https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 09:48:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-180221 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:20:31 +0000 dc yoga bee 180221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kentuckygirl: I wish my husband would say any name you want!!</p> <p>@Grace: I bookmark interesting articles as well!</p> <p>@Arden: I hope this is your cycle too! That's so cool you're a doula!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-180109 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:54:48 +0000 Arden 180109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a word document with our baby name list, already have lots of pregnancy/baby/parenting books (but that's also because I'm a doula), an amazon wishlist with all our extensively researched baby gear, parenting decisions discussed, decided, and written down.<br /> We're VERY prepared (read: obsessed). I hope this is our cycle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-180007 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:56:02 +0000 Grace 180007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, let's see. We have a list of baby names going on my iPhone, I have a secret Pinterest account with nursery ideas. I bought a pregnancy nutrition book and I bookmark all sorts of interesting Hellobee parenting articles. We discussed some parenting issues, and how much maternity/paternity leave we would take. Now, just need to get knocked up... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179969 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:25:08 +0000 kentuckygirl 179969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am such a planner too and this is hard waiting to get PG, much like when I was waiting to get engaged. I have planned a general budget for after a baby is born, researched daycare options, considered how much leave I could take, and definitely planned where the nursery will be and done some browsing for furniture and decor. We have discussed names and DH keeps saying "whatever you want". While it sounds great to be able to make the ultimate decision, I need his help! Hopefully once we are actually expecting a LO, he'll get a little more involved in choosing a name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179804 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:44:13 +0000 MrsH 179804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a huge planner and pretty sure I drive my husband nuts everytime I say "wanna talk about babies?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179136 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:45:35 +0000 Mrs. Pen 179136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: lol me too! I have sooo many different things on my kids board, I am just starting to make new boards and organize it. </p> <p>Before we got pregnant with LO, we didn't do TOO much planning simply because it only took 4 cycles. But we had a bunch of names we liked (though none of them made it lol), we knew where I would give birth and what kind of birth I wanted and we had discussed our parenting style even before marriage to make sure we agreed.</p> <p>Most of the planning happened after I got pregnant, however - LO is only 3 months old and I'm already planning for the next one hahah!! I know what the nursery will be if it's a girl, aqua with dandelions/flowers, we have a bunch of names we like and we know that we will wait until I get my bachelors before trying for #2. This will probably be 2-3 years from now.</p> <p>@dc yoga bee: I did that too, but people still found me. I had used my real name anyway. (sighs) oh well. People can speculate all they want, I don't really care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179127 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:38:10 +0000 mrs. bird 179127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: great idea with the fake twitter so no one can see your baby pins!! i don't have a twitter either, lol, i guess i'm just not very cool =D i think it would be soooo much fun to be able to use pinterest, but i know i'd just fill mine with baby stuff &amp; that's not really helpful in keeping my babies rabies under wraps=) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179028 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:18:08 +0000 mediagirl 179028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't plan much. My husband didn't really want to talk about babies until there was one in my belly. The only planning we did was go off bc, start temping and have wild monkey sex when I was fertile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179027 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:18:08 +0000 mediagirl 179027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179023 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:15:14 +0000 LuLu Mom 179023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a LO on the way now, but before we also planned out quite a bit. I knew which OBGYN I would use and made a pre-TTC appointment, which hospital I wanted to deliver at, we decided on which room we would use as the nursery, and started to discuss names (only had a boy narrowed down.) </p> <p>We also talked a little about parenting styles and what not. Luckily we were raised pretty similar, and both want to follow in our parent's footsteps, so that was easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179022 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:14:52 +0000 dc yoga bee 179022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: These all seem like things I can get on board with! I like the idea of a private amazon wish list!</p> <p>Yes, anyone can see pinterest b/c it's linked to your fb. I made a fake twitter account, and linked it to that so my baby board isn't accessible by everyone on fb! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-179017 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:12:40 +0000 mrs. bird 179017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we've had lots of time to plan while we've been trying =/ </p> <p>we have names picked out (two boy &amp; two girl), and i've started a private amazon wish list (i don't have my own pinterest, maybe i should make one... can everyone see everything you pin or can you set them to private? i don't want people to find my baby pins!) to keep track of things i hear about that i want to remember for later. i like to look online at houses to rent, as we are hoping to move out of our apartment one i get pregnant. i've also watched a bunch of youtube videos about cloth diapers and think it's something i'd like to try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-178994 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:52:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 178994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm an obsessive planner too. We've been talking baby names since probably before we got engaged, and they do change but at least we are on the same page with a lot of them. We have a few top contenders, for now. We have a plan about when and where we will move (stay in our 1 bed for a few months at least, then the neighborhood where we should be able to afford a 2 bed). We know I will take at least a year off work, which means quitting my job, but I couldn't do this commute with a LO anyway. I secretly have nursery and furniture ideas, but nothing concrete. I am already planning the hand me downs I'll get from my sister, unless she gets pregnant again soon!<br /> So yes, you could say I've thought about it. Goalie gets pulled sometime in August! I'm already charting to avoid right now, so hopefully that will help it happen quickly when we are ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-178973 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:41:28 +0000 Rubies 178973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubs and I haven't talked about #2 yet but in my own mind, I already know what his/her name will be and will fight to the death for it since hubs got his way with naming our LO. :) Other than that...We haven't discussed. LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-178965 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:37:22 +0000 dc yoga bee 178965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started planning names on our honeymoon even though we weren't ttc and didn't want any oopsies! We cannot agree on a name, so thought it would be prudent to start thinking now. We've been married 3 mo this Saturday and name have a first name for each gender! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91743 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:35:40 +0000 autumnlove 91743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO was a surprise and definitely added a little excitement into our world...we moved up our wedding date, cancelled our adventurous honeymoon and got ready for a baby. Everything went well but baby #2 will hopefully be planned!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91740 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:17:31 +0000 BSB 91740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: Since I live on the west coast and our family and friends live on the east coast, I already have ideas on combining a baby shower with a gender reveal! I'm hoping to be able to fly home but if I can't. It looks like I'll have to have a Skype baby shower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91734 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:50:19 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 91734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another obsessive planner here!</p> <p>We have picked out a for sure name for a boy, tentative name for a girl. I have nursery boards on Pinterest for a girl and boy. I know what hospital I'm giving birth at (it's the one my gyno is associated with. They just did a huge renovation of the maternity wing that's super nice.). I've bought one piece of clothing(I limited myself to one!). My DH and I have discussed what we are going to do/not do for different discipline and such. I even know what kind of baby showers I want! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91719 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:15:11 +0000 BSB 91719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha. I have one huge 'baby fever' pinterest board. I want to sort it into different boards but don't want to do it until I get pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91690 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:31:46 +0000 littlebug 91690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybell and @digapony - I am also an obsessive planner. Ii have 4 separate pinterest boards just for future babies - a clothing one, a "fun stuff" one, a nursery one, and a parenting one. I've researched a lot of stuff. We've discussed names that we like, but nothing that we've settled on as a final list of options. Sometimes I feel a bit silly, and I've definitely gotten people saying "I've seen your pins, are you pregnant?!" Cuz there's THAT MUCH stuff! Ha ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91684 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:56:29 +0000 DigAPony 91684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I love everything about your post. :)</p> <p>I also don't know how we will afford it--that's what will determine when we actually get to start trying. So frustrating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91526 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:40:46 +0000 daniellemybelle 91526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DigAPony: I am an obsessive planner too! I know that nothing will go according to plan, but it's fun to dream, isn't it?! At least you are going to be trying in 2012... It's probably going to be 2014 for us!</p> <p>I have investigated pretty much anything there is to investigate, from how I want to prepare for conception (going organic, for example) to birth plans (I know where I want to give birth, what classes I want to take, what interventions I don't want) to gear (just take a look at my Pinterest) to parenting (I have a Goodreads list of parenting books that is probably 40 books long at this point). We also have names, though they change.</p> <p>The biggest thing I don't have figured out is how we will afford it, and if I will work or not. I have a financial plan that I'd like to get to a certain point with before we start trying, but that point is some years off and I don't know if we'll wait that long! </p> <p>Also, we know we want to do an awesome trip, probably to Europe, pre-baby, and we haven't really planned that other than talking about it loosely, so I should get on that rather than looking up preschools, huh?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91512 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:48:06 +0000 DigAPony 91512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love this question, because I am an obsessive planner! I've researched the way I hope to give birth, local birthing centers and midwives, books to read, must-have pregnancy and baby items, how we'd rearrange our living space...the works. I sometimes have to force myself to chill. :) Oh, we talk about names a lot too, and I have a list going on my iPod. The earliest we'll even be able to try is this fall, so I am quite ahead of myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91476 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:33:19 +0000 Andrea 91476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't really plan anything before conceiving our LO. If we have a second we've talked about who would have what room, child care arrangements, my work situation, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91451 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:36:12 +0000 heffalump 91451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a lo but still have baby fever for baby #2!</p> <p>We have a boys name because we'd use the same name picked out if lo was a boy. And a nursery theme. And we decided to move lo so the baby's room will be closer to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-have-planned-out#post-91407 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:23:33 +0000 BSB 91407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those of us with baby fever, how much do you have planned?</p> <p>We have a few names picked out. We discussed our parenting styles here and there. We figured out how our apt would have to be moved around to accommodate the baby. I would like to try for a natural birth.</p> <p>What do you have planned? </p>