I'm currently just over 39 weeks pregnant and counting. At 40 weeks, this baby in my belly (of an unknown sex) will be full term and my husband and I are playing the waiting game. Any other new moms out there or moms to be getting ready for this exciting journey as well?

Congrats! I'm not expecting myself, but have a friend or two who are. 8) It's a pretty exciting time... do you have any names in mind yet?

Aww! congrats! I can't have kids but been looking into adopting once I get a better paying job and a wife to help raise kids. I found an agency that adopts out of Africa that's been amazing as far as getting information goes. The only catch is that it costs 20K plus medical expenses for the child to adopt from a lot of places there. I really want to adopt from an area where I can give a child a second chance at life though. Some of the situations those children are in are just sad. They do adopt to single parents but I'm not too sure if I want to actually marry my current girlfriend yet so I rather just wait until I have a stable relationship.

@Anaxilea: My husband and I do have a few names in line but OMG I ran into the biggest problem when I started circulating my thoughts around to people I knew and conversed with. When we were picking out names, we didn't tell people at first. After (my family, really) was pushing and pushing, we caved and hinted towards names and all of a sudden everyone felt like their opinion was necessary. It's not. It's really not and it made us reconsider our decisions and it just all in all was not a good experience. After that, we made a whole new list of names and just absolutely shut it.

@Mystic: Good luck in which ever path you decide to take but WOW that's expensive. Having a baby in general is expensive but oh man.. that just seems.. a bit preposterous all in one sitting. Whether or not you decide to marry/live in/try to have your own/adopt, I wish you the best in it all. It seems like a very selfless thing.

Yeah, it costs more than my house did. XD That included passports and the citizenship papers but it's still ridiculous how much things cost. I have really bad "Mommy syndrome" though so as soon as I am able to I will for sure have a kid. I just worry about adopting and having to explain that to my child. I worry about the littlest things. I'm pretty open and straight to the point about things so it probably will not be an issue but I still worry. I plan on adopting an "older" kid that's between the ages of 2 and 6.

Congrats on your baby! :D I bet you're over excited. :hug: I have a few friends who are expecting, or have had babies within the past year or so. But I'm not a parent, and won't be for a while. :lol:

Congratulations!
I wish you a safe and expedient delivery.

Originally Posted by rubybloodtears

@Anaxilea: My husband and I do have a few names in line but OMG I ran into the biggest problem when I started circulating my thoughts around to people I knew and conversed with. When we were picking out names, we didn't tell people at first. After (my family, really) was pushing and pushing, we caved and hinted towards names and all of a sudden everyone felt like their opinion was necessary. It's not. It's really not and it made us reconsider our decisions and it just all in all was not a good experience. After that, we made a whole new list of names and just absolutely shut it.

I don't blame you in the least! What's funny is this happens even in hypothetical situations. Someone asked me if there was a girl's name I really liked, were I ever to have one, and I commented "Kestrel." Suddenly that turned into "No, people will call her Caster Oil!" and all sorts of things. The thing is, though, no one likes every name, and kids are.. well, excellent at picking apart peoples' names. It's not like there's a "safe" one.

Likewise, had I been a boy, my parents wanted to name me Parker. My grandparents threw a fit. "Park 'er here! Park 'er there!" I guess I did rather luck out that I was a girl, though. Parker. Yech.

hopefully not.

im having a boy im 32 weeks an i still dont have a name yet :(

@Mystic: That's considered an "older child"? I get it, I suppose. Most people want to adopt a baby who will likely have no recollection of the adoption but if you're planning to adopt out of your racial profile, that would be interesting to try and convince the kid. :P But like you said, you're straight forward. Except for the fact that it's effin' expensive, it sounds like an amazing idea.

@Clair: Thank you very much. I am indeed overly excited. If only this baby would come already. I'm almost 40 weeks and don't want to have to be induced if there's no need but I'm getting so anxious about my little one being here already.

Jupiter: Thanks! I'm hoping for a safe and expedient delivery too. Hoping definitely for that. I'm not really a candidate for a c-section unless the baby cant tolerate labor so we are just going to have to see!

@Anaxilea: I mean, I know no matter what name I end up picking, it'll be picked apart by some snotty-nose kid in the future. But it would've been nice to have been able to just stick to my original plans. Hah.

@Imaginative: Are you saying you don't want to be expecting? And if not, there are ways of preventing it. :P

@Holysmoke: At least you know you're having a boy! Not having a specific name isn't the end of the world, trust me. I think that in all honesty, once you see that little face looking up at you, a name will happen. Good luck to you! How has your pregnancy been so far?

I predict your baby, Ruby will be a girl.

The only thing I'm going to be having to mummy might be another kitten.

Babies seem to take their damn time. :lol: Or come way too fast. We joke around with my older younger sister (I have two little sisters) that she was impatient before she was born because my mother was forced into bed rest after she nearly went into labor with Anna (my sister) at 6 months. >.>

@Him_Rock: I really really just want the baby to be healthy but having a girl would be amazing. Including my husband's family, I currently have five nephews. We NEED a girl.

@Clair: Tell me about it. -_-'' I forgot which of my coworkers joked, "Well, it'll either be two weeks early or two week lagte." I think two weeks early could have been amazing considering I was forced onto maternity leave early. I just want to see my baby's face already!

It's a 50/50 chance so hopefully it's a girl

Long as you take care of the child, congrats.

I assume you will since you say husband and just from what little I've seen of you on here......that you're not like one of those girls on sixteen and pregnant that drive me insane with how bad they treat everyone and how bad they are at being mothers (with some exceptions)

I hope s/he is healthy and you too. (Sorry for the mini rant on teenage mothers)

Congratulations! :D I'm too young at the moment to have children, but I'm looking forward to motherhood later on in my life. I always fear that I might not be able to have children in the future though.

@Him: There was this interesting fellow in the pizza parlour who said the same thing last night. At least he didn't touch my belly. A stranger touching my belly would count as rude and indecent and would get a nasty stare and likely a string of fairly explicit words ending in "...ever again, thank you!" But indeed, 50/50 chance! I'm still waiting.. this baby is OFFICIALLY LATE!

@Cat Eye: I'm nowhere near being a teenager. -grins- And I live on my own and can take care of myself and my husband and I have been together since we were in highschool and then we got married shortly after I graduated from college and began working, so this is something we can definitely manage. No need to apologize for your rant. It makes sense. Never do something you can't live with the consequences of, neh?

@Lady Elegance: Well, why is that a fear, if you don't mind my prying?

Curry time for you then Ruby ?

Teen moms are one of those things that just get me into rant mode. (That and splenda)

It's the same reason those people on that tv show with 5 billion kids don't anger me. They had the ability (before the show) to take care of their kids.

And since you can too, Congratulations.

(I do understand though that bad times can hit)