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Stephanie - posted on 11/24/2008 ( 23 moms have responded )

hi all i'm a mum of 3 my first boy was born when i was just 18yrs and my other 5 yrs later and now i'v braved yet another with another 5yrs apart but got my princess so am sure i'm finished now but who knows lol

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Amy - posted on 11/25/2008

I found it tough for a while. A month after I moved out of home for the first time I found out I was 5 weeks pregnant, so I never really had a chance to just be me... I was just nineteen when she was born.
But really, the hardest part was waiting for Sarah to start on solids. I got sick of having her constantly attached to me, because I more or less demand-fed her, so I resented her for wanting to be cuddled, held and fed all the time.
But I think since she was about 8 months old I've really enjoyed it (at that point I could hold her with one arm and do something else with the other). I don't have to share her with anyone (lol) and we have our own little jokes together. I've chosen to put uni on hold for a while and give her my full focus and I think we're both thriving because of it. I have a glorious, vibrant, confident little girl, and I'm starting to feel like an adult (rather than a teenager without a clue). My parents are also very supportive and we've just spent 3 months with them so that Sarah could get to know her grandparents, because we've been living 8hrs drive apart. Unfortunately that makes it difficult for them to just pop around for a visit or to baby-sit, but we're doing just fine.

Cheryl - posted on 11/25/2008

I think that if I had to have another little one I wouldn't want to know the sex now. I am very grateful for my girl and boy, so its nice to have a suprise. Do you cope ok not being married? (Sorry if its very personal... you really don't have to answer if you don't want to)

Amy - posted on 11/25/2008

It took me ages to decide whether or not to ask what sex my baby was and when I finally made up my mind and asked, the sonographer said that the cord was in between the baby's legs and it had its knees together! There was no way to see!
Funny thing was that as soon as I wasn't able to find out, I realised that I actually enjoyed not knowing, so I guess it was a good thing that she was so modest!

Cheryl - posted on 11/25/2008

I like to think of myself as very prepared and had both boys and girls names for when my children were born. For me there is nothing worse than the nurse saying oh this is 'Baby Joubert"... Ashleigh was to be Troy Forester ( that was the name her dad chose) Gareth would have been Becky-Kate... I love the name Rebecca but Ian hated it so we settled on Becky. The joys of compromise - which means in the end I actually won. LOL!

Ann - posted on 11/25/2008

Haha, thank god you had a boys name then!

We never found a really good girls name... maybe that was a sign?

Cheryl - posted on 11/25/2008

Your gynae brilliant then! Unfortunately at the time of Gareth's birth the only option I had was a General Practicioner. But he was a brilliant doc, just not good at sexing unborn kids. LOL!

Ann - posted on 11/25/2008

haha, what a funny story! My gyneacologist always says that he's never wrong in guessing the sexe of a baby. I knew my children were going to be boys at 12-13 weeks of pregnancy!

Cheryl - posted on 11/25/2008

Sometimes these prince in shining armour men just one day appear! Ashleigh's name was simple, I wrote letters down on a piece of paper and really liked the way that the A looked and her second name is Jayde, my friends daughter was Jade and I liked it. Gareth was the results of reading all the names in an Anne Geddes book. We took out the ones we liked and Gareth was just one that sounded nice. You know the doctor told us that Garry was a little girl up until he was born. Ian and I were convinncedthat Gareth was a girl! When we called my parents to tell them that Gareth had arrived they asked 'Who on earth is Gareth'. LOL! Everyone was suprised at our son's arrival. Thank goodness I was very blunt about telling everyone that pink's are not on (just incase it isn't a girl) and well, I think tha tpaid off!

Ann - posted on 11/25/2008

I hope you meet a superman soon ;-) They do exist, you know! I have one, too!!

Amy - posted on 11/25/2008

When I chose my daughter's name, I spent ages trying to find a name that I liked that hadn't already been taken by someone else in the family, rather than trying to go through the politics of naming her after just one or two relatives. I ended up choosing "Sarah" for her first name and I was so elated when she was born that I chose "Joy" for her middle name.
I would love to have more children, and am so jealous of my friends who are pregnant again, but as Sarah was the surprise result of a spontaneous event, I can't just say "C'mon hubby, let's go" lol.
Waiting for the right man to come into our lives. :)
(Cheryl, its great to hear that those men DO exist!)

Ann - posted on 11/25/2008

We didn't name our sons after anyone actually. That custom is no longer popular in Belgium. When we first met in 1999, even before we started dating seriously, we often joked that our first born son would be named Robin, he would wear a jeans and sporty shoes ;-) Simon was a name we both liked very much, since you can't pronounce it in a wrong way. And Noah's name was a suggestion one of my best friends made the day before he was born (we thougt Noah was going to be called Jonah - but we were wrong hihi)