Hi! A few questions for everyone. Answer all you can! :)?

Just a few random questions in random order! Answer as many or as few as you like. Thanks!

1) If you were on birth control before you TTC, how long were you on it?
2) How many months after stopping your birth control, did it take for you to conceive?
3) How old were you when you had your first child?
4) Did you have a boy or a girl?
5) Was your sonogram officially right?
6) Did you have a natural labor, vaginal with epidural, or a cesarean?
7) How much weight did you gain during pregnancy?
8) Did you end up getting stretch marks?
9) What were your first pregnancy signs?
10) What did you name your baby?
11) How many children do you have?
12) Did you experience sickness during your pregnancy or did you get lucky?
13) Has anyone correctly used a Chinese Gender Chart and had it be right?
(by correctly I mean calculating your chinese age first, and then using the chart)
14) Did you have anyone else besides your boyfriend/fiance/husband in the delivery room with you?
15) Did you experience implantation bleeding?
16) Did you have an episiotomy?
17) Where were you when your water broke?
18) How long did your labor last?
19) How much did your baby weigh?
17) Lastly, when you delivered and if you look back, do you think you could’ve done it drug free? And would you have done anything differently during your pregnancy? (different diet/exercise/kegals/or no kegals/took classes, anything!)

I’m just curious, I hope to hear from all mommies or mommies to be! I’m TTC#1! Thanks for answering, and baby dust to all who need it 🙂

Homebirth? Anyone who has been through it?

Well, let me start simple. I am 17 years old and almost 31 weeks pregnant. Yes, I know I am young, and i’m sure many of you will tell me how terrible it is, and yes it was an accident, but I believe it is truly what God wanted for me. We used protection, the protection broke, and I absolutely refused for an abortion. The father and I are still together. We are not engaged, because we do not see why we should jump into marriage at our young age because of the baby. He will be there as the father and I will be as the mother for his entire life, and if all goes well, we will get married. And that is what we plan on, but why so soon, right? Anyways, during my whole pregnancy I have not had any problems whatsoever. I am gaining the perfect amount of weight, I am not having any problems at all, his ultrasounds seem perfectly fine, my bloodwork is wonderful, I am not anemic, nor dehydrated, nor under or overweight, I am 30 weeks with very few stretch marks on my sides, I would say that this pregnancy has gone almost to the T. I had like 4 bouts of morning sickness, that’s all, and my biggest complaint is that I can’t run anymore, that my hips hurt, and that I have to pee every 4 hours. I know I can’t have a home birth for this pregnancy, i’ve already had my OBGYN for a while, and honestly she is fantastic, but I can’t help but want a completely natural undrugged up waterbirth at home for my next (which will be far down the line). It just seems so much less scary than at the hospital. So, I was wondering, is there anyone who has had birth in the hospital then decided on a homebirth who can tell me which was the better experience for them, and which you would recommend for a low-risk pregnancy?

My husband wants a vasectomy, but I don’t want him to have one?(long)?

My husband and I have been together for almost 6 years total. Our first was a definitely unplanned pregnancy, however, we weren’t unhappy. She unexpectedly passed away at 2.5 mos. of age from SIDS, and we were devestated. We didn’t want another child for awhile(and at that point we didn’t know if we would ever want another one), so I was on the Pill. After about a year on the Pill, my body started behaving very strangely(periods were really weird, I was getting horrible mood swings, etc.) until I would hit the sugar pills in my pack. I had had a lot of problems w/ most of the other BC pills when I was younger (as well as allergic reactions on both my and my husbands part to spermicide), so my OB suggested I go off the Pill for awhile and use condoms for birth control. About 4 mos. later, my husband and I didn’t use a condom once, and I found out I was pregnant about 3 weeks later. I ended up losing this baby, and had to have a D & C, after which my OB gave me a prescription for Yaz, the so called “new and improved” version of Yasmin which is what I had been on previously. I quit this b/c I bled fairly heavily continuously until I stopped taking it(I also got no help from the doctors that were supposed to be helping me either- they all kept blowing me off, along w/ when I told the doctor what was going on, he said ” Oh well, if you are still bleeding next week, give me a call”- after I told him that the next week was when my period was scheduled to restart-needless to say I also got a new OB/GYN after this).

We had sex w/ no BC for a year before I got pregnant(we were actually trying at this point-I had bought ovulation test kits to make sure I was ovulating, the works). I was very cautious through my whole pregnancy, and even after I had my son, between the losses I felt I couldn’t not be.

I was on BC(the mini pill) from the time my son was 6 weeks old. I ran out of my BC in the middle of a move and couldn’t find another pack for several weeks. My periods were still fairly irregular as I was still nursing my son. I bought several packs of condoms and told my husband that we would have to use condoms until I found and could start taking my pills again unless he was ready to have another baby soon(my son was about 18 mos. at this point, we had just started discussing maybe having another child in about another 1-2 years, so this was meant more as a “you better wear the condom” measure than anything). However, after about a month and still not finding the pills, I went and got another Rx and waited for my period to start so I could start taking them. My husband had grown tired of the condoms, and said that if I got pregnant, I got pregnant. I decided to throw caution to the wind, and figured I probably wouldn’t get pregnant. I took a pregnancy test about a month later, and it was positive. So much for throwing caution to the wind…..lol. I didn’t mind- it was a bit sooner than we had planned, but eh…

However, my husband has been acting progressively more dodgy since about a month after I found out I was pregnant. Going off to friends and staying gone(w/o contact of any kind) for 7 or in most cases more hours, suddenly having to make trips to a random friends house(the other night he left and went to a friend of his house at 10:30pm after getting a call from his friend supposedly saying that he wanted his gift basket-this friend had also just gotten back from a trip supposedly), going out of the apt. for long periods after I go into the bedroom, etc.

He has recently started up w/ saying “Right after this one is born, I’m getting a vasectomy” with conviction. I however am not so keen on this, as given the losses we have gone through, I am really not comfortable w/ the option of not being able to have more children the natural way if we would like to in the future. I have told him this, and he pretty much doesn’t seem to care that this is a concern for me from what I can tell. I also am not entirely comfortable w/ the idea as I am still fairly young and I would like to still have that option available once I have fully established my career.

I am also not ok with the suddenness off this. I think he has other reasons for it that he is keeping from me.

Thoughts?
sorry unschool that last comment was directed at Serene, not you.
unschool,
I had sex for a full year & didnt get pregnant when I was trying to get pregnant w/ my son. I even mentioned that in my question, as well as the fact that I realised I was taking a risk when we didn’t use condom this go round.
Also, after this one, I plan on being on some effective method BC for a long while(like at least 4 years) before we think about having another one, after which I will have a better paying job, more money, etc.

I think another problem that I have with this is I consider it an invasive and extremely unnatural means of BC. My husband also is against IVF, and is hardcore Catholic as far as reproductive issues are concerned, so I know even if he froze his sperm, there would be no point. Given his beliefs, I don’t understand his sudden vasectomy interest.

I am really starting to think it would make it easier for him to cheat as he wouldn’t have to worry about knocking anyone up, & that is the reason behind this sudden interest, as I have noticed several inconsistencies and lies that he has told over the last few months as well.
We lost our first to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 2005, and lost another at 6 weeks gestation in late 2006. It has been awhile, and we have had another child who is now almost 2 since then. So I don’t think that that is what is causing his dodgy-ness as he didn’t act like this when I was pregnant w/ our almost 2 year old.

I’m not saying that our losses don’t matter, not by a long shot. I’m just saying that we have grown and healed as much as you can w/ those kinds of things, and I don’t believe it is the reason behind his dodgy behavior. We went thru couples counseling after our daughter’s passing and during and after our second loss, and dealt w/ the emotions and feelings we had w/ both losses then.

Negative blood test and urine test & I have 30-32 day clockwork cycles I am at Cycle day 60 could I be pregnan?

I am going to give a quick rundown because I have no Idea on what to do. I have NORMAL clockwork cycles everysince the age of 18 my cycles have been a constant 30-32 days…Today I am at cycle day 60 and still have not had a period.

Last period: December 28th …but then I unusually started spotting at cycle day 9 and it lasted for 30 days. There was no cramping at all with this bleeding but since it was going on I got frustrated. so I went to the ER on January9th. They found a “small cyst” so they say on my right ovary. Then sent me home because they said it would go away on its own. So from January 9th – February 8th I was spotting off and on, especially after sex. Never needed a pad, just a pantyliner.

I still did not have a period since December 28th. On February 11, I purchased and started using 100% natural progesterone cream because I read somewhere that It could help with abnormal bleeding, and I dont know if it helped but the bleeding has stopped since February 10th. Even through sex I am no longer bleeding. But the wierd thing is that I never had any cramping or complications during the “cyst” I so called had.

Well now today is february 25th and still no period! I discontinued the cream yesterday February 24th. because on the directions it stated that menstruating women should only use the cream for 14 days straight. I dont know where I am in my cycle, but when I went to the Emergency room on 2/20 to see what is going on with me, they just insisted to do a urine and blood pregnancy test and both came out negative. I had also been doing pregnancy tests at home a week prior and they were all negative. My body is acting extremely wierd right now and I am hoping that its the baby that Ive always wanted. I am 25years old with no kids and Ive been in a relationship/and now engaged for 7years, and never got pregnant before in my life. I also have had some test done last year (hormones, HSG) and everything came back normal. for those that dont know what an HSG is, its when they push a dye through your tubes and xRay them to see if you have any blockages and I did not. I am so lost!! Please someone help! Its hard for me to find a doctor that can thoroughly check me because of the conflict of my insurance at this time. I am pretty upset that they did not do an ultrasound its almost like they are not taking me serious. The only ultrasound that I had was on January 9th and thats when they said I had a “very small cyst” thinking back, it wouldve been wayy too early to detect a pregnancy then because my perid was just days before that ultrasound.(12/28/10) so I am wondering was that “small cyst” they saw was a concieved egg????