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Poll: UCer Characteristics!

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#1 ·
Hey girls! I thought that this might be a fun way to get to know one another...
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.)
Where are you?
Are you currently PG?
Are you/Did you UP?
Are you telling others about your UC plans?
Have you UCed before?
About your family:
How old is your significant other?
How long have you been with your s.o.?
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages?
Will your older children be present for the birth?
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep?
Wear your baby?
Cloth-diaper?
Breastfeed?
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby?
Circumcise your baby?
Homeschool?
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.)

Well that's all I can think of for now, feel free to add your own questions.

Laura
 
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#177 ·
About you:
How old are you? 37 in a month
Where are you? Georgia
Are you currently PG? No
Are you/did you UP? The 1st half of my past pregnancy; I wish like hell I'd up'd the whole time.
Are you telling others about your UC plans? A few close friends/family UCed before? Yes

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 32
How long have you been with your s.o.? 4 years
How many children do you currently have? 2

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? Yes
Breastfeed? Yes
Vaccinate your baby? DD#1 is partially vaxed (didn't know better at the time); DD#2 hasn't been.
Circumcise your baby? No
Homeschool? Planning on it
Follow a special diet? Some organic; a lot of whole foods; striving to NT.

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? Very limited.
Sign with your baby? No
Read to your newborn? Yes
Work outside the home? Yes (unhappily -- I long to sah)
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? DD#1 stayed home with dh her first year, then my parents kept her while I worked until she was 2, when she started going to an in-home d/c 2 days/week. She asked this week to start going full-time, because "that's what big girls do." DD#2 is with my parents 5 days/week
Recycle? Yes

Own or foster pets? No
Follow a religion? We're Germanic Heathens
Encourage higher education? Yes
Generally support union activity? No
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Yes

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? Only gifts
Toy guns? No
Other toy weapons? Yes (DD#1 has 2 wooden swords, a wooden knife and a wooden shield)
Branded characters? Against all my instincts, we have allowed some

Are you a feminist? No
City, Town or Rural? Rural
Do you vote? Yes
Where do you fall politically? Libertarian
Use a pacifier with your baby? DD#1 no (she wanted nothing of it); DD#2 yes (she has a HIGH suckling need)
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? If they want
 
#178 ·
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 30
Where are you? Ontario, Canada
Are you currently PG? Yes (33 weeks)
Are you/Did you UP? Yes
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Yes
Have you UCed before? Yes, once
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 32
How long have you been with your s.o.? 8 years (6 years married)
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 2 girls, 5 and 2
Will your older children be present for the birth? probably
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? Yes, mostly
Breastfeed? Yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? No (dd 1 was vax'd up to age 1 though)
Circumcise your baby? No
Homeschool? Not currently, but I have in the past and may again in the future
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) not particularly (dd 1 is allergic to dairy)
Will you/do you:
Watch TV? yes, but strive to watch less
Sign with your baby? just a few signs
Read to your newborn? we read a lot as soon as kids show an interest
Work outside the home? I did for a while this year, but very p/t
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? dd 1 went to preschool for a few weeks, then we put her in junior Kindergarten
Recycle? Yes

Own or foster pets? No
Follow a religion? We are Christians; dh is a pastor
Encourage higher education? Yes!
Generally support union activity? No
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? somewhat...should do more of this

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? yes, some
Toy guns? No
Other toy weapons? kids are not interested - in the right context we are fine with swords, etc, but not guns
Branded characters? yes

Are you a feminist? Not in the traditional sense, but I am very pro- woman
City, Town or Rural? small town
Do you vote? Yes
Where do you fall politically? green Conservative
Use a pacifier with your baby? in a limited way as long as it doesn't affect bf'ing
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? dc have never wanted one
 
#179 ·
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 29 again.

Where are you? Canada

Are you currently PG? Yup.

Are you/Did you UP? No.

Are you telling others about your UC plans? I started to then learned to shut up about it...

Have you UCed before? nope.

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 32

How long have you been with your s.o.? 11 years

How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? one, 13

Will your older children be present for the birth? I hope so!

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? No.

Wear your baby? Yes.

Cloth-diaper? At home yes, out of the house no.

Breastfeed? Hope so!

Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? yes.

Circumcise your baby? No.

Homeschool? No

Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) No.
 
#180 ·
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) (25)
Where are you? (Idaho)
Are you currently PG? (very)
Are you/Did you UP? (I am UPing)
Are you telling others about your UC plans? (some people)
Have you UCed before? (No)
About your family:
How old is your significant other? (26)
How long have you been with your s.o.? (together almost 11 years, married 9)
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? (2 boys 6 & 3, #3 coming in October, we think it's a girl)
Will your older children be present for the birth? (Probably)
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? (Just bought a co-sleeper last week, I am so excited to use it!)
Wear your baby? (Yes, I did with my last baby and will with this one)
Cloth-diaper? (Yes, did with both boys as well, looking into EC)
Breastfeed? (Of course!)
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? (No way hose)
Circumcise your baby? (I think I am having a girl, but if it's a boy, yes we would)
Homeschool? (yes, on our second year)
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) (As organic/natural as possible)

Rebecca
 
#181 ·
How old are you? 28 (tomorrow)
Where are you? NV, USA
Are you currently PG? Yes
Are you/Did you UP? Currently, yes
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Very selectively
Have you UCed before? No
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 30
How long have you been with your s.o.? 4 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? dd, 14 months
Will your older children be present for the birth? yes
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? yes
Wear your baby? yes
Cloth-diaper? yes
Breastfeed? yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? no
Circumcise your baby? no
Homeschool? unschool
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) no, just try to be healthy
 
#182 ·
Oh geez, what a time sucker this fun thread could be!!
I could sit & read the whole thing. But I won't! I'm cleaning my house.... I'm cleaning my house! Really, I'm cleaning my house!!

About you:
How old are you? 33
Where are you? Just outside Portland, Oregon
Are you currently PG? 23 weeks
Are you/did you UP? No, I see a midwife.
Are you telling others about your UC plans? I'm a major blabber mouth. I tell the world everything.

Have you UCed before? No, I've never even home birthed before!

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 29 as of yesterday
How long have you been with your s.o.? 3.5 years, married 7 mos.
How many children do you currently have? Belly Babe is our 2nd, I have 2 from previous marriage- 16yo dd & 9yo ds
Will your older children be present for the birth: Yes

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? of course
Cloth-diaper? I've cd'd with all my kids

Breastfeed? of course
Vaccinate your baby? no
Circumcise your baby? Not any sooner than I would slice my dd's labia off, or surgically remove my kid's nose.... (in other words, of course not! lol)
Homeschool? We homeschool
Follow a special diet? I'm a 14 year vegetarian moving into traditional foods. Our goal is to grow & bake/preserve nearly our whole diet ourselves...

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? We own one, no cable channels, we like Netflix

Sign with your baby? No
Read to your newborn? Newborn? Probably not, toddler yes
Work outside the home? Nope
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? Nope
Recycle? Well who doesn't?


Own or foster pets? After many years of fostering pregnant mama cats & babies, I am fed up to my eyebrows with cat pee. I hate cat pee. Hatehatehate. So no, not anymore.
Follow a religion? Very spiritual, somewhere on a Pagan path...
Encourage higher education? Sure
Generally support union activity? Umm, I am ignorant on that topic
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Yes, and animal rights reasons as well

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? A few, it's so hard to stay away 100%, but I try
Toy guns? Water guns (not that that stops my kids from making guns out of every single gun shaped thing they find! lol)
Other toy weapons? Swords, bow & arrows
Branded characters? Some, yes

Are you a feminist? Yes
City, Town or Rural? Suburban, dreaming of rural
Do you vote? Sometimes
Where do you fall politically? Libertarian, with a healthy Green party leaning

Use a pacifier with your baby? My kids haven't been interested, but I'm not against them
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? Sure

Now back to cleaning my house!
 
#183 ·
About you:
How old are you? 23
Where are you? Louisiana
Are you currently PG? Yes, due on Labor Day- September 3rd (4 days away!)
Are you/did you UP? I saw up a midwife for the first half, until I decided to UP/UC.
Are you telling others about your UC plans? I did in the beginning, and now I just tell people I'm having a homebirth. If they continue to press the issue, I might mention it, but really, I talked and talked and talked about it to others and now I'm just ready to DO it, and then talk about it.
Have you UCed before? No, but I aimed natural for both of my previous labors. The first ended with my daughter headbutting into part of my pelvis and having to be pulled out with forceps (oh man, did I beat myself up for that), and the second was a natural hospital birth. I know both of them would have been much quicker and easier if I would have been comfortable in my atmosphere- a home like place and no strangers hovering over me.

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 26
How long have you been with your s.o.? 6 years.
How many children do you currently have? Three, including this one that has yet to make his appearance!
Will your older children be present for the birth: Maybe, depends.

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? I'm a big wrap fan!
Cloth-diaper? No. We talked about it, but I wanted to make sure I could keep up with the laundry and other chores I have already.
Breastfeed? Absolutely.
Vaccinate your baby? Definitely NOT.
Circumcise your baby? I sure hope not!
Homeschool? Hip Hip Hurray for Homeschool!

Follow a special diet? We (the kids and I) were on a vegetarian diet for a couple months until I started having severe meat-cravings this pregnancy. We eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and keep meat to small servings.

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? Yes, probably a lot more in these last days of pregnancy... mainly kiddy movies.
Sign with your baby? No
Read to your newborn? Well, I read to my 4 and 2 year old, so it is likely this baby will be read to as a newborn as well.
Work outside the home? No, although sometimes I help out at the restaurant we own... but that's rare.
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? Definitely not.
Recycle? I try. Our area is just now getting into recycling. I cannot believe it's taken them this long.

Own or foster pets? We did have a puppy, but she was stolen. We decided to get another dog (already housetrained) when things settle down around here and we have some sort of routine (after the baby is born).
Follow a religion? Christianity.
Encourage higher education? Sure, but I don't believe college is for everyone.
Generally support union activity? Umm, I am ignorant on that topic (ditto)
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Sometimes... if I'm aware of what's going on.

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? We have a few. We don't like to have a load of toys.. and if we do have them, we'd prefer they be of good, lasting quality.
Toy guns? Well, my son has made everything from sticks to shoes into "guns"... so it's not like it really helps.
Other toy weapons? I suppose, if you consider toy saws and screwdrivers!
Branded characters? Yes- My son loves Cars and my daughter loves Ariel.

Are you a feminist? Not really.
City, Town or Rural? City, but its more "town"-ish.
Do you vote? Sometimes
Where do you fall politically? Conservative.
Use a pacifier with your baby? Had one with my first child, not with my second. Not opposed to them.
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? Sure. Why not?
 
#184 ·
Aw, I missed part of it and I'm the guilty party who resurrected it in a fit of insomnia/loneliness/insecurity last night.

I'm loving these answers and the chance to get to know everyone a bit better, though, so thank you so much for responding.

Here's the parts I forgot:

Will you/do you:

Watch TV? I DESPISE it and was TV free from 1996-2007, when I had to start working outside the home and landed a job as a care provider for a quadriplegic; sadly, as long as I am in this line of work, me (and bean in utero) will be bombarded by the brain-destroying slime that pours out of those things. It SERIOUSLY gives me nightmares, especially if I go straight to sleep after work. Scrubbing colostomy bags doesn't phase me, but the teevee makes me want to find a different field of employment.

Sign with your baby? I so want to learn and hope I am able to. It was just too far from the mainstream when the teens were babies, so I haven't yet and it fascinates me to think about knowing, even rudimentarily, what goes on in such a young person's mind. Even if all s/he can muster is signs for "hungry", "cold", and "need to potty" (yes, I'm going to try EC as best I can) it will make all of our lives so much easier.

Read to your newborn? I read to my 16 week old fetus and have no intention of stopping when s/he is born.

Work outside the home? I have to. I'm a single mama by choice, so no child support, and I already went through savings/inheritance with the big kiddos. I want to be a SAHM again so bad it makes me cry, but I just don't see how it could happen.

Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? Day care, yes; see above; nothing I can do about it. I hope to figure out something as far as radical unschooling/WAHM/taking him/her with me, or staggering work schedules with the big kids so that bean and the grandbabies won't have to go to public schools.

Recycle? Yes

Own or foster pets? I have an elderly red abyssinian who I have a love/hate relationship with. I hate the fact that I can't take care of her properly and do not intend to get a new pet after she shuffles off this earthly plane.

Follow a religion? Nope. I have respect for and an interest in Wicca and other forms of paganism, but I deconverted from xtianity too recently and my wounds are still too raw for me to be interested in any sort of organized religion.

Encourage higher education? Um....EFF YEA!!!! I've starved and gone without heat to pay big dd's tuition and went back to school for a nw degree briefly before I found out that I was pregnant with Bean.

Generally support union activity? Yes

Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Absolutely. I try to buy local whenever possible and do my best to boycot both K-Mart and Target, although sometimes it's imposible to avoid them both.

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? YUCK!!!! I hope I'm more assertive about keeping them out of my house than I was with the big kids, at least at first. It helps that I'm a "nontraditional" mom and don't expect to be inundated with anywhere near as many unwanted gifts this time around.

Toy guns? Absolutely not for my toddlers/preschoolers. ds did eventually have toy guns and yes, he did bite his toast into the shape of a gun before I allowed the toys. For quite some time, I told him that my house was Switzerland and no guns were allowed on my property even though he did have some at exy's house and at friends' houses.

Other toy weapons? Not for children. My teenaged son does own swords "for decorative purposes" and if I have another son who is that interested, I think i will say "not until you are thirteen".

Branded characters? Absolutely not. I caved with the big kids and it was a mistake.

Are you a feminist? In the immortal words of Andrea Dworkin, I'm a radical feminist, not the fun kind. I try to keep it down to a dull roar here, because most of you are not at an appropriate stage of life to listen to some of my more "out there" ideas, but I was kind of embarassed when some of you found my Xanga during a crisis that was going on with my RadFem circle. Bean's gender matters VERY much to me and will make a huge difference in the direction my life will take over the next ten or twenty years, but I'm trying to be philosophical about it and my son and other special "honorary sons" in my life will, undoubtedly, keep me from ever being as much of a separatist as I sometimes wish I could be.

City, Town or Rural? small town
Do you vote? Yes
Where do you fall politically? I'm a registered Green and somewhat active in my local Green Party. I was beginning to label myself "socialist", mostly in response to insults from conservatives who would try to flame me by saying, "That sounds like SOCIALISM!", but big dd came back from a year away from home as a confirmed anarchist and introduced me to CrimeThinc and many other anarchist publications and ideas that rang true to me. We have never argued about politics. I also find many ideas I respect from my Libertarian friends, so I've kind of given up labels for now.
Use a pacifier with your baby? Not no way, not no how....oh yea, day care...scratch that and let's just stick with "I sure hope not and I never even considered it for the big kids"

Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? Big kids never wanted or needed them, but I remember thinking a lot about what Phoenix would choose, as I have fond memories of my own "lovies", which I continued to carry and play with and think about far longer than I would ever admit. Bean's life will be different and in a lot of ways harsher than the big kids' and if it is necessary for him/her to attach him/herself to an inanimate object, I can't see forbidding it or taking it away from him/her.
 
#185 ·
About you:
How old are you? 29
Where are you? Florida
Are you currently PG? no, but just had my baby!
Are you/Did you UP? Yes, complete UP
Are you telling others about your UC plans? I actually told a lot of people, friends, family (except my grandma!), co-workers. Never volunteered more than that we were homebirthing, but people seemed to inevitably follow that with the question, "With a midwife?" and I couldn't lie directly, so explained about UC.
Have you UCed before? No, one hospital one mw/homebirth
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 30
How long have you been with your s.o.? a year! hard to imagine it's been so short, feel like I've known him forever!
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? Daughter age 6 and daughter age 3, from previous marriage which ended during my pregnancy w/ #2.
Will your older children be present for the birth? They were ecstatic to be there and welcome their brother into the world!
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes.
Wear your baby? Yes.
Cloth-diaper? Yes.
Breastfeed? Yes.
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? No.
Circumcise your baby? No!
Homeschool? I am this year...we'll have to see about the future. Probably at least at some point, as we hope to sail/cruise for a year or two when the kids get older.
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) Not really
 
#186 ·
About you: [B[/B]
How old are you? 30
Where are you? At my PC, (in the suburbs of Atlanta)
Are you currently PG? Yes, 5 months approx.
Are you/Did you UP? No, but I only will see midwife several times for baby/placenta positioning, and a few other things
Are you telling others about your UC plans? YES, YES, YES. But limited to those who will not be negative.
Have you UCed before? NO
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 43
How long have you been with your s.o.? 8 years, married 5
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? DS almost 4, DD just 2
Will your older children be present for the birth? Hopefully so, but I strongly feel I will birth at nightWill you/do you:
Co-Sleep? YES
Wear your baby? YES
Cloth-diaper? Part-time, but we're an EC'ing family
Breastfeed? ABSOLUTELY
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? NO WAY IN HECK!
Circumcise your baby? DOUBLE NO WAY IN HECK!
Homeschool? Planning toFollow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) Not really, just try to eat organic and unprocessed.
 
#187 ·
About you:
How old are you? 25
Where are you? KY
Are you currently PG? NO
Are you/Did you UP? LAY MIDWIFE FOR 6 MONTHS, THEN UP
Are you telling others about your UC plans? TOLD VERY FEW
Have you UCed before? ONCE
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 27
How long have you been with your s.o.? 12 YEARS
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 5 MONTH OLD
Will your older children be present for the birth? NEXT TIME
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? YES
Wear your baby? JUST STARTED
Cloth-diaper? YES
Breastfeed? YES
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? NO
Circumcise your baby? I WOULDN'T
Homeschool? I WILL
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) BLOODC TYPE DIET
 
#188 ·
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.)

29

Where are you?

west central FL

Are you currently PG?

yes, 33 weeks

Are you/Did you UP?

yes

Are you telling others about your UC plans?

yes

Have you UCed before?

yes, three times

About your family:
How old is your significant other?

32

How long have you been with your s.o.?

11 years

How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages?

5. ages, 11, 10, 7, 4, 3

Will your older children be present for the birth?

yes, all of them if awake

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep?

yes

Wear your baby?

yes

Cloth-diaper?

yes

Breastfeed?

yes

Immunize/Vaccinate your baby?

no

Circumcise your baby?

no

Homeschool?

no

Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.)

no, but we eat mainly whole grains and focus on fruits/veggies, good proteins
 
#189 ·
About you:
How old are you? 36
Where are you? Far away from "home"
Are you currently PG? Not Yet
Are you/Did you UP?I plan to
Are you telling others about your UC plans? A few
Have you UCed before? Homebirth, almost a UC, midwife showed up 10 min before DD born.
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 36
How long have you been with your s.o.? 5 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? DS almost 4, DD almost 2
Will your older children be present for the birth? If they are awake
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? Maybe with next babe
Breastfeed? Yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? NOPE
Circumcise your baby? NOPE
Homeschool? No
Follow a special diet? Try to eat healthy
 
#190 ·
About you:
How old are you? 27
Where are you? North Central Texas
Are you currently PG? Due mid November - 30 wks along
Are you/did you UP? I have had 3 visits since I was 26 weeks, but am going to leave the midwife practice soon.
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Yes
Have you UCed before? I have had three homebirths before, but there were midwives present.

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 27
How long have you been with your s.o.? 9 years
How many children do you currently have? Three, this is my fourth
Will your older children be present for the birth: Most likely - unless they are asleep

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes - I have five people sleeping in a king size bed
Wear your baby? Yes, but I don't feel the need to wear my babies constantly
Cloth-diaper? I've cloth diapered my kids in the past, but will only do it part time
Breastfeed? Yes
Vaccinate your baby? No
Circumcise your baby? No
Homeschool? We are currently homeschoolers
Follow a special diet? Not really

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? I don't watch anything, personally
Sign with your baby? No
Read to your newborn? Not really, I usually start reading books in the toddler years
Work outside the home? No
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? No
Recycle? We do
Own or foster pets? We have two cats
Follow a religion? Devoted followers of Christ.
Encourage higher education? We're more of an entrepreneur family, but if they really want to go, we'll help them go
Generally support union activity? I suppose
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Somewhat
Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? I've never found my babies to be interested in them, but they're around because of family members
Toy guns? I don't buy them and don't encourage killing play; boys will create guns though without ever seeing them on TV or in action though
Other toy weapons? Same as above
Branded characters? My 3 year old loves Thomas so we can't get away from that, other than trains, we do like Care Bears.
Are you a feminist? No
City, Town or Rural? Suburban neighborhood close to downtown
Do you vote? I don't
Where do you fall politically? Conservative
Use a pacifier with your baby? If they want one
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? My little girl drags a standard size pillow around the house by the tag calling it her 'nite nite' so yeah, if they're drawn to one.
 
#191 ·
About you:
How old are you? 27
Where are you? Japan
Are you currently PG? yes
Are you/did you UP? no
Are you telling others about your UC plans? some
Have you UCed before? no

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 28
How long have you been with your s.o.? married 6 years
How many children do you currently have? 1
Will your older children be present for the birth: if she wants to be

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? I'm going to try

Breastfeed? Yes
Vaccinate your baby? selectively
Circumcise your baby? No
Homeschool? Yes
Follow a special diet? We eat organic/whole foods when possible

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? yes
Sign with your baby? yes
Read to your newborn? no
Work outside the home? I volunteer
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? Here we do, dd goes to a Japanese Montessori preschool so she can learn the language.
Recycle? yes
Own or foster pets? yes
Follow a religion? no
Encourage higher education? yes
Generally support union activity? It depends on the circumstances
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Somewhat
Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? for an older baby(shape sorters, pop up toys, etc) yes
Toy guns? I don't have any
Other toy weapons? Same as above
Branded characters? Some
Are you a feminist? Not especially
City, Town or Rural? Town
Do you vote? I do
Where do you fall politically? Libertarian
Use a pacifier with your baby? no
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? as long as it's not an oral thing, yes
 
#192 ·
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.)35
Where are you? central florida
Are you currently PG? yes
Are you/Did you UP? yes during two births out of 4
Are you telling others about your UC plans? kinda
Have you UCed before?yes

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 36 (back with my ex husband.)
How long have you been with your s.o.? total of 16 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 4(13, 11, 9, 7)
Will your older children be present for the birth? hopefully

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? yes
Wear your baby? yes
Cloth-diaper? yes most likely. have in the past
Breastfeed? absolutely
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? no
Circumcise your baby? no
Homeschool? have in the past may again pretty soon.
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) nah

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? yes
Sign with your baby? kinda
Read to your newborn? yes
Work outside the home? off and on
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? No
Recycle? yes
Own or foster pets? no
Follow a religion? ummm, hmm, pagany/jewishy/whatever strikes
Encourage higher education? YES
Generally support union activity? Well my exish is a rigger and belongs to the union so I don't know-woefully
ignorant on the topic.
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? yep

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? for an older baby(shape sorters, pop up toys, etc) yes here and there
Toy guns? umm-grew up with real guns in the woods-I'm pro gun in a lot of ways but I don't encourage toy guns for play-I am very clear that they are dangerous and try not to mix fantasy/reality when it comes to weapons.
Other toy weapons? no
Branded characters? My son wouldn't handle it well if I took away venom or spiderman
Are you a feminist? Sometimes
City, Town or Rural? Town
Do you vote? yeah

Use a pacifier with your baby? no
 
#193 ·
About you:
How old are you? 24
Where are you? Northeast US
Are you currently PG? nope
Are you/did you UP? I had a mostly UPed 1st pregnancy-- just one doctor check at eight months to reassure family members.
Are you telling others about your UC plans? No way
Have you UCed before? We tried with our first, three years ago, but we didn't have THIS wonderful resource then, so we transferred.

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 24, same age as me
How long have you been with your s.o.? nearly 6 years
How many children do you currently have? two
Will your older children be present for the birth: haven't considered it yet, as we're not pregnant again yet

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Absolutely, I love cosleeping. We all share a bedroom.
Wear your baby? Yup, we try for continuum conspet parenting
Cloth-diaper? um, depends.
I keep falling off the cloth-diaper bandwagon.
:
Breastfeed? Oh absolutely
Vaccinate your baby? No
Circumcise your baby? NO NO NO
Homeschool? unschoolers here
Follow a special diet? I'm on a refined-sweetener-free, gluten-free diet, and we follow a fairly traditional omniverous diet.

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? A little bit, but we prefer reading to each other. No cable here.
Sign with your baby? No
Read to your newborn? Not really, but they'll hear the older children be read to.
Work outside the home? No
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? No
Recycle? IT's not offered in our city currently so no.
Own or foster pets? One little blue fish lives here.
Follow a religion? Yes, we belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Encourage higher education? Sure, if they want to-- although it's not the only way to success in life, it is ONE way.
Generally support union activity? Eh, I don't know, not really, I guess. No problem with unions in theory, but I don't like the ones I've had experience with.
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? We try to boycott China for human right's reasons.

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? We have some. Not many.
Toy guns? We don't have any right now but I would be okay with it, with some rules.
Branded characters? A little bit is fine. In moderation.

Are you a feminist? No
City, Town or Rural? Suburban neighborhood close to downtown
Do you vote? I do, definitely politically active
Where do you fall politically? Independent conservative, NOT Republican
Use a pacifier with your baby? No
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? Of course, if they wanted to, but neither has yet.
 
#195 ·
How old are you? 30
Where are you? New England
Are you currently PG? Yes, fourth baby
Are you/did you UP? This is my second UP
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Anyone close to us at all just assumes, I don't tell strangers in the street though
Have you UCed before? Three times

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 33
How long have you been with your s.o.? Together 9 years, married 6
How many children do you currently have? Three
Will your older children be present for the birth: Probably, but we're playing it by ear. The toddler probably not... but again, that all depends

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? We currently have a family bed and baby will fit right in
Wear your baby? Do and will
Cloth-diaper? Used to, don't currently since our apt has no W&D; thinking of EC for the next baby (I've done it in the past but never full time or very successfully)
Breastfeed? Do and will tandem nurse
Vaccinate your baby? Never
Circumcise your baby? NO
Homeschool? unschoolers here
Follow a special diet? Been vegetarian about one year now; this is my first pregnancy as a veg

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? Yep
Sign with your baby? Have and will
Read to your newborn? Not really
Work outside the home? No
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? No
Recycle? Yep
Own or foster pets? Apt doesn't allow them but have in the past and will again someday
Follow a religion? Progressive liberal Christianity
Encourage higher education? I don't plan to encourage any one path, but support them in the paths they choose - which might include university or might not.
Generally support union activity? I think that like many things, as an idea it's awesome. And served a purpose. Not sure how it plays out IRL in the present day... could be great, could be bad. Maybe a little of both. I really don't know.
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Yep, Nestle and Nike for instance

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? We have some
Toy guns? Well, not for the baby. Do they make infant guns? But we do have some water guns in the house and a cap gun, and would allow others. My Dds haven't ever put it on their list LOL
Other toy weapons? I don't have a problem with it. They just haven't asked for any so far, except a brief interest in light sabers.
Branded characters? If it's what they're into.

Are you a feminist? Depends on your definition. I believe in the full empowerment of men and women, and the deep appreciation of masculine and feminine characteristics (whatever sex they show up in)
City, Town or Rural? Rural by choice, but currently we live right off a town
Do you vote? Yep
Where do you fall politically? Libertarian, will be registering Republican this year though so I can vote for Ron Paul
Use a pacifier with your baby? Nope
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? My son had a dolly with long realistic hair that gave him a lot of comfort in the car when he couldn't play with my hair... but so far that's the closest we've come. It was definitely a mama-substitute. If one of my kids did get attached to an object, I'd allow it.
 
#196 ·
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.)
22yo

Where are you?
Myrtle Beach, SC

Are you currently PG?
either that or i need to lay off the ice cream


Are you/Did you UP?
dd - cnm pregnancy and hospital birth with dr.
ds - cnm pregnancy and UC
currently UPing and planning UC #2

Are you telling others about your UC plans?
our family knows and most of our friends know. i'm pretty open about it (read: don't know how to keep my mouth shut
)

Have you UCed before?
ds - 24 June 2006, just me and dh

About your family:

How old is your significant other?
24yo

How long have you been with your s.o.?
dating/close friends - 6yrs
married - 3yrs

How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages?
dd - 2.5yo
ds - 13mo

Will your older children be present for the birth?

i'll probably let dh's grandma take ds over to dh's mom's house -- more to get granny out of the house than ds, though
:

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep?
yup

Wear your baby?
yup

Cloth-diaper?
i did for the first couple of months of each baby

Breastfeed?
i had to wean early (8mo for dd and 6mo for ds) due to bad circumstances.
: i told dh that this next one's gonna be on 'til s/he's 10yo!


Immunize/Vaccinate your baby?
we did for dd because of pressures from her genetically paternal family, but with ds we're waiting, at least, maybe abstaining (haven't decided yet) -- though when we took him to the hospital after his birth, they gave him the hep B before i realized it and of course didn't ask.
:

Circumcise your baby?
no, but we did cut off one of his ears 'cause his dad's an artist and, y'know, we wanted to make sure he'd be like his dad ...


Homeschool?
we're going to unschool

Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.)
we're a vegetarian's second cousin. trying to cut out dairy, and occasionally are tempted with a hamburger.
 
#197 ·
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 21
Where are you? Southwest Georgia (USA)
Are you currently PG? YES, due in JULY
Are you/Did you UP? Partial with a HB MW
Are you telling others about your UC plans? Just those closest to us.... the rest will just hear "homebirth"
Have you UCed before? No, DS was a natural hospital birth

About your family:
How old is your significant other? 23
How long have you been with your s.o.? Known each other since I was born basically, married for almost 2 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? One son Jakob, currently 14 months
Will your older children be present for the birth? Absolutely, unless he doesn't want to.

Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes (we do and will)
Wear your baby? Yes (we do and will)
Cloth-diaper? Yes (we do and will)
Breastfeed? Yes, probably tandem nursing
Immunize your baby? No, DS was until 4 months

Circumcise your baby? Absolutely NOT!
Homeschool? We plan on unschooling
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) Healthy, balanced, mostly organic diet

Will you/do you:
Watch TV? We do it too much...
Sign with your baby? A few signs, yes
Read to your newborn? maybe? We did, and we also like making up stories for him too

Work outside the home? Nope
Send baby/child to daycare or preschool? No. Maybe one morning a week with his grandmother once he's older (2+)
Recycle? When I can, moreso when we move
TCS, TCC, or CL (consentual living)? Uh, what?
Own or foster pets? Boxer. 2 years old. Handful.
Follow a religion? Nondenominational Christian (Christ-based)
Encourage higher education? If it's what the child wants
Generally support union activity? I see all sides clearly
Boycott companies or countries for human rights reasons (such as formula promotion)? Depends on the company. But yes.

Baby posessions:
Plastic baby toys? ...will be donated
Toy guns? not sure yet
Other toy weapons? probably
Branded characters? As little as possible

Medical philosophy - do you use the following models of care for actual illness/injury:
Standard medical model (practice-based)? No
Evidence-based conventional medicine? Occasionally
Homeopathic? Sometimes
Chiropractic? Will be using next pregnancy
Herbal? Yes
Nutritional/naturopathic? Yes
Ayurvedic? ??
Other/describe?

Are you a feminist? Yes... in theory
City, Town or Rural? I'd love to live out in the country but less than an hour away from shopping/ food/ etc... I hate city water

Do you vote? When there's someone worth voting for...
Where do you fall politically? Liberal Conservative... or Conservative Liberal. I see all sides clearly on about 99.9% of issues (that I care about).

Use a pacifier with your baby? At naptime (to help him nap longer) and bedtime
Allow DC to have a 'Lovie'? He doesn't have one, but I'm not going to "promote" it... but if he gets attached to something, whatever.

Wooo, that was long
 
#198 ·
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 28
Where are you? central California (my hubby & I are Floridians, but my hubby is in the military)
Are you currently PG? No but looking forward to "my turn"
Are you/Did you UP?
Are you telling others about your UC plans? I have fantasized about a UC birth and didn't know until today that people actually still planned them. I have not told anyone about my desire to have UC because they already think I'm a little "daring" (to put it nicely) to have a HomeBirth.
Have you UCed before?
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 30
How long have you been with your s.o.? 2yrs 9months, married for 22months
:
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages?
Will your older children be present for the birth? When there are older children I would like for them to be present. I am the oldest of 9 children and think it is a wonderful opportunity and experience.
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? Yes
Wear your baby? Yes
Cloth-diaper? possibly
Breastfeed? Definately, until they are 3yrs old

Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? Selectively
Circumcise your baby? Yes
Homeschool? Definately ( my parents home educated me)
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) I am a healthy eater but don't have a specific diet.
 
#199 ·
About you:
How old are you? 20
Where are you? Illinois
Are you currently PG? Yes
Are you/Did you UP? From 20 wks on
Are you telling others about your UC plans? if they ask
Have you UCed before? nope
About your family:
How old is your significant other? 20
How long have you been with your s.o.? 6 years total, married 6 months
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages? 1 DS who is 20 months old
Will your older children be present for the birth? yep
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep? yes
Wear your baby? yes
Cloth-diaper? yes
Breastfeed? yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby? no
Circumcise your baby? My DS is circ'ed but any future sons will not be
Homeschool? yes, we will
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.) I'm a vegetarian but DS and DH are not
 
#200 ·
Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain_Crunch View Post
Hey girls! I thought that this might be a fun way to get to know one another...
About you:
How old are you? (If you're comfortable sharing.) 28
Where are you? southern California
Are you currently PG? 34 weeks
Are you/Did you UP?planning UC
Are you telling others about your UC plans?no
Have you UCed before?no
About your family:
How old is your significant other?33
How long have you been with your s.o.?6 years
How many children do you currently have? If so, what ages?5 yr. DS and 2 yr. DD
Will your older children be present for the birth?not sure yet
Will you/do you:
Co-Sleep?still doing it
Wear your baby?yes
Cloth-diaper?yes
Breastfeed?yes
Immunize/Vaccinate your baby?no
Circumcise your baby?having a girl
Homeschool?taking DS out at holiday break
Follow a special diet? (e.g. Vegan,macrobiotic,etc.)natural and organic

Well that's all I can think of for now, feel free to add your own questions.

Laura

that's all I have for now.
 
#201 ·
Quote:

Originally Posted by Merry Baron View Post
About you:
Circumcise your baby? Yes
Homeschool? Definately ( my parents home educated me)
Welcome to MDC and the UC Forum! I was home educated too.
:

I also wanted to ask if you've visited our Circumcision board yet. There are many parents here that regret having had their sons circumcised; I know I wasn't aware of what a drastic operation it is until after discussing it with my (happily intact) husband and reading more about it here.

I remember seeing one comment: "Why would anyone want to have a part of a baby's penis cut off?" - and thinking to myself, "There's some obvious over-dramatization. It's not a part of the penis, it's just an extra flap of skin..." I was so wrong.
It's a part of a baby's penis. A big part. I'm so glad to have learned about it before having babies. Not everyone here was that fortunate.
 
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