GTKY: Sibling edition!

[tiffbot]

It's seems many/majority of us have kids already, so thought we might as well get a better chance to get to know the future big siblings!

I thought I'd ask questions but probably just easiest to say what you want to say.

DS (Ian-PDQ will poof) was born July 2013 at 33w3d. He spent 2 weeks in the NICU and lucky for us he was as healthy as he could have been at that stage. He is currently wrapping up his first year of preschool which he adores. He is also currently on his first t-ball team but they are just little and don't have games this year. Anyone that knows him for any amount of time comments on his smile and how happy he is. Of course he's almost 4, so I see the other side of him at home but his mission in life is definitely to make sure the world is a happy place.

DD (Louisa-PDQ) was born June 2015 at 39w3d, so we are just over 3 weeks away from her 2nd birthday! I woke up at 3:00am on the day she was born feeling slightly sick to my stomach, and at 6:56am she was in my arms, luckily in the hospital! This girl is determined, incredibly strong always meeting physical goals on the well "early" side, and has had full head of curly hair since day 1. I have always described her as admirably confident.

Everything about these two has been completely opposite to the point it's laughable, they don't even look alike. But they are hands down each other's best friend.

[jessijean]

Great idea!

DS (Kolby) was born at 37 weeks 4 days on July 12, 2015. I woke up at 5:30 am on the 11th and thought I lost my mucus plug but being a FTM I wasn't sure if it was that or my water broke so I decided to get checked out. The kept me in L&D until about 8 am. It took 3 tests to confirm my water had not broken so they sent me home. Contractions picked up and as I was waiting for DH to pee so we could go in because they pain was intense my water broke. He was born the next morning after an hour of pushing. (sorry, I guess I just shared my labor story haha)

I was a bit worried about birth defects because I have epilepsy and had to be on a pretty high dose to avoid grand mals during pregnancy. He was healthy & happy and has had no delays thus far. His giggle melts my heart. He has recently (last week or so) been saying mommy when before it was mama. I much prefer mommy.

I'll share a picture later.

[maddisonrose]

Our DS (Declan) was born in April 2015 after 36 hours of labour at 41+3. He is the sweetest, insanely active little boy. He definitely is strong willed and loves to do things on his own (hopefully this means he will do great things in his life instead of constantly trying to give me a heart attack). We were the first of our friends/family to have a baby so I can't wait for the day we can give Declan a sibling/cousins to play with!

[teraiin]

DS was born on his due date 5-6-16. My water started leaking the morning before. After a long labor without an epidural I had an emergency c section because his 99th percentile head got suck on my pelvis.

He's a sweetie, blue eyes, blonde hair. But has no slow motion and is always on th go. I got my squinter the day after his first birthday. 😅

[sweetsurprise]

Hi!

My sweet DS (M) was born in October of 2014. His birth was so traumatic for me. He was 10 days late, I was then induced...and was in labor for 3 days. Ultimately I got a c-section because not only did he not want to come out, but he also had a 99 percentile head! I am soooo looking forward to a planned c-section this time.

M is active and silly. He loves trucks, bugs and anything 'yucky.' He's the love of my life!

[pros521]

This is great!
DD (Francesca) was born 3/21/13 at 36 weeks 5 days via C-section by she was breech. My husband and I had just moved back home from Tn 11 days before she was born. My husband happened to be in Chicago for work, so he missed the birth of our first kid.

DS (Emmett) was born 12/4/14 at 38+2. His pregnancy was pretty easy until around 32 weeks when i started contractions that never went away.

My kiddos couldn't be more different. F is 4 going on 17. She's moody and super opinionated. E is very easy going and always wants to please.

[sasq09]

My oldest was born in Christmas eve 2013 after almost exactly 24 hours of induced labor. She's so sweet and compassionate and other than normal 3 yr old stuff pretty easy.
My second was born in October of 15 in just 5 hours. Her Birth was easy but she has not been. She is incredibly strong willed and I'm sure she will do great things one day. She still is nursing and not sleeping through the night, so I'm hopeful that we can get her to start sleeping on her own in the next few months. I don't mind nursing while pregnant, but my oldest weaned herself at the 16 week mark of my second pregnancy, so I feel like I'll probably dry up again around then. I don't intend to force her to wean unless I develop any significant aversion or complications. She's super attached to me and to nursing so this pregnancy will be interesting.

[sarahh]

DD (Dylan) was born July 16, 2015, a day before her due date. She was frank breech so I had a scheduled c-section. They noticed some clicking in her hips after birth and she was in a brace for about 3 months (24 hrs a day) to get her hips to grow correctly and was in a night a nap brace after that for a few more months. Scans of her hips every 6 months since then and everything looks great! We call Dylan our little sour patch kid. Super sweet sometimes and sour a lot of the times. She's a ginger and I think has the ginger attitude. We haven't told her yet about her little sister/brother until we make sure everything is fine but I think she has an idea because she now likes to try to sit on my stomach.

[mana8503]

DD was born on her due date 9-16-14. My water broke around noon on the 15th, and after 26 hours of Pitocin, and not getting to 10 cm, we both kinda went down hill (I had a fever and her heart rate started to drop). So a C-section it was.

She is my everything, and I'm slightly freaking out about having another kid. I go between being sad our one on one time is almost up and knowing a sibling is nice to have later down the road.

I do have 2 stepkids, but they live in another state with their mom. We see then 5-6 times a year. SS is 12 and is rough and tumble boy with autism. He is SO GOOD with DD. They play and play together.

SD is 11 and is very girlie and not so taken up with DD as we hoped. It's the age, I know, but it bothers DH. She did tell us we can't have any more kids when we were down in April... so I'm expecting a lot of attitude when we tell her about LO.

[maddisonrose]

pros521, I love your sons name! If we have a boy this time around it will most likely be that

[pros521]

May 15, 2017 13:14:11 GMT -5 maddisonrose said:

pros521, I love your sons name! If we have a boy this time around it will most likely be that

It's funny how original I thought it was. It just keeps popping up all around me. He actually had a gym class with another 2 yr old Emmett!

[mana8503]

May 15, 2017 13:32:18 GMT -5 pros521 said:

May 15, 2017 13:14:11 GMT -5 maddisonrose said:

pros521 , I love your sons name! If we have a boy this time around it will most likely be that

It's funny how original I thought it was. It just keeps popping up all around me. He actually had a gym class with another 2 yr old Emmett!

I think it became popular because of Twilight.

[pippiann]

Hello!

I have a almost 2.5 year old DS named Matteo, he is the sweetest and very sensitive. He also has some mass negotiating skills already! For example if I say 1 more cookie he automatically responds with 2. He is definitely a mama's boy and he impresses me everyday.

[pros521]

May 15, 2017 13:35:52 GMT -5 mana8503 said:

May 15, 2017 13:32:18 GMT -5 pros521 said:

It's funny how original I thought it was. It just keeps popping up all around me. He actually had a gym class with another 2 yr old Emmett!

I think it became popular because of Twilight.

It was Emmett Otter all the way for me

[mana8503]

May 15, 2017 13:42:50 GMT -5 pros521 said:

May 15, 2017 13:35:52 GMT -5 mana8503 said:

I think it became popular because of Twilight.

It was Emmett Otter all the way for me

Way better than twilight!

[sweetsurprise]

May 15, 2017 13:37:48 GMT -5 pippiann said:

Hello!

I have a almost 2.5 year old DS named Matteo, he is the sweetest and very sensitive. He also has some mass negotiating skills already! For example if I say 1 more cookie he automatically responds with 2. He is definitely a mama's boy and he impresses me everyday.

Haha! My 2.5 YO always negotiates to 5!

M: I want cookies
Me: you can have one. It's almost dinner time!
M: no. I NEED 5.

[hiimjamie]

Hello! I have one son, Jakob, born August 2015 at 40w6d. I was induced at 40+5 but that didn't do much. The next night I spiked a fever (I had GBS) and Jake's heart rate was dropping so we did a c section. Turned out my bone structure was apparently preventing Jake from getting out! Poor kid had quite the vine head. He's perfect now! So sweet and talkative! He loves to sing, wheels on the bus and the alphabet are his favorites. Lol!

[peachesncream]

I will jump in here if that is okay! My 2.5 year old, Adeline, was induced at 39w because of my blood pressure. I also have a 1.5 year old, Corinne. She was born at 40w1d after a few days of prodromal labor and a fast active labor. This baby is a surprise for us, we had been using condoms but ya know apparently those only work 96% of the time lol. We are nervous but cautiously excited.

I was not tracking so I have no idea of my due date but am thinking somewhere around January 20-22. I must have ovulated crazy early because I got my BFP a week before my period was "due".

PDQ but here is a photo of me and my girls :-)

[lili]

My DD,Lena, is turning 3 on June 12th and my DS, Wyatt, will be 2 on September 12th. DD is full of spitfire and sass. She was born at 40 weeks via emergency c section (her heart rate was dropping like crazy while pushing). 15 months later I had DS via VBAC. It went pretty well except that I tore up to my uterus. The recovery was brutal. He's a total momma's boy and I worry how he's going to adjust with the new baby.

[marygracerich]

Ok. I think I have time to post now
Genevieve just turned 2. She was born after 7 1/2 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing. My J18 baby will be a scheduled c section because when G was born she had shoulder dystocia which led her arm to be broken. My dr will no longer let me deliver vaginally because of it.
She is a sassy girl with a good imagination. She loves Moana and Lilo & Stitch. She loves to play outside, coloring and playing with her baby dolls.

[hiimjamie]

May 15, 2017 17:21:26 GMT -5 dragonflyinn said:

hiimjamie that happened to a friend of mine! She pushed forever before they realized that baby was not coming out so they did a C section, she said she had one doctor in her stomach pulling baby out & one up her lady garden trying to push baby's head up because she was literally stuck. They heard a "pop" when she finally got unstuck! Turns out she has an extra pelvic bone so no more vaginal deliveries for her!

Holy cow that's nuts!! My doc said no more vaginal delivers for me either.

[ajetter]

:::: TW - Loss Mentioned. ::::

I'm mama to four girls, three on Earth and one in heaven.

DD1: born 3/29/10. 6lbs 4oz. Got pregnant with her right away and naievely believed I was basically meant for making babies. Was induced at 38w2d for gestational hypertension.

DD2: born 2/8/13. 6lbs 4oz. Induced at 38w for gestational hypertension.

Throw a chemical pregnancy in here.

DD3: born 7/28/15. 6lbs 13oz. Aplasia cutis spot on her head. Induced at 37w3d because of gestational hypertension. Clearly this is a trend.

All three pregnancies were relatively uneventful until the third trimester when my BP would start to creep up. With DD3 I was put on modified bedrest at 35 weeks. All 3 inductions were pretty straight forward, 12 hours, 8 hours, and 5 hours start to finish, less than 5 minutes of pushing each time.

DD4: D&C on 1/06/17. Everything looked fabulous, genetically normal female. But one day I couldn't find the HB anymore. Missed miscarriage at 12 weeks.

BFP#6 on May 10 @ 10DPO. EDD is 1/21/18. Praying this is our rainbow!