Was your first baby well-planned or a pleasant "oops"?

[FrugalMomof3]

Well 2st was planned
2nd was an oops
3rd was planned

I love em' all no matter what!

[geckoace]

gotta say DS was an unexpected surprise.

[Michelle68]

Well, since I was an unwed, single mother at the time I'd say my first was definitely an "oops!". (But what a wonderful "oops" she was!) My second was well-planned. So well-planned that we tried and tried to conceive and it didn't happen. Two years after DH and I had given up on having another child, I went for my annual exam and my doctor told me I was pregnant.


--Michelle

[Emerald_Mommy]

First - planned, discussed, deliberated greatly over if it was time to "try" by both of us...
Second - planned but happened quicker than we though it would. "Everyone" said it would take longer to conceive the second child but it didn't.
Third - surprise! She is definitely wanted & loved but we were not "trying" to conceive or planning to. She's a surprise but definitely not an "oops".

[frugalnana]

Considering I was told when I was 18 yrs when I had my first pelvic exam that I would never have children. It was a very, very plesant surprise when at 20 I went to the doctor for what I thought was the flu and to be told I was pregnant. I believe I had loss for words, then laughed and then cried. All happy though. We thought he would be the only one when four years after his birth the same thing happened I was sick and had a stuffy nose and went to the doctor for a very welcome surprise.

[Cricket1]

Both boys were adopted so they were VERY MUCH planned.

[Darlene]

Considering I was told when I was 18 yrs when I had my first pelvic exam that I would never have children. It was a very, very plesant surprise when at 20 I went to the doctor for what I thought was the flu and to be told I was pregnant. I believe I had loss for words, then laughed and then cried. All happy though. We thought he would be the only one when four years after his birth the same thing happened I was sick and had a stuffy nose and went to the doctor for a very welcome surprise.

Aww Maggi how wonderful!

[Telephus44]

Similar to Ani - DS was planned. And after I went off the pill, we didn't really "try" the first month, and for the second month we did "try" and - ta-da! I had figured it would take a lot longer, but he ended up coming at a really good time - like after DH got a new and better paying job and while I was in the middle of a layoff (they couldn't lay me off while I was on leave, so I got an extra 8 weeks of full pay and an additional 3 months of health insurance).

Funny, I was just thinking about this since I got my positive reading on the home PG test on Superbowl Sunday last year. (Go Pats!) I also just sold the remaining ovulation predictor kits I had bought on eBay last week - I won't need them again before they expire! And I only used half of one of the kits.

[favesis37]

my first was a oops, we were thinking about number 2 and he was already on the way, number 3 was an oops. but we were thrileed with all

[frugalnana]

Thank you Darlene.

[tigo]

Both were planned.

[pkellyc]

Stunned is more like it! I was told I didn't produce any eggs and could not conceive. Needless to say I was thrilled.
DD#2 was planned.

[Buckeye5]

First pregnancy, planned and miscarried, had to cremate it through the hospital I was in, 2nd pregnancy planned, girl, 3rd pregnancy planned, girl, and 4th pregnancy oops and miscarried again, 5th pregnancy, oops,son, but the best oops of my life. So, 2 girls and 1 boy make up my family. Stopped after 3 healthy children, (last pregnancy was a hard one) didn;t want to push my luck.

[Emjo]

Our son was well planned.

[Backtoreality]

All were pleasant surprises. First was 10 months after wedding, 2ndwas 1 year later. 3,& 4 were all adopted(More liked moved in and we decided we could keep them til they were grown) Both DH & I figured that God had our lives planned differently than we did! LOL