july2012

With the upcoming holidays, are any of you planning on announcing your pregnancies to you families and friends at holiday parties? Or is too soon?

1. What's your name or nickname? compulsivelyme
2. Partner's name? Supersperm :)
3. Location? Seattle, WA
4. Age? 32
5. When did you find out you were pregnant? Today, although I've been suspecting for about a week.
6. What was your reaction? I'm never trusting the minipill again! Hah, no, I guess it was kind of excitement with a bit of stunned, shocked feeling.
7. What was the first sign you were pregnant? Tender nipples and twinges in my abdomen, and my daughter working harder to get milk (I'm still nursing her), though I've also noticed sensitive gums and a heightened sense of smell.
8. What is your edd? July 19 or 21 depending on whether you use LMP or date of intercourse.
9. Is this your first baby? No, this is my second. My first, Alice, was born May 2010 and is 17 months old. She'll be 26 months old when the baby is due.
10. Are you going to find out the sex? We were not able to find out the sex the last time. It was kind of fun to have a surprise. I don't know, I'm undecided. Maybe if it's obvious on the ultrasound, otherwise I won't worry about it.
11. Any name ideas? Always. Want to vote on a few?
12. What are you most excited about? Honestly, having two kids to raise. I think it will be overwhelming, but a ton of fun. I hope they can be friends.
13. Least excited about? Probably lumbering around, and hip pain. In the short term, I'm traveling in a week and I really don't want to tell people yet, but might have to let the cat out of the bag when I can't drink.
14. Anything else you'd like to share? If this is your first... really relish this time! The freedom and ability to go out and spend time with your partner disappears fast when baby arrives. I don't want to make anyone nervous, just wanted to advise you to enjoy your date nights, leisurely shopping trips, movie marathons, travel (babymoon anyone?), and whatever else you enjoy!

It seems sugarskullz has been dragged away from the pc, so I thought I'd post an intro survey and we could start connecting.  

If anyone wants to add/change etc this then just go for it - we're a community afterall!  I'll admit freely I've stolen/borrowed/ganked this from my Feb2011 community, likewise the community rules which are also up for discussion as we come together.

Suggested 'community guidelines' - I feel we really don't need a ton of community rules in a locked/members only community. But for the privacy of our members I feel like we should have something written up.

- Please do not copy/repost/screenshot anything from this community to repost in your personal journal, other communities, or anywhere else. Doing so, especially if it is for dramatic reasons, will result in banning. 

- Everyone has different birthing/parenting options. Please be respectful of this. Advice and opinions are welcome (when someone asks for them, of course), but please think about wording before commenting. We aren't going to have a ton of ladies in this community (not everybody can be due this month!) so we only have each other to lean on here in lj land. Lets try to keep a tight knit community.

- Please try to place all photos under a cut. Livejournal FAQ can walk you through this.

- We recommend you set all entries to locked, if you want to open them to public you are welcome to.  There are some very strange people on the internet. And some people get very strange about babies. And we aren't all sharing with the wider world yet either.


And a suggested intro survey:

1. What's your name or nickname? 
2. Partner's name? 
3. Location? 
4. Age? 
5. When did you find out you were pregnant?
6. What was your reaction?
7. What was the first sign you were pregnant?
8. What is your edd?
9. Is this your first baby? 
10. Are you going to find out the sex? 
11. Any name ideas? 
12. What are you most excited about? 
13. Least excited about? 
14. Anything else you'd like to share?