Thanks for the invite. I knew with baby brain I would forget to look up the group. My name is Tressa and I"m 29 1/2 weeks right now and at a loss for energy. I'm having a little bouncing baby boy who will be named Jackson. I'm due August 1 according to my first ultrasound and July 31 according to the 20 week ultrasound. Pretty sure it's going to be right around there....

Hi I'm Megan, 33 year old WAHM (cloth diapers), home schooler, and wife to a sailor. I'm 21 weeks right now...due Sept 25th, though I expect an October baby! I have 2 girls already, 6 1/2 and 3 years old, who are best friends! I normally love running and being active and strong, but I tell ya what...the motivation is just not there these days! lol I'm doing the best I can for now and looking forward to our pool being ready to swim in. (Right now its still a nasty green, cloudy mess, but we're working on it! lol)

I'm looking forward to the rest of this pregnancy (especially stronger kicks and feeling baby move from the OUTSIDE), but I'm also looking forward to being the sole occupant of my body again! I can't wait to kick my own butt with workouts and get back into shape. lol It usually takes me about a year to recover, so I look forward to being on the journey with you guys!


I'm also really excited about the prospect of my first home birth! I have no idea what it will be like. I know it will still hurt and all. But I'm SO excited to be in my own private atmosphere, have my music and birth pool, privacy, and no continuous fetal monitoring! I wonder if I'll want to deliver squatting or on my hands and knees? I wonder how smoothly it will go. The one thing I know is that I CAN do it and it will be healing and empowering!

Hello! What a great idea for a group! Thanks for inviting me to join!

My name is Suzanne, I'm 22, I am currently pregnant with our first and she is due on June 6th. 18 more days until due date!

Thanks for making the group @tiggerhammon! I'm almost 39 weeks, due May 28th. This is my first baby so I'm equally excited and terrified! I'm actually most excited to see my husband as a father... I know he's going to be amazing! My husband and I officially finished nesting this weekend and now we're just sitting back and relaxing until baby Hannah decides to make her appearance.

I'm planning on cloth diapering and breastfeeding as long as I can produce the goodies. I'm glad to be a part of this group! I know the next few years are going to be super tough and having a supportive group is going to be super helpful. :flowerforyou:

Hello! Thanks for adding me! I am Brittany and i'm 27 years old. I'm expecting my first child (a girl) on June 22nd! I am 35+1 today!

I'm brittany; due with my second boy around June 15 (:

Welcome everyone! So glad we are getting together a good group of us - and a good group full of good people too I have been friends with most of you for a little while and am so happy we get to continue being friends.

I'm brittany; due with my second boy around June 15 (:

Yea! Someone that shares my due day. It will be interesting to see how close they actually are.

This is really cool since June 16th is my birthday so would be cool if one of you had a kid on my birthday! Bring on the awesome Geminis!

Hey! My name is Kim. I'm have a repeat c-sec on May 29th. This will be our second boy (and last child). I am 37 yo and just too old to go thru this again
I am still working, but I hope this will be my last week. I loved how one of you said "can't wait to get my body back". That's exactly how I feel at this point. I'm tired of sharing... even though I will be breast feeding
I know it will take a while to get enough rest/ energy after the baby comes to start exercising and focus on eating right. But at this point I can't wait! This is a BIG baby and I am worn out after carrying him around for months

Hi, all. I am India.

Our son is due June 7, which puts me at 37 weeks now. This is my first pregnancy, at the ripe old, yet wise age of 36.

Like some others mentioned here, we plan to cloth diaper and breastfeed.

I am glad this group is here. I've had some nice discussions with other expectant MFP folks and look forward to keeping the conversation going.

Looking forward to all the discussions.
I am curious, for those that opted into repeat Csections, what made you decide to do so. I had the hardest time coping with my Csection the first time. I felt like I had failed. I also could not walk for 3 weeks and retore my scar right after I had just got moving again and had to do more down time. It was awful. I am praying and hoping and crossing my fingers and doing everything in my power to accomplish a VBAC and if I fail again, I am going to bawl!

I totally understand wishing the baby would hold still or vacate! At this point, I am really hoping for the vacate option, but that is not happening it seems. I don't believe there is any way to get him to hold still either and my internal bruises are getting bruised

Glad you are here India
What made you decide to go with cloth diapers? I have thought about it and to be perfectly honest with you, my biggest hold back on that is just - ew! lol

I am going to have a repeat C-section, because it's the only way my OB will deliver after the 1st one. And honestly, I had a really good experience with mine. I'm 5 months post-partum and can't see the scar. I was home 2 days after delivery, shoveling snow 4 days after delivery, and back to myself 100% within about 10 days. I didn't want a C-section but after having one I wouldn't hesitate for another. My baby was so high up in my body and was showing no signs of dropping. Even with the C they had to vacuum her out! If it had been awful, though, I'd definitely find a new OB and go for a VBAC. Was yours an emergency C-section? My OB said that (in his experience) scheduled ones are quite successful, the emergency ones tend to have more problems (it's a different cut).

We're cloth diapering here and so far so good! We use gDiapers and they're fabulous. We opt to use this paper liner thingy on top so it captures all the solid waste and it just gets flicked into the garbage or toilet. It cost about $400 to stock her diaper supplies from birth to about 36 lbs., we've yet to have a blowout, it's good for the environment, and they're cute as can be! Yes, there is more laundry--I do 2 diaper loads a week. We have regular disposables for travel, back-up stock in the diaper bag, and for babysitters and even the babysitters have gotten to the point where they prefer the cloth now! As my husband put it--one way or the other, you're dealing with poop, might as well spare the landfills while you're at it!

(ETA: We've also read that cloth diapered babies tend to potty train quicker since they actually feel wet--rather than having everything wicked away. That's a bonus! My friends daughter is **almost** trained at 14 months. She uses diapers overnight (still in a crib) and when they're away from home for more than a few hours, but other than that, she's done!)