Get- to -know Game - Page 3

[monamcmona]

When is your estimated due date? March 8th
Is this your first pregnancy? second
Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Yes, he's a he!
Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? Hospital.
What have you loved about being pregnant? eating!!
What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? morning sickness! and working graveyard shifts, SO much harder pregnant.
Where are you from? salt lake, utah
Currently residing? same

[cabbit]

Great thread!

When is your estimated due date? March 11 (DH's and my anniversary!)
Is this your first pregnancy? yes
If not, how many kids do you have and are they boys or girls and what ages? Critters only so far (3 cats and a rabbit); this is our first child
Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Yes, a boy!
Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? hospital
What have you loved about being pregnant? Pretty much everything. Feeling the flutters and kicks is amazing.
What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? Typical 2nd-trimester annoyances (heartburn, uncomfortable sleep positions) and possible GD, but luckily nothing major so far
Where are you from? All over California
Currently residing? Los Angeles

[Kothi]

When is your estimated due date?
3/5/08
Is this your first pregnancy?
2nd
If not, how many kids do you have and are they boys or girls and what ages?
1 boy - 2 y/o
Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby?
"looks like a girl to me" said the US tech... I'll take that as definitive, but won't be painting anything pink just in case...
Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home?
If all goes well, birthing center
What have you loved about being pregnant?
baby movement -xtra bonding i get by holding my belly and feeling her tumble and tickle etc
What have you not loved so much about being pregnant?
Just about everything else - hip/lb pain top the list, right now... this will be the last for me...
Where are you from?
Chennai, India - grew up around philly burbs
Currently residing?
AZ

[vanauken]

When is your estimated due date? March 28, but the girls are likely to be born in February (I hope!) due to being monoamniotic (probably)
Is this your first pregnancy? no
If not, how many kids do you have and are they boys or girls and what ages? I have a 3 1/2 year old girl and an almost-two year old boy.
Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Yes, two girls!
Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? Hospital, and I know that it'll be a different experience this time since I'm having twins, but I had both of my other babies at this place and their nurses are across-the-board AMAZING. (And you know that the nurses are with you a lot more than the doctors!)
What have you loved about being pregnant? I love feeling the babies move, and I love the wonder I feel when I think that I have two PEOPLE inside me. I mean, how weird and wonderful is that, having an extra soul or two temporarily residing inside your body?
What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? All the potential complications that come from the girls sharing an amniotic sac, and the thought of being hospitalized away from my two older children for so long. (Monoamniotic twins only have about a 40% survival rate without constant monitoring after 28 weeks, but the monitoring pushes the survival rate up over 90%, so . . . much as I hate the idea, it's worth it to get them here alive.)
Currently residing? sunny SoCal

[addax]

Lol! Hi Sarah! I did not notice before that you were on here (though I'm not surprised!). I think I had seen your username before but just not registered.

When is your estimated due date? 3/17/08
Is this your first pregnancy? no
If not, how many kids do you have and are they boys or girls and what ages? boy, 6 1/2, and boy, 4 on Dec 29. They'll be 6 and 4 when baby is born.
Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Yes, a girl
Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? Hospital in maternal fetal medicine group. Had ds1 with midwife in Canada but ds2 was ultra high risk crisis birth. Hoping I can get what I want instead of what the nurses want: ds2's birth was good despite the setting.
What have you loved about being pregnant? Baby kicks, the thrill of anticipation, my sons' excitement.
What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? nausea, exhaustion, round ligament pain, varicose veins...

[JustJamie]

When is your estimated due date? 3/25/08
Is this your first pregnancy? no
If not, how many kids do you have and are they boys or girls and what ages? I have a 27 month old girl
Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Yes, a boy
Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? hospital
What have you loved about being pregnant? I've finally lost some of the baby weight from my daughter
What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? insomnia
Where are you from? St. Louis, MO
Currently residing? Germany

[peabosf]

When is your estimated due date? 3/13/08

Is this your first pregnancy? no

If not, how many kids do you have and are they boys or girls and what ages? I have a little boy, Thomas, who just turned 2 last week.

Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Yes, a girl.

Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? hospital

What have you loved about being pregnant? Maternity clothes and my ever expanding belly. Feeling the little munchkin move. Food tastes really good!

What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? I miss wine. Worrying about elevating blood pressure and possible induction.

Where are you from? Bay Area, CA

Currently residing? San Francisco, CA

[Kappa]

When is your estimated due date? 3/24/08
Is this your first pregnancy? yes!
Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Yes, a boy!
Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? hospital
What have you loved about being pregnant? My hair grows like I'm Cousin It
What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? heartburn, giving up red wine
Where are you from? Texas
Currently residing? Texas

[milky_mama]

When is your estimated due date? March 3, 2008

Is this your first pregnancy? no

If not, how many kids do you have and are they boys or girls and what ages? a beautiful girl, 3 years old

Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Yes! A girl!

Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? Hospital

What have you loved about being pregnant? Feeling the baby move, knowing that it is such a miracle, seeing my daughter get excited about the new baby

What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? morning sickness, insatiable hunger, exhaustion

Where are you from? Virginia

Currently residing? Indiana

[jerawo]

When is your estimated due date? March 8
Is this your first pregnancy? No
If not, how many kids do you have and are they boys or girls and what ages? I have a 2.5 year old boy.
Do you know or will you find out the sex of your baby? Not until the baby arrives!
Are you birthing at a hospital, birthing center or at home? Home
What have you loved about being pregnant? Knowing that the complications I had with #1 aren't any worse this time around and I can still have another homebirth. Seeing DS give the baby a kiss, and get excited when we ask what is in mommy's belly. Knowing I get to wear and breastfeed another baby. Being smaller and not gaining as much weight. Being more relaxed and at ease and confident about everything. Visiting with my MW again. Feeling a baby move inside me again. Going to prenatal yoga.
What have you not loved so much about being pregnant? Being constipated for 6 months (and counting). Being sick and tired in the beginning.
Where are you from? Nashville, TN
Currently residing? Same as above. We moved back here for good right before DS was born.