Any USA ladies here?? (or others who have lived in the states)

[cheapandchic]

I just discovered this site! Living the dream in California!

 

[messica]

Yay for another MN mama!!!!

LadySlipper, if you're comfortable enough to share I'd love to find out just how close we are!

Sure! Grew up in St Paul, now living in Plymouth. Though we only have a two bedroom house. So with baby #2 we will probably move again. I love the rural feel where we are but I do miss St Paul. Where are you located?

Cool beans! I have family in Coon Rapids and Woodbury so I'm at least semi familiar with the suburbs lol

I was born and raised in St. Cloud. Lived in Rice for awhile (N up 10) and then made an even bigger leap up to Parkers Prairie (north of Alexandria). If you like rural there's plenty of houses up here for sale and you will quite literally be in the middle of nowhere! Our only 5 year old, 4 bedroom, 3 full bathroom house with giant shed on 50 acres up here cost just a fraction of what I paid for a tiny bi-level on a tiny lot outside of St. Cloud. It's amazing how much more you can get for a dollar!

You probably have awesome access to lots of great clinics and hospitals though. Up here I'm pretty limited and ended up needing to go to Staples for what I'm after for prenatal care and delivery

 

[LadySlipper]

Yay for another MN mama!!!!

LadySlipper, if you're comfortable enough to share I'd love to find out just how close we are!

Sure! Grew up in St Paul, now living in Plymouth. Though we only have a two bedroom house. So with baby #2 we will probably move again. I love the rural feel where we are but I do miss St Paul. Where are you located?

Cool beans! I have family in Coon Rapids and Woodbury so I'm at least semi familiar with the suburbs lol

I was born and raised in St. Cloud. Lived in Rice for awhile (N up 10) and then made an even bigger leap up to Parkers Prairie (north of Alexandria). If you like rural there's plenty of houses up here for sale and you will quite literally be in the middle of nowhere! Our only 5 year old, 4 bedroom, 3 full bathroom house with giant shed on 50 acres up here cost just a fraction of what I paid for a tiny bi-level on a tiny lot outside of St. Cloud. It's amazing how much more you can get for a dollar!

You probably have awesome access to lots of great clinics and hospitals though. Up here I'm pretty limited and ended up needing to go to Staples for what I'm after for prenatal care and delivery

I would love to move further north. It is pretty up there! Driven through lots of cities on our trip to Lake Itasca. But sadly we have to stay within a reasonable commute to Minnetonka where DH works. I've done some looking around and am in sticker shock over the prices near there. Though further west is slightly cheaper. All I can do is look and dream at this point. Some day we will get serious about it. I'd like to sooner rather than later, unlike DH.

 

[Mushymilkfor2]

In Northern California here with baby number 2! This baby will be by planned c section due to the last being the same. Doctors advised me to, saying my pelvis is too small. I once had wanted a water birth after reading about it extensively on here, but I found out that the nearest hospital that offered it is over an hour away and I wasn't deemed a good candidate for it. Needless to say, I love reading about how different things are everywhere else. Seems so much more laid back.

Which part of northern California, if you don't mind me asking? I also live in northern California close to Fairfield.

This is my first baby, and I do plan to go natural but only cause the thought of epidural scares me more than the pain of natural labor.

 

[babylove x]

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Washington state here!!! I'm on number 2, and switched from a midwife to a dr. halfway thru this pregnancy.

Glad to see I'm not alone from WA!

Me too!!!!! I love this state!

 

[hollydazzles]

TTC #1 after ectopic in South Carolina here!

 

[Fallacy]

In Northern California here with baby number 2! This baby will be by planned c section due to the last being the same. Doctors advised me to, saying my pelvis is too small. I once had wanted a water birth after reading about it extensively on here, but I found out that the nearest hospital that offered it is over an hour away and I wasn't deemed a good candidate for it. Needless to say, I love reading about how different things are everywhere else. Seems so much more laid back.

Which part of northern California, if you don't mind me asking? I also live in northern California close to Fairfield.

This is my first baby, and I do plan to go natural but only cause the thought of epidural scares me more than the pain of natural labor.

Stockton. We used to be based in Modesto, but had to move to be closer to family. If you can go natural, I'd definitely do it! I had wanted that, which is why the whole induction process along with epidural crushed me. This time around, the epidural is what has me most scared! It wore off 3 times last time, and it felt like one side was more numb? Hoping it goes better this time around...

 

[Baby3onboard]

In central Kentucky here, on baby boy #3. I am planning on a hospital birth. I've had hospital births with both of my other two and epidurals, however this time I would like to go epi free- we shall see!

When are you due? I have thought about epidural free but it was just such a god send with my son. Lol. I didn't feel a thing besides like a Charlie horse type pain in the back of my legs during contractions.

I'm due September 29th, but both of my boys came early (one 17 days early and one 25 days early) so don't think I'll make it to my due date. My epidural didn't work very well with my first, could still feel quite a bit of pain and it was fine with my second. I just want to be able to move around and say I felt it all!

 

[MamaLa]

Southwest Missouri! Pregnant with my first, hubby's second. Hospital and epidural all the way! I applaud women who want to go natural and fully support them...however, as my anesthesiologist said, there's no medal at the end and no parade for doing it without!

Lmao very true!

 

[jamesmomma201]

I live deep in the heartland. We have a freestanding birthing center in my area, the rooms are larger and you get to labor, deliver, and recover all in the same room; you get offered a few more options like walking and birthing balls but they don't have a huge tub for you to labor in. The main difference is that in the hospitals you get moved to a different room for recovery and they take on higher risk patients so you see more interventions.

I've delivered both with an epidural and completely drug free. I prefer going natural, recovery is SO much easier; hopefully I can manage the pain well on my own again this time.

I'm from KS too! Are you in the KC/Topeka area??

And once I get preggs I'm planning on a home birth, for which I am VERY excited!

Missouri girl here from the kc area! We're a little less than an hour away from Topeka! About 45 minutes or so!

I gave birth in a hospital with an epidural with my son and will be doing the same this time, assuming I have time. And assuming I make it due to freaking out about the damn peach recall.

I'm in Missouri too, just a little south of KC. I had a hospital birth, totally med free with my son, hoping to do the same with this little girl!