Got Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

[Ontarkie 14,133]

Colleens and Bern I hope the time flies for the both of you. Babies first Christmas yay!!

I haven't looked at the forms for Canadian citizenship yet, I have a long way to go before having to get set for it.

I'm now 11 weeks, the nausea has started calming down this past week which is nice cause I felt sick all the time. My 2nd doctors appointment is next week and I can't wait, I've only had the one appointment when we first found out I was pregnant and its been 5 weeks since that appointment. I know there really isn't much more to check on since that appointment since I had to have the Ultrasound done right away and everything was good. But I'm being paranoid and just want to get to the doctors again so they can tell me all is good. Its crazy cause I've been through all this 4 times and never worried like I am now.

[Canadiandggal 49]

Colleens and Bern I hope the time flies for the both of you. Babies first Christmas yay!!

I haven't looked at the forms for Canadian citizenship yet, I have a long way to go before having to get set for it.

I'm now 11 weeks, the nausea has started calming down this past week which is nice cause I felt sick all the time. My 2nd doctors appointment is next week and I can't wait, I've only had the one appointment when we first found out I was pregnant and its been 5 weeks since that appointment. I know there really isn't much more to check on since that appointment since I had to have the Ultrasound done right away and everything was good. But I'm being paranoid and just want to get to the doctors again so they can tell me all is good. Its crazy cause I've been through all this 4 times and never worried like I am now.

You will be fine Life gave you a wonderful Miracle. Relax and enjoy the pregnancy when you can

I guess four times is not like the 5th, hang in there.

[Arabella 4]

I have to say I'm jealous of all you pregnant ladies. I don't know what it is about being married, but now that I have my wonderful husband in my life I want to have another baby! My girls are (almost) 8 and (almost) 6, and they would love a baby brother or sister (My little one Emma says we need to have 2 boys to "even out our family"). Sean is a wonderful step dad to them and we are a very happy family. I'm ready to have a little baby in my arms again!

[Canadiandggal 49]

I have to say I'm jealous of all you pregnant ladies. I don't know what it is about being married, but now that I have my wonderful husband in my life I want to have another baby! My girls are (almost) 8 and (almost) 6, and they would love a baby brother or sister (My little one Emma says we need to have 2 boys to "even out our family"). Sean is a wonderful step dad to them and we are a very happy family. I'm ready to have a little baby in my arms again!

I am right there with you ha ha .

I Have been married for awhile now and have a 4 year old son. My husband is a pretty good Father (step dad) and we have been trying like crazy.I am dieing to have another little one in my arms but it has yet to work out.. (I did get pregnant April 2009 but had a miscarriage). so I am quite jealous yet very happy for all you ladies having babies...definitely makes me miss the pregnancy moments.

[Arabella 4]

I am right there with you ha ha .

I Have been married for awhile now and have a 4 year old son. My husband is a pretty good Father (step dad) and we have been trying like crazy.I am dieing to have another little one in my arms but it has yet to work out.. (I did get pregnant April 2009 but had a miscarriage). so I am quite jealous yet very happy for all you ladies having babies...definitely makes me miss the pregnancy moments.

I know what you mean. Being pregnant was such a special time for me. I had super-easy pregnancies with both girls and loved the newborn times as well. I think we are going to start officially trying this summer. I want to aim for having a baby in the spring of next year so I can have the summer off as well (I work in a school). I had an easy time getting pregnant before, but now that I'm 32 I am not sure if it will be so easy!

[Colleens 40]

Colleens and Bern I hope the time flies for the both of you. Babies first Christmas yay!!

I haven't looked at the forms for Canadian citizenship yet, I have a long way to go before having to get set for it.

I'm now 11 weeks, the nausea has started calming down this past week which is nice cause I felt sick all the time. My 2nd doctors appointment is next week and I can't wait, I've only had the one appointment when we first found out I was pregnant and its been 5 weeks since that appointment. I know there really isn't much more to check on since that appointment since I had to have the Ultrasound done right away and everything was good. But I'm being paranoid and just want to get to the doctors again so they can tell me all is good. Its crazy cause I've been through all this 4 times and never worried like I am now.

We are pretty excited for our little chirstmas present to arrive!! I am glad to hear that your m/s is starting to calm. Mine seemed to wane around 13 weeks and it has been smooth sailing since then. I hope that you have the same sort of experience as me!! I always looked forward to my appointments even though they have all been pretty easy (thankfully no bp issues or gestational diabetes etc). But is was always amazing to hear that heartbeat or see her on the ultrasound. I had 6 ultrasounds throughout my pregnancy so I had a chance to see her a fair bit, but nothing will compare to actually seeing her in a few weeks!

[Colleens 40]

I know what you mean. Being pregnant was such a special time for me. I had super-easy pregnancies with both girls and loved the newborn times as well. I think we are going to start officially trying this summer. I want to aim for having a baby in the spring of next year so I can have the summer off as well (I work in a school). I had an easy time getting pregnant before, but now that I'm 32 I am not sure if it will be so easy!

I was worried about having troubles getting pregnant since I am 37. A lot of my friends had to go through fertility treatments or IVF and they were all pretty much the same age as I was....so that worried me a little. We really were not trying to get pregnant (although we were not doing anything to prevent it....if it happened it happened) and it happened pretty much right away. It was when I came back from my visa interview/chilling with friends and family trip that we found out. So if you had an easy time before....hopefully it will be smooth sailing again!

[Ontarkie 14,133]

We are pretty excited for our little chirstmas present to arrive!! I am glad to hear that your m/s is starting to calm. Mine seemed to wane around 13 weeks and it has been smooth sailing since then. I hope that you have the same sort of experience as me!! I always looked forward to my appointments even though they have all been pretty easy (thankfully no bp issues or gestational diabetes etc). But is was always amazing to hear that heartbeat or see her on the ultrasound. I had 6 ultrasounds throughout my pregnancy so I had a chance to see her a fair bit, but nothing will compare to actually seeing her in a few weeks!

Hopefully smooth sailing is headed my way too! All my other pregnancies were pretty easy, but that seems so long ago, and at 37 seems there is more for me to worry about. I was surprised to see this little one with the ultrasound since we thought I was only 2 weeks along. They want to check my tubes since they were blocked so had to make sure it wasn't ectopic. That was the best surprise ever, besides the pregnancy test lol. Is it normal to have 6 ultrasound here? When I had my other kids back home I got one and that was it. So far from the first doctors appointment I found they do alot of things different.

[Colleens 40]

Hopefully smooth sailing is headed my way too! All my other pregnancies were pretty easy, but that seems so long ago, and at 37 seems there is more for me to worry about. I was surprised to see this little one with the ultrasound since we thought I was only 2 weeks along. They want to check my tubes since they were blocked so had to make sure it wasn't ectopic. That was the best surprise ever, besides the pregnancy test lol. Is it normal to have 6 ultrasound here? When I had my other kids back home I got one and that was it. So far from the first doctors appointment I found they do alot of things different.

I am 37 as well...I am now more worried about having the energy to keep up after she arrives...lol. Usually they don't do that many ultrasounds. We had our first at 8 weeks to confirm the pregnancy, then we had a miscarriage scare at 13 weeks, so had one in the ER. 2 weeks later I had my reg appt, and they couldn't get the HR on the doppler, so they did one to check the hr. Then we had the normal 20wk one where they check all the organs and growth. We chose to do one of the 3D/4D ultrasounds at 28 weeks, then they did one at 36 weeks to check the head postion to make sure she was head down. So only 3 of those were "routine". I would highly suggest doing the 3D/4D ultrasound if it is in your budget. It was $150 and we got a ton of rendered images as well as a dvd that was about 20 mins long. It was pretty cool to be able to show my mom and my sisters since they are so far away and haven't been able to share the experience with me. If I was to do it again, I would have waited a few more weeks to do it so she was a bit chunkier!!

At home I would have just gone to my family doctor and she would have done my prenatal care as well as been the primary care provider for LO afterwards. It was odd having to choose an OB and now a pediatrician for her. Back home we had such a doctor shortage you were lucky to have a family doctor, so this being able to choose is a whole new ball game!! It has also been a learning process figuring out all the insurance stuff...what is and where you are covered and having to make your choices based on that. It was so much simpler at home!!

[Ontarkie 14,133]

3D/4D sounds cool I will have to look into that. I had a doctor that I saw shortly after moving here but I didn't like him. So when we found out I was pregnant our family doctor said that there are plenty to choose from here so pick another if yo don't like him. Then his nurses suggested a group that they use, and first impressions where awesome so glad we can be picky here. I have no clue who we will pick for a pediatrician. I don't think I will ever get this insurance stuff figured out, I just go with the flow hehe.

[Arabella 4]

Is it normal to have 6 ultrasound here?

I don't think it's normal. With both of my daughters I only had 2 ultrasounds during the pregnancies.

[Hugglebuggles 60]

This thread is exciting to read, even if I'm an outsider looking in!

The baby decision is a tough one for us. On one hand, we've come to lead very stable lives. We're pretty financially sound, own a home, 2 cars, steady jobs, all the things people tell you to establish before thinking about kids. And then on the other hand, I'm not sure I could handle it. Am I mature enough to make the necessary sacrifices? I'm not really sure. I guess we should be sure first? There are just a million things to consider. I feel like I'm still young (23) but the husband is almost 26 and is starting to feel "old." For every reason to have a child, there are 5 reasons to put it off. It's just crazy! The way I over think things, I'll be going over the same pros and cons 10 years from now. How did you guys make the decision to start a family?

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Colleens and Bern I hope the time flies for the both of you. Babies first Christmas yay!!

I haven't looked at the forms for Canadian citizenship yet, I have a long way to go before having to get set for it.

I'm now 11 weeks, the nausea has started calming down this past week which is nice cause I felt sick all the time. My 2nd doctors appointment is next week and I can't wait, I've only had the one appointment when we first found out I was pregnant and its been 5 weeks since that appointment. I know there really isn't much more to check on since that appointment since I had to have the Ultrasound done right away and everything was good. But I'm being paranoid and just want to get to the doctors again so they can tell me all is good. Its crazy cause I've been through all this 4 times and never worried like I am now.

Holy ####### Ontarkie - you're pregnant too? I need to read this thread more often! Congratulations to all of you. I dearly wish my husband and I had met 5 years earlier because we would have considered at least 1 more on top of the blended 3 kids we already have. I'm 40 now and the hubster is fixed so we just...ahem... 'practice' for fun (I highly recommend the hubster getting fixed once you're done....no more birth control worries - yippee!)

every so often I feel misty-eyed about us not having a child of our own, but I try to forget about it

[Arabella 4]

This thread is exciting to read, even if I'm an outsider looking in!

The baby decision is a tough one for us. On one hand, we've come to lead very stable lives. We're pretty financially sound, own a home, 2 cars, steady jobs, all the things people tell you to establish before thinking about kids. And then on the other hand, I'm not sure I could handle it. Am I mature enough to make the necessary sacrifices? I'm not really sure. I guess we should be sure first? There are just a million things to consider. I feel like I'm still young (23) but the husband is almost 26 and is starting to feel "old." For every reason to have a child, there are 5 reasons to put it off. It's just crazy! The way I over think things, I'll be going over the same pros and cons 10 years from now. How did you guys make the decision to start a family?

I'm the wrong person to ask about this but I'll reply anyway. I made the decision to have my first daughter when we had been married for 5 years and I was finishing my master's degree and employed as a school counselor. It seemed like the natural thing to do and I really wanted a baby. Looking back I think I wanted a baby because he was deployed a lot and I was lonely, also my friends (who were older than me) were having babies too. I was 23 when I got pregnant, and 24 when my baby was born. When he left me two years and two babies later, I grew very resentful and jealous of my friends who were without kids and could spend their money on themselves and come and go as they pleased.

Being in a stable relationship makes having kids a pleasure. I am able to enjoy my kids a lot more now that Sean is with us. It makes everything much easier when you have a truly supportive husband. I probably would never have been jealous of my single kid-free friends if my kid's dad had been as wonderful as Sean. So I guess for me it was being finished with school, being married for a few years, and having my career in place. Also, having one baby is not as life changing as having two. You can still go places with one kid, but two is a lot harder.

Sean and I are home-bodies and we love doing things with the kids. For us the kids are a lot of fun. We play Mario on the Wii with the kids, and love to go swimming, etc. with them. My ex husband preferred going out, so being tied down with kids was no fun for him, and it hurt me when he went out and left me at home with the babies while he partied. So the kind of life style you want to have plays a role too.

Edited November 30, 2010 by Arabella

[Canadiandggal 49]

I'm the wrong person to ask about this but I'll reply anyway. I made the decision to have my first daughter when we had been married for 5 years and I was finishing my master's degree and employed as a school counselor. It seemed like the natural thing to do and I really wanted a baby. Looking back I think I wanted a baby because he was deployed a lot and I was lonely, also my friends (who were older than me) were having babies too. I was 23 when I got pregnant, and 24 when my baby was born. When he left me two years and two babies later, I grew very resentful and jealous of my friends who were without kids and could spend their money on themselves and come and go as they pleased.

Being in a stable relationship makes having kids a pleasure. I am able to enjoy my kids a lot more now that Sean is with us. It makes everything much easier when you have a truly supportive husband. I probably would never have been jealous of my single kid-free friends if my kid's dad had been as wonderful as Sean. So I guess for me it was being finished with school, being married for a few years, and having my career in place. Also, having one baby is not as life changing as having two. You can still go places with one kid, but two is a lot harder.

Sean and I are home-bodies and we love doing things with the kids. For us the kids are a lot of fun. We play Mario on the Wii with the kids, and love to go swimming, etc. with them. My ex husband preferred going out, so being tied down with kids was no fun for him, and it hurt me when he went out and left me at home with the babies while he partied. So the kind of life style you want to have

plays a role too.

Yeah I am probably not the best person to give my opinion either but here it goes. I found out I was pregnant with my son and it was the biggest surprise of my life, although he wasn't planned I had been thinking about starting a family... Now I was Young 19 when I had my son but I had also been with his father since I was 14 and stayed with his father a year after my sons birth. Now that I look back at I wish I could have picked another male but do not regret my son. I knew that I was ready to expand my family shortly after I met my Husband.My husband and I had been together only a year when we started trying because it felt right but we ending up having a miscarriage and it tore me apart. I know I am ready to do it again and My husband is a wonderful dad, sometimes I just stop and think where I would be without my husband. One day My husband will adopted my son and make it legal but for now we are taking it inch by inch. We are quite the homebodies as well and my husband evens out with my parenting. I am a very laid back parent and he is the one with the backbone. To be honest there will always be pros and cons to having children, It is a full time job and yet the money is not great but the rewards are. Yes you will not have all the freedom you did without a child or the same freedom with money but you will want to spend all the extra money you do have on your child.I think that if it is truly something you will want in life then you will know when the time is right. There is not just one way of knowing when you are ready or when it should happen and in my experience when you are trying it does not always work out.

Now everybody has to have amazing pregnancies and keep us up to date