Wow! This board is really active - I can barely keep up! We may need to consider starting a monthy thread so it's not so overwhelming for newbies!
Kripa - sorry about the head cold. Like Becky, I suffered one not that long ago, and it is miserable. They do go away though. Glad the u/s looked good and I hope you find a great practitioner (midwife, ob or otherwise) for the remainder of your pregnancy. Most everyone here has been the newbie/least pregnant for awhile. It's amazing how quickly the time goes though.
Julia - glad you had a great 12 week appointment. It's so exciting to hear the heartbeat for the first time. I'm also glad you have a supportive hubby. My DH is very supportive as well and was a bit nervous about the birth center birth until he visited the place and saw how comfortable the midwives made me feel. He said any prenatal testing is up to me, but he REALLy would like it if I did the 20 week u/s, which I will (in another week and a half!!).
Minnow - thanks for the articles. My name choices are not on the top 10 list, but I'd use them even if they were. I sent DH the Downs link and he thought they should give that article out with all the other info they give you about testing. The third link about telling your kids they are smart hits me right at home. I was always the smart kid in school, and I have TONS of insecurities. My mom never really said it to me, but grandparents and teachers were pretty bad. My mom was great - she just told me that if I worked hard, I could do anything, and she would support any of my interests (well...she didn't want me making a potato gun, but at least she supported most of my interests...).
Becky - congrats on the condo! Homeownership has it's ups and downs, but it's worth it! I hope you are able to move in sooner rather than later.
Cloth diapering: I would LOVE to cloth diaper, but between day care being unwilling to CD (I found 1 day care that would CD, and they charged an extra $100/week to deal with CD) and the fact that no one I know IRL CD's, I will at least start with 'sposies. If DH and I can really make it work for me to stay at home for a bit over a year, I'll transistion over the cloth. We had some car difficulties recently and it looks like we'll need to purchase a new car, so I may have to go back to work.
Hi to anyone I missed!
My mom is still fighting breast cancer. A month ago, we tranferred her care to Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston, and wow! what a difference in treatment. She had been battling with different chemo drugs every months since last July. One round of treatment at Beth Israel an the tumor is FINALLY shrinking! I'm so excited. The tumor had grown to 9cm (yup, that's huge!), and now they think it's close to 5cm and it's very soft. It's currently considered "operable" so she's got one week of radiation and chemo left, and then they will remove the tumor and reconstruct her shoulder (the tumor grew into the muscle on the chest wall - so they have to give make her a new muscle with her lower back muscles). It's going to be a long recovery - but at least now we are talking recovery!! Anyway, it's mother's day weekend coming up, so I was really excited to get this news yesterday.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Kripa - sorry about the head cold. Like Becky, I suffered one not that long ago, and it is miserable. They do go away though. Glad the u/s looked good and I hope you find a great practitioner (midwife, ob or otherwise) for the remainder of your pregnancy. Most everyone here has been the newbie/least pregnant for awhile. It's amazing how quickly the time goes though.
Julia - glad you had a great 12 week appointment. It's so exciting to hear the heartbeat for the first time. I'm also glad you have a supportive hubby. My DH is very supportive as well and was a bit nervous about the birth center birth until he visited the place and saw how comfortable the midwives made me feel. He said any prenatal testing is up to me, but he REALLy would like it if I did the 20 week u/s, which I will (in another week and a half!!).
Minnow - thanks for the articles. My name choices are not on the top 10 list, but I'd use them even if they were. I sent DH the Downs link and he thought they should give that article out with all the other info they give you about testing. The third link about telling your kids they are smart hits me right at home. I was always the smart kid in school, and I have TONS of insecurities. My mom never really said it to me, but grandparents and teachers were pretty bad. My mom was great - she just told me that if I worked hard, I could do anything, and she would support any of my interests (well...she didn't want me making a potato gun, but at least she supported most of my interests...).
Becky - congrats on the condo! Homeownership has it's ups and downs, but it's worth it! I hope you are able to move in sooner rather than later.
Cloth diapering: I would LOVE to cloth diaper, but between day care being unwilling to CD (I found 1 day care that would CD, and they charged an extra $100/week to deal with CD) and the fact that no one I know IRL CD's, I will at least start with 'sposies. If DH and I can really make it work for me to stay at home for a bit over a year, I'll transistion over the cloth. We had some car difficulties recently and it looks like we'll need to purchase a new car, so I may have to go back to work.
Hi to anyone I missed!
My mom is still fighting breast cancer. A month ago, we tranferred her care to Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston, and wow! what a difference in treatment. She had been battling with different chemo drugs every months since last July. One round of treatment at Beth Israel an the tumor is FINALLY shrinking! I'm so excited. The tumor had grown to 9cm (yup, that's huge!), and now they think it's close to 5cm and it's very soft. It's currently considered "operable" so she's got one week of radiation and chemo left, and then they will remove the tumor and reconstruct her shoulder (the tumor grew into the muscle on the chest wall - so they have to give make her a new muscle with her lower back muscles). It's going to be a long recovery - but at least now we are talking recovery!! Anyway, it's mother's day weekend coming up, so I was really excited to get this news yesterday.
Have a great weekend everyone!
: Excellent news! 
: for continuing good news.
I've always been told that I'm smart but don't have any "stick-to," which is apparently b/c I don't put enough effort into something I'm not immediately good at. Definitely sending that link to DH too. How is your DH these days?
). It might also make the thread more user friendly if we have a list of active members in the first post along with other info. This info could include things like real name, age, EDD, sex of the babe, whatever you feel comfortable sharing. I have no problem putting this info together and starting a new thread - I just don't want to step on any toes (particularly you Dee - this thread is your baby, so let me know if you want to keep control). Another thing that might help the newbies is if we pop in on the TTC thread every once in awhile to give an update, spread dust, say hi, stalk a chart, or whatever. A lot of us met over on the TTC thread, but many women have joined after we left and meeting the women before they graduate will help build a more unified group. I love having two threads, but it is important to remember that we really are just one big group - women in our 30s waiting for our first babe.
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