Hello everyone! So glad we're starting this DDC together! I thought I'd get the ball rolling with an introductory thread where we can start getting to know each other.
I found Mothering when my daughter was born in 2012. I participated in the wonderful August 2012 DDC and I've been active ever since. Now I'm due July 15 with my second child and I hope to have the same relatively intervention-free pregnancy and labor/birth I had with my daughter.
I'll post more about myself later, but I'm supposed to be working so I'll leave it there for now. Welcome to everyone and congratulations!
So glad I'm not alone in the whole unplanned, surprise pregnancy! This is Baby #5 for hubby and me. We have been married a little over 8 years. We have had two losses and we have two daughters. Our oldest son would be turning 7 this Saturday, he was a stillbirth at 23 weeks along. Our youngest son would have been 6 last month. He died of unknown causes when he was 2 1/2 months old. Oldest daughter is almost 5, youngest daughter just turned 2. We were DONE by hubby's consideration. He REALLY wants a boy and I kept telling him that it would happen if meant to be....well that 2 percent chance of conceiving on NuvaRing happened...and here I am with a due date of July 23rd! One day before my birthday! I have a boy and a girl in November and a boy and a girl in December, so summer babies are a foreign concept to me!! My birthday is July 24th and hubby's is August 4, so this baby can share the summer with us! I see a high risk specialist in Knoxville, TN and will be having a c-section, because my last three have been c-sections. I go to the doctor tomorrow afternoon for my first appointment, praying all is well with this baby. After the initial shock wore off, I'm very super excited. Hubby is handling the shock well by now, but I'm not sure where he is on the "excitement" end of things I hope, for his sake, that it is a boy. If we had the two girls and hadn't have dealt with the losses, I would say he would be fine with three girls but he REALLY wants a boy and I'm worried about his reaction if this one is a girl also. NOT saying anything terrible about my husband, he will adore this baby either way, I just know he has his heart set on a little boy. It's a tough situation for us.
I am ALSO a *surprise* mama-to-be this month! I am actually a long-time mothering.com member, since I found out I was pregnant with my first daughter and participated in the May 2009 due date club from the get-go. New username now though.
I actually only took a pregnancy test because I believed my period was late due to stress! The positive sign was pretty unexpected, but after the initial shock I have to admit I am over the moon! I'm excited to be in a due date club again, and look forward to getting to know you mamas <3
Hello there fellow mamas. We are anxiously awaiting our Rainbow Baby after our loss in April of this year.
My olders are 4.5 and 6 and they are excited again and so is hubby I am 8 weeks along and due July 12th. I have not seen a provider yet and don't plan to until after the New Year. My last experience with our loss was so terrible that I'm very leery to go in pre-13 weeks (I saw a MW at an OBGYN office). My hubby is very medical minded and absolutely doesn't want a home birth. However, he said he would go tour our local birth center (it's a 10 minute drive from the hospital). Otherwise, I'll be at the hospital having a natural birth.
Jessica I just wanted to say I read your story and that is really tough...I understand your feelings and I hope this is a boy. So sorry for your previous losses. I can't imagine loving a newborn and losing them after 2 1/2 months....Hugs to you.
My mom's side of the family is from a very small town about 20 min outside of Knoxville!
We go to Pigeon Forge/ Gatlinburg once a year, too. I love it up there. You are probably freezing though! It is in the 80's here! Beach weather this weekend. Crazy...
Ladies I took little DS to a play date today with our toddler playgroup. It was good to get out and see friends. I have shared the news with the other moms in the group, so it was a little tough having to talk about it openly especially because almost everyone else is pregnant. Not because I am so much jealous of them, but it is hard to be depressed about pregnancy and have everyone else be bubbly about it...(theirs I mean, not about my situation). It was actually a little baby shower for one of the moms..she is due in 6 weeks. So we had to talk about her baby plans and of course be joyful for her, which is hard when I am not sure if my baby's heart is beating or not. But the benefits of seeing everyone and DS having fun playing with his buddies far outweighed the negatives. So I need to push myself to interact more. It definitely helps distract you from your own problems.
Sorry I meant to post the As-for-me update on another or thread. I thought I was in my saner--ttc/graduates thread. I realized I posted in this. Probably came across as a random thoughts post! (Not knowing the story leading up to the update. Lol)
Hi. I am new to this site. This is my 4th pregnancy. My last one was over 9 years ago, so it feels like my first again! I have 3 older children, ages 16, 10 and 8. I was divorced over 3 years ago and then met my husband who is my world. We decided to we wanted a child together and had to got through IVF to conceive this baby. After almost a year of trying, we finally got the positive pregnancy that we so wanted.
This will be my husband's first baby and he could not be happier.
We are currently 6 weeks 2 days. We have our second ultrasound of Monday and hopefully we get to see our little bean's heart beating away!! My due date is July 31st, so I don't know if I will be August or July. My other pregnancies I was late.... so I would guess August. I will be joining that group too!!
Looking forward to getting to know all of you and enjoying this great adventure together!!!
This is my second pregnancy. I am six weeks today and due technically July 28, although I was a week late with my DS, who turns 2 Dec 30. I managed to have a natural hospital birth with him though it took some fighting to achieve, and I am looking forward to having a MW homebirth with this one. We are not planning on finding out the gender (DS was a surprise as well). I look forward to traveling this amazing journey with you all.
Hi everyone! I've been a member of the Mothering community for over a decade but can't seem to access my old account...and so I'm starting over. Both with the Mothering boards and with a baby. I am another mom with older children (13 and 11) and it looks like I will be having another come July. It was a surprise for my partner and myself but we are quickly getting quite excited - and this will be his first child (my two older children are from my ex husband.)
Hi everyone, I am 33, this is my first pregnancy and we are due on the 11th of July. I am currently seeing both a midwife and my usual Ob/Gyn as my husband and I decide in the next few weeks between the Hospital or birth center for the birth. I am also currently looking for a doula. We are planning on keeping the gender a surprise. Congratulations to you all, I look forward to sharing this special time with you!
Hello everyone! My name is Sarah and this will be my 3rd baby. I have a 7 year old son and a 5.5 year old daughter. I work as a mental health therapist and nutritionist and specialize in treating youth and families! I'll be 40 weeks on 7/15 and am really excited to be pregnant again! We are planning on another home birth.
Hello! I found this site a few weeks ago, but due to a miscarriage back in Sept of this year, I've been waiting to start participating until I'm pretty sure this pregnancy is viable. So, now at 10 weeks and feeling more "normal" for pregnant, I'm feeling optimistic. We are due 7/12, but I doubt we'll have baby before 41 weeks. This will be my 3rd baby (5th pregnancy, due to 2 miscarriages). We have a 6 yr old ds and 3 yr old dd. My kids are super excited about this baby and my husband and I can hardly wait too! We are planning for a home birth again (first was hospital birth, second was home birth). Our home birth experience was so different from the hospital experience that there is just no going back unless there is a complication needing medical intervention. I am in my 30's, a work-from-home mom running two businesses (a part-time small business consulting practice and a product-oriented company I run with my husband), and a homeschooling momma living in Ohio. I look forward to meeting many of you in the coming months!
Okay...too weird, HomesteadMoma! We must be very close to each other! Our farm is in the Orient area, but actually a bit farther south of that. Small world!
Lol, it gets weirder PrettyHippie. I looked at your profile and saw your link to your blog/company page - and noticed we have the same first name too! How crazy is that? I don't have permissions to PM, or I would have PM'd you. We are in GC, so not far from Orient at all.
Are you in any homeschool groups? I don't want to get too personal on a public forum, but would love to chat sometime via pm or e-mail. Right now we are experimenting on permaculture on our suburban 1/4 acre, so I would love to hear what you guys are doing on your farm. It is just too crazy to find someone with so much in common.
Hello all. =] I am currently about 10 weeks pregnant with #2. My dates and measurements have been off, so I'm saying about 10 weeks. Due around 7\14\14. Ha. I have an 18 month old son. We still nurse and co-sleep. I get some flack from other family members about this, so its nice to be able to talk to other women in the same boat. =] I had my first son at 41&4, but I'm hoping this one makes their appearance sooner rather than later as my son's head was in the 98th percentile and I did tear. I ended up with some tissue that needed silver nitrate application. That sucked.
Anyway, we were pretty surprised to get pregnant so quickly. I had only one period since having DS and was pregnant the next month! =]
We nurse and co-sleep here, too! You're in a good place for support here! My family finally gave up when I didn't wean DS1 soon enough (still haven't, although he hasn't nursed in a few days), and stopped asking/bugging me about it. That was a big relief. I guess they finally got the hint that I'd be doing things my own way (it helps that DH is supportive!). I also got pg after only one ppAF
My son turned two in August. I wanted to say, you might talk to your midwives (or doctor) about applying a lot of counter pressure while the baby is crowning. It helps so much to avoid tears. I had a water birth with my son (well, both of mine) and he was over 10 lbs, his head was in the 90th percentile (so not quite as big) and he didn't tuck his head. I had two midwives with their hands down there helping apply the counter pressure. I was really surprised not to tear, but I think that was the difference. I know there sometimes isn't any way to avoid it, so I hope that doesn't come off wrong.
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