Getting to Know You!

[Mommy2Austin]

Name: Sarah Lynne
Age: 20
Location: Colorado Springs
Husband/Partners name(age): Michael(20)
Children's name(s)/age(s): Austin (1)
Due Date: 1/8/08
Hopeful for B/G: Thinking and Praying for PINK
Homebirth or Hospital: Homebirth! I'm so excited!
CD or Sposies: Just converted to cloth!
Favorite Food: Pasta!
Least Favorite Chore: Washing the silverware
Favorite Color: Purple
Can you cross your eyes: Yep!
What board do you lurk on but not post: The Case against Circ
Addition Fun Facts: I'm tongue tied and can't stick out my tongue at all.

[sunflwrmoonbeam]

Name: Ashley
Age: 23
Location: Central Illinois
Husband/Partners name(age): Kevin (24)
Children's name(s)/age(s): this is my first!
Due Date: 1/5/8
Hopeful for B/G: I think it's a boy...?
Homebirth or Hospital: Definitely doing a homebirth
CD or Sposies: Cloth, much to DH's annoyance
Favorite Food: Bread
Least Favorite Chore: Most of them?
Favorite Color: Purple
Can you cross your eyes: nope
What board do you lurk on but not post: Learning at Home and Beyond
Addition Fun Facts: I'm obsessed with musicals

[frogleymom]

Name: Emily
Age: 24
Location: Provo, UT for the moment, but we'll be moving to Hillsboro, OR the end of June
Husband/Partners name(age): David (27)
Children's name(s)/age(s): Kathryn almost 2 (5/30/05) & Danielle almost 1 (5/31/06
Due Date: 1/2/8
Hopeful for B/G: I want a boy this time around... but I'd be totally happy with a girl again. We're planning on having a lot of kids, so I'll hopefully get a boy eventually.
Homebirth or Hospital: Tentatively planning a homebirth. The last two were hospital and I don't want to do that again, but we may consider a birth center.
CD or Sposies: We just switched to cloth about six months ago. We'll probably be doing sposies for the first couple of weeks... I know I won't have the energy to worry about getting meconium stains out of the diapers.
Favorite Food: Cheese
Least Favorite Chore: Folding Laundry
Favorite Color: Green
Can you cross your eyes: Yep!
What board do you lurk on but not post: hmm... I haven't been on MDC that long... so I've kind of been lurking on everything...
Addition Fun Facts: If you couldn't tell already... I type and talk way too much.

Emily

[Chavaleh]

Name: Chavaleh
Age: 32
Location: Atlanta
Husband/Partners name(age): Tomas 32
Children's name(s)/age(s): Rhiannon 8, Isadora 6
Due Date: Not sure yet, probably around the 13th!
Hopeful for B/G: I have two girls so it'd be nice to have a boy but I'm not too picky either way.
Homebirth or Hospital: I wish I could go with a homebirth but I live in an apartment with thin walls and can't impose my birthing noise (which there is an awful lot of) on the neighbors.
CD or Sposies: I used disposables with the first two but am going cloth this time.
Favorite Food: Sushi *whimper* and Southern food. I just generally love cooking and eating.
Least Favorite Chore: Unloading the dishwasher.
Favorite Color: Sage and forest green.
Can you cross your eyes: I can indeed.
What board do you lurk on but not post: I'm typically more of a lurker everywhere but going to be more active on this one.
Addition Fun Facts: I have a considerable collection of books concerning the history of prostitution.


sunflwrmoonbeam: I love musicals too! In fact my parents named me after a character in Fiddler on the Roof.

[daysofelijah]

Name: Amy
Age: 31
Location: Northern Suburb of the twin cities
Husband/Partners name(age): Terry 33
Children's name(s)/age(s): Elijah Justice 4, Silas Jacob 2.5
Due Date: 1/5/08
Hopeful for B/G: Okay with either
Homebirth or Hospital: hospital
CD or Sposies: cloth, both boys were cd'd and pt by 27 months, this one will be too (well cd'd; we'll hope for the early pt)
Favorite Food: love breads and pastas
Least Favorite Chore: washing floors
Favorite Color: blue
Can you cross your eyes: no
What board do you lurk on but not post: usually all of mdc, but I will try to post here

[AmazoniaBelly]

Name: Rachel Blanche
Age: 28
Location: Leipzig, Germany (not affiliated with military)
Husband/Partners name(age): Brian (41)
Children's name(s)/age(s): Bella Nixe (2)
Due Date: 1/5/08
Hopeful for B/G: Excited about a girl...excited about a boy
Homebirth or Hospital: Homebirth or Birth House
CD or Sposies: both
Favorite Food: macrobiotic
Least Favorite Chore: folding laundry
Favorite Color: olive green
Can you cross your eyes: yes
What board do you lurk on but not post: Toddlers
Addition Fun Facts: I love making and watching documentary films.

[KittyTheCat]

Name: Sara Jane
Age: 23
Location: Western Germany (not military either)
Husbands name(age): Andrew (41)
Child's name/age: Leto (2)
Due Date: 1/7/08
Hopeful for B/G: Thinking PINK
Homebirth or Hospital: UC
CD or Sposies: Leto is in disposables right now, was cd'ed for a while, will switch back soon. We'll use a cross between CD and EC with the Lil' Bean.
Favorite Food: Right now, just about anything. :
Least Favorite Chore: Ironing
Favorite Color: Black, red
Can you cross your eyes: Yes
Additional Fun Facts: I'm a sucker for japanese animation and *blushes* J-Pop.

[roseoffred]

Name: Tiffany
Age: 22
Location: Indianapolis
Husband/Partners name(age): Charlie (24)
Children's name(s)/age(s): this'll be my first!
Due Date: 12/31
Hopeful for B/G: I feel like its a boy
Homebirth or Hospital: Homebirth!
CD or Sposies:Cloth
Favorite Food: I have to second the sushi and southern food
Least Favorite Chore: cooking, at the moment
Favorite Color: green
Can you cross your eyes: yes ma'am
What board do you lurk on but not post: the other MDCs
Addition Fun Facts: I sell books online as a job, my top three favorite movies are Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Station Agent and Dogfight

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[paniscus]

Name: Kathy
Age: 32
Location: Richmond, VA
Husband/Partners name(age): Stephen (37)
Children's name(s)/age(s): Nathan (2)
Due Date: 1/6/08
Hopeful for B/G: It doesn't matter - I thought it would but somehow it doesn't - weird!
Homebirth or Hospital: Homebirth
CD or Sposies: cloth
Favorite Food: Just one??
Least Favorite Chore: mopping
Favorite Color: Don't have one
Can you cross your eyes: Nope (but had fun trying )
What board do you lurk on but not post: Toddlers, Gentle Discipline
Addition Fun Facts: hmmm, let me think . . . . .

[DoulaLMT]

Name: Andrea
Age: 27
Location: Suburb of Portland, OR
Husband/Partners name(age): Josh (29)
Children's name(s)/age(s): Our first (we have a 1 year old dog)
Due Date: 1/13/08
Hopeful for B/G: Hoping for boy
Homebirth or Hospital: Homebirth or birth center (weighing the options still)
CD or Sposies: cloth hopefully.
Favorite Food: right now it's hummus
Least Favorite Chore: dishes
Favorite Color: Greens or Reds
Can you cross your eyes: yep
What board do you lurk on but not post: too many to list
Addition Fun Facts: I have a lot of experience with birth as a doula, so it will be fun to go through it personally.

[matey]

Name: Amanda
Age: 26
Location: Missouri
Husband/Partners name(age): Jeremiah (27)
Children's name(s)/age(s): this'll be my first!
Due Date: 1/7 or 1/9 depending on who you are talking to
Hopeful for B/G: I dont know. I want eithor or, or one of both. I do love all those cute little dresses though.
Homebirth or Hospital: Hospital
CD or Sposies:Cloth
Favorite Food: Pizza
Least Favorite Chore: Putting away clean clothes
Favorite Color: purple
Can you cross your eyes: no
What board do you lurk on but not post: hmm, I post on all the ones I look at now, but I used to lurk on Pregnancy After a Loss
Addition Fun Facts: I like to quilt and do crafty things. We dont have tv. I love to ride bikes. I have 3, but only one works right now. My friends and I have the best garage sales every summer.

[Momma2DoubleCuties]

Name: Aimee
Age: 24
Location: small town Outside Portland, Oregon
Husband/Partners name(age): David (27)
Children's name(s)/age(s): Paul (5) Henry (2.5)
Due Date: 12/31/07 (hoping to go late)
Hopeful for B/G: Would love either, but a girl would be different
Homebirth or Hospital: Hospital with a CNM
CD or Sposies: Cloth all the way, I sew them myself
Favorite Food: Ughh...I can't barely do food right now!
Least Favorite Chore: Don't mind any
Favorite Color: Pink
Can you cross your eyes: Yep!
What board do you lurk on but not post: Hmmm...
Addition Fun Facts: hmmm...again!

[Mommy2Austin]

Ashley- Congrats on your first!!!! I absolutely love bread and could never live without it! I love Musicals too!! I been in Two musicals and done stage work for a few more!

Emily- Totally feel you on the diapers thing. I have a while before I decide what I'm gonna do!

Chavelah- Wow! I bet those books are really interesting!!
Amy- Hope you post lots here!

Rachel- What's Germany like? I've always wanted to go there!

sara Jane- Have you ever had an UC before?

Tiffany- Congrats on your first as well!! I've never had sushi, but I'm a bit squimish when it comes to that stuff!

Kathy- I laughed when I read about you trying to cross your eyes I also love the name Nathan

Andrea- Congrats on your first!! What exactly is Hummus?

Amanda- Congrats on your first!! I love arts and crafts too! My aunt was trying to teach me to quilt last time I was back home, but I just don't have the time to do it.

Aimee-Hope you can get your appetite back soon!!

We have a lot of FTMs here! I'm very excited for you and it finally happened last july/august. Now I can't wait to go through it all over again!

For all the seasoned mommies any all important wisdom you'd like to impart to the first timers?

My advice is don't sweat the small stuff. Don't let people's advice scare you either! You will get unwanted and stupid advice sometimes. in advance!

[ovafertilberg]

Name: Gloria
Age: 29
Location: Austin
Husband/Partners name(age): Andrew (29)
Children's name(s)/age(s): Baby #1! (no name, yet)
Due Date: 01/09/2008
Hopeful for B/G: Either would be great! Current predictions lean toward Boy
Homebirth or Hospital: Hospital
CD or Sposies: Still discussing
Favorite Food: Guacamole!
Least Favorite Chore: Yard work
Favorite Color: Pink, green
Can you cross your eyes: Sure can!
What board do you lurk on but not post: Case Against Circ (so many things to think about, but nothing I'm ready to say yet)
Addition Fun Facts: I'm a knitter and love all kinds of knitty fun projects.

[Mommy2Austin]

Congrats Gloria!!! Are you looking to have NCB?
Guacamole....I just never can get myself to eat it

[Momma2DoubleCuties]

I hope I get my appetite back too, I'm starving but nothing sounds even remotely good. My poor family is going to have to suffer with minimal cooking suppers for the next little while...I feel bad for them.

[Momma2DoubleCuties]

Oh and I have to agree that you need to take what people tell you with a grain of salt. Just smile and continue on your way. A lady stopped me in the Home Depot when I was pregnant with our first that asked if my "turkey timer" had popped yet. I asked her what she was talking about and asked to see my belly button to see if I was "ready" yet. I just chuckled...it never did pop. Guess my boys weren't ever "ready" Crazy lady!

[wobit]

Name: Whitney
Age: 29
Location: central MA
Husband/Partners name(age): Greg (36)
Children's name(s)/age(s): This is my first pregnancy!
Due Date: very uncertain, LMP and ovulation erratic. Early Jan?
Hopeful for B/G: Would love either, had my first baby dream about a girl.
Homebirth or Hospital: leaning towards homebirth, some practical issues to sort out with tiny, second floor apartment and insurance. I may set up at my parents' house and stay there a week or two for "lying in".
CD or Sposies: Haven't decided yet. Elimination communication is also part of this decision.
Favorite Food: Everything, man! I have been ravenous. Just had some great curry.
Least Favorite Chore: putting away clean clothes.
Favorite Color: Blue
Can you cross your eyes: Yes
What board do you lurk on but not post: All over, as I am new to MDC
Addition Fun Facts: I'm an avid social dancer, I love tango and salsa and swing. My husband and I are long-distance hikers, we got engaged at the end of 3 weeks' hiking on top of Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the continental US. I'm halfway through medical school, so my perspective is a little odd. I'll be rotating through a clerkship in high-risk obstetrics in October which will be very emotional. I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up but right now I'm leaning towards ER medicine.

[Mommy2Austin]

Originally Posted by wobit

Name: Whitney
Age: 29
Location: central MA
Husband/Partners name(age): Greg (36)
Children's name(s)/age(s): This is my first pregnancy!
Due Date: very uncertain, LMP and ovulation erratic. Early Jan?
Hopeful for B/G: Would love either, had my first baby dream about a girl.
Homebirth or Hospital: leaning towards homebirth, some practical issues to sort out with tiny, second floor apartment and insurance. I may set up at my parents' house and stay there a week or two for "lying in".
CD or Sposies: Haven't decided yet. Elimination communication is also part of this decision.
Favorite Food: Everything, man! I have been ravenous. Just had some great curry.
Least Favorite Chore: putting away clean clothes.
Favorite Color: Blue
Can you cross your eyes: Yes
What board do you lurk on but not post: All over, as I am new to MDC
Addition Fun Facts: I'm an avid social dancer, I love tango and salsa and swing. My husband and I are long-distance hikers, we got engaged at the end of 3 weeks' hiking on top of Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the continental US. I'm halfway through medical school, so my perspective is a little odd. I'll be rotating through a clerkship in high-risk obstetrics in October which will be very emotional. I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up but right now I'm leaning towards ER medicine.

Congrats! The closest I'll ever get to ER medicine is watching ER :P I just don't have the stomach! You can also check with the midwives and see if they have birthing suites in office. Mine does and if we aren't in our townhome by then I'll probably birth there.

Aimee- Thats nuts!! I don't have a pregnant story, but the other day I was buying a can of Formula (long story short BF didn't work for DS and I, but I'm gonna work harder for this baby!) and the elderly lady at the counter looked at me and had the gall to say "SO do babies really like this stuff?" I then proceeded to defend myself and now looking back I should have left the can there and walked away. *sigh*

[ovafertilberg]

Hi Mommy2Austin

NCB = natural child birth? That's a good question. I don't know. I would like to. I feel like I have a good raport with by OB and we have our first official pregnancy visit on 5/29, so this is something on my list to talk about.

I've read a lot about OB vs. midwife, hospital vs. birth center vs. homebirth, natural vs. intervened childbirth and I'm still on the fence about a lot of things. I'm hoping to get some opinions and different perspectives.