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Thank you girls for your supportive answers. I think that Kirksville has GOT to be one the most baby-focused places on the face of the earth! There are lots of questions from those with kids directed towards Dave & I as to when we are going to have kids. My reply is always "When we are ready to." That seems to shut most people up, although there are the occasional ones that will ask when that will be. "Oh, let me pull out my crystal ball & conjure that image up for you..." It gets a little frustrating.



Robin- I have to know what you said to the elderly lady in the grocery store!



Wendy

Thank you girls for your supportive answers. I think that Kirksville has GOT to be one the most baby-focused places on the face of the earth! There are lots of questions from those with kids directed towards Dave & I as to when we are going to have kids. My reply is always "When we are ready to." That seems to shut most people up, although there are the occasional ones that will ask when that will be. "Oh, let me pull out my crystal ball & conjure that image up for you..." It gets a little frustrating.



Robin- I have to know what you said to the elderly lady in the grocery store!



Wendy

Thank you girls for your supportive answers. I think that Kirksville has GOT to be one the most baby-focused places on the face of the earth! There are lots of questions from those with kids directed towards Dave & I as to when we are going to have kids. My reply is always "When we are ready to." That seems to shut most people up, although there are the occasional ones that will ask when that will be. "Oh, let me pull out my crystal ball & conjure that image up for you..." It gets a little frustrating.



Robin- I have to know what you said to the elderly lady in the grocery store!



Wendy

Hi! I think that it is a very private thing also. It is amazing to me how other people (even strangers) will ask questions about when you are going to have a baby or why you haven't. You should have heard the reactions when people learned that I was pregnant with my 4th child while my husband was in his 1st year of medical school. Yes, it does sound crazy to many people (even to myself sometimes!) but it has worked out well for us but it was hard hearing all the negative comments. I actually had an elderly woman ask me (in line at the grocery store) if I had heard of birth control!



We decided not to tell ANYONE until I couldn't hide it anymore. Unfortunately, I had complications at 17 weeks and almost lost the baby. I had to be put on bed rest. I had to have help with the other kids so we ended up telling everyone then. Friends and family were first shocked when we told them that I was pregnant and they weren't supportive until they thought I might lose the baby. It was definitely an interesting experience in human behavior (that's the psychology major in me!)



Every pregnancy is different on the weight gaining too. I gained 50 or so pounds each pregnancy (though I did good the first time with 33 pounds). I have had a few friends who gained 100 pounds! I can't even imagine that! The amazing thing is that afterwards they lost most of it.



Good luck with all your future baby plans. The important thing is to do what is best for your family and not what others think.



Robin

Hi! I think that it is a very private thing also. It is amazing to me how other people (even strangers) will ask questions about when you are going to have a baby or why you haven't. You should have heard the reactions when people learned that I was pregnant with my 4th child while my husband was in his 1st year of medical school. Yes, it does sound crazy to many people (even to myself sometimes!) but it has worked out well for us but it was hard hearing all the negative comments. I actually had an elderly woman ask me (in line at the grocery store) if I had heard of birth control!



We decided not to tell ANYONE until I couldn't hide it anymore. Unfortunately, I had complications at 17 weeks and almost lost the baby. I had to be put on bed rest. I had to have help with the other kids so we ended up telling everyone then. Friends and family were first shocked when we told them that I was pregnant and they weren't supportive until they thought I might lose the baby. It was definitely an interesting experience in human behavior (that's the psychology major in me!)



Every pregnancy is different on the weight gaining too. I gained 50 or so pounds each pregnancy (though I did good the first time with 33 pounds). I have had a few friends who gained 100 pounds! I can't even imagine that! The amazing thing is that afterwards they lost most of it.



Good luck with all your future baby plans. The important thing is to do what is best for your family and not what others think.



Robin

Hi! I think that it is a very private thing also. It is amazing to me how other people (even strangers) will ask questions about when you are going to have a baby or why you haven't. You should have heard the reactions when people learned that I was pregnant with my 4th child while my husband was in his 1st year of medical school. Yes, it does sound crazy to many people (even to myself sometimes!) but it has worked out well for us but it was hard hearing all the negative comments. I actually had an elderly woman ask me (in line at the grocery store) if I had heard of birth control!



We decided not to tell ANYONE until I couldn't hide it anymore. Unfortunately, I had complications at 17 weeks and almost lost the baby. I had to be put on bed rest. I had to have help with the other kids so we ended up telling everyone then. Friends and family were first shocked when we told them that I was pregnant and they weren't supportive until they thought I might lose the baby. It was definitely an interesting experience in human behavior (that's the psychology major in me!)



Every pregnancy is different on the weight gaining too. I gained 50 or so pounds each pregnancy (though I did good the first time with 33 pounds). I have had a few friends who gained 100 pounds! I can't even imagine that! The amazing thing is that afterwards they lost most of it.



Good luck with all your future baby plans. The important thing is to do what is best for your family and not what others think.



Robin

When to have children is definately a personal decision, and I agree with the other ladies that it is really rude for people to ask! I have even had people say to me " so when is #4 coming, wink, wink..." I tend to take the path of least resistance and just sort of laugh it off...but I find it offensive...



Marie

When to have children is definately a personal decision, and I agree with the other ladies that it is really rude for people to ask! I have even had people say to me " so when is #4 coming, wink, wink..." I tend to take the path of least resistance and just sort of laugh it off...but I find it offensive...



Marie

When to have children is definately a personal decision, and I agree with the other ladies that it is really rude for people to ask! I have even had people say to me " so when is #4 coming, wink, wink..." I tend to take the path of least resistance and just sort of laugh it off...but I find it offensive...



Marie

I am pregnant now and it was totally not planned! I miscalculates my ovulation days! When Chris and I first discussed having children, we knew we didn't want to wait. We just let Mother Nature take over after we got married. I was pregnant six months after our wedding. I wanted to wait until our son was at least a year before I got pregnant again, but instead he was 10 months. It's not a huge difference, but it really caught me by surprise. It really took me some time to accept the fact that I was pregnant. I am really excited now, of course. The baby will be here in less than 4 weeks and I am really looking forward to having another baby.

I am pregnant now and it was totally not planned! I miscalculates my ovulation days! When Chris and I first discussed having children, we knew we didn't want to wait. We just let Mother Nature take over after we got married. I was pregnant six months after our wedding. I wanted to wait until our son was at least a year before I got pregnant again, but instead he was 10 months. It's not a huge difference, but it really caught me by surprise. It really took me some time to accept the fact that I was pregnant. I am really excited now, of course. The baby will be here in less than 4 weeks and I am really looking forward to having another baby.

I am pregnant now and it was totally not planned! I miscalculates my ovulation days! When Chris and I first discussed having children, we knew we didn't want to wait. We just let Mother Nature take over after we got married. I was pregnant six months after our wedding. I wanted to wait until our son was at least a year before I got pregnant again, but instead he was 10 months. It's not a huge difference, but it really caught me by surprise. It really took me some time to accept the fact that I was pregnant. I am really excited now, of course. The baby will be here in less than 4 weeks and I am really looking forward to having another baby.

Raquel,



Thomas and I did the same thing in terms of "planning" our first. We just let things take their natural course and were thrilled when I got pregnant pretty quickly....but....Andrew was only 6 months old when we found out that I was pregnant with Finny . I struggled throughout my pregnancy to come to terms with this because it was just so early. I felt that Andrew was being "ripped off" by not having enough mommy-time...and after Finny was born...and to this day...I sort of feel like she was "ripped off" as well, because Andrew was walking and very "busy" and I felt like she didn't get the same attention that he did. (Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, mommy guilt )



I think I asked this before...but you guys don't know if it will be a boy or a girl, do you?



Kris

Raquel,



Thomas and I did the same thing in terms of "planning" our first. We just let things take their natural course and were thrilled when I got pregnant pretty quickly....but....Andrew was only 6 months old when we found out that I was pregnant with Finny . I struggled throughout my pregnancy to come to terms with this because it was just so early. I felt that Andrew was being "ripped off" by not having enough mommy-time...and after Finny was born...and to this day...I sort of feel like she was "ripped off" as well, because Andrew was walking and very "busy" and I felt like she didn't get the same attention that he did. (Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, mommy guilt )



I think I asked this before...but you guys don't know if it will be a boy or a girl, do you?



Kris

Raquel,



Thomas and I did the same thing in terms of "planning" our first. We just let things take their natural course and were thrilled when I got pregnant pretty quickly....but....Andrew was only 6 months old when we found out that I was pregnant with Finny . I struggled throughout my pregnancy to come to terms with this because it was just so early. I felt that Andrew was being "ripped off" by not having enough mommy-time...and after Finny was born...and to this day...I sort of feel like she was "ripped off" as well, because Andrew was walking and very "busy" and I felt like she didn't get the same attention that he did. (Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, mommy guilt )



I think I asked this before...but you guys don't know if it will be a boy or a girl, do you?



Kris