Who's got baby fever?

StokedWifey · January 2012

MaggieandJake:
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.

We have 2 good friends that have kids, but one set lives in Atlanta and the other just moved to St. Louis Monday, so we'll be on our again. Right now, Clay doesn't really do much with his friends because he's the only married guy and we have two other couple friends. I made him get out this week and we've both made plans to have some time to ourselves a few months after the baby gets here. For instance, he has a friend who should be proposing soon and they'll get married in December, so he'll have a b-party and I have a friend who is graduating (hopefully) from nursing school in May '13, so I'm going to the beach. Luckily, baby can come to everything I do, but Clay is more than willing to have diaper duty if I'll handle it for him some.

saltypearl · January 2012

bell2belling:
saltypearl:
bell2belling:
StokedWifey:

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!

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.

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.

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.

5'5" and 200 is where I am. Though I don't know if I've gained any since my last appt. At it I had lost 2 lbs. Maybe I need to try the pics again cause I though you looked way thinner....or maybe it's cause I carry most of my weight in the lower ab area....which always make it look worse.

"the rock" which is what I call the baby (it seriously feels like my ute is a rock) is really kicking my butt today so maybe I'm just grumpy with that.

saltypearl · January 2012

dmcphee:

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

It sounds like they are going to ease you into it...which is good, though I have a feeling that you will go into labour on your own....not sure why I feel that way but I do.

In case they do induce, I hope the first round works, my mom had regular labour, 2 inductions and finally a cesaerian cause I just would not come out.

Best of luck for your delivery....my thoughts are with you for sure.

planetkari · January 2012

I totally love hearing about everyone's pregnancies! I agree about living vicariously though you guys--I am, and it's great. I also like hearing about what everyone's going through so I know what to expect when my time comes.

H and I have talked a lot about starting a family, but we both have a lot of things we want to do before we have kids--pay off debt, buy a house, travel, get another raise... So many things. We'll probably start TTC next fall after we've achieved several of these things. I'm really hopeful for the future because I know it's going to be awesome.

bell2belling · January 2012

That's so funny that we're the same size! I think it depends on what you're wearing too. I chose my bump outfit as yoga pants and a tank top and it's not flattering at all. I think I'll switch to a maternity shirt or something. The shirt I was wearing in the bump pic I posted a while back is super flattering for some reason, must be because it's a Packers shirt and they are awesome!

FWIW I also looked just terrible at 8 weeks, it's just a bad week I think lol.

jlichty · January 2012

Can I ask a personal question - if you don't want to answer that is perfectly ok too :-)

I know we have talked about age before but I really can't remember everyone.

How old are you and your H? Do you think your age effects your decision to TTC now or wait or is it mostly life stage/ being financiall ready/ having fun before baby?

I ask because I am 25 and DH is 28. We both have graduated and H with his masters, have good jobs and have a house. Now we are working on paying off student debt. On one hand we feel like it would be smart to spend another year or too focusing on paying off our debt we don't want to put off life because of money and we can more then afford a baby now (even with our student loans we live off H's salary and use mine to save and pay off the debt). So our decision came down to -whats more important to us - a year of freedom and more trips or starting our family while we are still young parents. And we decided we are super ready to just start our family now.

It is just interesting to me to hear about different people's decision and life stages and whats important to them. It gives you a great perspective on things. I hope that makes sense.

saltypearl · January 2012

jlichty:

Can I ask a personal question - if you don't want to answer that is perfectly ok too :-)

I know we have talked about age before but I really can't remember everyone.

How old are you and your H? Do you think your age effects your decision to TTC now or wait or is it mostly life stage/ being financiall ready/ having fun before baby?

I ask because I am 25 and DH is 28. We both have graduated and H with his masters, have good jobs and have a house. Now we are working on paying off student debt. On one hand we feel like it would be smart to spend another year or too focusing on paying off our debt we don't want to put off life because of money and we can more then afford a baby now (even with our student loans we live off H's salary and use mine to save and pay off the debt). So our decision came down to -whats more important to us - a year of freedom and more trips or starting our family while we are still young parents. And we decided we are super ready to just start our family now.

It is just interesting to me to hear about different people's decision and life stages and whats important to them. It gives you a great perspective on things. I hope that makes sense.

I'm 33 and DH is 34 (yup, we're old). I finished paying off student loans and we calculated that we'd still be ok with EI during my mat leave before we got married. The actual time we decided to TTC was linked mostly to activities in the summer that we didn't want me to have m/s. And thank goodness for that!

saltypearl · January 2012

bell2belling:

That's so funny that we're the same size! I think it depends on what you're wearing too. I chose my bump outfit as yoga pants and a tank top and it's not flattering at all. I think I'll switch to a maternity shirt or something. The shirt I was wearing in the bump pic I posted a while back is super flattering for some reason, must be because it's a Packers shirt and they are awesome!

FWIW I also looked just terrible at 8 weeks, it's just a bad week I think lol.

I chose the same outfit...origionally I was thinking I could probably wear the pants and the tank into some of the later bump photos, but it was just so bad I might trash that idea and do retakes in jeans tonight.

dmcphee · January 2012

jlichty:

Can I ask a personal question - if you don't want to answer that is perfectly ok too :-)

I know we have talked about age before but I really can't remember everyone.

How old are you and your H? Do you think your age effects your decision to TTC now or wait or is it mostly life stage/ being financiall ready/ having fun before baby?

I ask because I am 25 and DH is 28. We both have graduated and H with his masters, have good jobs and have a house. Now we are working on paying off student debt. On one hand we feel like it would be smart to spend another year or too focusing on paying off our debt we don't want to put off life because of money and we can more then afford a baby now (even with our student loans we live off H's salary and use mine to save and pay off the debt). So our decision came down to -whats more important to us - a year of freedom and more trips or starting our family while we are still young parents. And we decided we are super ready to just start our family now.

It is just interesting to me to hear about different people's decision and life stages and whats important to them. It gives you a great perspective on things. I hope that makes sense.

I'm 29 and H is 33. We are debt-free other than our house, which we just moved in to in August. Since we both have had stable jobs for some time (I've been at my current job for 8 years, H at his for 6 years) we felt like we were ready for a family. And, honestly, baby fever just kinda took over, and all the other stuff (freedom, travelling, extra responsiblities) just didn't seem to matter so much anymore. And as I lay here with my little guy kicking my ribs as I type (which I'm going to miss in a few days), I know we made the right decision.

csh96 · January 2012

I should have baby fever but I don't just yet. I'm 34 (so I really should be ready), H is 32, we both have established jobs and make plenty of money to support ourselves and a baby. However, there are still things we want to do first such as get a better/bigger house and travel a couple places. We were visiting some family from out of town just after Christmas and got to meet their 3 week old baby girl. She was so teeny and I loved every second of holding her. However H was like a deer in the headlights when we finally forced him to hold her. Later after she screamed for 10 minutes, he said he wasn't sure he wants kids. Oh no! I needed him to convince me! Sometimes I think I lack the patience.

def6411 · January 2012

I've definitely got the fever! I've been telling H about the 5 brides here that are already pregnant. Before the wedding we decided we'd wait a year (less than 5 months now!). I'm getting so excited to start TTC, H is a little nervous but I'm sure he'll warm up to it

We also want to wait until H has a full-time job, right now he's just working on a 3 month contract. For now I'll get my fix from hearing the latest from our pregnant ladies!

audra342 · January 2012

csh96:
I should have baby fever but I don't just yet. I'm 34 (so I really should be ready), H is 32, we both have established jobs and make plenty of money to support ourselves and a baby. However, there are still things we want to do first such as get a better/bigger house and travel a couple places. We were visiting some family from out of town just after Christmas and got to meet their 3 week old baby girl. She was so teeny and I loved every second of holding her. However H was like a deer in the headlights when we finally forced him to hold her. Later after she screamed for 10 minutes, he said he wasn't sure he wants kids. Oh no! I needed him to convince me! Sometimes I think I lack the patience.

This is Jared exactly! Every time we get around little kids, he always has that deer in the headlights look! He says they're too fragile and he's scared to hold them!

ashleyangel510 · January 2012

My situation is a lot like other PP's. I love babies/kids, and I can't wait to have my own, but I know that we will. Right now we are living very tightly with regard to money so we can pay all the bills that we have. Eventually, we will pay things down/off, and will put that money towards babies. We also want to enjoy our marriage as just us for a while first- we did not live together/take trips together before marriage, so we want to have that for a while. I also want to get my Master's before we start trying. I have to get it within the next 8 years to keep my certification, and I really want to have it before kids so I am not leaving them with H all the time when I go to class and have to do homework. When I have kids, I want to be able to enjoy them. I want to spend as much time as I can with them (even though I know I will take breaks from them for my sanity and to make them better people) and I want to have the money to take trips and do fun things with them without feeling like I'm breaking the bank.

So for now, we wait! And to answer the other question, I am 24 and H is 26. I do think that plays into our decision a bit, because we feel like we have time before we feel pressured to have them before I become "high-risk".

ogrady88 · January 2012

I already mentioned our ages, but we are both 31. For us I think that age and overall life experience is to play. If we'd met and got married when we were 25 we probably would have waited a while, but we met when we were 28. I think that has played a major role. We've lived together for almost 3 years now and we have both travelled quite a bit. I have my master's degree and Josh is almost done with his, so I think in terms of that we're ready. We've also had plenty of time to work on our professional lives. I feel like I'm in a good spot professionally and making good money, saving quite a bit. Josh is in the same spot and getting his graduate degree is only going to add to his professional experience. We do have student loan debt, but it really is something neither of us worry about because we are on the income based Direct Loan plan and will have any remaining balance forgiven at the end of 10 years of payments (the non-profit, public service forgiveness program). Both of us will likely be life-long state employees. It really doesn't make sense for us to pay off any more than we need to, as anything remaining will be forgiven. It is a great program as it has allowed us to save money for a down-payment on a home. For us, I think we're just ready for this next chapter in our lives. We were going to delay it further, we wanted to go to Oktoberfest this year, but one night we were talking about it and we both realized that we didn't really want to delay it further. So as soon as we have a better idea of what post-graduation will bring us we're going to start trying. I should also add that I had some health problems in the past (a benign tumor on my left ovary) that may cause some trouble conceiving, so we're also concerned about that.

GeorgiaPeachMarie · January 2012

I am 23 and DH is 25 so we have PLENTY of time. I have the opposite of baby fever. Babies freak me out and I don't find them appealing. Especially with my job teaching twenty-two four year olds, I feel completely burnt out. When I come home, I want to be lazy! Even seeing DH on really bad days is too much. So what would be the opposite of baby fever? And no offense to you ladies, but I am happy its you and not me!

sammichele · January 2012

I have the fever, and bad. I can't tell you how badly I wish that we could just throw caution to the wind and start trying now, but we are just not in a good place. Between both of us still in school (although I'm at the Master's level) and a lack of full time jobs it just feels impossible. Right now we're really struggling with money and our e-fund is looking awfully bleak. I am hoping that shortly after my graduation next year we'll be ready, but it's kind of wishful thinking at this point.

DH is 26, and I'll be 23 in two weeks, so it's not like we're old by any means. I've just always seen myself as a young parent as both of our sets of parents were young when we were born. I feel like for our family sets we're going against the grain and it makes me feel really impatient.

csh96 · January 2012

audra342:

csh96:
I should have baby fever but I don't just yet. I'm 34 (so I really should be ready), H is 32, we both have established jobs and make plenty of money to support ourselves and a baby. However, there are still things we want to do first such as get a better/bigger house and travel a couple places. We were visiting some family from out of town just after Christmas and got to meet their 3 week old baby girl. She was so teeny and I loved every second of holding her. However H was like a deer in the headlights when we finally forced him to hold her. Later after she screamed for 10 minutes, he said he wasn't sure he wants kids. Oh no! I needed him to convince me! Sometimes I think I lack the patience.

This is Jared exactly! Every time we get around little kids, he always has that deer in the headlights look! He says they're too fragile and he's scared to hold them!

This is so funny! When Bryan did hold her and she started to wiggle a little or make a noise he got nervous and said "it's moving!" Haha! I kept yelling at him not to call her "it." Plus, she is only a few weeks old; if she does move it's not like she's going anywhere.

audra342 · January 2012

OMG!! Jared does something similar. When he was holding our friends new baby, the baby make a sound. Jared looked up with such a helpless look on his face. It was priceless! I can't wait to see what he does with our own (fictitious future) kids. He thinks babies are too breakable and will break if you look at them wrong!

I love the man!

Calistic · January 2012

jlichty:

Can I ask a personal question - if you don't want to answer that is perfectly ok too :-)

I know we have talked about age before but I really can't remember everyone.

How old are you and your H? Do you think your age effects your decision to TTC now or wait or is it mostly life stage/ being financiall ready/ having fun before baby?

I, sooooo, have baby fever. DH and I have actually been trying for 5 months without luck. Its not a big shock because I was so stressed out last semester in school and work. But am hoping to find out I am pregnant every day. DH and I are both 27. It is part of the reason we are trying, because I want 5 kids and know I need to start soon. But mainly the reason I want kids is because I have been waiting my whole life and feel like i am emotionally, physically and spiritually ready.

I am actually really bad with my baby fever. we have already interviewed midwives (and I have an amazing one, that is a friend of mine), I've read a lot of information and books, started looking at products and DH and I have already talked names and plans for things like telling people, finding out gender, telling names and the like.

MaggieandJake · January 2012

StokedWifey:
MaggieandJake:
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.
We have 2 good friends that have kids, but one set lives in Atlanta and the other just moved to St. Louis Monday, so we'll be on our again. Right now, Clay doesn't really do much with his friends because he's the only married guy and we have two other couple friends. I made him get out this week and we've both made plans to have some time to ourselves a few months after the baby gets here. For instance, he has a friend who should be proposing soon and they'll get married in December, so he'll have a b-party and I have a friend who is graduating (hopefully) from nursing school in May '13, so I'm going to the beach. Luckily, baby can come to everything I do, but Clay is more than willing to have diaper duty if I'll handle it for him some.

I'm late responding, but I know that when the time comes, Jake will be more than willing to be a full and present dad. He has already talked about wanting to be the dad who's helping with all sports stuff, being at all the games, and has even told me he'd be having tea-parties with our hypothetical girls. I know he's going to be a great dad! All of our friends with the exception with 1 are married, and we hang out with all of them a lot-pretty much every weekend. We also enjoy traveling with them. Once more of our friends are at the stage of TTC, and start having babies, I know that he'll be more ok with the idea.

saltypearl · January 2012

Calistic:
jlichty:

Can I ask a personal question - if you don't want to answer that is perfectly ok too :-)

I know we have talked about age before but I really can't remember everyone.

How old are you and your H? Do you think your age effects your decision to TTC now or wait or is it mostly life stage/ being financiall ready/ having fun before baby?

I, sooooo, have baby fever. DH and I have actually been trying for 5 months without luck. Its not a big shock because I was so stressed out last semester in school and work. But am hoping to find out I am pregnant every day. DH and I are both 27. It is part of the reason we are trying, because I want 5 kids and know I need to start soon. But mainly the reason I want kids is because I have been waiting my whole life and feel like i am emotionally, physically and spiritually ready.

I am actually really bad with my baby fever. we have already interviewed midwives (and I have an amazing one, that is a friend of mine), I've read a lot of information and books, started looking at products and DH and I have already talked names and plans for things like telling people, finding out gender, telling names and the like.

Best of luck, my this month be your month!

saltypearl · January 2012

Calistic:
jlichty:

Can I ask a personal question - if you don't want to answer that is perfectly ok too :-)

I know we have talked about age before but I really can't remember everyone.

How old are you and your H? Do you think your age effects your decision to TTC now or wait or is it mostly life stage/ being financiall ready/ having fun before baby?

I, sooooo, have baby fever. DH and I have actually been trying for 5 months without luck. Its not a big shock because I was so stressed out last semester in school and work. But am hoping to find out I am pregnant every day. DH and I are both 27. It is part of the reason we are trying, because I want 5 kids and know I need to start soon. But mainly the reason I want kids is because I have been waiting my whole life and feel like i am emotionally, physically and spiritually ready.

I am actually really bad with my baby fever. we have already interviewed midwives (and I have an amazing one, that is a friend of mine), I've read a lot of information and books, started looking at products and DH and I have already talked names and plans for things like telling people, finding out gender, telling names and the like.

Best of luck, may this month be your month!

fireytiger · January 2012

My baby fever keeps going up and down. There are days where I want a baby but am okay with waiting, and other days where I feel like my uterus is literally jumping up and down having a tantrum because i'm not using it, hahaha. I'm definitely wanting to at least wait until June. I'm really hoping I'll strike gold and get that job I applied for, because then our money issues will literally vanish and i'll have medical insurance again. I also want to keep improving my health by getting down to my goal weight and maintaining it for awhile, before I start TTC. Gestational diabetes is a HUGE problem in my family line, especially if they're overweight when they get pregnant, and I definitely can't deal with that on top of everything else. My health first, then I can focus on baby's health.

annagtz82 · January 2012

I'm kinda in the same boat as Fireytiger. Sometimes I'll look at myself in the mirror and imagine what I would look like with a bump and get super excited and other days I can't imagine what it would be like having a baby any time soon. I know I'm staying on the pill till at least June. After that, if we get pregnant then good, if not then I'm fine with that too.

Kimberet · January 2012

Super late responding (I've been without internet since Friday afternoon!!), but here goes...

How old are you and your H? I'm 24, he's 25.

Do you think your age effects your decision to TTC now or wait or is it mostly life stage/ being financiall ready/ having fun before baby? I don't think age plays a huge role in our decision to TTC. At this point in the life of my siblings (and parents), they are were either pregnant or already had a kid. My age when we got married was older than anyone else in my family, so I may feel like we're a little "behind", but it doesn't really play a role in our decision. We're not trying right now, but we're not NOT trying right now. So if it happens, then it was meant to be, but if not...then I guess it wasn't. I'm looking forward to TTC, but if it takes sometime for us to get pregnant, I think I am ok with it.

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