrival we will be going back to cloth for both.
Breastfeed?
Yes, I b/f my son until he weaned (or maybe just went on hiatus?) at 11 months.
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby?
No, my baby is unvaccinated.
Circumcise your baby?
No, he is natural.
Homeschool?
Haven't gotten there yet, but my son has never been to day care, and I am considering the HomeSchooling route. We will have to cross that bridge when it comes...
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.)
I follow a vegan diet. I feed our son a vegan diet. My partner follows a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet but is open to veganism (as long as I'm cooking). He will give our son tastes of what he's having but generally our son eats vegan foods.

[CluckyInAZ]

About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 26
Where are you? Arizona
Are you currently PG? no
Are you/Did you UP? I UPd after 5 months with ds, after 6 months with dd
Are you telling others about your UC plans? I told my sister this time, I told a friend and my sister last time
Have you UCed before? I tried, but then transfered for no good reason.
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 26
How long have you been with your s.o.? 7 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? in my sig
Will your older children be present for the birth? ds was not present, but came in right after dd was out.
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? yep
Wear your baby? am right now
Cloth-diaper? yes
Breastfeed? indeed
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? no way
Circumcise your baby? no how
Homeschool? most likely
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) traditional foods