September Mama's Roll Call

[chrissy]

How about a roll call thread where we all just type some introductory remarks? Then it will be easy to refer back to when we're wondering how far along Caroline is, or who is due closest to me, or whatever.

[chrissy]

So, I'll start.

I'm Chrissy, 29, due with my second child on September 28th.
I'm married to Brian, :love
We already have one sweet boy, Noah, who is almost 2 1/2. He'll be 3 on November 14th.
I'm a sahm and love it.
We're planning our first homebirth with a midwife, after an induced hospital birth with Noah.

So that's me! What about you?

[sistermama]

Thought this would be a good place to keep our due date list:
PM me for changes or additions.

9/1/04 - 3under3 (Danielle) - 4th baby - hospital

9/1/04 - mujul79 (julianna) - 1st baby - hospital

9/2/04 - Austinmomma (Kim) - 1st baby - hospital w/ doula

9/2/04 - JenInMpls (Jen) - 1st baby - birthcenter

9/3/04 - Chumani - 5th baby - homebirth

9/3/04 - hjohnson (Heather) - 2nd baby - hospital

9/4/04 - wardermom (Melanie) - 7th baby

9/4/04 - Adventuregirl (Sheryl) - 1st baby - homebirth

9/6/04 - Caroline248 (Caroline) - 4th baby - hospital

9/7/04 - Lazuli - 1st baby - homebirth

9/11/04 - mama2annabelle - 2nd baby - homebirth

9/11/04 - jkklmn (Jenifer) - 2nd baby - home or hospital

9/13/04 - Bananagirl (Anna) - 1st (maybe 2nd!) baby - hospital

9/14/04 - badomama (Steph) - 1st baby - hospital

9/14/04 - lunamama - 3rd baby - homebirth

9/15/04 - RaeinBC (Rachel) - 1st baby - hospital

9/15/04 - sistermama (Sarah) - 2nd baby - homebirth

9/16/04 - mellie-bellie (Melissa) - 3rd baby - homebirth

mid to late Sept - Blueviolet (Linda) - 4th baby - homebirth

9/21/04 - cuddlemama (Leigh) - 3rd baby - hospital

9/22/04 - Greenbeing - 1st baby - homebirth

9/24/04 - Jodie (Jodie) - 1st baby - homebirth

9/24/04 - bellasmum - 2nd baby - homebirth

9/24/04 - flowers (Hillary) - 1st baby - homebirth

9/25/04 - Mom2Baldie (Lynsey) - 3rd baby - home VBAC

9/26/04 - MommyMoses (Nancy) - 2nd baby - homebirth

9/28/04 - chrissy (Chrissy) - 2nd baby - home or birth center birth

9/30/04 - Boobykinmama (Heather) - 3rd baby


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[Mom2baldie]

Sarah, thanks for taking over the due date list for me when I went AWOL. :o

My intro:

Im Lynsey, 25, mom to 2 kids: Riley - 6 and Paityn - 2 and wife to Bert. We live in DFW, TX with our dog, Noelle.

I am due with my 3rd child on Sept. 22nd (I think) and I am planning my 2nd VBAC and 1st homebirth! I would really like to birth in water, but I know that I might feel more comfy on my bed or floor or whatever...

My 1st son was born by cesarean because of breech presentation and since my pregnancy and VBAC with with Paityn I have been OBSESSED with pregnancy/birth - to the point that I had to become a labor doula. :D

Since Paityns birth I have also become very interested in vaccinations, natural health, vegetarianism (is that a word?)...

Hmm, well thats all I can think of for now.

[mellie-bellie]

Hi,

I'm Melissa, 23yo mama to two beautiful homebirthed kidlets, and due Sept 16th w/ another. Both of my other births were w/ midwives, 1st being on "dry land", and 2nd being a waterbirth. This time around I'm planning on a UC, possibly another waterbirth, but won't know that for sure until the big day comes.

[hjohnson]

Hi! I'm Heather and I am 28. I am momma to Christopher who is almost 17 months old. I am due to have "lil bit" on 9/3/2004. Thanks to HELLP Syndrome, my first pregnancy was induced. This time around the doctor is watching me like a hawk and I am hoping to deliver with very few interventions.

[JenInMpls]

:wave

I am Jen the terribly chatty. I am 30 and live in Minneapolis with my dear partner/wife Jo and our two fluffy cats, Sydney and Eddie. I am growing a Sprout due to arrive in this world the first week of September, exactly the week *I* was due to return to my position of teaching German in a local Waldorf school. I hope very much to be able to raise our child bilingually.

I am giving birth at the Methodist Hospital Birth Center and working with their team of midwives prenatally. I have been planning a natural birth since I was about 12, when my mom told me of her experience having me with no interventions and how empowering it was to her, compared to the barbituate-soaked birth of my sister. I would prefer a homebirth but Jo is too chicken to do that!

peace, j

[Caroline248]

Hi! I am Caroline, 28 years old. We are expecting our fourth baby, due the first week of September, but we shall see! I am a SAHM, have to be with four kids. We are negotiating our birth right now. We had a lot of complications with Bridget, so we are reluctant to have this one at home, but I am really leaning towards it. I just don't know. I am going for no epidural or anything, but again, negotiable. I had one with my first two, and not with my last. BUT, my second birth was excrutiating, my third didn't hurt at all. So I will see....

That is about it..

Caroline

[adventuregirl]

Hello! I am Sheryl (had to let myself out of the closet with that), 30 and expecting my first little nugget in September. My official due date is Sept. 4th (Sarah, you have the 5th). I am planning a homebirth, possibly in water, we will leave that up to baby and me when the time comes, but will have a tub ready to go.

[banana girl]

Hey all!

Anna here, I am 26 years old and expecting my first child (children?) on September 13th. My hubby and I are both in school, him full-time, me part-time. He is finishing his education (which my job provides him with for free!) and will be student teaching in the fall. I take classes that interest me, for the fun of it and ace them. We have been married less than a year and are feeling pretty overwhelmed about getting ready for being parents.

It is possible that I am carrying more than one baby. My uterus is measuring larger than "expected" for when we think we conceived. It could be that I am simply a month farther along than we thought, but I really doubt that. However I have been stubbornly refusing an ultrasound. So...we'll see.

We lived in Madison, Wisconsin. We have two rotten spoiled kitties whom we adore and detest simultaneously. I love gardening, drawing and doing ceramics.

I am interested in doing a homebirth, however paying out of pocket is looking worse and worse. Also. my understanding is that the possibility of twins may complicate finding a midwife. so for now, it's looking like hospital birth.

So glad I've stopped barfing all the time!!!!
Anna

[fourlittlebirds]

I'm Linda, due with my fourth most likely sometime in mid-late September. (Can I still be on the list even though I don't have an exact date?)

I am 37, a SAHM. My children are 7, 5, and 2 1/2. Two boys and a girl. This will most likely be our last.

My first two were born at home with midwives attending, and my third was a planned unassisted birth, and we are planning the same for this one. You can read a little about my birth philosophy by clicking on the BIRTH link below. :)

[wardermom]

Hi, I'm Melanie. I'm 29 and am having my 7th baby.
My first was born in the hospital, and the other 5 were born at home. This one will too.
My 5th was an accidental, on purpose UC. I wanted to have the 6th UC, but my dh wasn't really comfortable with that.
We have 2 boys and 4 girls. I feel like this one is another girl.

[Jodie]

I'm Jodie, 25 and married 3years this summer to my wonderful DH.

We are having a homebirth, this will be our first baby. :D
We live in central Alabama with our two fur babies Tara(10) and Zada(6).

I plan on having a waterbirth, but we will see how it all works out at the time.
I'm due around the equinox! When people ask I just say the end of Sept.:)

[greenbeing]

Hello!
I'm Meredith, 28. Dh and I will be married 5 years in June, and we're expecting our first baby at the end of September. We're planning a homebirth/waterbirth.

[boobykinmamma]

I'm Heather, 32, due with my third Sept. 24 (my midwife changed my original sept. 30 due date to make it as likely as possible to have a homebirth, as I had dd at 36 weeks, which is the earliest I can legally deliver at home in AZ). Shankar will be four in just over two weeks, and Leela is 13 months. This pregnancy was a very welcome surprise. I'm a stay at home mama, which I love, and dh, Ted, juggles audio book editing and being a painting contractor.

We're planning a home waterbirth with the same wonderful midwives who attended dd's birth. DS was a planned homebirth, but ended up as a hospital birth. (long story).

Hmm, what else? We live in Northern Arizona, which gets pretty hot in the summer when I'll be hugely pregnant, but not as bad as 110 degree Phoenix. Lots of watermelon and lots of time in hanging out in a kiddie pool with my munchkins!

[Caroline248]

Well, as nice as it is to see everyone's introduction again, all I can say is....



ADVENTUREGIRL HAS A NAME!!!!:jaw



:wave



Caroline

[JenInMpls]

:rotflmao

At least you said it, Caroline - but I was thinking the same thing!

Now the big question for me is this: is it pronounced like sure-l or share-l?

:D

Jen

[mama2annabelle]

Hi everyone:wave

I'm Carmen, 27, due early September with my 2nd child. DD is almost 19 months old right now and will be just turning 2 when her little sibling is born (she's a September baby too). We are planning a homebirth, probably waterbirth this time around. DD was born naturally in a hospital with a midwife. Although it was a good experience I just want to be comfortable this time.

I hear you Heather about the summer heat and being pregnant! It gets unbearably hot here in Florida in August and September...just when I'm at my biggest. With DD who was born 1st week of Sept. 2002, I rarely ventured outside during the last month or so the pregnancy. It will probably be the same this time. Poor Annabelle will be couped up in the house all summer b/c Mommy's to huge and uncomfortable to be out in the heat. At least the mall has a nice indoor playground that I can take her to. :o

[4under6]

I'm Danielle, age 35, married to Charlie, 38, for 7 years. We have three kids and are due on 9/1 with #4.
As much as I would love a homebirth, we are having a hospital birth again. Can't really afford a homebirth, and Lucy's super-fast birth was kinda scary.

[bombadil072]

:wave I just want to say hello to all the September mommies out there. I am Banana Girl's DH, and she recently got me to register as a member, so I thought I would greet the people I am always hearing about...:thumb

Well, I am really busy today and I have 2 go (:( ) Bye Bye

[adventuregirl]

I am freaking cracking up over here! Thanks for the laugh Caroline. I don't know why I never let my name out, just never did.

Jen, its pronounced Sher-ul, like Sheryl Crow.

A husband on the board, how very exciting! Its nice to meet you, bombadil!

[msrog]

Hi, I'm Savannah,

Due with TWINS Sept. 14, yay!!! Just saw the ultrasound confirming two babies last week.

It was a true answer to a 10-year prayer for twins. =O)

DH and I have a son, Nicolas, who will be 6 Aug. 28.

We live in Georgia.

[Caroline248]

Welcome Savannah....congrats on the twins. Where in GA are you? My mom lives in Tucker (outside Atlanta) and my dad lives in Sharpsburg.

did you find the sex of the twins?

Caroline

[chumani]

Hi all! I am Sarah 30, married to dh for 9 years. Sahm to 4 great kids and expecting #5 Sept 3. This will be our fifth homebirth. We live in Southern Utah where it will be HOT when this babe comes. I am excited to buy summer maternity clothes as all my other kiddos were born in winter/early spring. I have been a homeschooling mom for 4 years and love it.


boobykinmama, we live 2 miles from the AZ border in St. George, Utah. We are planning a trip down through Page in May. How northern AZ are you?


Have a wonderful day!!
Sarah

[msrog]

No, I like to save the sexes for delivery day! =O) But I had specifically prayed for God to give us a boy and then identical twin girls. We got the boy, then twins, so we're all expecting that the babies will be identical girls! =O)

I live very close to Sharpsburg!

[Lazuli]

I'm Lazuli (which I should just change my name to seeing that's the name most people know me by, online and off.) Let's see....I just turned 32 in March and live in the Chicago suburbs with my husband and five cats (Ofanial and Sammael, both 6 and Zorak, Yuki and Enki who are all 2, I think). We've been married almost 4 years and this is our first child. We're planning a homebirth, which both our families are completely against.

Let's see....I'm an aspiring writer who doesn't work and will be a sahm. My husband works for Red Hat as an instructor, which he absolutely loves. I'm an avid reader and I like to sew and tend to make Victorian clothes and I've recently taken up quilting. We don't have cable and our tv doesn't get any channels so the only tv we watch is movies and anime on dvd. I'm also something of a geek and enjoy playing video games and have my own website.

Nice to meet everyone! :)

Lazuli

[sistermama]

So... what's your website Lazuli??

[Lazuli]

Ah yes, the website. It can be found here: Tangled Threads (http://www.tangled-threads.net) I really need to make myself update it sometime soon, I need to get all the galleries up and working and stuff. I'm too easily distracted by other things. *laughs*

Lazuli

[badomama]

Hello everyone!

Put me on the list!

Badomama, Steph Adams, will be living in the Twin Cities by June, currently en route. Brain left Tanzania a couple of weeks ago, but body is still here sweating.

Baby Jeri, the gender neutral fetus, is due on September 14 or 11 depending on if you believe the u/s. S/he will be our first. I'm 31 and dh is 35, so we are READY finally. We will have a hospital birth due to insurance constraints, but plan it to be as intervention free as possible.

Hey Anna and dh, maybe I could get my dh to pop in here too since he asks everyday: "so what are the mamas up to today?" He is enjoying this vicariously.

Adventuregirl, I liked the mystery you had going there for awhile.

Steph

[bombadil072]

Steph,

maybe we could bring your DH into the fold, and then create a new thread within the September mamas? This way, we partners could stop just :lurk: and be active participants without taking away from the vibe that you already have on your other threads. Just an idea...

Well, I have to run:wave

Jerome (Anna's DH)

[OnTheBrink]

Hi!

I'm Nancy (28) and I'm due with #2 in late September.

I know when I conceived, so based on that, my date is 09/22. However, we are using 09/26 (based on LMP) to buy me some time if I am "late."

I am married to Robert (32). This is his first baby and birth. Our daughter Emma was born to my first husband, Michael, and I on April 12, 2001. Michael was killed in a car accident when Emma was 5 months old. Rob and I have been married almost 7 months and are 4 months pregnant!

I did not plan to have Emma in a hospital. I had a wonderful waterbirth planned with my midwives on Miami Beach. However, she was breech and didn't want to turn. So, after her due date passed and labor began, we chose a c-section. My midwife's husband did the c-section and it was a wonderful experience, as far as c-sections go! I got my essential oils and special music and even cloth diapers for my baby! However, we were separated for 6 hours, which was horrible. But, when she came to me, she was suckling and started nursing right away. We've been nursing every since!

So - with this baby (Mary Ella or John Michael) we are planning a home VBAC and are super excited about it!

[sistermama]

Well, I'm finaly getting around to this...

I'm Sarah, 28, and I've been married to John for almost five years and we have a 20 month old son named Jack. We are living with my mom right now (God help me) and will thankfully be moving out soon. She has been very good to us and is fab with Jack, but the time has come! I work part time as the fiscal director for a children's nonprofit org, which means I fit my former full time job into half as many hours per week.

I plan on having this baby at home (wherever that may be) with the same midwives who were with me for Jack. I transferred to the hospital last time, but after that horrendous experience I will stick it out at home.

I am so grateful for you Sept Mamas. With my last pregnancy I was part of a due date club on AOL, which was better than nothing but also kind of lonely since I was the homebirthing, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, etc. freak!!!

[flowers]

Hey Sisters!

My name is Hillary and I am preggie with my first and "officially" due Sept 24 but I always tell people the end of September.

I am married to a really wonderful man, Joel for about a year now and we are blissed out to be parents. We are living with his parents for the time being for a number of wild reasons but I have arranged to have a homebirth at my parents house where I grew up because I feel more comfortable there. Just the fact that my dad is so cool with this lets me know this is the right place (he thinks our philosophies on life are a little out of this world!)

We are having a midwife but our goal is to birth the rest of our babies (if life should lead us there) in our own home unassisted.

My cat just had kittens and she did it all by herself in the very back of a dark closet and this has given me a lot of inspiration. I didn't even hear her crying or anything.

Anyways, I feel really blessed to have found this site and all you righteous lady-mammas. What a blissed out crazy world we live in.

Happy growing babies!!!

hillary

[mommy2three]

Congrats Sept. Mamas!!!

My actual due date is Oct. 7th but I am certain I'll be a Sept. mama because I have mine early.... So, don't kick me off your Sept list :LOL

Anyway, my name is Aley (28), I'm married to my handsome man Ryan who is an amazing hubby, daddy, and police man :) I have three beautiful children: Jack & MacKenzie are fraternal twins who will be turning 5 in August; and my sweet nursling Sam who will be 2 in July. And of course the incubating wonder who will be born end of Sept/early Oct.

[chrissy]

Welcome to all you new mamas! Come join us on the other threads.

[lunamama]

Hi there...I have been wandering around here this week and i decided to post....I am 18 weeks and due Sept.14....YAY! This will be babe #3...I am hoping for another girl...already have 2 but dh is in need of a boy to raise.....either way, a healthy one is what is important. I am showing, finally...and the baby is moving. I am excited to have a homebirth as we live way out in the wilderness and i do not want ot have to drive to have a baby....among other reasons. There are so many mamas due in September...add me to the list!:thumb

[austinmomma]

Hi, everyone! I haven't written in a while. Work and home are hectic. I had a sonogram today since I'm measuring big and now they think I'll deliver my girl during the last week in August but I'd love to stay on the September Mommies thread since I feel like I know you all.

Jen, I spent some time with my birth family this weekend and thought of you. All three of my uncle's children attend the only Waldorf school in Texas. My aunt went on and on about it. She showed me all of these great things the kids had knitted and some of their art work, too. Here in Texas, Waldorf students learn both Spanish and German. Is that the norm for Waldorf schools? I didn't know much about it until this weekend but Waldorf sounds like the way to go if one can afford it.

At my regular OB appointment last week, the nurse kind of insulted me when she said, "You'll change your mind", in response to my telling her that I didn't want drugs or an epi. Not only was that insulting but she doesn't know me well enough to make that call. On the positive side, I felt movement for the first time about two weeks ago. It is so wonderful! One of my friends says the kicking gets really irritating later on. I guess I'll have to find out on my own.

Anyway, just checking in... good luck to everyone with their taxes!

Love,
Kim

[sistermama]

Originally posted by austinmomma
At my regular OB appointment last week, the nurse kind of insulted me when she said, "You'll change your mind", in response to my telling her that I didn't want drugs or an epi. Not only was that insulting but she doesn't know me well enough to make that call.


:splat With that kind of supportive attitude, I'm surprised you can get through seeing her without needing drugs!!! :LOL
Stay, Kim, stay!!!

[Mom2baldie]

Kim,
Nice to have you join us! I am from TX also, but up north near DFW... Thats some attitude for a nurse to have, although Im sure its fairly common among people who work in OBs offices. Im sure MOST women do go in and make their desire for drugs very clear. Good for you for letting her know that you are different!

and congrats on feeling movement! I have been also for about 1.5 weeks now, although very inconsistantly. Its so exciting!


Welcome Lunamama! Stay and post more! :D

[sistermama]

Hi all you new Sept mamas! Just wanted to invite you to come over and join us on our most active thread, "Its April, Mamas." Don't feel intimidated by the size of the thread and feel like you have to go back and read it all the way through. Just jump right in, let us know what you're up to and we all know each other in no time. :)

[jkklmn]

My name is Jenifer. I am due 9-11. We have one daughter who will be 4 1/2 when #2 is born. I am working with a midwife & hoping for a homebirth, but unless I can turn my husband onto the idea...to the hospital we'll go. Congrats to all of you September Due Mamas!

[mujul79]

Hi girls. My name is Julianna.
I am Due with my first on Sept 1st 2004
I just got married to David on March 7th 2004
This is our fist baby.
We are going to have a hospital bith with a doula.
I am looking in to hypno birthing too.
I want to use cloth diapers when this little one comes. (tring to make some of my own help)
I have been a doula since 99.
We are not finding out if this baby is a boy or a girl till DDay. :wave

[banana girl]

Come chat with us on the thread entitled "It's April" under our Sept Due Date Club. don't worry about reading all our blather, just jump right in!

And congratulations on your little ones!

Anna Banana
:banana

[airybabymom]

Hi all,

I'm Karen. I'm 39 years old. I am expecting #3 (for me, #5 for dh) around Sept. 28, 2004. My first was a preemie (2.5 months) with Down Syndrome. I had him in the hospital (didn't realize I was in full labor at 29 weeks). My second was my dd. She too was born in the hospital. I had so many complications with both though they were both vaginal. I will be having this third in the hospital with a doula. I had this doula for my dd also.

I will be finding out next week if we are having a boy or a girl. The testing so far shows that this baby is going to be healthy. Dd was healthy after some problems with apnea and not breathing at birth.

My first two were born during the winter. I'm not looking forward to the hot humid texas summer for this one.

I'm glad I know of this group while I'm pregnant this time. I didn't hook up here originally until my daughter was 5 months old. I don't feel as isolated this time as I did last time.

[~lapetitesirene~]

Hi there!
I am Linda-I am due September 12th or so : ) with baby #2
I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter.
Planning a VBAC homebirth with a midwife.
1st pregnancy-spent 18 weeks on full bed rest for preterm contractions-and ended up a Ceserean as dd turned breech 4 days before due date.
No complications so far this pregnancy.

I just moved to New Zealand from the States...8 weeks ago. So this baby will be a Kiwi : )

looking forward to getting to know you all!

[adventuregirl]

Welcome all you new ladies! Its great to have you with us! Looking forward to getting to know you all.

[Mama2Girls+1]

Hi

Im Michelle, a new member!

I have 2 wonderful little girls, Brianna was born 9.22.01 via emergancy c-section, after 2 days trying to induce and not going anywhere, and 24 hours of hard labor and not going anywhere!

Sydney was born VBAC 2 weeks before her due date. She came out healthy and happy. She was born 8.21.03.

I did get my tubes tied after having Sydney thinking I was for sure done having children. But god had other things to say about it! I got pregnant in December. (Not even knowing!)

This little miracle from god is due September 18, and its another GIRL! :love

I cant wait to meet everyone and go through our pregnancys together!

[sistermama]

Hi Michelle, glad you found us! I hope you jump right in on our It's April thread. That's where most of our chatting goes on. Don't feel like you have to catch up or anything - just start talking! :thumb

[Soontobe3]

Hi! I am a new member.... My name is Kelly, married to John for 13 yrs (been together with him for 21 yrs)

We have two kids - son 11 yrs old and daughter 3 yrs old.

Due with oru third and LAST!! on September 18th.

I have changed practices from an OB (10 to the practice!) to a midwife (with an attending OB) My son was a c-section due to frank breech presentation. Dd was a natural VBAC in the hospital (much to my OB's dismay!) and I am planning on another VBAC with the Midwife - in the hospital. I am too chicken to attempt homebirth -although I think it is wonderful! I would LOVE to try a water birth but the hospital I'll deliver at doesn't have those facilities. :(

[greenbeing]

:wave

Welcome to all of you who have joined us! We look forward to chatting with you!

[chanale]

Hi! I'm Suzanne, married to Chris for 7 years this Sunday, and our first human child is due Sept. 29th. We're going to a free-standing birth center with midwives; you have the option of water births there, which was really attractive to me.

[roseselene]

Hi! :wave I'm Amy. I'm expecting #2 in September and depending on how you calculate our due date it is either September 16th, 17th or 18th....or the baby will have a mind of his own and come when he wants.
We found out last week that he is a boy.
We already have 1 DD who is currently 16 months...she will be 21 months when #2 comes along. Glad to see there are so many of us september mommies!
Amy :)

[mollysummer]

Hi Everyone, I'm Summer. We are in California now but might be relocating to North Florida before the baby's born... We have 1 daughter, 10, and are expecting Emma to come along 10/19 or thereabouts! Is anyone else on the list in Flordia, particularly Jacksonville/ Fernandine area?

[adventuregirl]

Welcome Summer! Did you mean to type 9/19? Because 10/19 is October, and not that we wouldn't love to have you around here, but you'd be the last one left in the group after we've all had our babies! I have been a really bad typist lately, so maybe you're having the same issue too, damn pregnancy brain! Whenever it is, congrats and best of luck with your move!

[mollysummer]

oops! yes, 9/19 is what I meant!

[mum2tori]

Hi all-

I'm Samantha, I'm 33. Married to David for 10 years now. :eek
I have a DD Tori who is 3 and a DS Jack who is 1. They are 2 years and 1 week apart. We'd always said we wanted 2 years between kids... didn't mean almost literally. :LOL

I'm a SAHM now. I live in HUMID Houston, Texas. Both my previous pregnancies were during the winter, I'm not looking forward to being HUGE during the summer.

"Radish" is due Sept 17 currently. The original date was Sept 26 but my u/s moved that forward. The u/s said we are having aother boy. I didn't get to see it at the time (little wiggler), but we think we picked him out watching the tape. :LOL

We are planning another hospital birth, same OB as last two. We've been lucky to not have any major complications with any of them so far. :) We will be cloth diapering #3 also. DD was clothed from 4 months on and DS from 4 days on. Also plan to breastfeed again. Did with other two. DS just recently weaned, my supply when bye-bye with this pregnancy. :(

[sistermama]

Hi Samantha,

Glad you found us. Jump right in on our April Showers thread - that's where we do most of our talking! I lost my milk during this pregnancy, too. Now I'm just glad to get a little break between babies. :)

[Tree Swallow]

Hello, fellow pregsters. I came to the site looking for Dr. Jay in regard to a question about my nephew -- but when I saw the due date boards I couldn't resist registering.

So here I am, age 40 and due Sept. 18. I currently have two children, a 9 year old girl and 6 year old boy. This will be my first child with my new husband and we're pretty excited, though I must say I'm WORN OUT.

I see the chatting goes on in the April (?) thread. See ya there.

[JenInMpls]

Yes, we gab a mile a minute on the April Showers bring May Flowers thread - luckily may is almost over and we can start a new one before that one gets innavigable due to its length!

I love your MDC username, btw.

jen

[indiana ima]

Hi! I'm Vicki. I live in Indiana with my wonderful husband :couple and our wonderful kids. My son is 4.5 and my daughter is 2. We're Jewish. :tichel: (OK, maybe not quite THAT Jewish).

I never thought I would live in Indiana for so long, but I came in for grad school and I seem to have gotten stuck.:rolleyes Even sillier is that I'm a full-time mother now and not using that degree to earn anything!

More to the point of this thread, I'm also "due" in September. :D My ultrasound gave me an EDD of Sept 4, but my son was born 2 days before his EDD and my daughter was born 7 days before hers, so I expect to go in August. I too am not looking forward to the summer heat. :sunshine

My son was born swiftly and painkiller-free in the local hospital. I disliked birthing in the hospital :irked:, but recuperating in the hospital was very good and made up for the less than fabulous birth.

My daughter was born at home with a really wonderful midwife :love, who I'm using again for this pregnancy. I hope to give birth (at home) before she goes on vacation and she hopes I go after she comes back! (She'll be out of state during my 38th week). Her back-up is a fine midwife and was there also when my daughter was born, but it isn't exactly the same, you know?

I have no official scientific word on the boy/girl question, but feel quite sure that I am carrying a boy. Call it a hunch. He will be our last, well, barring divine intervention! :shrug

[plantmommy]

I'd like to introduce myself!

I have three children right now; an eight year old dd, a six year old ds, and a dd who will be 4 at the end of August. All are very excited about their new sibling, due somewhere around the first week of September.

We know it's a boy because I had U/S to rule out twins, since they run in my family and I am so much larger than I ever was before!!!I was happy not knowing the sex, as I didn't know with youngest dd, Isabelle, and I got to "call it" myself, having caught her. She was a home waterbirth. However, I asked the kids, and they all voted that they wanted to know. It wasn't a surprise, as "boy" was my hunch, and I'm now three for three correct on those hunches!

We're planning on having another home waterbirth with this one.

Otherwise... I hybridize plants, and am an avid gardener, thus the handle, was a LLL leader for several years, until I moved and haven't hooked up with the local group. So I guess you could say I'm a big advocate of nursing. DS self-weaned when I was 5 mos. pregnant with Belle, and she weaned somewhere between 2 and 2.5, with a bit of encouragement.

That's enough of a tome! I'm thrilled to have found a board where there are like-minded people.

[sistermama]

Welcome! Hope you'll join us over on our June 2nd Week thread. That's where most of our chatting occurs!

[janerose]

Hey, everyone! I'm Holly. Married 5 yrs to my :love TJ. This is our first child after 5 yrs of trying to conceive with PCOS. I quit my job in medical administration back in Feb after we found out I was expecting. Can't wait to be a SAHM to little Miss Emilia Marie :D

Emi will be born at the hospital. Seriously considered a home birth, but DH wasn't thrilled with the idea. Luckily our local hospital's birthing center is 100% natural birth friendly so I'm OK with that. We're using the midwife, not the OB. We plan to do attachment parenting & cloth diapering, so I've been spending some time on boards related to those as well.

Other than that, I'm just trying to finish up some projects around our house and generally get things ready for Emi's arrival. I love to read and enjoy gardening (although not so much this year :eyesroll ).

Glad to mee you all!

Holly

[Carla707]

Hey everyone! My name is Carla and I am due September 26th with my first child. My boyfriend and I decided not to find out the sex of our baby and I am really excited to find out what we will end up having. I am delivering in a hospital with a midwife and im planning on having a natural birth.

Well good luck to all you ladies due in September!

[chrissy]

Welcome Carla! My mom is from Levittown, PA! Small world. :) Come join us on our weekly threads below.

[SiValleySteph]

Hi! :hola:

I'm Stephanie and we're (hubby & I) expecting our first child on September 20th. We're having a boy.

We're signed up for a hospital birth. I'm conflicted on the birthing thing, but I think we're decided. We're probably more mainstream than most on this board. We are going to cloth diaper and I'm super excited about that! :) I will be a WOHM after a few months, though, which I know isn't that popular here. But I still enjoying reading and learning from all the mommas here.

Good luck to all you September mommas!

[sistermama]

Hi Stephanie - I ended up having a hospital birth with my first and it was everything I hoped the birth experience would be. My son's birth was beautiful - I'm sure yours will be too! I work outside of the home too, so don't feel too alone, there's a whole Working Mamas (http://www.mothering.com/discussions/forumdisplay.php?f=159) thread. Hope you join in to our chat!

[MamaAcorn]

I posted way back in the beginning of this pregnancy, but I got super busy with work and have been MIA since Feb/March. If ya don't mind, I'd love to come back and join you for the rest of this journey.

Here's a brief re-intro:
I'm Pam. I'm 27 years old and work from home FT doing medical transcription. I also just started teaching Bradley childbirth classes. I'm provisionally certified, and basically just need to teach one series and take a final before I have my full certification. Yippee!

I'm 29 weeks pregnant with a little boy! His name is Jackson Eugene. He's a very active little guy. I've had a really easy pregnancy. I'm planning on a birth center birth, but I'm having issues with one of the midwives, so who knows. I'm planning on CDing this guy, which is completely new to me. I've been busy building a NB/small stash and been totally sucked into the diapering boards here.

I'm a mama to Alex, who is three. He's still nursing about twice a week now. I thought that he was going to wean a couple of weeks ago, but then my colostrum came in. He's going to be a great big brother. He talks to the baby everyday and pokes at my belly button, which gets the baby so excited! They're already best buddies.

Last and not least, I'm a wife to my wonderful DH, James. He's a FT law student getting ready to start his LAST year of school. We've been married almost five years. We keep pretty busy between his school, our five jobs, Alex, our dog Nova, and all the other stuff, but still manage to find some time to spend with each other!

Looking forward to meeting and getting re-acquainted with everyone!

[chrissy]

Welcome back!

[OnTheBrink]

Hi Pam! I'm Nancy (28), mom to Emma (3.5), married to Rob, and expecting John in late September.

We just got home from our first Bradley class! I took them while pregnant with my daughter and loved them. I am taking them again because: 1) I figure it's a good bunch of info to review. 2) I am married now to a man who has not previously experienced pregnancy or birth. (My 1st husband was killed in a car accident when Emma was 5 months olds). 3) My sister is the instructor (provisional). 4) I love being having homework that requires relaxing!

Emma nurses quite a bit, compared to others her age. She nurses at least 4 or 5 times a day, I'd guess. She's nursing right now, in fact.

Oh, we use cloth diapers as well. I used them from birth with Emma. For some reason, though, my diapering addiction has gone crazy while preparing for John. I have over 200 diapers!

Take care!

[MamaAcorn]

Wow Nancy! Our kids are only a couple of weeks apart in age. That's so cool! It seems that's not the only thing that we have in common either.

Thanks for the welcome Chrissy!

Pam

[HeatherB]

Hi, ladies!

I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself as I am hoping to be a more frequent participant around here. :)

I'm Heather, 23, married to my wonderful DH for 5 years this month. We have one DS, Gabriel, born 03/18/02, and are expecting our second in early- to mid-September. EDD is 09/09/04 by conception, so we'll just see if this little one wants to come on time! We don't know the baby's gender, but I suspect it's a girl (and have thus far bought accordingly!).

Our DS is extremely excited about the new baby and will be here for our home birth, which I'm also thrilled about! (DS was born by c/s, which I think would have been very different had we had the care provider we do now!) We have always been basically AP parents, and are going a step further this time and planning to CD. I'm loving the idea and spending inordinate amounts of time thinking about all the wonderful dipes I'll need. :D

I look forward to getting to know everyone here. :)

[mum2tori]

Greeting to everyone that's recently joined our chatty September forum. Feel free to just join our weekly threads. We love chatting. :D

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Hi Janerose- welcome to the group. Hope to see more of you around.

MamaAcorn- I have a Jackson! Great name! :)

SiValleySteph- Hi Stephanie. I'm having a hospital birth too. Both my previous births were hospital. I'm probably one of the more mainstream posters here too. :innocent But hey the more the merrier. We use the AP things that work for us and our children. :) Careful... cloth diapering can be addictive... ask me how I know :W :W... we've been doing it for 3 years! :LOL

Mommymoses- Hi Nancy. Good to see you over here. I recognize you from Amity. Congrats on your marriage and baby #2 on the way. :)

HeatherB, saw your posts last night on the Diapering forum and was going to let you know we had our little chatty spot over here. Glad to see you found it. :) I'm just up the road in Meyerland/Bellaire, we enjoy the playarea at First Colony Mall. :D

[SiValleySteph]

Hi sistermama! Thanks for the link to the working mommas section. I'll probably just lurk over there for now since I won't have much to add 'til I go back to work sometime in January. :)

Thanks for the welcome mum2tori! I can see how cloth diapering can be addicting... I think I'm already there and I don't even have a babe yet!! :innocent

[Mom2baldie]

Hey Heather! I am so glad to see another mama from Texas here, especially one that is having a HBAC! I am having my 2nd VBAC, but first homebirth. My DD is 2.5 and she was born 12 minutes after arriving at the hospital after a labor about 10 hours long - all that just to avoid another cesarean. Am very glad Im getting to avoid that whole hospital drama again!!!

Anyways, welcome!!

[Pixi]

Hi, I've been lurking for a while :)

I am 29, been with my partner for almost 6 years now (wow) We have a 4 1/2 year old son & I am due with our second child on September 28th.

I will be attempting a VBAC and have great support from my midwife at our hospital to do so.

[chrissy]

Welcome Pixi! I'm due the 28th with my second child too:)

[Shecky]

hi. I'm Shecky and I am new here. I am due on 9/23 with my first, although I have had remarkable success with raising cats, too. I am newly married, and also new to the Atlanta area. We are hoping for a natural childbirth with our mid-wife, and are doing Bradley to help prepare. Some days are good, some are bad, and right now I am on an upswing.

by the way...what is a DH or a DD?

[gaeamama]

HI! I'm jumping in on this thread in the middle of July!

I'm Robin, 33 yr old SAHM to two wonderful kids. My dh of ten years and I have just started planning on having a homebirth with this one. He's come a long way on this!! He wouldn't even consider it before. Won't go into details here, but I'm getting so excited to start the HB journey.

Looking forward to chatting with you all more.

[banana girl]

:D Welcome Sheky and nestmama!

Please come chat with us on our weekly threads! We look forward to hearing more from you!

Anna Banana
P.S. Shecky was wondering about all the abbreviations.... You have no idea how long it took me to figure out that a SAHM was a Stay At Home Mom!!! Here's a little "cheat sheet"

DH = Dear Husband ( Damn, Darling or Devoted.... whatever fits the moment!)
DS = Dear Son
DD = Dear Daughter
LOL = Laugh out loud
WAHM = Work At Home Mom
TMI = Too much Info
BTW = By the Way
YKWIM? = You know What I mean?

Good luck!!! And if I got any of these wrong.... clue me in!!!!

[MeganW]

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Hi I'm Megan I'm 23 and expecting my first little one around the 20th of Sep. I've been with my partner Ryan for about a year now and we are planning a homebirth with a midwife. I wanted a UC he said no way :)
I work as a realtor and will be returning to work after baby arrives and Ryan will be a SAHD/WAHD. This is # 4 for him so he thinks he's got it all figured out.

[Caroline248]

Hi Megan! Welcome to the Sept club! Jump in on the main thread, our weekly one. That gets way more traffic....

Caroline

[KittyUK]

Hi!
I realise I'm a bit late to this group :innocent I have been lurking on the boards a while and thought it's about time I posted something :)
I'm Kitty and am 32 weeks pg and due around 21st Sept. I'm planning a homebirth with MW.
My pregnancy has gone pretty well so far and I'm now getting busy preparing for the home stretch.

Kitty :)

[MamaAcorn]

Welcome Kitty! We have the same due date!

Pam

[JenInMpls]

Whoopee! someone from the other side of the pond! Now we can hear about antenatal visits and nappies!! :bgbounce

The September Mamas go intercontinental!

Welcome Kitty!

Jen

[KittyUK]

Thanks for the welcome! :)
Pam: thats cool we have the same due date!

Jen: I'm happy to add an intercontinental flavour. :D


I better go read the boards some more and try and catch up with the last 7 months :D

Kitty

[banana girl]

I better go read the boards some more and try and catch up with the last 7 months :D

Kitty

:laugh: Kitty, you crazy cat! don't even try!!! Just jump right in!

:D

[allibabble]

Well, here I am right about 32 weeks, and feeling like Goldilocks.

One group...another September group...very supportive, but frustratingly mainstream.

An unassisted childbirth group...learning a lot, but it's a tad militant. I love the idea of UC, but not sure if I'm ready, and do NOT respond well to being told "THIS IS HOW YOU MUST BEHAVE."

Last night, I read several of the threads here, and Ahhhhhh...just right. My use of a midwife would be supported, should I stay that route, but if I decide to UC, I'd find encouragement too! Wahoo!

I'm 33, single (attached, but not to the baby's father...VERY long story), and expecting my first sometime late September to early October...the EDD is 9/24, but how likely is it that she'll (yes, it's a girl!) show up then?

I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado with my two furry children (basenjis, Katie-F8 & Clay-M3) and plan a homebirth. Suffice it to say that my pregnancy was quite a surprise, and after a day or two (okay, a day) of soul-searching, I realized there was no way I could look at termination for various reasons. Even though I'm pro-choice, it just didn't gibe personally for *me.*

For any other background, and a few pictures, I have a blog that's primarily about baby stuff: http://babyburge.blogspot.com/

Glad to meet you guys...even if it IS only for the next 6-10 weeks!

Allison

[JenInMpls]

It took me a while, Allison, to figure out why your children were furry, but after I googled "Basenji" it clicked ;)

Do they really not bark?

welcome :D jen

ps: I hear you on the other supportive but frustratingly mainstream other boards... I had to give one up completely, it was too much for me.

[QuietTempest]

Hi! I just stumbled upon this site and I love it! My name is Sandy and my bf, Brian, and I are expecting our first baby on Sept. 13th. I'm currently 34w pregnant and with all the new perks and quirks that go along with pregnancy, it's nice to have somewhere to go and relate stories or get a sense of not being alone. :)

[banana girl]

Hello there!

I'm also due right around the 13th! Come chat with us in our "chatty" thread!
Just jump right to the last page and start chatting with us, trying to play "catch up" is impossible!!! We're way too talkative!

[Caroline248]

Sandy..I second Anna...you will never "catch up"!!! Join us over there...

caroline

[QuietTempest]

Thanks for the warm welcome! :toothy

[seekingtruth]

Hi there!
I've been lurking for months now and gathering *great* information, but with the due date getting so close, it's time for me to say hello!
I'm Jodi, married to Tom since 8/29/03 and expecting baby #1 on 9/15/04 or so (homebirth with a great dr.!) , and momma to our puppy JJ, a black/brown lab who I love to death! Pregnancy has been great; I've never felt better in my life!
I'm actively researching cloth diapers and have some bids out there on ebay. :) We finished painting the baby's room this weekend and I've finished teaching college for an indefinite amount of time so I can be with my baby! That means I have about 5.5 weeks to just WAIT! haha Actually I'm keeping busy, and I have a feeling s/he'll come be late anyway (the 23rd is in my mind).
Great to be a part of MDC! :thumb
Jodi

:xnocirc:

[plantmommy]

Welcome, Jodi!

Why don't you pop in on the chat thread and the homebirth thread?

[msrog]

Welcome, Jodi, glad you finally came out of hiding, haha. Come over to the weekly chat thread and join the melee...

[interbang]

I'm Heather, due 9/20/04, home birth here in Santa Monica, CA.

Yesterday, a baby store exploded in my house.

I'm really enjoying these forums, looking forward to posting again soon.

Thanks,
Heather

[StacyL]

Boy, do I feel stupid. I've been posting in the due date thread for awhile now, but somehow I missed this one and never introduced myself - how rude! :duh

Anyway, I'm Stacy and I'm 34 and me and my navy officer dh are expecting our first, a boy. We are going to have a UC, and he's as excited about it as I am. We will not vax, and I plan on eco-bf'ing, sling-wearing, co-sleeping, cd'ing, and I even convinced my dh to leave our little boy intact! Yea, hubby!

I am due today, according to my stupid OB who moved up my due date one week from it's original 9-22 after viewing my only u/s at 24 weeks. I really wished I hadn't heard that, since it has just contributed to my antsiness. I'm having lots of on again/off again go nowhere contractions, and lost part of my plug almost two weeks ago.

[sistermama]

Hi due date sister! I hope things get going soon for you!

[counterGOPI]

hi there. my name is Nicole.
I am married to my eternal (life after life)soul mate and very blessed.
this is our 1st child. we have an ongoing bet b/c my husband thinks its a girl after a dream he had and ever since day one i have been thinking its a boy...we'll see who wins ;)
I am due Sept 24th which just happens to be our wedding anniversary,too! ha,ha. Pretty funny huh? our baby is 100% vegan since conception and will (hopefully, if all goes well) be a drug free baby b/c i plan on NO drugs whatsoever. i still dont know where ill be having the baby b/c i am currently living in korea.i fly back to the states in june so then i can start figuring out what our insurance will cover,etc. we plan on using cloth diapers,breast feeding,making our own baby food, and homeschooling. thats as far as our plans have gone so far :)

[flowers]

Hey Nicole, Glad to hear you are doing so well. The only thing is this thread was for LAsT September!!! Yep, we have all had our babies my ds is a whopping 6 mos old and coming back to this thread really brought up a lot of memories. There must be a Sept 2005 thread somewhere. Good luck!

[counterGOPI]

opps let me try that again! ha,ha