A Little About Me A Little About You

[t33cup]

Name: Fiona

Age: 36

Location: Yorkshire.

Occupation: Teacher

Short Personal Description: I teach textiles and food tech for 10 years after studying art and textile design. Currently a supply teacher. There isnt much work atm but Im lucky in a way that I get to spend more time relaxing. Cleaning after my mental puppy and enjoying time with my 9 old. Obv I enjoy cooking (although Ive never studied it or worked in the industry!) I like to walk alot too and get out in fresh air and ease boredom. Sometimes I paint. I dont like spending hours cleaning but i have to live in relative order or i get frustrated. Im 12 weeks 4 days pregnant with my second baby. Was excited about that, then scared and then excited again lol

Favorites:

Hobbies: Art, music, poetry. Walking, yoga. having a laugh and being reet daft

Colour: blue

Food: oven baked crisp taytoes. Rice. Had too many takeaways though I blame tiredness

Hang-out: home, friends, pub (lemonade a lime is a new favourite)

Music: rock, folk

Books: currently reading cloud atlas by david mitchell

Movies: cohen brothers, kevin smith. and hairy funny men

TV Shows: hmmm not really. loved boardwalk empire which i downloaded an watched in one go recently before it arrived in this country

Authors: Richard dawkin also recently enjoyed me talk pretty one day by david sedaris. Dont read a lot of fiction i suppose

Cartoon Character: Stewie Griffin

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Japan

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My OH, my mum.

Greatest Ambition: hmm I dont know tbh

Biggest Achievement: probably raising a beautiful well behaved child who takes after his mum (obv) :-D

Grandest Wish: To be able to paint and create and and run home from home

What You Can't Live Without: My son

 

[t33cup]

oh a pic of me

 

[EllaAndLyla]

A Little About Me

Name: Ella

Age: 18

Location: Wallington - London

Occupation: Student

Short Personal Description: Im a student in London studying art and design. I am currently 32 weeks and 5 days pregnant with a little girl due on the 3rd of june 2011 .
I am in a long-term loving relationship with my boyfriend since 29/11/2009 and we have officially bought everything baby we could think of!!!!

Favourites:

Hobbies: Pub, spending time with my other half, watching tv, internet shopping and photography

Color: PINK

Food: Spaghetti bolognaise, family recipe

Hang-out: With my friends and my lover

Music: everything lol

Books: hmmm none!

Movies: old classic disney films - dumbo etc. Mean girls lol and Taken

TV Shows: Eastenders, shameless, family guy, south park. BIG BANG THEORY

Authors: who?

Cartoon Character: Dexter from dexters laboritory

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Italy, with my family!!!!!

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My boyfriend

Greatest Ambition: To give my baby girl the best life possible and eventually brothers and sisters

Biggest Achievement: finishing school and college

Grandest Wish: My baby girl to have a healthy long life

What You Can't Live Without: Family & Friends - and my phone lol

 

[AliSun]

Hi all!

Name: Alivia

Age: 27

Location: Spokane, wa

Occupation: Personal assistant to my husband and five year old

Short Personal Description: I have been married to my husband for 7 years. We live in a beautiful house that we just finished building 5 months ago. Everyone kept telling us how horrible it is to build a house together but we never ran into any problems together...It was a lot of fun! We have a five year old and are still trying for number two. My husband is refusing to IVF because its too clinical. He said if we arent pregnant by next year than fine he will do it. So now we are just doing IUI after IUI I have PCOS and Clomid resistant.


Favorites:

Hobbies: Cooking, cleaning, reading, boating, being a mom, walking, spinning, TTC

Color: Blue

Food: Italian and mexican anytime!

Hang-out: Home a lot

Music: Jack Johnson, Amos Lee, I have everything on my Ipod. Rap, alternative, country, r&B, jazz....you name it!

Books: I man, i love books and this month alone i have read 5....

Movies: P.S. I love you, Princess Bride,

TV Shows: Two & Half Men, American Idol, History, Weeds, teen mom, 16 and pregnant....I pretty much lose TV rights when it comes to my husband and five year old



Cartoon Character: mmm dont know


Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Europe and Ireland

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My grandmother

Greatest Ambition: You know, when i think of being a mom. I think of my kids being older. Out of the house. And being proud. Of course i love babies...but babies isn't why i want them. I want my kids and their wives and their children all over for christmas! I want my teenage daughters to come to me for advice. Thats what i look forward too....Teaching my kids how to be successful like their father and loving like their mother

Biggest Achievement: I havent done a lot...But i would say my son

Grandest Wish: That me and my family are happy

What You Can't Live Without : My laptop and books....






RACHEL! I think we have lots in common!

 

[Chello]

Hi all on Baby and Bump!

Just thought i'd introduce myself, now that i have got used to the site abit (well i think anyway!) lol..

I'm "Chello", i'm 27 years old, and live in Norfolk with my partner. We have been together for nearly 5 years but living together for 3 years in August, we got engaged that year too!! I like to think i'm a bubbly kind of person and love meeting new people.

We have been trying for baby for about 18 months now, but sadly not getting anywhere, so i'm currently under going some tests for PCOS. So fingers crossed the ultra sound comes back "normal" as have all my other test so far have. So if any of you are in the same boat please get in touch.

Take Care all

Chello

 

[AliSun]

Chello! Hi, I also have PCOS. The first test they did on me was a insulin resistance test and it came back normal. I am not overweight or have hair in places...But he said i have PCOS so let me know how yours goes!

 

[TerriLou]

Hi Everyone

Name: Tracey

Age: 35

Location: Mansfield, Nottighamshire, UK

Occupation: Customer Services Agent, Conveyancing company

Short Personal Description: I have been married to Ian for 4 years, April 21 2007 and we have been TTC our #1 since the beginning of January 2011. Fingers crossed, 2011 is my year.

Favorites:

Hobbies: knitting, computing, watching motor racing

Color: Pink

Food: I like chicken most, but doing Lighterlife at the moment, so my favourite food on my diet is spicy curry soup.

Hang-out: anywhere, as long as I'm with my Hubby

Music: George Michael, lots of 80s music

Books: Harry Potter series

Movies: Romantic Comedies

TV Shows: How I met your mother, True Blood, Apprentice, Home & Away, One Born Every Minute

Authors: Not a bit reader

Cartoon Character: Pink Panther

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Would love to go back to Barbados

Most Influential Person in Your Life: Jacqueline Gold

Greatest Ambition: to be a great Mum and have a wonderful, happy family

Biggest Achievement: Still waiting

Grandest Wish: Not to have to work anymore

What You Can't Live Without: My laptop and now my texting phone

 

[Indrute]

Name: Indre

Age: 24 in few days

Location: London

Occupation: Guest services manager in the hotel

Short Personal Description:


Hobbies: spend free time with my husband, reading, cooking, socialising

Color: Blue

Food: anything yummyyy

Hang-out: with friends

Music: R&B + and all other popular ones

Books: Louise Bagshawe or Tasmina Perry

Movies: Rom Coms

TV Shows: Then Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl

Cartoon Character: Tom & Jerry

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Thailand

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My mum

Greatest Ambition: To have a happy and healthy life and famil


What You Can't Live Without: My IPhone

Im new to all mummy and baby forums as dont have any kids, but would like to have one soon, so me and my husband will try to have a baby I wold live to find new friends who got same intentions as its so much fun to have someone in your shoes so lets be friedns

 

[wesleys_mama]

Name: Lindsey

Age: 26

Location: Wutsitya, IA

Occupation: I work at a fabric store and I run a small in home sewing buisness

Short Personal Description: My hubby, Andy, and I have been together for almost 11 years. We have an awesome son, Wesley, who is 9. Almost 6 years ago our daughter, Evelyn, was killed. We tried for years to get pregnant after having our son and I miscarried repeatedly so after 4 years of trying, we quit trying for almost 5 years. A few months ago, we decided that the puzzle pieces in our lives are starting to make a larger picture and that maybe that picture involves another child. We are not stressing about making it happen right away. After all, the bigger the age gap, the closer you are to having a baby-sitter on hand.

Favorites:

Hobbies: I sew, all the time.

Color: Aqua or orange

Food: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

Hang-out: Local coffee shop or in front of my sewing machine

Music: Alternative, folk, bluegrass

Books: Harry Potter series (my son is now reading them to me although I have read the whole series twice)

Movies:What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Blow, From Hell, Edward Scissorhands, Cry Baby, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Benny and Joon (seeing a pattern here?)

TV Shows: Modern Family, Chuck, Dexter, Weeds, The Office, Community, Parenthood, The Middle, My Fair Wedding, Kids in the Hall

Authors: J.K. Rowling, Lewis Carrol, David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris

Cartoon Character: Jimminy Cricket

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: England

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My husband

Greatest Ambition: To live a long happy life of filling other's lives with love and happiness along the way

Biggest Achievement: Realizing what is truely important in life earlier than most.

Grandest Wish: That Evie was still with us.

What You Can't Live Without: My son. He is the only reason my feet hit the floor every morning.

 

[CindySoda]

Welcome! I'm Cindy, 21 years old pregnant with my second child (first is a boy, this one is a girl).
I'm here to get to know more mothers, seek advice and better my life emotionally, mentally, and skill wise (sewing, cooking, parenting, etc) =)

 

[Talevita]

Name: Lauren

Age: 27

Location: Somewhere near Salt Lake City, Utah

Occupation: I'm an artsy person working from my home.

Short Personal Description: Well...I've been married for close to four years now and we've been ready and trying for a family for a long time. As much as I love my two cats I want another kind of baby. I started decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs three years ago as a hobby, but now it's a full time job. I'm here because I want to make friends and see what I can learn, and maybe even laugh a little

Hobbies: pysanky, drawing, writing, photography, cleaning, cooking, financing, maintaining & promoting my website

Color: shades of blue

Food: Last week, my grandma's pork chop recipe. This week, my grandma's lasagna recipe.

Hang-out: right here

Music: yesterday? Classical. Today? 60s mix. Tomorrow? We'll see.

Books: that depends on the day, place, attire, visitors & schedule.

Movies: Currently Shawshank Redemption, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Poets Society, Happy Gilmore & Billy Madison. Ask me in two weeks and only the first two will still be there.

TV Shows: whatever's on when I feel like watching tv. But I never missed an episode of Friend's in college.

Authors: If I can think of one I'll let you know. I'll tell you my favorite artists and composers though.

Cartoon Character: Umm....

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Europe was kinda cool in 2001, so I'll decide on the country when I land on the continent.

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My Grandfather, without a doubt.

Greatest Ambition: I want to be happy, and I want to have reasons to be happy.

Biggest Achievement: I need to think about that.

Grandest Wish: for my Grandmother to be able to stop working so hard.

What You Can't Live Without: This book shelf with 47 separate dyes, some of my empty egg shells, all of my designs, my camera, lots of my pictures, all of my beeswax, all of my templates, my big bucket of varnish and all of my other tools.

 

[Poppiebug]

A Little About Me

Name: Katie

Age: 28

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Occupation: Training and Interactive Technologies Coordinator

Short Personal Description: Hubby and I met almost 10 years ago at university and have been inseparable ever since. We were married 7 years ago and have moved around a couple of towns / cities over the years. We've now found our place in Melbourne and are building a home this year where we plan to stay. I love all things Beatles, beetles and ladybugs.


Favorites:

Hobbies: Internet, shopping, friends

Color: Pink

Food: Garlic Prawns

Hang-out: home

Music: The Beatles (and lots of other stuff)

Books: not a massive reader

Movies: The Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid, Forrest Gump, Superbad

TV Shows: Neighbours, Seinfeld, Dexter, Sex and the City, Family Guy

Authors: hmmmm??

Cartoon Character: Wonder Woman


Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: England

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My mum and husband

Greatest Ambition: To be a mummy with a happy home

Biggest Achievement: Getting past some inner demons

Grandest Wish: to be a mummy

What You Can't Live Without: My husband

 

[Kellikins]

A Little About Me

Name: Kelli

Age: 21

Location: Canterbury, England

Occupation: Mental Health Care Assistant

Short Personal Description: I have been married for just under a year (17 th July!) . I have lived in Kent all my life, i like it here...it's quiet! hehe! I enjoy movies, music and just general chats. I someday wish to be a tattoo artist but not sure if i will live out this dream or not Im a really friendly, bubbly girl


Favorites:

Hobbies: Music/Movies/Friends/Family/Going out/SHOPPING

Color: Bright Pink, Red

Food: Can't beat a good bit of chocolate

Hang-out: Town

Music: Everything! (though favourite band is Avenged Sevenfold!)

Books: not a massive reader

Movies: DISNEY! Big Fish, FALILV

TV Shows: SATC, Family Guy, King Of Queens. Comdey really

Authors: NONE! HA

Cartoon Character: Betty Boop

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: America and Finland

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My mummy

Greatest Ambition: To be a mum and a great one at that

Biggest Achievement: To get where i am today

Grandest Wish: To have a happy family

What You Can't Live Without: My Phone Tehehe x

Picture of me:

<<< Thats me

 

[ellencat]

A Little About Me

Name: Aileen

Age: 27

Location: Cork, Ireland

Occupation: Office Work (part-time)

Short Personal Description: I am married 3 years next month, and have a gorgeous 8 month old girl (tragically miscarried a boy at 17 wks in 2009, but luckily got pregnant very quickly again and would definately be hoping for more small ones in time). Am also a big worrier.


Favorites:

Hobbies: Internet, shopping, walking.

Color: Pink

Food: Lasagne

Hang-out: At home or at my mom & dads

Music: Whatever is on the radio

Books: Used to love reading but motherhood has taken over.

Movies: Gladiator, Robin Hood, anything with Russell Crowe really.

TV Shows: Home and Away, Neighbours, Desperate Housewives, Shameless and DIY SOS
Authors: Janet Evanovich

Cartoon Character: Not too sure


Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Re-Visit The Most: Italy

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My husband

Greatest Ambition: To be happy & someday to own my own home (currently renting)

Biggest Achievement: Not exactly a big achiever

Grandest Wish: To have a house full of children

What You Can't Live Without: My husband and sleep

 

[HopefulKirsty]

A Little About Me

Name: Kirsty

Age: 21

Location: dunbartonshire, scotland

Occupation: Student

Short Personal Description: I'm a full time student doing early education and childcare. I live with my wonderful Fiance and am very much in love with him. I have a gorgeous 8year old (future)step-daughter. I have 7 guinea pigs, 4 rats and a dog so a lot of pets in this house and they all get spoiled. We had a chem preg back in jan and it broke our hearts though made us realise how much we want our own lo so now we're ttc

Favourites:

Hobbies: looking after the pets

Color: PINK

Food: Spaghetti bolognaise, I make the best quorn bolognaise ever

Hang-out: With my Fiance - he's my best friend

Music: everything lol

Books: the twilight saga and I used to be obsessed with Jodi Picoult books, but not been reading since being at college - too busy studying!!

Movies: Pocahontas, Finding Nemo and the twilight saga

TV Shows: dollhouse, supernatural, greys anatomy, private practice, raising hope

Authors: Jodi Picoult

Cartoon Character: Phineas

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Uganda

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My Fiance

Greatest Ambition: To be a mummy to a happy bf, cloth bummed little one

Biggest Achievement: building houses for disadvantaged families in India

Grandest Wish: a BFP that turns out to be a wonderful healthy baby!

What You Can't Live Without: Family

 

[mictlan.amand]

A Little About Me

Name: Amanda

Age: 27

Location: Southern New Mexico

Occupation: writer, artist, college student

Short Personal Description: English studies, Creative writing. Full time writer, artist, and avid reader. I write short story fiction, memoir, poetry, and integrate my writing into my art via visual prompting and mixed media. My artwork is mostly mixed media, combining various mediums with collage and found object art; I also enjoy oil and watercolor painting. Love to read! Devour is a better word for what I do to books ^_^.

Me and my partner have been together in one way or another for about 8 years now. He is a great source of light and strength in my life.

Until the last couple of years I was adamantly opposed to ever having a child. I never saw myself as a mother. I avoided children and people with children like the plague - havent held a baby since I was 12ish lol. I am so happy that I allowed my mind to go past what I had built around having a child. I am thankful and excited to be pregnant.


Favorites:

Hobbies: Reading, shopping, debates, stimulating conversation, video gaming, smoking pot

Color: Red

Food: Today: frozen yogurt. 4 days ago: anything soy Last week: chicken salad

Hang-out: desert, coffee shop

Music: Wow, everything. The Doors, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Manson, Smokey Robinson, Keith Sweat, Sade, Johnny Cash, Conejo, 2Pac, Immortal Technique, Willie Nelson, Bob Marley ...etc...

Books: Lit fiction, Social commentary, women's history, occult, conspiracy, psych and soc theory,

Movies: Requiem for a Dream, City of God, The End of Poverty, I Spit on Your Grave, The Union: The business of getting high

TV Shows: I don't watch much TV - Loved Six Feet Under when it was on.

Authors: Virginia Wolf, Robert Bolano, Mina Loy, Chuck Palahniuk - 100s more

Cartoon Character: Ren or Pinky they are tied

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Turkey (Istanbul)

Most Influential Person in Your Life: Me

Greatest Ambition: To continuously evolve in my understanding and acceptance of myself, those around me and the universe.

Biggest Achievement: Overcoming addiction and mental health labels in an unconventional growing way.

Grandest Wish: For the current capitalistic means and influence to fall, for all of society and the world to be one, not taking but giving.

What You Can't Live Without: Music

 

[ecobear]

Name: Katie

Age: 24 (Just!)

Location: South Yorkshire, UK

Occupation 1: Support Worker (Supporting people with Drug/Alcohol issues/Homeless & people with Criminal Convictions get back into work
Occupation 2!: Youth Support Worker (Work in a Youth Centre with 11-19yrs)

Short Personal Description: Currently live in Doncaster, was born in Leeds, moved here when I was 9. Have 2 jobs, 1 full time & 1 part-time which I love, currently studying to become a qualified Youth Worker (which is taking FOREVER!) Met OH at school during a school play - I was the prompt and he kept 'forgetting' his lines Have been together since I was 16, got engaged in Oct 2009 and married in Nov 2010


Favorites:

Hobbies: Reading, watching end of the world films with the curtains shut, sbaking naughty buns and cakes, going for rambling walks, camping & fancy dress parties

Colour: Currently I have a thing for Plum

Food: Got Curry vibes at the mo, Bharji's & Madrass... mmmm

Hang-out: My Kitchen with friends and plenty of beers

Music: Drum & Bass/Dub Step

Books: Oranges are not the only fruit, Survivors, any Kathy Reichs - the list goes on and on and on!!

Movies: Leon, Amelie, Chocolat, Day After Tomorrow, Apocolypto

TV Shows: Eastenders, Murder She Wrote (haha!) Midsomer Murders

Authors: Kathy Reichs, Dan Brown, Jeanette Winterson, I could go on!

Cartoon Character: Buttercup (Green Powerpuff Girl )

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: India

Most Influential Person in Your Life: Mum - she is amazing

Greatest Ambition: Life is what you make it... I never want to have regrets.

Biggest Achievement: Finding my soul mate at 16!! And still being so in love with each other after 8 years together.

Grandest Wish: Me and DH will grow old together with our Children & Grandchildren around us

What You Can't Live Without: A cup of Tea & Chocolate Bourbons in a morning!!

 

[Gracie Mae]

Name: Vicky

Age: 30

Location: Yorkshire

Occupation: Self Employed

Short Personal Description:I am married to the long suffering Garry and we have been trying to conceive from January 2011. We have a dog, a cat, some Fancy Rats and an African Pygmy Hedgehog.


Hobbies: Knitting, Cross stitch

Color: Black and blue

Food: Pasta!

Books: Harry Potter

 

[study]

Name: Aggie

Age: 34

Location: Manchester

Occupation: Student

Short Personal Description: I'm on my final year of my doctorate so working very hard to finish it all on time whilst trying to organize my wedding. Not much spare time at the moment

Favorites:

Hobbies: Exercising, eating out, watching tv, reading.

Color: Purple

Food: I'll eat most things but have a bit of a sweet tooth

Hang-out: right now, no time for this...

Music: Pop

Books: mysteries

Movies: Thrillers/detective and the Matrix

TV Shows: Don't really watch it

Authors: Agatha Christie and Patricia Cornwall

Cartoon Character: Taz

Digging Deeper:

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: America

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My mum

Greatest Ambition: To be happy!

Biggest Achievement: Moving countries and adapting reasonably well

Grandest Wish: right now... to have more time!!

What You Can't Live Without: hm... tea?

 

[AnneG]

A Little About Me

Name: Anne

Age: 27

Location: Springfield, Missouri, USA

Occupation: Teacher

Short Personal Description: I've been married to my wonderful husband for almost 4 years now (four years in July of 2011). We both work and are oftentimes busy, but are ready for that next chapter in our lives- kids! We hope to get pregnant sometime this year. We have an adorable dog, who is our "daughter".

Favorites--

Hobbies: Photography, baking, scrapbooking, and traveling.

Color: Pink, lavender, and green.

Food: Lasagna.

Hang-out: Online! :-D

Music: Hip Hop/R&B - but really all types of music.

Books: I read more magazines than books, but if I HAD to list a type of book, I'd say self-help type books.

Movies: The Pursuit of Happyness. LOVE that movie!

TV Shows: The Biggest Loser, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Office.

Authors: Ugh, don't read enough to have any.

Cartoon Character: Elmo, if he counts as a cartoon!?

Digging Deeper--

Country You Wish To Visit The Most: Ireland.

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My husband, because he's so intelligent and wonderful.

Greatest Ambition: To have a family and be happy, healthy, and successful.

Biggest Achievement: Obtaining a Bachelors Degree!

Grandest Wish: That my family and I will all live to be healthy for a long time!

What You Can't Live Without: My camera.