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Amy,her husband Sergio and their sons Gavin & Evan
Danielle, her husband Kevin and their four children: Jake, Ben, Luke & Lana
Motherhood: "The hardest job you will ever love!"
How many times a week do you bath your children, in the winter?
In light of Valentines Day, how many times a week do you and your hubby have sex?
At what age is it inappropriate to breastfeed your child?
When is it inappropriate to bath with the opposite sex child?
How much (combined) life insurance do you and your spouse have?
Do you and your spouse have a will prepared? (if not and you want to learn more, make sure to join us at our January meeting!)
How many nights a week do you cook dinner for your family?
In light of the recent Tiger Woods drama, what would you do if your husband cheated?
How many gifts did your kids get for the holidays?
Do you recycle gifts?
Has anyone had a VBAC (or on the flip side, a c-section after vaginal)? If so, which type of delivery would you prefer if you were able to choose for a future birth?
Has anyone in your family gotten the H1N1 flu?
What do you and your spouse fight about most?
NMF JUNKIES
Nine Months & Forever Club
About NMF
Philosophy: Through shared experiences, we believe women can learn and support each other while having fun!
Vision: While respecting the difference of each others' families, we can grow together.
Meetings: The club meets once a month. We will also have date nights, cooking classes, book clubs, charity work, play dates, and walking groups.
Suggested Meeting Topics: Nutrition, Vaccines, Child Development, Making Your Own Baby Food, Fashion, Skin Care, Interior Design, Personal Finance, Infant Massage, Love & Logic, Prenatal Care & Fitness, Marriage & Relationships, First Aid & Safety, Children's Literacy, Entertaining, Holiday & Children's Crafts, Gift Ideas, etc.
What To Think About For Each Meeting: Some of the meeting will take place in another location and will not be a standard meeting. For example, our September meeting will be our first "Date Night." For a standard meeting, please consider the following:
(Keep in mind, these are simply suggestions and we are not asking that you bring one from each category. Contribute as much as you wish! )
1. Gift Swap-Do you have a gift at home that someone else might find more useful? Bring it for our gift swap!
2. Pay It Forward-Have you read a really great article recently or any form of information that you would like to share with the group? If so, bring 20 copies to share at our next meeting!
3. Hot Tips-Have you heard of any fun fund raisers, cooking classes or any "Hot Tip" you want to post on our bulletin board to share with the group? If so, bring your tip with you to our meeting!
4. Idea Swap: Depending on the topic, it would be great if each guest brought an idea to share for our group conversation. Get your ideas down on paper and bring it along with you to the meeting to present to the group. If possible, make 20 copies to share or just bring your original and we can distribute copies for you at our next meeting.
Organizers: Amy & Danielle
About the Organizers: Danielle is a stay at home mom with three sons and a daughter. Amy is a part-time teacher with two sons. Both woman have bachelors and masters degrees in education.
Blog Discalmer: Information presented on this blog is believed to be accurate and reliable, however, NMF assumes no responsibility for any errors appearing in the information. Further, NMF assumes no responsibility for the use of the information provided. In some cases, the information may need to be updated. DO NOT RELY ON THE TEXT CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE IF THE PRECISE LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR PURPOSES.
Also, we welcome and appreciate various perspectives. Comments and postings are not necessarily the beliefs of all NMF members, if any. We believe we can learn and grow from being open to all.
NMF Meetings!
Past Topics: Making baby food and using healthy purees, mom & baby yoga, homeopathy- treating childhood aliments naturally, recipe exchange, cooking demonstrations, going green- riding your home of toxins, sex during pregnancy and after children, book clubs, gardening, date nights, girl's nights, vaccinations, baking demonstration, mother's day brunch, crafting- making your own holiday gift bags, charity walks, entertaining- cocktail demonstration, organization, etc.
Upcoming Events!
These are all tentative dates but thought you might like some advance notice on whats happening with NMF. We will let you know if there are any alterations to this schedule.
May: Traditional Mother's Day Brunch & Shopping Bizzare/Fundraiser. Proceeds will go to Autims Speaks.
June: 2 Year Anniversary!
Brainstorming session & Girls Night Out!
July: OFF
NMF YEAR THREE:
August: Pure Romance Party & Margarittas!
September: Speech Development and baby sign language presented by Emily.
October: Children's Crafts and the Autisim Charity Walk.
November: Traditional Holiday Recipe Exchange.
December: OFF
Keep checking this post for meeting updates!!!
Upcoming Events!
These are all tentative dates but thought you might like some advance notice on whats happening with NMF. We will let you know if there are any alterations to this schedule.
May: Traditional Mother's Day Brunch & Shopping Bizzare/Fundraiser. Proceeds will go to Autims Speaks.
June: 2 Year Anniversary!
Brainstorming session & Girls Night Out!
July: OFF
NMF YEAR THREE:
August: Pure Romance Party & Margarittas!
September: Speech Development and baby sign language presented by Emily.
October: Children's Crafts and the Autisim Charity Walk.
November: Traditional Holiday Recipe Exchange.
December: OFF
Keep checking this post for meeting updates!!!
NMF Organizer
Amy,her husband Sergio and their sons Gavin & Evan
NMF Organizer
Danielle, her husband Kevin and their four children: Jake, Ben, Luke & Lana
How may children would you like to have?
If you could get plastic surgery after your child bearing years, what would you get?
Which Hollywood mom do you admire the most?
Member's Recommendations, Books & Websites
http://www.ourstory.com/ This website creates an online story of your baby's life and you can send questions to your family to answer and add to the book -Jodi
http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
Love this tool to see how trendy a name (or various spellings) are. Also good if you think you want a name that starts with, say, "EL" but not sure what is out there besides Elizabeth and Ella.... -Kelly
http://www.babycheapskate.com/
Shows all the best sales on diapers and wipes per week, along with lots of other baby and kid deals -Kelly
http://www.babyfit.com/
Shows prenatal excercises you can do at any stage of pregnancy -Kelly
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/
How to make your own baby food -Kelly
http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
Love this tool to see how trendy a name (or various spellings) are. Also good if you think you want a name that starts with, say, "EL" but not sure what is out there besides Elizabeth and Ella.... -Kelly
http://www.babycheapskate.com/
Shows all the best sales on diapers and wipes per week, along with lots of other baby and kid deals -Kelly
http://www.babyfit.com/
Shows prenatal excercises you can do at any stage of pregnancy -Kelly
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/
How to make your own baby food -Kelly
For Your Information! (Interesting Articles & Websites)
Dr. Mercola has an excellent website/book. Read about the potential hazards of various vaccines. (submitted by Danielle)
http://www.mercola.com/2004/oct/30/mercury_vaccines_medicine.htm
Omega 3 for a pregnant MaMa & more! (submitted by Amisha)
Omega 3 can also help with depression ...studies are still inconclusive! Review backs antidepressant effects of omega-3s http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/hl_nm/omega3s_dc
Stop the compar-a-thon!! Great article about how moms tend to compare themselves to each other. (submitted by Jodi)
http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/raisingkids/articlerb.aspx?cp-documentid=5222140
http://www.mercola.com/2004/oct/30/mercury_vaccines_medicine.htm
Omega 3 for a pregnant MaMa & more! (submitted by Amisha)
Omega 3 can also help with depression ...studies are still inconclusive! Review backs antidepressant effects of omega-3s http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/hl_nm/omega3s_dc
Stop the compar-a-thon!! Great article about how moms tend to compare themselves to each other. (submitted by Jodi)
http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/raisingkids/articlerb.aspx?cp-documentid=5222140
MAMA STATS
80% of woman say their husbands would stay home to raise the kids
38% of working moms say they think they'd have more friends if they stayed home
46% of mothers find other mothers more competitive than helpful
77% of mothers check their email at least once a day
54% of mothers say their "mommy brain" is more likely to make them forget an item on the grocery list
8% of mothers said the "mommy brain" would most likely make them forget their child's name
38% of the females who graduated from the class of 1981, 1986 and 1991 from Harvard Business school are still working full time
Kimberly-Clark spent $10 million dollars in 2005 to promote Huggies online
A female oyster may produce over 100 million offspring in her lifetime
* Information taken from the article "It Figures" by Cynthia Washam
38% of working moms say they think they'd have more friends if they stayed home
46% of mothers find other mothers more competitive than helpful
77% of mothers check their email at least once a day
54% of mothers say their "mommy brain" is more likely to make them forget an item on the grocery list
8% of mothers said the "mommy brain" would most likely make them forget their child's name
38% of the females who graduated from the class of 1981, 1986 and 1991 from Harvard Business school are still working full time
Kimberly-Clark spent $10 million dollars in 2005 to promote Huggies online
A female oyster may produce over 100 million offspring in her lifetime
* Information taken from the article "It Figures" by Cynthia Washam
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8 comments:
When I was pregnant with Gavin, I was too scared to look at the pg test, so I had my husband tell me the result, which was that we were pregnant. It was only a couple of weeks after we got married, so it was a shock to both of us :) It was cool, though, that he actually knew before I did...
With my next pregnancy, my husband was taking an exam for his master's degree when I did the test, so Danielle was actually the first person I told. Then when my husband got home, I had my then 2 year old tell Serge, "New baby!" and show him the pregnancy test. That was so cute and fun :) I video taped Gavin telling him, so that will always be a fun memory for all of us...
Then with this current pregnancy, Jodi was actually in my classroom with me when I got the call from the invetro nurse during lunch telling me that the invetro had worked and we were pregnant, so Jodi knew first, then I told my husband as he was walking kids in from recess at school. I said, "It worked!", we gave each other a high five, then continued on our way with crazy middle school kids all around us- definitely not romantic, but it suited us well :)
With my first pregnancy, I took the official pregnancy test in the East middle school staff bathroom. I called Kevin right away. Looking back..I wish I could have constructed a cool way to tell him. I couldn't wait another moment...I had to tell him right away.
With my second pregnancy, I told Kevin right before he had to go to a dinner for work. This pregnancy was a major shock. We were texting eachother the entire meal about our new surprise.
Danielle
With my first I just KNEW, I could feel it stretch or something, so i felt like I had a secret that no one else knew for several days and I liked that. Then I took the test, which was (no suprise to me) positive, and my husband adn I sat on teh floor in the completely empty spare room that would become the nursery eventually and just sort of went "wow" and "this is crazy" even thought it was totally planned!
I was on mid-winter break vacation when I found out I was pregnant with Kara. I had a feeling I was, so the night before I enjoyed a few glasses of wine--- once I took the test I knew that would be out of the question :) So the next morning I took the test and it was positive. It was march 2nd- the same day (a few years later) that we got engaged. So I went to Target and bought a "I love my Daddy" bib. I wrapped it up and gave it him. At first he felt bad because he didn't realize it was an "anniversary" and he didn't get me a gift... he he ...he was so excited. And, like Kelly, although we were planning her, it was still a "wow, this is real..." moment. We were blessed.
With this pregnancy, we took the test right before a family vacation with my husband's family. We wanted to wait a few weeks to be safe before telling people... it was fun having a little secret between us. And, in less than 18 weeks we will get to meet her!
I was alone at home in the summer and I had bought a pack of three tests (one was a digital bonus) We were nutty this month and I had some weird sensations so I thought, maybe? I didn't tell dave I even bought the test....I tried the digital first and it blinked PREGNANT (I soon tried the other two as well to be sure!) This moment by myself was hilarious. My heart was racing and I was jumping around the house crying and laughing (totally nuts) I wrapped a hamburger bun with a green ribbon and stuck it in the oven. When Dave got home I told him there was something ready in the oven. He opened it and it took him what seemed like FOREVER and when he got it he hugged me and teared up! It was so special. We went out that night with friends and every so often, he would wink at me from across the room knowing we had this big secret!!!! Maria
I was alone at home in the summer and I had bought a pack of three tests (one was a digital bonus) We were nutty this month and I had some weird sensations so I thought, maybe? I didn't tell dave I even bought the test....I tried the digital first and it blinked PREGNANT (I soon tried the other two as well to be sure!) This moment by myself was hilarious. My heart was racing and I was jumping around the house crying and laughing (totally nuts) I wrapped a hamburger bun with a green ribbon and stuck it in the oven. When Dave got home I told him there was something ready in the oven. He opened it and it took him what seemed like FOREVER and when he got it he hugged me and teared up! It was so special. We went out that night with friends and every so often, he would wink at me from across the room knowing we had this big secret!!!! Maria
Great question! I love reading everyone's story!!
It was a work day morning, 5:30 am and just woke up, my eyes were still all fuzzy. I was supposed to 'start' (tmi) that day and figured I would take the test. I bought those pregnancy tests from the Dollar store that display a line well, after waiting a few minutes I did not know if there was a faint line there OR if my morning eyes were playing tricks on me. As a little time went by the line got darker and darker I then RAN into our bedroom and slid across the bed and woke Aaron up...he said, "Your pregnant!" He just knew....probably because I dont slide across the bed and wake him up on a daily basis :)
I was shocked, happy, scared...but it was the best day of my life...Sept 11 (yea, im a dork and remember every detail)!!
Christine
I love these stories!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!
DK
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