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We have told both sets of parents, my sister, a handful of friends who we know we can trust. And his boss knows. All of these people knew early about all our pregnancies because we knew we could trust them and wanted their support if we suffered a loss. No one but hubby and my sister knows about my chemical though because BFP and chemical were the same day. But anyway, they all were such a solid support system during the weeks during which we watched our baby slip away from us that we knew we wanted to tell them again.
 
Found out yesterday I was pregnant, went to the clinic to confirm. Edd feb 9
 
hey ladies! trying to catch up on posts.

we want to find out the gender. we'd love a boy but and girl is fine. she just better be ready to be a nerd. :)

no one but dh knows. and it will be that way until I see the dr july 9th (9 weeks). we'll listen to the heartbeat then tell the moms first (my mom, my step mom, and mil)and siblings. then a week later the grandparents/aunts/uncles. close friends we wont tell until maybe week 11-12. just before we put an announcement on fb.

I'm all for the stork thing. :)

no home birth for me. we have 4 cats and 2 dogs. no matter how much I clean, there is always fur. besides, birth is messy, I have no idea where in my house I'd do it. :shrug:
 
Welcome to the new people!

Birth can be messy, but it cleans up nicely -- especially if you prepare! ;)
I went to a surprise and unplanned home birth the other day. The mama had her baby fast and on the kitchen floor. Friends and family cleaned up, and you wouldn't have even guessed by the following day! That was true of my home birth as well, except for the kiddie pool full of blood that sat there for a day! :haha: It really isn't so bad!
 
for those who have delivered in a hospital
how do you clean yourself up afterwards
like do they have showers there?
 
Dcm - congratulations!

Bridget - yes, there are showers. The nurses will clean you up after the birth and once you're ready for a shower, you can take one.
 
oh cool thank you
the thought never even occurred to be before until just now
good to know though
is it like a private shower in the bathroom that is connected to your room most of the time?
 
i will have to ask to take a tour of the labor and delivery department in the hospital i want to give birth at
-runs to write that down on the list of thing to ask midwife about on appointment on thursday-
 
bridgetboo62 said:
oh cool thank you
the thought never even occurred to be before until just now
good to know though
is it like a private shower in the bathroom that is connected to your room most of the time?
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When I gave birth to DS, my insurance covered a semi-private room, which was two beds and a bathroom, with a shower (thankfully the other occupant was only there for the first of my 3 nights, and i had it to myself the rest of the time). There's also the ward, which has multiple beds; and private rooms, not too sure what the bathroom situation is like with either of those. I'm assuming the private rooms had a private bathroom. That was with a Canadian hospital, though.
 
I live in the US and we have private rooms with private showers. The nurses were wonderful. Overall a great experience for me. :)
 
yeah i know there are private rooms in the hospital i am delivering at
and it would only make sense to have private bathroom and private showers
the other kaiser hospital my sister delivered at had private rooms with private bathrooms i dont remember if there was a shower in it but most likely

how soon after giving birth are you transferred from labor and delivery to the maternity ward
 
Never given birth myself. But have tons of nephews and I've waited and visited after the births. My sisters-in-law had their own rooms with their own private showers (NJ).

We don't plan on telling anyone for a long time. Just me and DH know. But that's just because of our crap history with this stuff. Everyone gets so excited and it's hard enough losing a baby without feeling like crap over disappointing everyone (though of course they're very supportive but support of my DH is enough for me).

As far as finding out the gender. Assuming we get that far, I think we will probably end up finding out via blood test (panorama) at 10 weeks if U/S shows a healthy baby.
 
confuzion said:
Never given birth myself. But have tons of nephews and I've waited and visited after the births. My sisters-in-law had their own rooms with their own private showers (NJ).

We don't plan on telling anyone for a long time. Just me and DH know. But that's just because of our crap history with this stuff. Everyone gets so excited and it's hard enough losing a baby without feeling like crap over disappointing everyone (though of course they're very supportive but support of my DH is enough for me).

As far as finding out the gender. Assuming we get that far, I think we will probably end up finding out via blood test (panorama) at 10 weeks if U/S shows a healthy baby.
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yes! me and OH are hoping to be able to find out that way as well
 
jmandrews said:
Just a suggestion but I thought it might be fun to add the :yellow: stork next to each of our names on the first page and as we find out what we are having we can change them to :blue: or :pink: or even keep them :yellow: if it's a surprise. :)

We could also do a running total for how many growing bumps then how many boy and girl bumps we have.
:) if you look at October bumpkins you will see what I'm talking about. I created that thread but left when I found out I was Misvarrying. Anyway just a suggestion I just thought it would be fun to keep track of who is who.
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I love this idea!!! I'm hoping to stay :yellow: but I feel like DH will beg to find out.

bridgetboo62 said:
for those who have delivered in a hospital
how do you clean yourself up afterwards
like do they have showers there?
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I think every hospital is different (I know some hospitals still have shared rooms where you will be roomed with another mother, but that's very rare now I think). The hospital I stayed at had it's own private bathroom with a large bathroom with a huge bathtub as well as a standup shower. There was also a mini-kitchen in my room and a guest bed for DH :)
 
The hospital closest to me has shared rooms. One of many reasons why I am not going.

The hospital in which I delivered, the room in which you deliver is the room in which you stay unless there are crazy circumstances otherwise. I was in that otherwise category. Full moon, full hoard of women giving birth. I was moved two hours after delivering just because of space issues and since I was feeling okay despite how early she came and all. :rofl: so out I went.
 
oh cause i remember when my sister had her baby the room she delivered in (the first room i came to visit baby in) was different from the second time i came to visit when she was ready to take baby home
i think it was like on a completely different floor but same building
 
bridgetboo62 said:
yeah i know there are private rooms in the hospital i am delivering at
and it would only make sense to have private bathroom and private showers
the other kaiser hospital my sister delivered at had private rooms with private bathrooms i dont remember if there was a shower in it but most likely

how soon after giving birth are you transferred from labor and delivery to the maternity ward
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I was after 2 to 3 hours after giving birth
 
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