a little getting to know you - Page 4

[Pen_esque]

1)Name Pen
2)age 38
3)Partners name and age Skinny vegan boy, 35
4)How many kids do you have? Names? this will be our first
5)What is your EDD? Oct 20
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? Planning a homebirth.
7)midwife or OB? midwife
8)will you cloth diaper? I don't know! Probably, I can't imagine feeling alright with disposables. I saw G Diapers at my coop, maybe we'll go for those. Too early to say.
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? Probably delay and selective
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? Wow, I don't know yet! Does everyone have all this figured out so soon?
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? Yes, but we don't have the carrier yet.
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? Yes.

[sarahtar]

1)Name Sarah
2)age 31
3)Partners name and age DH and 41
4)How many kids do you have? Names? One, Wally, who will be 4 in April.
5)What is your EDD? mid OCt
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? Homebirth
7)midwife or OB? midwife
8)will you cloth diaper? Yes, for backup. We're an EC family.
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? No vax.
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? Yes, we'll just toss the new one in the family bed with the rest of us.
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? Of course, and I have at least one of every type of carrier since I make them.
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? Yes, Yes, Yes.

[Alison]

1)Name Alison
2)age 36
3)Partners name and age On the internet and on my blog I usually refer to him as House Man! He's 2 years older than me.
4)How many kids do you have? Names? One. Again, in the online world I refer to him as The Boy. He's almost 5.
5)What is your EDD? Oct 25th-ish if all goes well.
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? Hospital
7)midwife or OB? One of the GPs at my practice who attends births. And a doula.
8)will you cloth diaper? yes
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? Yes, a combination of delayed and selective.
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? Yes
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? Yes. Mei tai, pouch, maya wrap ring sling
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? Yes I will breastfeed. I'm not currently nursing, DS weaned at almost 4, so no, I won't be tandem nursing.

[DawnLasp]

1)Name
Dawn

2)age
28

3)Partners name and age
Lou - 35

4)How many kids do you have? Names?
0

5)What is your EDD?
Oct 4th or 5th

6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital?
Hospital

7)midwife or OB?
Not sure yet

8)will you cloth diaper?
Maybe half/half

9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective?
Tough call, I agree with both sides of the great debate - probably selective

10)Are you planning on co-sleeping?
Probably not, I'll find out when the time comes I guess. I may co-sleep for a few days, the gently ween to crib shortly after.

11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers?
I'm leaning towards Maya Wrap.

12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse?
I will breast feed.

[Mamatolea]

1)Name- Kara
2)age- Gonna be 29 on Monday
3)Partners name and age- Chad and he just turned 30
4)How many kids do you have? Names? -One daughter, Lea Amber
5)What is your EDD? 08.08.08 how fun!
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? Homebirth!
7)midwife or OB? Midwife
8)will you cloth diaper? No-can't get past the yuck...sorry!
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? No vax household here!
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? Yes, all family bed
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? OH YES, um, Mae tai, Ergo, Moby, Buckle Tai and anything else I can get my hands on in the meantime, I am a carrier JUNKIE! LOL
12)Will you breastfeed? Will try again...Are you currently nursing? No, we had problems with overproduction and DD almost starved to death. Will you Tandem nurse? If she wants to try to start up again, that is fine with me, but I doubt it.

[audsma]

1)Name: Kelli
2)age: 35
3)Partners name and age: Bryan 38
4)How many kids do you have? Names?: 1- Audrey
5)What is your EDD?: 10/21 (according to doc); 10/16 (according to me)
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital?: Another C-Section
7)midwife or OB?: OB
8)will you cloth diaper?: Planning to for the first time!
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective?: Yes, I need to research more on delay or selective. DD has all vax on schedule but I wonder what it did to her health at points, so will do more research.
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping?: Yes
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers?: Yes Again, more research needed. My Maya Sling hurt to wear last time, so I'll have to look into it more.
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse?: Absolutely bf for as long as possible. No, dd self-weaned at 22 months.

You women are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing a glimpse into the awesome diversity of motherhood!

[annie-o]

1)Name: Julie
2)age: 29 (only for 19 more days!)
3)Partners name and age: Ryan, 32
4)How many kids do you have? Names? Our daughter, Nyah, is 14 months.
5)What is your EDD? October 27
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? We are planning a HVBAC! Go me! (us!)
7)midwife or OB? MW
8)will you cloth diaper? Not sure yet.
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? Yes, but selectivly and some delayed.
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? Yep, at first. That was the only way I got any sleep the first few months.
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? I have a Moby Wrap, a Mei Thai, and an Ergo Carrier. Love them all.
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? My daughter is currently weening herself and just in time as my boobs are begining to realize that there is a baby inside!:

[weddell]

1)Name
2)age 29
3)Partners name and age He's 30
4)How many kids do you have? Names? Annabel 2.5 years old
5)What is your EDD? 10/10
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? Hospital
7)midwife or OB? CNM who works in an office with ob's
8)will you cloth diaper? We did with dd and I can't wait to get all those cute little diapers out of storage!
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? delay some but mostly vax
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? YES! And for those who doubt they will, just wait until the baby is here. I didn't plan to with dd, but that's what happened anyway.
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? I have a hotsling and an ergo
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? YES! I bf dd until she was 26 months. I would have loved to tandem, but I couldn't get pregnant while nursing so I had to wean

[zipper99]

1)Name: Mitzi
2)Age: 30
3)Partners name and age: Chris - 39
4)How many kids do you have? Names? None yet!
5)What is your EDD? 10/3
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? Home birth, but the DH is iffy. We'll talk more about it.
7)midwife or OB? Both
8)will you cloth diaper? I need to learn more about it!
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? Vax on schedule
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? Yes! Can't wait to snuggle and BF through the night.
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? Planning on it--I need to investigate carriers.
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? Definitely will BF!

[JMarie930]

1)Name Jennifer
2)age 33
3)Partners name and age Steve, 32
4)How many kids do you have? Names? One DS, Aidan (5)
5)What is your EDD? October 31
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? Birthing center or hospital, depends on when the baby decides to come (DS was pre-term)
7)midwife or OB? Midwife
8)will you cloth diaper? Yes
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? Delay and selective
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? Yes, if the baby agrees (DS hated it)
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? Yes, I have a Hotsling pouch, Moby wrap, Zolo cotton sling, and BabyHawk mei tai. I also want a silk Zolo or Oopa Baby sling...
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? I hope to BF, I was not able to with DS due to medication I was taking. It took me three years to get off of the meds, but if I have to go back on them after the pregnancy, I'll either go with donated milk or FF.

[MommaSomeday]

1)Name: Rachele
2)age: 23, almost 24
3)Partners name and age: Garrin, 23
4)How many kids do you have? Names? Just our puppy dog, Allie, and our two bunnies, River and Kay
5)What is your EDD? Don't have an official one yet, but it is around the 6th of October from my own calculations.
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? We are planning a homebirth right now.
7)midwife or OB? Midwife
8)will you cloth diaper? We plan to, but it's a little up in the air at the moment.
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? I believe we will be vaxing normally.
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? We plan to make a crib sidecar onto our bed. We might change our mind and just have baby in our bed. But I defintely plan on it in some form.
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? I will, but I don't know what kind of carrier yet. I'm very interested in the ring slings and the Moby wraps.
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? I do plan on breastfeeding.

[leurMaman]

1)Mandi
2)about to turn 31
3)B - 39
4)Leo 3.5, Evelyne 1
5)early October (Oct. 1)
6)Homebirth
7)midwife - bradley method
8)probably not going to cloth diaper (did for 2 years though)
9)delayed and selective vax
10)yes - for 5-6 months
11)yes - moby wrap, then ergobaby later
12)I BFed my babies over a year each - and plan to do the same.

[CrunchyDoula]

1)Name
Jessica

2)age
21

3)Partners name and age
My DH, of two years is Chris (26)

4)How many kids do you have? Names?
We have an 18 month old dd, Lailah

5)What is your EDD?
October 25th

6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital?
Homebirth with a very hands off Midwife

7)midwife or OB?
Midwife

8)will you cloth diaper?
Yes Already have about half of my stash ready

9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective?
No.

10)Are you planning on co-sleeping?
Yup...for quite some time.

11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers?
Right now I have a hotsling, moby wrap, mai tei, Robeezo, ergo and a maya wrap I really want to get the Mango Ella Roo soon!

12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse?
We will be nursing for as long as baby wants

[ttc2008mom]

1)Name - Dana
2)age - 34
3)Partners name and age - Dan, 35
4)How many kids do you have? Names? 1 so far, Evan Joseph
5)What is your EDD? 10/29/08
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? Hospital
7)midwife or OB? OB
8)will you cloth diaper? we've considered it though we didn't with DS
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? selective
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? no
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? with #2, yes
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? We plan on BFing again. Evan stopped nursing 6m ago...

[lovemysunshine]

1)Name Jenny
2)age 29
3)Partners name and age Henry, 33
4)How many kids do you have? Names? 2: DD Solana, turning 5 in May and DS Jonas, 2 next week!
5)What is your EDD? Oct 25 or so
6)Are you planning on Home birth, Unassisted childbirth, birthing center? Hospital? homebirth
7)midwife or OB? midwife, same who attended DS' birth
8)will you cloth diaper? yes, may use disposables until the mec is gone though
9)Will you vax? If so will you delay or be selective? no vax for now; DS is not vaxed at all, but DD was until 18 or 24 months.
10)Are you planning on co-sleeping? Yes. Both kids still sleep most of the night with us, but I know we won't all fit in our CA King so we need to make some changes there for sure.
11)will you babywear? what kind of carriers? Of course, I'm a self-professed baby carrier addict. Ring slings and wraps for the first months, then branching into mei tais once baby is a bit bigger.
12)Will you breastfeed? Are you currently nursing? Will you Tandem nurse? Yes, we'll be nursing. I'm currently nursing my DS and hope he'll nurse through the pg and we'll tandem nurse again. My DD just weaned with a bit of encouragement in November at 4.5 and I'm glad I'm not going to be nursing 3.