Calling all lurkers / newbies!!

yasandson · July 2017

It seems a lot of new or previously inactive people are popping up! So, if you're a not-so-active member and want to change that without facing the "and you are??" responses, here's your chance! Intro (or re-intro) here. We want a chance to get to know you! We've only got a few weeks left, let's enjoy them on a not-so-dead board

-stolen from/inspired by July17-

abaume · July 2017

Hi, ummm so much pressure. I never know what to say for these things.
First of all, I am currently knocked up with boy number two. I am a Personal Trainer and in the Air National Guard. I actually retire from the ANG in December (yes I am old, 38) I will have 21 yrs in.
I am also a proud mom to one Frenchie and one German Sheppard.
My hobbies include lifting them weights, constantly remodeling something in my house (which really means finding things on Pinterest for my husband to recreate) and laughing as much as possible with friends.
I hope I did this right

yasandson · July 2017

@abaume Way to break the ice and encourage others to come and say something here (we all see you lurking!)! Done like a pro lol
Its great that you get to retire at such a young age! (yep i said young...! People usualy wait until they re 67 to retire around here lol)
Edited to add tag

abaume · July 2017

@yasandson thanks! I only get to retire from the military. Still gonna grind away at my regular gig. It's a relief though, they have owned me my entire adult life. The Guard is a one weekend a month two weeks a year thing. I have to drive 2 hours to get there, which sucks with little ones. So its a relief to have that completed.

yasandson · July 2017

@abaume Totaly understand why its a relief with the drive it entails with littles ones!!

Edited to add tag

tashb3 · July 2017

Hi I've introduced myself before but I only commented a couple of times on boards and then felt it was too late to start again lol I'm Natasha 25 years old. Baby #2 on the way which is a boy and I have a 2 year old daughter. I have definitely found the boards to be very quiet I enjoyed reading them though they were my entertainment lol

nicolelynn915 · July 2017

Hello. I'm Nicole currently pregnant with baby #2 another girl. My first lo will turn 2 in September. By the time i knew if I was due in October or November it already seemed too late to introduce myself. Plus I find myself having very little time to be very active besides the occasional read about once a month.

2chasscity · July 2017

Heyyy! Lurking Chassity here with baby #2 on the way, gender is in a closed envelope right now. (Ahhh) So ill be going crazy trying to figure out what my unborn childs name will be. Due in 10/30. My son is currently 3 years old. He's pretty excited. Yay.. Were also hoping we qualify for an apartment lol. (Side note)

2chasscity · July 2017

I had posted in another community buuuut I have been the last to write anything for about a week or two in there.

peanut1017 · July 2017

Hi

I'm Amy and I have been lurking on the boards for a while. I'm due with my first on October 17th and it's a girl. Just had my glucose test this morning (so glad that's over and really hoping I passed) and my most recent ultrasound was about a week ago. Everything looks good and I can't wait for October!

abaume · July 2017

@peanut1017 welcome! I am so dreading that dang glucose test. Glad you are doing good.

virginiaham · July 2017

@abaume congrats on your upcoming ANG retirement!! That's huge!!

From an old reg who's tended to be quieter lately, to any lurkers and newbies who feel like you missed the boat by not jumping in until now, please please join in!! Intro to let us know who you are and then jump in wherever!

abaume · July 2017

@virginiaham Thank you so much, it feels good to be done although I will miss the people. Nice to meet and "old reg"!

mylittleversailles · July 2017

Helllllllo, I'm Renee. I'm not a lurker or a newbie really but I was here in first trimester. I wasn't super digging the vibe so I dropped off real hard. I thought I'd check on my occasional Bump PMs from my old TTCAL pals and one thing led to another and here I am! @yasandson I'm p thrilled to see you here, but it's OK if you don't remember me.

I am 26 weeks today with my rainbow/after IF baby boy. I live in Toronto, but have lived and loved many places in Canada including Winnipeg, Montreal and Hamilton (didn't love the last one so much). I am into growing food on my deck, avant garde vegetarian foods and vegan recipe development, peeing twelve times a night, compassionate people committed to personal growth, keeping my ginger ass from the summer sun, and spending every second I can with my adorable, sweet husband. I used to work in antiquarian books, hope to open my own book store one day but for now I stay at home and stare at the wall a lot.

tyannej · July 2017

I'm not a newbie or a lurker but I figured I would re-introduce myself for those of you that are new. I'm Tyanne, I'm from a little town in East Texas. I'm 21 and happily married. I'm 26 and a half weeks along, I had a silent miscarriage in January of 2016, and my husband and I stopped trying for a little while and I got back on birth control and then we decided okay it's been almost a year and bam, here I am, looking like I swallowed a bowling ball that will be our little girl in October. I'm glad to see some people on the board still. I don't have Facebook so I won't be leaving lol!

yasandson · July 2017

@reneeannemm totaly remember you canadian mama! Was wondering where you had disappeared to and if baby and you were alright! Glad to see you come back!!
@tyannej re introduction is a great idea. Here is mine
Im Sarrah, originally from Morocco but always lived in Montreal, Canada. H and I both just turned 30 and this baby boy will be our first kid!
I have a lot of time on my hands, H works for the both of us as i stay at home, so im really looking forward to this board becoming a little less dead! I dont do social medias so I have no intention of leaving TB either

Oh and also, my first language is french, i also speak arabic, some spanish and a little portuguese... English is not the language I speak most so please bear with me and keep in mind that if i ever offended you, its def not what I intended.... English is hard! Lol

Edited because "bear with me" not "bare with me". Told u english was hard lol

mylittleversailles · July 2017

@yasandson Yep, alllllll good over here. Healthy as a tiny gestatin' horse. English is so hard, especially these days, and it's all I speak. My French is shameful; I swear I forgot more while living in Montreal than I learned. I was on such a good path to bilingualism in my teen years and I messed it up by taking a Spanish class at the same time and began to mash the two languages together. It was decidedly not successful and now I know nothing.

jessafishy · July 2017

@reneeannemm I had wondered where you went! Glad to see you back.

mylittleversailles · July 2017

@jessafishy Heyyyyyy lady

abaume · July 2017

nofearinperfectlove · July 2017

Hi everyone! My name is Sarah. My husband and dog and I live in north Georgia. We are expecting our first- a boy- October 26th.

I posted a little early on, especially before we told our families we were expecting- I was dying to talk to people about being pregnant! But, as a teacher I rarely had time to post. I think I was also holding back out of fear that something would happen and I didn't want to get too invested. Then by the time summer came it seemed like I had missed the boat. I'm so glad this thread was started!

And @yasandson I'm so impressed with all of your language skills! I speak English and Spanish and need to learn Arabic since I have a niece who primarily speaks Arabic. Are you planning on speaking mostly French to your little one?

yasandson · July 2017

@nofearinperfectlove thanks mama

honestly since french will be spoken in school, i think im going to talk to him in english mostly (though mine is far from perfect) and a little in french , H will talk to him in arabic. Im scared that too many languages confuses him and makes it so that he starts to speak at a later age... So i guess we re still trying to figure it out, but its really important for us that he learns at least those 3.
What arabic dialect does your niece speak (which country)?

itsamurphything · July 2017

I'm down with the re-introduction trend!

I'm currently living in Waterloo, Ontario, working for a company in Chicago, and in the process of moving to San Francisco! Oh, and I'm also having a baby. Due date is October 21st! My husband and I are not finding out the sex of the baby and I am currently 25 weeks.

I am 27, will be 28 (probably) when baby arrives and my husband is 29.

As a former teacher, I love to read. I also love being outdoors, cooking, and buying too many things on amazon prime.

Glad to to get to know you all!

nofearinperfectlove · July 2017

@itsamurphything I love San Francisco! My hubs took me there when we were dating and proposed. We spent a week exploring the city and surrounding area and the whole time we're like, "Why don't we live here!?" I hope you love your new home!

@yasandson They say babies that are hearing more than one language can be slower to start speaking, but once they do they have no problems sorting out the sounds. In the long run it will be awesome for your LO to start out trilingual! My niece is in Lebanon- I think that's pretty different from Moroccan Arabic, yes? I want to speak Spanish with our son, but I'm not a native speaker so he'll probably pick up my English accent!

yasandson · July 2017

@nofearinperfectlove thats what i have read too! My sister had the same issue with her first. She is almost 3yo now and barely says a few basic words in french and arabic!
Yes you are right, lebanese arabic is different than moroccan. Lebanese is closer to the classical arabic (the one used in the Quran, the muslim's holy book). We (moroccans, algerians, tunisians) kind of did whatever we wanted with the language to the point where it doesnt sound like the classical one anymore lol. So i def can understand and talk lebanese but a lebanese would never understand moroccan nor speak it

ssmama34217 · July 2017

Hey all! Good idea to do this thread! I am new and I also lurk. I tried to be more active in the beginning but I felt like I couldn't quite get my footing.

I am an older mom too--35 and due 10/7 with a boy. We also have a 2 year old girl. This pregnancy has been a whirlwind. I can't believe I am about to start the third trimester!! I am a working mom as well, and we are going to be moving in mid to late August, so that should be interesting too haha. I am just hoping to feel settled before baby boy gets here--and I am also hoping that we can think of a name for him!

nofearinperfectlove · July 2017

Hi @ssmama34217

I'm impressed that you're moving with a 2yo and pregnant!

roscoe1009 · July 2017

Hi all, I'll re-introduce myself as a well. I was somewhat active at the beginning because of the excitement and because I had a subchorionic hemorrhage that caused a lot of bleeding and problems. I was talking to some ladies who also had SCHs for support. That has thankfully resolved and I am SCH free and so far a healthy pregnancy. Due date is 10/9 with a little boy and I still can't believe it's real! I'm an older mom (40) and also a first time mom so I'm thrilled to finally start a family.
can you all believe how fast Oct is approaching! Pretty soon we'll all be posting real pics! Nice to re-meet all of you.

@yasandson, we also have a tri-lingual family and are considering trying to make our LO tri-lingual. My hubby is a native of France, my family is greek and I speak fluent Greek (I also speak decent french) and we live in the US so of course there is English. I am also worried about totally confusing the kid with three languages spoken and am wondering if we should focus on two instead because 3 seems like a lot! I care more about french because hubby's family is all in France and they don't speak any English while most of my family is in the US now. Bonne chance à toi!

yasandson · July 2017

@sophiakam greek! Thats awesome! Yes we re still trying to figure out if we will stick to two languages or will go for three as well. Same here, scared 3 is way too much and confuses him to the point where he starts to speak waaaaaay later in his life. As I said, ive seen babies who were spoken to only two languages and that was already confusing to them... So still unsure lol
Bonne chance à nous toutes!! ❤️

ssmama34217 · July 2017

@nofearinperfectlove Haha thanks! To top it off we have been living with my parents for the last couple of months (between the end of a lease & the closing on the new house). Definitely bananas but we are thankful to save extra $$!

marmedello · July 2017

Hi my name is Maryam. I used to occasionally post, but once I switched phones I couldn't figure out how to log back in and ended up with a new account. I have been kind of lurking since because I couldn't always think of something to to respond with. I plan on updating the EDD chart replacing my old username once I can.

I live in OH, am 24 with a husband whose also 24. We have a 2 year old son and are waiting on our second child due October 4th. We don't know what we're having, although some of our sisters do as we let one of them find out at the ultrasound. I'm regretting that decision now and had to tell them not to tell anyone else. I have 2 cats that are sisters and can't really think of anything else to mention now.

And i I just noticed how messed up my profile picture is. But guess who doesn't feel like fixing it right now.

mylittleversailles · July 2017

Hello @marmedello @ssmama34217 @sophiakam @itsamurphything @nofearinperfectlove

Image: https://media4.giphy.com/media/ia7kRlpGe3IFq/giphy.gif

jaxx723 · July 2017

Hey hey, second time mom here due with my second son October 28th. I am so busy with my 2.5 year old that it's hard to make it to my computer often but I'm here! I'm a SAHM and I love reading, watching super hero movies, and cooking. In another life I was a dog trainer!

drschmitts · July 2017

Sara here... 30 years old and almost 27 weeks along with our first - gender unknown, referred to as ittybitty or it. Husband (also 30) and I just celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary with our annual vacation, to the Pacific Northwest this year. We live in Wisconsin, both work from home, him as a software developer, me as a medical writer (I joke that us both working from home is how this baby happened). We're getting excited, but also suuuper stressed trying to finish our home remodel so that ittybitty has somewhere to live once I'm no longer serving as its incubator.
I love seeing what everyone has to say, even though I'm pretty quiet myself.

sofiaberlin · July 2017

@yasandson @sophiakam Hello there! I'm both a quiet member of the board and part of a multi-lingual family, and your conversation made me want to join in and chat...

But first things first: my name is Sophie, I'm 35, I'm French, married to an 31yo American (Ohio boy), and we live in Berlin, Germany. I have an almost 5yo son and am expecting another boy--I'm 26 weeks pregnant. I don't participate much but I've enjoyed reading this board and I don't want to see it die, so here is me.

I felt like sharing, because I am currently seeing the effects of three languages being spoken to a 5yo: I speak to him in French and English, my husband speaks to him in English and German and he goes to a Franco-German kindergarten.
And he is doing fine!

My advice is to try whatever you feel is right, but don't be nervous about it being too much for the child and then NOT try. Because growing up with several languages is awesome, and if it turns out to be too much for a child, then (s)he will tell/show you, and you can adjust the amount of foreign languages spoken accordingly. But there is no harm in trying... And seeing my little guy juggle with all three languages is amazing and exciting.

Obviously, I lack a long-term view of the situation and I don't know how this will affect his spelling/writing and overall everyday life in the future, but I do know that speaking several languages is a huge plus in life, so hopefully he'll have that going for him

Bis bald und viel Glück!

melarowan · July 2017

I've got a friend that's American, her husband is German. Their first child (A) was born in Japan and learned all 3 languages. They've since moved to Germany and had a second child (B). The Japanese is falling to the wayside, in favor of French, German and English for both of their children. It's fun because when we video-chat, B will say a word or phrase in English, then teach me the German and French versions. I'm guessing she's picked that up in her preschool/daycare. I know the parents focused on English and German first, with French coming in later for B. I plan to ask my friend how A did with 3 languages from birth, now 4 languages.

sofiaberlin · July 2017

@melarowan And I wonder what language(s) A and B speak together? With one learning how to speak in Japan and the other one learning those skills in Germany, what is their strong language? This is so cool...

yasandson · July 2017

Totally agree with you on the importance of teaching our kids more than one language.
These multi languages stories are very inspiring mamaz!!

mwill291 · July 2017

I've been lurking since I found out around Valentine's Day but was just afraid to post as this pregnancy follows a loss. I had a missed miscarriage at 10 weeks in December 2016 and I have a 10 year old son. I'm 31 and my husband is 32 and we live in Atlanta. I work as an ER nurse and my husband builds movie sets. We are thrilled to be expecting a baby girl on Halloween (so I'm 24w2d)!! I'm still really nervous as I'm a high risk pregnancy due to uterine didelphys but so far we've been lucky to have no problems and I'm taking weekly progesterone injections to prevent preterm labor. With my son, I went into labor at 28 weeks but they were able to hospitalize me and keep him growing until 34 weeks, so we're really hoping this progesterone works! Sorry to be a silent lurker for so long but thank you for giving us lurkers the opportunity to come out of the wordwork!

nofearinperfectlove · July 2017

@mwill291 I was in the same boat as you being reluctant to post before. I'm so sorry for your loss. Kudos to you for your bravery and hope throughout this pregnancy!

mylittleversailles · July 2017

My bff and our chosen emergency guardian is Québécois so he'll be speaking French with this baby.

All hope is lost for me but not my kid thankfully.

Hello @mwill291 I'm very sorry for your loss and fx for an uneventful rest of this pregnancy.

@sofiaberlin One side of my husband's family is German and his beloved Oma was his best friend growing up so we'd ideally like to introduce German as well because it's a language full of love to him.

@drschmitts Oh my, renos while pregnant. You are a rock!

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