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Who's got baby fever?
Ok, so with Noah's arrival within the next few days, Brit & Stoked's bump pictures, the adorable tickers from Brit, Stoked & SaltyPearl....my baby fever is off the charts. In addition, TB also has a baby store and the ad is RIGHT NEXT TO THIS TEXT BOX!!
I needed to vent and make sure that I'm not crazy 
Re: Who's got baby fever?
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I have baby fever! 6 more months! Ha. Ugh, why'd I say that? That's forever in pregnant years.
Y'all need to officially start tryingggggggggggg!
my temperature is slowly rising... but it's not quite a fever yet
im excited to be a mom someday but right now i want to do some things for my career and my marriage and be selfish. i'm hoping that focusing our attention on our own lives and our marriage will help us be better parents down the road. plus, J and I are going to have some issues TTC so we have to be 100% ready. i know that i'm def not prepared for the fertility and financial stresses that are sure to come up when we start TTC.
ETA: sorry to put a damper on the excitement!
Hey, I'll take the blame for the cuteness that will transpire!
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I had to click reply under a post, instead of the box that is usually at the bottom of the thread. Is that normal on TN?
I have baby fever! I try to control it by thinking of the things we need to do first. I want to fix the house up and that is going to take a while. We also need to save more and if I am going to be a SAHM for at least a little while DH needs a few more raises
I'm excited about the future, though!
I have baby fever! But I think we're really going to try to hold out until next year. I've been off BC for about two and a half years and my ob/gyn gave me the go ahead to get on prenatals (recommended gummies - should be easier on my stomach) and start trying whenever we feel ready.
We've just had so much stuff to deal with the past six months with the insurance claims, my medical problems, sick kitties, and car troubles, that I think Tim and I need some time to just enjoy us again before adding to our responsibilities. So, that and wanting to travel are the two things that are making us try to hold out.
Oh yeah. and money. Anyone found a solution to that?
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Yes ma'am, it's normal and you can babysit.
Tell Hanz that...maybe he'll listen to you! Hahaha
I asked him the other day if he could imagine life with a baby and he said "I cannot even begin to fathom it." In reality, he is right...I don't think you really know what you're getting into until you have that baby in your arms and they are 100% relying on you for everything. However, I cannot get the idea of what our little one will look like, his/her smile/laugh/cry/voice, watching the big milestones, teaching him/her about life. I just love thinking about it.
Just think about the fact that we're done with the first 3 and a half months! Not to mention those are apparently the worst months of pregnancy. Although I'm a little weirded out that I barely feel pregnant anymore! I'm not the biggest fan of just being fat and b*tchy haha.
This is our favorite part too, we spend a lot of time talking about what we think our future children are going to be like.
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yes and no.
Yes I would love to have a baby RIGHT NOW.
No because there are so many things we still want to do sans kids. We have 1.5 yrs before we really try, or at least that's the plan. If something did happen, it would be a blessing, but we're TTA until then.
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I'm so glad those first months are over, but I'm with you on not feeling pregnant. I think because I'm carrying high that it looks like I'm pregnant for the most part, but I don't really feel it... except that I want ice cream every night and that's just weird. I'm ready to feel flutters! Luckily, I have yet to be that hormonal.
I'm so glad those first months are over, but I'm with you on not feeling pregnant. I think because I'm carrying high that it looks like I'm pregnant for the most part, but I don't really feel it... except that I want ice cream every night and that's just weird. I'm ready to feel flutters! Luckily, I have yet to be that hormonal.
Second trimester is bliss, however, I hate the be the bearer of bad news, but the last month is torture!! Between the aches and pains, lack of sleep, comments of "you haven't had that baby yet???", and just wanting to meet your baby already, it seems never-ending.
I'm doing some serious nesting today, cleaning the house, doing laundry, baking brownies for H (since it will be the last time for awhile!). I think it is just hitting me that I'm gonna be a mommy in just a few days. I go in at 6pm Monday night to start induction, but it will be a slow process. I'm hoping that he is here by Wednesday at the latest. At least the hospital has WiFi so I can keep in touch with you ladies and let you know as soon as he gets here
I'm on my way to getting baby fever. Like others have said, there are still things that we need to get in order first before we really can start talking baby at all.
-we need to buy a house (we plan to start going to open houses in Feb after football season, and officially start looking towards the end of spring like April or May)
-Jake needs a better paying job
My heart wants to start TTC, but my head says it's important to wait-which will make it easier to be the parents we want to be. Also, H is not ready at all for a baby. None of our friends, with the exception of 1, have kids or are TTC. He doesn't want to be "that guy" who can't go golf or to a bar to watch football, or do whatever, whenever he wants because he has a kid to take care of. H has this little joke where he says that if I were to get pregnant right now, he'd run away across the border?.but I don't really find it funny. At.all. However, I DO know that he'd NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, do that, which is why he says he can joke about it-because it would never happen.
Ultimately though, I'm in the same place as him except I can't run away from my pregnant body. In all honestly, if I were to get pregnant tomorrow-I would be mentally as terrified and as I would have been if I'd gotten pregnant while I was in college. I know that when the timing is right, we'll be ready, and receive a baby with open arms. It'll probably be another 1 1/2-2 years before we start, and at most we want 2 kids. The only rule I have (as of right now) is that I want to be completely done having kids by the time I'm 35.
In the mean time, I'll just live vicariously though the rest of you mamas!
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We talk about this a lot too, but we have gotten more into the deeper stuff lately- discipline, allowance, acceptable grades, etc. I think because we see how our niece and nephews are raised, these things are in the forefront for us a lot.
I have a slight Baby temperature, but no fever yet. :P Jared and I want to accomplish a few more things on our To Do list before we start thinking about baby.
First of all is the house we are currently looking for! A baby would not fit into our apartment. We barely do. Then there is the fact I want to travel. A European trip before kids would be nice. And then there is work. I like it actually. And I have to finish my Master's. And probably a few more things yet.
Then we have baby!
You're about the same place as we are then. Planning to be a WAHM with a side business.
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I'm always thinking about how I'd want to parent when I think about the things parents of my students do.
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I have baby fever!! But right now we are in the preparing to TTC phase so I keep myself occupied with getting ready. I am off BCP and charting my cycles to learn my body so we will be ready and hopefully have a better chance when the times comes. I am taking PNV too. H is also really excited to start trying. He had almost talked me into starting TTC this month but we have too many goes to pay off student loans this summer so waiting a few more months is just better for us. Right now it looks like our start TTC date will be April!
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I'm here already. You and Stoked are quite thin, so you have cute bumps. I'm not so thin, so our "baseline" photo we took last night just made me feel like a fat cow
I made DH take like 3 until there was one I wasn't totally ashamed of.
I'm just so excited for you! I can't imagine what you're feeling like right now! 6PM seems so late to start to induce you! I guess I thought they did that more during the day when they have more doctors on call (I think my hospital only has one on call at night, and you have no idea who is going to deliver which makes doesn't make me too happy) Maybe Noah will have a plan of his own before then!
I was wondering, have you told anyone besides us that you're planning on naming him Noah? I saw on Facebook that you were calling him Baby A. I'm definitely not telling anyone I see in person the real name, but you guys can definitely know haha.
Oh shush! I'm 5'5" and almost 200 pounds right now, not cool. I think it's hilarious that my doctor is yelling at me to gain weight (I lost a pound since my last visit, after the nausea faded I didn't eat as much since eating kept my nausea at bay). I already gained 9 pounds! I forgot she didn't know my actual before getting pregnant though, I really ate a lot of fast food during first tri.
I thought 6pm was kinda late too, but they plan to give me some medicine, Cervidil I think, to get things ready before they try to start contractions. I guess that works overnight, and then they start the contractions the next day.
We have told most people the name. We had decided on both boy and girl names before we even started TTC, and I'm really not good at keeping secrets, so pretty much everyone knows
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My sister & her friend went in a 6pm the night before actual induction. It is either come in the evening before and get "comfortable" in the hospital or come in at 4-5a.m. to get things set up/started. Hopefully Noah comes before Monday evening and you won't have to deal with any of the extra junk!
Oh man that is going to be a long process for you then!
I don't want anyone to know because the middle names are after my grandparents and I want them to be completely surprised. Well that and the girl name we chose will probably PO H's family since they hate me and we're planning on naming our daughter after H's grandma who we both absolutely adored.