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I'm a little sad...
I finally put on my big girl panties and emailed the breeder to take have her take us off the waiting list for a puppy. 
J and I talked about it a while back and decided that its not fair to bring a puppy home in the near future with the baby coming. We want to do the best thing for both and we know that the right thing is to wait and get the puppy when the baby is older and we can give them both what they need.
Just because its the right thing to do doesn't make it any easier to do it.
I really wanted a puppy.
ETA: I'm making a pan of triple chunk brownies to console myself.
Re: I'm a little sad...
If it makes you feel better, I think this is TOTALLY the right decision. A girl I know that is going to pop any.day.now just found a puppy and is keeping it. Cute puppy that will get big quick. I just could not imagine the extra stress.
I love my puppies but I wouldnt want those two adjustments back to back. I think you are doing the right thing and there will be plenty of puppies later in life.
Hugs...I know it still sucks.
Aww. It's a good decision. We only brought Ginger home a few months before Scarlett was born and, although she's a spoiled puppy, I really feel that she's getting the short shrift and is becoming increasingly jealous of Scarlett. Pobrecita. When we get a house, she will have our other dog home to help entertain her.
If Ginger wasn't free...and so irresistable...I would never have done it.
Hudys: We're both over the moon about the baby, no doubt. And when I went back to find the breeder's email address, I found that I last spoken with her like the week before we found out we were expecting baby JB. It's just different and I had hoped we could still make both happen.
Karrey: Thanks. We've talked about it a lot, and we just know that it would be way too much for us to raise/train a puppy while pregnant and/or dealing with a newborn. It would be totally unfair to the baby AND the puppy. We want to do what's best for both. And what's best for both is to put off getting the puppy and wait until the baby is older and we can handle them both at the same time.
Sometimes being a grown up and doing the most responsible thing just sucks.
I know how you feel. We really want to get a puppy too, but I think it's best if we wait until after the baby is born. We'd get another lab, and I'm just not sure I can handle being at home with a newborn and a young lab with lots of energy. I would feel like I was cheating the dog because I know it wouldn't get enough attention.
Just think about how much fun a kid will have with a puppy though. I think we'll be glad we waited.
I'm sorry you had to do this but I do believe it is the right decision and that you realized it now instead of later.
I see women come into my work who have little kids and brand new puppies and they are over whelmed! From what I have heard (I have never had a dog so I am not an expert) puppies are like children with all the vaccinations, potty training and puppy classes.
I agree... you're making a good choice...
that being said... I want a puppy right now and we're waiting (or I am, anyway) until our summer vacations are over. DH thinks it's not fair for us to get a dog right now and is being 'bad cop' with me on this...
And when your LO is older, they will enjoy the puppy even more!
TTC #1 13 cycles, CP 6/09, TTC #2 1 cycle
CDing, EP'd for 13 months for #1, BFing for #2
Pregnancy Hypertension - inductions at 39w, I grow big babies: DD was 9 pounds 1 ounce 22 inches, DS was 11 pounds even 22 inches - both vaginal deliveries
Pass some of those brownies this way, will ya?
As someone with a 12-week old puppy, you 100% made the right decision. I can't even imagine having those two adjustments at once. Your baby will love being involved with the puppy and you guys WILL have one! I think it's a very mature, responsible decision, as much as it stinks now.