Introduce yourself!

[beckie66]

About me:  I am a married 40yr old stay-at-home mama of one 3yr old boy, who was a surprise.  Before baby, I used to have a good job, though it wasn't my career, and I used to go to school.  I would like to finish school one day so that I can become a teacher, my lifelong career choice.  Right now, my son is my life, and most of the time, I wouldn't want it any other way.  I lean a little towards the AP (attachment parenting) side of raising my son, something I didn't even knew existed until I joined cafemom.  I nursed my son for 31 months and he has always slept with me, among other things.  I use a tether when needed, though not so much anymore now that he is getting older.  He was weaned from his pacifier at almost age 3.  He isn't potty-trained yet, though that is our next hurdle.  I am alone with my son all day long, so I can be long-winded when I post.  Anything else you'd like to know, just ask!

 

[teebone10]

Good Morning Melanie! My name is teebone10. I have 2 girls that are 11 & 4 years of age. My birthday is on October 13 so congratulations! I will turn 44.And I have my hands full with 2 girls.My husband and I have been married for 12 years this past September 1. Time really flies by. I sell avon and teach daisy girl scouts. I also taught the brownies and junior girl scouts for 4 years.It keeps me pretty busy. Hope to talk to you soon.Have a good day!

[sofiesmom112]

I am 50 years old. I am  married to a wonderful man for the last 10 years, who has made all of my dreams come true. We have a 9 month old daughter who is the light of my life. I  worked as an independant contract instructor, but have stopped working since having our daughter, so I can focus on raising her. Having waited this long to have a child, I don't want to turn over her care to anyone else...

[dlee620]

Hi, I had my oldest son at 37 and my youngest at 40.  Needless to say we are DONE!  I think I would try for # 3 (never wanted more than 2 kids in the past) if I were five years younger and had no problems getting pregnant.  (That's for another post!)  I'm excited to be apart of this group. 

[lisemicheal]

I am a 37 year old WAHM and WOHM mom (will explain in a bit).  I have one daughter, Jea (pronounced Jay),  6 months old who was a very much a surprise.  I am married to a wonderful man, Bill, and this is our first child.  We live in eastern Oklahoma.

Now on to the explanations :  I work at home about 50% of the time or anytime I am not traveling to a client site.  I work for HP as an IT Consultant.  Right now my travel schedule is about every other week out of town from Mon - Thurs.  I love it and DH is a WAHD as a real estate agent and children's book seller.  Jea goes to daycare about 2 days a week to give her parents time to work without interruption.  Otherwise, if I am home, DH and I split the childcare on those days she does not go to daycare. 

Jea was definitely a surprise.  In fact, we did not know we were pg until I was almost 8 mo along.  HOW you ask?  Long story short -- 4 negative pg tests including at the dr office, major hormonal and female problems, and lastly on birth control.   She was found during a CT scan that was scheduled to determine the mass (later found out it was her backbone) found by the doctor in a routine exam.  Jea was hiding up under my right boob and tilted back toward my spine.  I did not look pg and had no symptoms that I associated with pregnancy.  BTW, I am also 3 years out from gastric bypass.  I found out I was pregnant on August 31 and Jea was born on September 18 after inducement because of my high blood pressure and concerns of eclampysia.

Sorry to be so long,  Glad to have found this group.

[LindaSapphire]

Sorry so late introducing myself - I'm Linda and mother of a little angel boy -22 months.  I am 43 years old.  My husband and I had our son a week after we celebrated our 15th wedding anniv.  We had tried over the years, but health issues and just things kept gettin in our way.  I had near misses - they did not count as miscarriages since I was losing the egg at one and 1/2 or 2 weeks.  Just when we were beginning to accept the fact that we were not going to have a child of our own - my dr. informed me that conditions were right and we could try IVF.  He told us not to get our hopes up - women my age don't always succeed.  We said that we were willing to try.  First time and they retrieved 10 eggs from me - they put 3 in me - the day after they put the eggs in me the remaining eggs were lost.  When I went to dr. a week later there were only 2 eggs left.  Six weeks later I had a miscarriage, but only lost one.  My little miracle was still with me - I knew at that time everything would be OK.   Funny thing is years ago - my grandmother told me that I would have a little angel and when I did I should call him MICHAEL after the archangel.  My dh had an aunt who told him same thing when he was a boy.  So we have our little angel  and yes we called him MICHAEL.  We did try to do IVF when Michael turned 1 but they were only able to retrieve a few eggs and none of them survived.   I have my miracle and I thank GOD everyday for Him.

[ffxmom70]

Hi, I'm Jill. I'm new to cafemom and to this group. I'm 37 and have a 3 1/2 month old little boy.  He's my first baby and I'm debating whether or not to have a second child before I turn 40.  I always wanted 2 kids, but I don't know if I can go through giving birth again.  I'm working part time but the daycare is within walking distance and it's a home daycare with not too many kids.  Everyone else on cafemom seems to be much younger, or else older with older kids, so I specifically sought out a group for older first time moms. 

[ollysmom2]

With the latest changes to the group, I guess I will have to come out of lurking mode. My 'excuse', though, is that I wasn't/am not quite a mom yet.

When I joined the group a few months ago, we were in adoption wait mode with an agency. Now, we are pregnant. So, still not a mom, but moving in that direction!

I will definitely be an older first-time mama as I turn 42 this month, and our little one is due at the beginning of December. We have had our nuchal translucency screening and bloodwork which indicates less of a chance of Down's than my age group. But still not conclusive. We are scheduling our next u/s and possible amnio next week. Due to the rollercoaster ride that we have been on (miscarriage, failed IVFs, disrupted adoption), we waited to tell our families until after the nuchal. (in fact, besides our immediate families, those of you reading this are really the only other ones that know right now--besides our various medical providers.) it's been hard not to tell everyone especially since my husband obviously can't tell me if what I'm feeling is normal/not normal, but again--see previous rollercoaster comment. we just didn't want something to happen and have to go back and tell everyone again. we're trying to think positively but given that the lower likelihood possibilities have happened to us in the past, we are cautiously optimistic. hopefully, we will soon be able to scream at the top of the lungs that we're pregnant, beaming with smiles, to anyone and everyone. :)

besides trying to become a mama, I have a few jobs, which allow me to work remotely from home at least partly. I'm an environmental consultant, I'm also the admin/finance person for a small startup in california, and I've started a very small bit of sales support on an environmental online tool/service. I'm kind of loaded up with work right now as DH was laid off last july and, despite applying diligently each week to jobs, hasn't gotten much response. we're trying to look at the bright side, though, that when this baby enters the world, he will get so spend some time with baby that he normally probably would not have had the 'luxury' to do. that said, I look forward to him getting a job, my being able to quit one or more of my jobs and getting to spending as much time with our little one.

so, that's me. I'll try to remember to post more regularly so I don't get booted. as I'm sure that I will be needing your sage advice soon!