January 2013 Moms
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10 losses 1996-1998, 2 losses 2001-2002, 3 losses 2010-2012, loss 1/2014
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Freaking out
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Hello!
As most of you know I am one of the oldest mamas on this board. Well looks like we are going to do it again. Got my bfp last night. Dh and I had decided we were done after ds. Well apparently it took 1 drunken night and...I am 38 and this will be our 4th child. We will need a bigger car and obviously will not be able to afford daycare for 2 infants. Part of me is excited but this is my first ever unexpected pg. I need some words of encouragement here so I do not break down on tears (again).
As always, thank you ladies for your support. (Btw edd 7/4/14)
As most of you know I am one of the oldest mamas on this board. Well looks like we are going to do it again. Got my bfp last night. Dh and I had decided we were done after ds. Well apparently it took 1 drunken night and...I am 38 and this will be our 4th child. We will need a bigger car and obviously will not be able to afford daycare for 2 infants. Part of me is excited but this is my first ever unexpected pg. I need some words of encouragement here so I do not break down on tears (again).
As always, thank you ladies for your support. (Btw edd 7/4/14)
Paige 8/5/99, Kara 7/22/03 and Benjamin 1/19/13
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Re: Freaking out
FWIW, I may be PG again too. This would only be our second though but I'm freaking out about the closeness in age. There are quite a few of us from this board either pregnant or trying though. As for your age, I work in a hospital and I see a lot women (even into their 40s) that are pregnant. You'll be fine!
ETA: big families are fun!
BFP #2 11/6/13 - EDD 7/14/14 - blighted ovum discovered @ 7w - natural m/c @ 10w3d
BFP #3 5/25/14 - EDD 2/1/15 - Hoping this is our 2nd little owl
A/S findings: Baby is a girl! EIF found on heart
but maternit21 came back neg for chromosome disorders!!
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." - Eleanor Roosevelt
For our babies, we are pretty excited to have them so close in age. I'm really close to my brother and our age difference is similar.
As for a car suggestion. We just went through this when my car was written off shortly after DD was born. We knew we were going to have our family fairly quickly (and DH keeps telling me we are going to have 4 children). We plan on having 3-4 children in car seats at any one time, and likely 2 rear-facing for a time. To add to the challenge, DH is "unnecessarily" tall and so requires his seat all the way back, and then there are the financial concerns.
We looked at the Toyota Highlander, Mitsubishi Outback, and a couple of others that are not coming to me now. We found that none of their 3rd rows were especially functional (OMG you would have to not like who ever you send to the 3rd row of the Highlander). Vans were generally out of our price range, except the Dodge Grand Caravan, which we heard terrible reliability stories about. Enough to scare us off.
In the end we bought a Mazda 5, and we love it. It is nearly the price of a car and the same footprint of a sedan (i.e. easy to park and maneuver around a city). Seats 6, and a 3rd row that even DH can fit in. With the front seats all the way back, we can still fit 2 rear facing car seats in the 2nd row, and 2 forward facing car seats in the 3rd row. We have had multiple combinations of adults and kids in car seats in it numerous times with no problems. And it is great on gas, much more so then any of the vehicles I mentioned above.