February 2018 Moms
hullabalou
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STM+ Check-in 06.28
hullabalou
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How far along are you?
How old are your other kids (Share names if you would like)?
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM:
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
GTKY: What is your ideal family size? Do you want more babies after this pregnancy?
Married 6/2013, TTC 9/2013.
***TW***
MC 12/2013, Blighted Ovum 04/2014, CP 06/2014
Began RPL testing 07/2014
BFP #4 10/26/2014; Theo born 07/2015
BFP #5 06/17/2017, EDD 02/28/18
Re: STM+ Check-in 06.28
5! I once wanted a huge family (4-6 kids!) uhhh no. That changed so fast after my first! Lol. We will100% be done after this one! I'm excited to start that new phase of life
DS is one on Saturday!
Currently I'm most concerned about managing pregnancy with another baby on the outside this time! Morning sickness has already hit and it was awful last time, but I can't spend the evening miserable on the couch this time... Plus I don't want to miss anything with DS due to feeling crappy.
I think I said this last time, but I'm really excited for them to be so close in age. I'm curious to see whether we'll have a little brother or sister!
GTKY: Ideally, I would like at least 3, but I'm kind of hoping for 4 or 5. Both DH and I were middles of three, and I liked that size family growing up, though I always thought more siblings would be fun!
7w 2d
almost 4.5 and almost 2.5
just trying to figure out where to put the guest bed since the guest room is about to be taken over by the nursery haha
im also excited to tell my kids (mostly the older one) she is going to be ecstatic
ugh, thought we were going to be able to use the same infant seat since they dont expire for 6 years and when this little one is born my oldest would of used it 5 years ago so it would of been perfect timing. well turns out it is 6 years from the date of manufacture, which was 18 months before my first was even born, so it expires in october. grrrr
this will be the end, so just trying to enjoy every moment of pregnancy as much as i can
DS is 17.5 months old
My biggest concern is childcare costs. Initially, I want to wait until next year to conceive so we could be out of debt other than our house. I'm also nervous how he will feel about sharing me. He will be 2 in January.
I'm excited to see my son interact with this baby. I can't wait to see my husband, too. He had no experience with babies before our son. His confidence will be so much higher this time around. He wants to soak up the cuddle time this time around, haha.
I'm so much more excited and less overwhelmed with this pregnancy.
This is a tough question for me. I'd like to be a foster parent one day and possibly adopt if the opportunity arose. Ideally, we'd like to have 3 kids.
DD is 10.5 months
My biggest concern is DD feeling neglected when this baby comes.
Im excited for these two to be so close in age. I hope they become best buds.
We are done after this baby. I will be 33 once this baby is born and DH jokes that we only have a three bedroom house.
7 weeks today
DD 2 and DS 2 months
Not really. Just realizing in the last little bit that we will need to buy a van because I really doubt that we can fit three car seats in a row in our station wagon. So that's probably not going to be cheap. ... lol
Super thankful to be able to stay home with me kiddos. Also thankful that being home means I can rest when needed. This first trimester fatigue is kicking my butt already!
Hubby and I were told that we would not be able to conceive children naturally. We were told that the hubby's sperm was not forms properly. We were given a less than 1% chance. We have now conceive naturally for the third time. We are so thrilled to be expecting a third time and are excited for however many children the Lord chooses to bless us with!
I am from a family of 9 kids and hubby is from a family of 4 kids, so we've always hoped for at least 4 or 5.
if all goes well with this pregnancy than this will be our last. 5 kids seems like the perfect number for me
How far along are you?
8+6
9 + 2
17 months
Just since we are in lake season and spend most of our summer there I've been thinking about how I'm going to manage sleeping arrangements when there is another baby. My son was a terrible sleeper and still isn't great, so I have no idea how having a baby in the same room as him will work, especially if this baby is also a terrible sleeper. I envision them waking each other up all night long...
My son has been really cute around babies the last few days and I'm really looking forward to seeing him as a big brother
Everything with this pregnancy happening sooner/more intense than the first. Worse morning sickness/nausea, already having to pee all the time and having heartburn (both which didn't happen last time until third trimester), and ohhhh the emotions!!! I'm crying every day over the smallest things!
I used to want 4, then I nannied 2 and started to think maybe 4 was too much. Now I can't imagine this being the last time I'm pregnant/have a newborn/breastfeed, so I'm 95% sure I want a third, and I'd go from there. My family is 3, DH is 4 kind of split into two age groups.
No more babies, I am D-O-N-E. I hate feeling like crap all the time - that feeling of being hungry but wanting nothing to eat - I'm so over it.
and good for you guys! What kind did you get? I'm dreading the bulkiness of it, but super looking forward to the extra room. We visit family on weekends a lot (like overnight and stuff) and by the time we pack everything, the station wagon feels so cramped....
Thankfully she loves the outdoors, so she has been spending most of her time in the backyard with the kids while I sit and watch. Thank goodness for good weather!
We had already committed to the puppy before I found out I was pregnant, or I won't lie… I may not have taking on the challenge
We always thought 3 of our own and 4 with my stepson. We will see how this pregnancy goes but after the last couple of days this may be our last.
Ideally we would have 5 kids. DH is leaning towards 4. This is my second so definitely more to come. We could possibly adopt as well a little down the road.
My ideal family size is a family of 4 but I wouldn't mind another baby. If financially I am able to afford another baby I wouldn't be totally against it.
DD will be 3 in September
Growing up it was just my brother and I so I always wanted to have a big family. My dad had 2 siblings, my mom had 3, and my husband has 4. However, financially, I realize 2 kids will be a lot easier for us. So, I think this is it for us.
6w4d.
12.5, 10.5, would-be 8.5, 7.5, and 2.5.
Nope.
I'm mostly just anxious to find out the sex. My son really likes the idea of a little brother, and my older two are fine with either, though they like talking baby girl names.
Not at the moment.
I always wanted a large family. If all goes well, this will be our last baby. Closing up shop. I want my body back. I want my new lifted bigger boobies that I was *this* close to having done some years back and have been wanting for a while, but this nursing thing prevents that. So maybe in a few years. When I add up the cumulative time I will have nursed, assuming the next baby nurses for at least 18 months, that's 105+ months. Between what will be six pregnancies, nursing five toddlers, weight loss, weight gain, that's a lot of change.
So, yeah, I'm definitely done after this baby.
We are done after this. even if we wanted more, I don't think I have it in me to get back in the world of transfers that could fail/end in chemical. This was our 4th transfer and it really takes a toll on you after a while.
DS: 5 years old
TTC #2 since August 2015
July 2016: Testing cycle with 100 mg Clomid = BFN
August 2016: 50 mg Clomid + IUI = BFN
October 2016: IVF#1 - 13 retrieved / 12 mature / 9 fertilized / 2 blasts
November 2016: FET#1 = chemical
January 2017: FET#2 = chemical
March 2017: IVF#2 - 18 retrieved / 18 mature / 16 fertilized / 5 blasts
May 24, 2017: FET#4 - BFP! - Beta #1 151 - Beta #2 503 - Due date 2/9/18
8w
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM:
4 weeks and 4 or 5 days I can't remember, my siggy at the bottom will remind me once I post this
I love that my children are old enough to kind of understand that there is a baby growing in mommy's belly and that they have their own preference of having another brother or another sister.
I have always wanted a big family so I think 4 kids is perfect. No, we are done after this babe is born! I am learning that being pregnant with small children on the outside is TOUGH.
7w
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM:
I got to see the heartbeat this week, 124 bpm!
I'm not sure, we always talked about just having two kids, but here's our dilemma: we still have two healthy perfect embryos frozen. It feels wrong for us to discard them. And I don't think I feel like this pregnancy is it for me...so I guess we will see after this one is born and what our life is like!