April 2013 DUE DATE LIST

[texanromaniac]

EDD: 4-21

Your Name: Rainey Daye

Age: 36

State or Country: Texas

How long it took to you to get your BFP: Well, we weren't trying, this baby was a surprise!!

What number child is this for you: Second child earth side, three angel babies

Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): My computer geek husband and my boundless energy 3.5 year old son. No furbabies anymore.

Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): This one is a girl!! Kiddo insisted from the beginning that he was getting a sister, so was rather unimpressed when we told him it was in fact a girl...cause that is what he'd been saying all along!!

Birth Plans/Preferences: Baby girl will be born at a very baby friendly hospital and be delivered by midwives as naturally as I can handle. Kiddo was supposed to be a natural birth, but now that I have done the whole epidural thing I might just be begging for one again!! My hope is that I can handle it so far that by the time I am begging for meds it will be too late for me to get them!! :P

Anything else you'd like to share: After an emergency transport from a homebirth and then an eclamptic seizure that had me back in the hospital when kiddo was six days old, then three miscarriages in a row, then complications from the last miscarriage that had me back in the hospital (hemorrhaging, crashing, blood transfusions, and an emergency D&C)...we were DONE having bio kids and were actually looking into foster adoption when we got this little surprise!! You know how anything preventative that isn't permanent can have a small failure rate? Yep. But we are super stoked about our happily accidental surprise miracle rainbow baby!!

[vonnief]

I'm late to the game here on DS (just heard about it from a family member ) but I figured I'd post anyway!

EDD: April 13th
Your Name: Yvonne
Age: 28
State or Country: NC
How long it took to you to get your BFP: 2 months
What number child is this for you: 2nd bio, 4th including steps!
Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): Hubs, 3 boys that are 5, 6, and 7 and 2 cats and a crazy puggle!
Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): Girl!
Birth Plans/Preferences: VBAC at a birthing center (2 hour drive)!

[prissyhippie]

EDD: April 28th
Name: Holly
Age: 30
State: Virginia
How long it took you to get your BFP: 2 months
What number child is this: Our first!
Family: Just me & my husband Justin for now!
Baby's Gender: We aren't finding out, but we are thinking it's a boy? I want both, so whichever wants to come first works for me
Birth Plans: Hoping for a good old-fashioned vaginal delivery
Other stuff: We feel like we are so unprepared! One thing that has really interested us is the cloth diapering world, so I am so glad to have found this site to refer to! It's overwhelming!

[estrellajane]

EDD: April 17, 2013
Your Name: Lindsey
Age: 28
State or Country: Florida, USA
How long it took to you to get your BFP: I was a week late
What number child is this for you: 4th pregnancy, 3rd baby, 1st boy.
Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): My husband is Pedro. I have two daughters. Neva is 5 and a half and Josie is 2 and a half.
Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): A boy
Birth Plans/Preferences: Planning a freestanding birth center birth.
Anything else you'd like to share: I'm new here and want to say hi!

[NappyChappy]

I frequent here and March b/c my original EDD was 3/13 then 3/18 now 4/1.


EDD: 4/1/13
Your Name: Laura
Age: 28 yrs. old
State or Country: KY- USA
How long it took to you to get your BFP: never stopped trying after DS 6/2010
What number child is this for you: second
Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): DS- Atticus, 2 cats- Wednesday and Ludwig, 2 Nigerian Dwarf Goats- Stella and Tic Tac, and 1 Newfie- Norah
Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): Team Green
Birth Plans/Preferences: Homebirth

[Blessed2005]

EDD: 4-24-13
Your Name: Ashley
Age: 26
State or Country: South Carolina

How long it took to you to get your BFP: 2nd month, I think

What number child is this for you: 3

Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): Ross, DH since 2005; Sterling(DS1, 2008); Evie(DD1, 2010); two laying hens, Bernice and Harriett

Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): It's a boy! Abel!

Birth Plans/Preferences: As natural as possible at a hospital. Planning on no epidural this time around since with DD1 it didn't work and I only got it 30 minutes before she was born anyway. Since I know what it feels like, I am ready to do it like I was meant to....a great experience that will be life-altering! I really wanted a home birth, but I have FAST deliveries and the nearest midwife was 1.5 hrs. away....not worth the risk of her not arriving. I only made it to the hospital an hour before DD was born. I can only hope this labor and delivery goes as well as hers!

Anything else you'd like to share: Excited to be joining the group! I am late, but would like the companies of other April mommies!

[maddies.mom]

hi fellow April Mama's!
this is me
EDD: April 30th
Your Name: maddies.mom (jenine)
Age: 37
State or Country: PA
How long it took to you to get your BFP: too long! had 2 m/c (10/10 and 11/11) and finally got it 9/12!!!
What number child is this for you: 2 (plus 2 angels)
Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): DH (41), DD (3 1/2), 1 cat, lots of fish
Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): team green!!
Birth Plans/Preferences: hoping to vbac. Had an emergency c with my dd - currently got the change of attitude from current OB so looking for a new one before baby arrives!

[madame_raz]

EDD: April 6, 2013
Your Name: Sarah
Age: 31
State or Country: Texas
How long it took to you to get your BFP: First month. I had actually wanted another two months to do a couple of triathlons and a women's retreat, but I'll take it when I get it!
What number child is this for you: 2
Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): DH Andrew, DD Samantha (age 3 1/2)
Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): Boy
Birth Plans/Preferences: unmedicated birth with a CNM in a hospital
Anything else you'd like to share: Is it April yet?

[birdinhand]

EDD: April 10th-ish
Your Name: Stacie
Age: 37
State or Country: California
How long it took to you to get your BFP: We weren't trying. I got pregnant 8 days-ish after my period was due (period was due July 10th, got pregnant July 18th-ish while not using birth control because I was sure my period would show up "any day")
What number child is this for you: 4
Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): Married to husband for 17 years, have three sons, 13, 11, and 7; we also have a super cute dog, Cooper
Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): Baby is a boy, but dh doesn't want to know, so I can't tell anyone irl -- he wants a surprise
Birth Plans/Preferences: Homebirth with a licensed midwife
Anything else you'd like to share: I am a birth doula, childbirth educator, and breastfeeding counselor. I am so excited to have another boy! We thought we were finished having babies but we will take this as a gift.

[MrsWJAA]

EDD: 4/30/13
Your Name: Pearlie
Age: 29
State or Country: North Carolina
How long it took to you to get your BFP: 2years, 11 months
What number child is this for you: Our First!!
Family (partner, other children, and/or furbabies): My hubby and our feline furbaby Sassy
Baby's Gender (hopes or guesses): According to the pics, she will be a girl
Birth Plans/Preferences: as natural as possible
Anything else you'd like to share: Looking forward to being a SAHM with our little Lena.