August Beach Bumps - 24 Girls, 27 boys, & 2 team yellow! 39 babies born!!

[charlie00134]

I think anything she learns in you attending an appointment would be confidential.

 

[setarei]

@cordelia, good luck having your mom stay with you for so long. I know its hard but try not to let her comments get to you too much. Just smile and nod then come on here to vent, at least that's my plan for my family's comments once they get bad enough.

The worst so far has been them insinuating that I'm being irresponsible for keeping my pets and staying a vegetarian now that I'm pregnant.

 

[charlie00134]

god your families sound kinda rude in places. the worst mine will do is nag me about getting tidy and eating better.

 

[Girly922]

Thanks Charlie, I hope so. I know she'll find out soon anyway as she'll have to process my risk assessment. And knowing where I work the sooner that's done the better.

 

[Girly922]

The worst so far has been them insinuating that I'm being irresponsible for keeping my pets and staying a vegetarian now that I'm pregnant.

Wow that's harsh!! What do they expect you to do with your pets? And as for being veggie as long as you're getting all the vitamins/supplements you need there's no problem.

 

[charlie00134]

the most were doing with the zoo is offering the snake to a friend (for space mainly) and adapting the degus cage so they can't make as much mess.

 

[CordeliaJ]

Wow, well first it's none of their business! For non-veggies some can be quite judgemental without even considering what kind vitamins you're taking, and as for pets, what's wrong with that?! I have cats and wouldn't dream of giving them up unless it was for an extremely serious reason - even then it would break my heart.

 

[setarei]

Oh trust me that's nothing! My family is a boatload of fun when it comes to unwanted (and often wrong) advice. My mom's hope is that I come to my senses and get rid of my pets because a house with pets is no place to raise a child. She likes animals but doesn't understand keeping them if things get harder (ie when you have a kid).

As for my vegetarianism, I've been one (not strictly) for years so I know what to eat and have been on prenatals for the last year to make sure my body has the right reserves.

 

[charlie00134]

the only reason I would get rid of my animals is is it was the right things for them and us or if the baby is allergic.

 

[lolpants]

As a fellow veggie I can say that all you need is to take supplements and then you are no different to non veggies.. I've been a veggie for almost 22 yrs and my Daughter was fine!!
And the only way a pet could affect you is if you had never been around cats till your pregnant and then you are in real close proximity (cleaning trays etc for the 1st time)

All really out of date advice they are giving you hun xx
Lol xx

 

[twinkletots]

I find it quite unbelievable that people feel perfectly entitled to comment on pregnant people's lives. Like its any of their business!!
Wait til the bumps start showing and total strangers start manhandling you and telling you oh its definitely a boy/girl.
Old folk are definitely the worst in this respect!!

 

[setarei]

Exactly Charlie. I wouldn't put my child in danger if an allergy developed, but I would do all I could to keep the pets (ie segregating to different rooms).

 

[setarei]

thanks lolpants. My doctors are aware that I'm a veggie and monitering me up the wazoo (for other reasons) so I'm confident that it's safe.

 

[Girly922]

I grew up in a house full of pets and we won't be getting rid of ours. They're part of the family.

And if you've been taking your prenatals etc I don't get what the problem is. Lol.

The only judgement I expect to get is from people I work with as me and OH aren't married yet. I know family can't say anything about that as they've all had their first before getting married.

Cordelia- just go careful with having cats. Make sure your OH is the one to clean them out.

 

[setarei]

Cordelia you might want to do what we did; trained the cat to use the toilet so no more litter to worry about

 

[borr.dg.baby]

Oh no that's a horrible thing to say about pets... My kitty is family and we would never get rid of her, that's like getting rid of a child for me! No way!! I just stay away from kitty litter and I am fine! It hurts my heart how you could be so harsh about pets, maybe it's because they really are my family to me.

 

[borr.dg.baby]

Setarei how did you do that? I've heard of that but thought it was a myth!

 

[setarei]

Borr they are family to me as well and kitty has been guarding me for weeks (actually I only tested because of him this month, I was sure I was out). How could I get rid of him when he's taking care of me?!?!

 

[Beemama321]

So ladies, here's a fun game...

How do you plan on telling family/close friends, and then the world?

I plan on doing mine in two phases. For our parents, I think we are going to gather them all for photos on Christmas (since we have out 7weeks5day scan on the 20th) and instead of cheese, have them say "we're pregnant" then capture their reactions. Hope it works out well.
For my husband's dad who lives out of state, we are going to skype him and maybe do the same thing, or see if he notices Big brother shirt on our youngest.

For general public, I think we will wait between 8-12 weeks, haven't decided yet. When we do, we want to have a photo taken of all of our shoes/feet, and place baby booties next to our youngest.

So.... any exciting plans on how to share?? I'd love to hear and maybe get some fresh ideas.

EEEEKKKKK! I'm still so excited to be on a due date board rather than trying to conceive one

 

[Beemama321]

So ladies, here a fun game...

How do you plan on telling family/close friends, and then the world?

I plan on doing mine in two phases. For our parents, I think we are going to gather them all for photos on Christmas and instead of cheese, have them say "we're pregnant" then capture their reactions. Hope it works out well.
For my husband's dad who lived out of state, we are going to skype him and maybe do the same thing, or see if he notices Big brother shirt on our youngest.

For general public, I think we will wait between 8-12 weeks, haven't decided yet. When we do, we want to have a photo taken of all of our shoes/feet, and place baby booties next to our youngest.

So.... any exciting plans on how to share?? I'd love to hear and maybe get some fresh ideas.

EEEEKKKKK! I'm still so excited to be on a due date board rather than trying to conceive one

Kinda like this... posting it on Facebook will be fun!