Congrats to Sandysmommie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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RE: Congrats to Sandysmommie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oasis05 · Moderator

WOW! CONGRATS!! I was 21 when i had my son and we were married for 2 years already. We tried for a year and gave up and then it happened.

Stormy is right, get the epaderal when they ask before it's too late.....lol I asked too late and my son came too fast so i did the natural thing.........OUCH. But i had him in 4 1/2 hours so no complaints here.......

sandysmommie · Post-a-Holic - Give this person a rabies shot!

Thankyou all for your kind words and advice..You are too sweet

Ansy · Site Admin

OMG!!! The first Furum baby!!!!! Congrats!! What a beautiful miracle you are about to experience (till you get morning sickness of course....lol). For real though.......it is going to be so great......especially the first time you feel it move inside you.

sandysmommie · Post-a-Holic - Give this person a rabies shot!

No thanks!! I've been sick enough as it is! lol I have been feeling better lately, I get to find out how far along i really am tomorrow. I'll keep everyone updated

Kittys Mom · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

It's cool, you have us to worry with

Besides, the mood swings of a pregnant lady

are legendary

, so you will need us

Congratulations

We are here for you.

dusty082155 · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

you did get brave and post it ! lol . you will be a great mommie . and debbie is an excellent choice for a name too

. you will be fine i have 4 and raise 6 and time goes by so quick, they are grown before ya know it !! congradulations !!

sandysmommie · Post-a-Holic - Give this person a rabies shot!

Aww thankyou guys, what would i do without yous

I didnt post it Stormy did!

1 is enough for me dusty!

dusty082155 · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

no one is just the beginning !!! lol

twinkletoes · You have been awarded the Posting Star of Honor!

thats fantastic sandy ...im very happy for you and your partener

ZoeandTucker · Post-a-Holic - Give this person a rabies shot!

I'm so happy for you!!!!! I'm also very jealous. I want another baby so bad. Whenever I'm around a baby I start getting stomach cramps. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I thought I was the only one that, that happened to and I was just a wierdo but somebody else told me that happened to them to. I had Kaitlyn at 20 (19 when I got pregnant, married at 18) and I had Gillian when I was 24. I absolutely HATED being pregnant. There is nothing joyful to me about being pregnant. I hate every minute of it. Its the second that the baby is born that will be the best experience of your life. Take good care of yourself. Eat healthy and exercise. Not strenuously but walk and stuff and you will have a quick and easy labor.

puttin510 · ~Grand Champion~ Gold Medal Poster!

Congratulations. And Oh poopy on all the scarey reviews. Get yourself out of the house to get your mind off the sick feeling. That worked wonders for me. Once past three months the sickness passes. I'd say if you are just starting to feel sick you are about 6-8 weeks. Feeling that little tickle on the inside of your belly is such a strange feeling. Like an ant crawling on your skin. And if you have a pretty good tolerance for pain screw the epidural. I had both of mine natural. Carrying and birthing the babies is the easiest part of all. The rest is the hard part. It will be the most memorable time in your life. It really is a beautiful thing. Its not scarey. You start hearing all the terrible storys, but just think possitive. I felt I heard it all so nothing could happen that I never heard of.

If you start having dreams of being a bad mom, thats a good sign actually. It means that you are subconscously coming to terms with being pregnant and having the child and are worrysome of wether you will care for it right. I did that. You will be fine. I was married at 19, but waited til 25 to get pregnant with my first child. Be possitive, and enjoy the whole thing Sandy.

XjessicaXburgiX · MAD DOG!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooo excited for you! How great! Just another thing to feed my baby hunger! I have been driving my hubby crazy lately with talk of babies...lol. How fun!!!!!!!!!!

Paige · ~Grand Champion~ Gold Medal Poster!

And with the epidural thing. If you skip out on it our labor will go faster. Epidurals tend to slow down contractions. I got mine when I was dialated to a 8 and it took me 1 1/2 hours to push Kaitlyn out.

HunterNellasmom · Post-a-Holic - Give this person a rabies shot!

Awww! Babies are so much fun! I'm so excited for you

Since everyone is sharing their baby stories, lol....I was 19 when I had my son. Everyone is talking about unplanned though...I may have taken a smack to the head, because he was actually planned! Lol. Yep. One of those young girls that wanted to be a mum. Crazy huh? But I'm really glad I did. I wouldn't change a thing about it all. He was 9 pounds when he was born. I had my daughter when I was 21 and she was 7 pounds 2 ounces. I for one did not do well with the epidural AT ALL. I have back problems now because of it. But I think they did it wrong. If I could go back and do it all natural, I totally would. I think my aunt put it really well in that childbirth is a pain that you forget so fast. It's really scary, but once it's over, you realize it really wasn't that bad and that you *might* do it again, lol. I honestly thought the contractions were worse than the actual birth.

Also, did you know that mother's intuition is correct something like almost 90% of the time in guessing the sex of the baby? As soon as you get that *feeling* of what it might be, totally go with it. You can't think about it, or think that that may be what it is, it's just a feeling you get all of a sudden. I don't know how to explain it. But it has seriously been accurate with everyone I have talked to, including myself. There is also a Chinese birth chart calendar that, based on the month you got preggo, is pretty good at predicting the sex. Nothing is 100% though. I'm just a big time superstitious person, hehe. I also recommend www.babycenter.com That site helped so much when I was preggo! Congrats!

PrettyDobie · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

Do you have any names in mind yet?

dusty082155 · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

just wanted to add that if you can bear it, its better for you and the baby if you can have natural childbirth. i had all four of mine natural, with no medication. no sleepy babies that way. you will make a good little mamma.

Ansy · Site Admin

I don't know what a vaginal birth is like. I had both of mine via C-Section. After the first one, I was going to request to have another....lol. Due to medical reasons I was required to have him that way anyway though. I LOVED the C-Section. I went in the OR at 9AM and at 9:12AM my son was born. I was on the most livid of medications....it was wonderful......such a high feeling....lol.

I was all numb except for my face....and I smiled and smiled.....becauseI felt so good....lol. I couldn't tell if I was breathing or not though (because I was numb) so I remember telling hubby to huld his finger under my nose to see if I was breathing.....lol. That was my ONLY worry.

With my first....wow.....I was 19 and under the strictest of fathers. I was too scared to tell my family I was pregnant. I wans't married and lived at home. Being heavy, I hid the pregnancy very well. I only gained 10 lbs. I eventually told my mother that I was pregnant about 2 weeks before I gave birth. My dad? He was told on a Sunday night and I had my son on Sunday morning!!! He was in shell shock....but never got mad.

The sad part is that (because I was so scared), I never once went to a doctor. The first time I saw a doctor was the day I gave birth. My oldest son has ADHD and I'm sure it is due to that very reason. If only I could go back and change things.....but I wasn young, stupid, and scared.

My husband (at the time) was stationed at Ft. Campbell and the morning I went into labor he was on lockdown at the base. I called and they wouldn't let him come and get me. I drove myself to the hospital in labor.....when I got there and told the ER nurses what I was there for....they thought I was joking. I was so calm. They said there is no way I could be in labor and be that calm...lol, but I was. Eventually mu hubby was able to show up in time for the birth.

Due to lack of medical care, my blood pressure was extremely high. I was nearly 'lost' during the C-Section and shortly afterwards went totally blind. I was blind for almost 3 days and had never even seen my son. It was a nightmare.....but you know what was kind of funny? Right before I lost my sight, I was sitting on the side of my hospital bed and looking out my window. The last thing I saw was a McDonalds sign......lol. What a way to go, huh?

I kept going to sleep and when I'd wake up I'd pray before opening my eyes.....when I opened them....it was dark...well...dark doesn't really describe it....there was just - nothing. Finally one morning I woke up and even though my eyes were shut I could sense some light....so I opened my eyes and it was daylight......things were blurry...but eventually came around. It was a scarey ordeal.

Be sure to keep all your appointments and get all the medical care needed. Don't do the dumb things I did. You don't want your last memory of vision being a McDonalds sign...lol.

Sydney · Moderator

Congratulations Sandy!!!!!!

Paige · ~Grand Champion~ Gold Medal Poster!

Wow Ansy!!! I could have never imagined that happening to me.

I was also afraid to tell my mother. It was funny because at the time she didn't know my sister was gay so I was going to tell her "robins gay and I'm pregnant" LMAO!!!! She would have had a heart attack. But I just came out and told her. It was a day after me finding out. I found out I was pregnant when I was just 4 weeks but I didn't go to the doctor till I was 9 weeks.

I gained 55 pounds when I was pregnant...all in the last 4 months. Which sucked. But after having Kaitlyn I had already lost 38 pounds. I still need to loose the rest...and its been almost 4 years. LOL!!!!