June 2014 Moms
SmurfyLite
member
As requested in FFFC
SmurfyLite
member
So, I want to see where everyone stands on the following. Lets see if we can discuss like adults.
Circumcision: yes/no
Breastfeeding: will you/won't you
Vaccinating: will you/won't you
Pro-life/Pro-choice:
If I forgot any of the requested conversation topics, or there are any other big dividing questions you can think of, feel free to add on.
Yes, I'm stirring the pot. But they're all pretty important issues, and I kind of want to see where everyone falls.
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Re: As requested in FFFC
Circumcision: nope
Breastfeeding: will
Vaccinating: will
Pro-life/Pro-choice: pro-choice
Circumcision: yes
Breastfeeding: will
Vaccinating: will
Pro-life/Pro-choice: On a personal level, I don't believe in abortion for any reason. However, I believe that it should be legal so that back door abortions don't happen and that women who are going to get an abortion can receive medical care. Soooo, with that being said, I vote pro-choice.
Breastfeeding: I would like to try. We'll see what happens.
Vaccinating: yes.
Pro-life/Pro-choice: both. I'm pro choice but think pro life is the best option in every case where it's not medically necessary to abort. No exceptions. None.
ETA: just to clarify, I've had several people in my life confide in my me that they have had abortions and I legitimately am ok with it because it's not my decision to live with, I just don't think it's ever the BEST choice.
Breastfeeding: I will try my darnedest, last time I started pumping at about 3 months and struggled to keep my supply up. DS had a combination of breast milk and formula until he was about 7 months and then I used formula only. I'm going to try and make it longer this time.
Vaccinations: yes (although we do delay...I only do one at a time and it takes longer)
Pro life/ pro choice- I am pretty firmly pro choice. I would have a hard time terminating a pregnancy, but I've never been in the situation to have to choose, so it's hard for me to say.
Circumcision: yes
Breastfeeding: yes
Vaccinating: yes
Pro-life/Pro-choice: pro-choice
Circumcision: Yes but also kind of indifferent
Breast Feeding: Yes for myself but indifferent to others
Vaccinations: Yes....but I don't like the flu shot
Prolife/prochoice: Life, with the exceptions of danger to the mother's life
Circumcision: up to DH. Not my area of expertise
Breastfeeding: will try
Vaccinating: will, but with a slight twist on timing due to known autoimmune diseases in my family
Pro-life/Pro-choice: Pro-choice
Circumcision: Yes
Breastfeeding: I will try my hardest! I know its hard
Vaccinating: For myself, Not any more i have been developing random allergies and do not like risking it. For my child, Absolutely, as long as their body can take them
Pro-life/Pro-choice: Pro-Choice
BFP #1- 11/7/10 ~EDD 7/20/11 ~M/C (bo) 12/6/10 @ 8wks ~Missing my Little Firework
BFP #2- 9/11/11 ~EDD 5/25/12 ~M/C (mmc10w)11/4/11 @ 11wks ~Missing my May Flower
BFP #3- 02/21/12 ~EDD 11/1/12 Audrey Lee Born 11/4/2012
BFP #4 ~EDD 6/20/14 stick baby stick!
Breast feeding: didn't work out very well with DD but I'm excited to give it another go.
Vaccination: yes
Pro-life/Pro-choice: pro-choice
Breastfeeding: I'll try but I want to be kinder to myself this time. Last time it didn't go well at all, and I really beat myself up about it. I ended up pumping and feeling really guilty that we just couldn't get the hang of it. It became a huge sense of stress and anxiety for me. I'm hoping it goes better this time around.
Vaccinating: yes
Pro-life/Pro-choice: choice. I don't think I could ever do it and I guess I am pro-life for myself, but it's not my place to judge anyone for such a personal decision. Women should have the choice and a safe place to go if they need.
I hope i can say this and it's a safe place. I think it is, so I'll throw it out there. When I was a teenager, I had to make that choice. I will forever be pro-choice because I know that at that time in my life, it seemed the only option to me. Now, on the other end of it, I have regrets. I could never do that again, but I am thankful that it was an option. I feel like I was given a second chance at life.
I am pro-choice because I have been there. I am pro life because I would never go there again, and I know the pain of going through that. But I will always 100% support a woman's right to make that choice.
And I don't know if that is even coherent. I've never admitted that before, so I hope it came across as intended.
Yes
Hell yes
I think it should be legally available but I hope I am never in the situation to have to consider one.
Circumcision: Still undecided, will probably do based on hubby's mindset
Breastfeeding: will you/won't you Def. going to try for as long as possible
Vaccinating: Definitely.
Pro-choice
The bumpie formerly known as First Time in MI
They shouldn't need to add the caveat. I don't think there's a person on earth who thinks abortion is a wonderful thing. (Anyone who does is likely a psycopath.)
But for some people, in some circumstances, it's the best of a lot of bad options.
Circumcision: I'm not sure, DH says yes. I have a friend who is a big anti-circumcision advocate and he has put a lot of questions into my mind about it, but I will probably just defer to DH on this one.
Breastfeeding: yes but I won't try to change your mind if you make a different choice/aren't able to.
Vaccinations: yes and I WILL try to change your mind if you are anti, because public health.
Pro-life/pro-choice: Strongly pro-choice. I used to be a clinic escort and counselor for women facing unwanted pregnancies.
Married June 2012
TTC since February 2013
MC @ 7 weeks July 2013
BFP Oct 2013 - EDD June 7 2014!
Married June 2012
TTC since February 2013
MC @ 7 weeks July 2013
BFP Oct 2013 - EDD June 7 2014!
Circumcision: yes
Breastfeeding: yes
Vaccinating: yes
Pro-life/Pro-choice: pro-choice
"And all the house elves came to help, and THAT was the day Voldemort was defeated!"
Zoe Johannah, born 6/3/2014
This is my answer exactly.
I'm not new. I just hate The Bump.
Is that good, @ugabamafans?
I'm not new. I just hate The Bump.
Yes, looking forward to trying.
Yes
Pro-choice, respect the choice with many lives in the balance and make sure things are as safe as possible for those who do choose. I feel blessed I've never had to make the choice myself. No judgement, only love and support.
MC: 3/22/16
Circumcision: yes
Breastfeeding: will
Vaccinating: will
Pro-life/Pro-choice: pro-choice
Circumcision: Left this decision up to Dh, he said yes, so DS is.
Breastfeeding: Most definitely
Vaccinating: Yes
Pro-life/Pro-choice: Both for all reasons listed above. I would never choose abortion for myself, and feel that in most circumstances pro-life is the best option, but I feel that it is important for the proper medical care to be available, as well as I don't feel that it is not my place to judge. However, I do feel strongly that abortions should not and do not = birth control.
Circumcision: Yes (DS is)
Breastfeeding: I will try my best. I only made it a month with DS.
Vaccinating: Yep
Pro-life/Pro-choice: Pro choice
BFP # 1 - 12/19/09 EDD 08/27/10 - D&C 1/26/10 @ 9w5d
BFP # 2 - 06/05/10 EDD 02/17/11, DS1 born on 2/14/11
BFP # 3 - 04/10/13 EDD 12/21/13 - D&C 05/15/13 @ 8w4d
BFP # 4 - 07/27/13 EDD 04/08/14 - CP 07/29/13
BFP # 5 - 09/14/13 EDD 05/28/14, DS2 born on 5/22/14
Sounds to me like you are pro-choice
Married June 2012
TTC since February 2013
MC @ 7 weeks July 2013
BFP Oct 2013 - EDD June 7 2014!
BFP #1 12/14/2010 EDD 8/24/2011, D&C due to blighted ovum 01/27/2011
BFP #2 05/02/2011 EDD 1/10/2012, MC at 4W2D 05/04/2011
Diagnosed with homozygous C677T MTHFR - Lovenox shots while TTC
BFP #3 08/01/2011 EDD 04/07/2012, DD born 03/29/2012
Started TTC #2 12/2012 on Arixtra due to Lovenox/heparin allergy
BFP #1 03/19/2013 EDD 11/24/2013, MC at 5W 3/24/2013
June/July 2013 - Clomid 100 MG CD 5-9 + TI = BFN
July/August 2013 - Clomid 100 MG CD 5-9 + IUI = BFN
August/September 2013 - Femara 5 MG CD 3-7 + IUI = BFN
LMP 9/11 Unmedicated cycle - BFP 10/11, EDD 6/21/14 Born 6/2/14
Circumcision: no
Breastfeeding: will
Vaccinating: will
Pro-life/Pro-choice: pro-life FOR me, but do not judge people....
Married June 2012
TTC since February 2013
MC @ 7 weeks July 2013
BFP Oct 2013 - EDD June 7 2014!