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- Getting pregnant-5
- Pregnancy-1
- Birth-4
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo)-5
- Breastfeeding-3
- Nap-4
- Sleep / STTN-4
- Feeding-5
- Baby Health-4
- Milestones-5
- Behavior-5
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?)-1
- Your Health / Mental Health-4
- Siblings (if applicable)-NA

- Getting pregnant: 3
- Pregnancy: 4
- Birth: 5
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo): 4
- Breastfeeding: 4
- Nap: 3
- Sleep / STTN: 3
- Feeding: 5
- Baby Health: 5
- Milestones: 4
- Behavior: 5
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?): 5
- Your Health / Mental Health: 4
- Siblings (if applicable) ... I'll get back to you in a couple of months!

My LO is only 3 months, I got rid of the ones I felt like I couldn't answer yet, but so far...

- Getting pregnant: 5
- Pregnancy: 1
- Birth: 2
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo): 3
- Breastfeeding: 3
- Nap: 1
- Sleep / STTN: 4
- Feeding: 3
- Baby Health: 5
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?): 3
- Your Health / Mental Health: 2.5

-getting pregnant: 5
-pregnancy: 2
-birth: 3
-the newborn stage: 3
-breastfeeding: 4
-nap: 3
-sleep/sttn: 2.5
-Feeding:3
-baby health: 3
-milestones:5
-behavior:4
-your husband: 1.5
-your health/mental health: 3
-siblings: n/a

- Getting pregnant 5
- Pregnancy 5
- Birth 2
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo) 5
- Breastfeeding 3
- Nap 5
- Sleep / STTN 5
- Feeding 5
- Baby Health 5
- Milestones 5
- Behavior 5
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?) 5
- Your Health / Mental Health 5
- Siblings (if applicable) n/a

Overall my adjustment to parenting has been far easier than I expected.

- Getting pregnant - 5 (pregnant after 2nd cycle of trying)
- Pregnancy - 4 (20 weeks of nausea but easy afterwards)
- Birth - 4 (unplanned c-section, but easy recovery)
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo) - 2 (she was an easy baby but I was struggling)
- Breastfeeding - at the beginning a 2 (milk didn't come in, baby lost too much weight, painful as heck, so stressful!!!) but after 2 months it was a 5 (easy peasy!!)
- Nap - 5
- Sleep / STTN- 5
- Feeding - 5
- Baby Health - 5
- Milestones - 4 (she was on the late end for rolling and walking, but not unusually late that anyone was concerned)
- Behavior - 4
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?) 4
- Your Health / Mental Health - early on a 2 but after 2-3 months a 5
- Siblings (if applicable)

- Getting pregnant: 3. Getting pregnant was easy..... but I had a miscarriage before having LO.
- Pregnancy: 2. Migraines were awful!
- Birth: 4. DH likes to tell people I had an easy childbirth..... which is true compared to many and I didn't have complications. But I still wouldn't call it easy and fun.
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo): 3
- Breastfeeding: 1
- Nap: Before 8 months- 1. After 8 months-5.
- Sleep / STTN: 5
- Feeding: 5
- Baby Health: 5
- Milestones: 5. She was late on some but it didn't really bother me......
- Behavior: 4
- Your husband: 6
- Your Health / Mental Health: 4
- Siblings: She won't have any until she's 2 1/2

I was super blessed with DS but had a hard time getting pregnant with him. With S and this pregnancy, I got pregnant ridiculously easy. I'm answering all for DS, though, since he's the only living kid I have right now.

- Getting pregnant 1
- Pregnancy 5
- Birth 4 (he was 8 weeks early, though)
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo) 4 (some of it was NICU time)
- Breastfeeding 5
- Nap 3 It took a while to figure out how to get him to nap
- Sleep / STTN 5
- Feeding 5
- Baby Health 5
- Milestones 5
- Behavior 5
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?) 1 (my ex husband...not at all...he was horrible...thank goodness for DS)
- Your Health / Mental Health 2 (but not cause of DS...cause of my ex)
- Siblings (if applicable) nope

Rate the following:
(1 = miserable / hard time; 5 = an easy / fun time)

- Getting pregnant - 2 - had miscarriage and then took 6 months of trying
- Pregnancy - 2 - had diabetes complications, lots of appts, some low fluid concerns
- Birth - 5 - I knew I'd get an epidural, and the whole thing wasn't as bad as expected
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo) - 3 - good baby, took some time to figure out sleep though
- Breastfeeding - 1 - tried, didn't work, EP
- Nap - 4 - She usually takes good naps, even if out and about
- Sleep / STTN - 2-4 - depends on the day, sometimes she's awesome
- Feeding - 5 - little girl loves food, takes cold bottles, no allergies
- Baby Health - 5 - She's a healthy girl
- Milestones - 4 - Waiting on crawling, but she's working on it!
- Behavior - 5 - She's a good, happy baby
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?) - 5 - DH is amazing. I couldn't ask for a more supportive DH.
- Your Health / Mental Health - 3-4 - I have some rough days, but most are great
- Siblings (if applicable) - She's our first

- Getting pregnant: 2 (miscarriage, then ectopic pregnancy - total of 10 months before getting a sticky baby)
- Pregnancy: 5 (I loved it - I would consider being a surrogate after I'm done having babies)
- Birth: 4 (It was pretty easy, but it didn't go 100% as planned - I need an epi and I tore)
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo): 4 (I wanted to say 5, but we had some feeding issues)
- Breastfeeding: 1 (I didn't realize I had issues until DD was 1 month old - I'd been starving her!)
- Nap: 5
- Sleep / STTN: 5
- Feeding: 5 (besides the initial breast feeding that I covered above)
- Baby Health: 5 (she had jaundice for a month that wouldn't go away because I wasn't producing enough milk, but that was pretty minor)
- Milestones: 5 (she's the perfectly average baby - all her measurements are 50% and all her milestones come right when they're supposed to, not early but not late)
- Behavior: 5
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?): 4 (we disagree on some things but it's not too bad)
- Your Health / Mental Health: 2/5 (first 3 months it was a 2, I got quite a bit of anxiety. After that it's been perfect)
- Siblings (if applicable): N/A

- Getting pregnant 2
- Pregnancy 2.5
- Birth 1.5
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo) 1
- Breastfeeding 1
- Nap 3
- Sleep / STTN 2
- Feeding 2.5
- Baby Health 3
- Milestones 5
- Behavior 5 (she's only gotten difficult after she turned 1)
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?) 2.5
- Your Health / Mental Health 4
- Siblings (if applicable) N/A

I have two to answer for:

G first
- Getting pregnant: 2 He wasn't planned & I was in no position to have a baby
- Pregnancy: 5 no complications other than getting huge
- Birth: 2 ended up with an "emergency" cesarean as a result of medical staff poorly handling my early labor.
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo): 5 super easy
- Breastfeeding: n/a I wasn't successful but I also didn't know anything about bf'ing so there was no stress in quitting.
- Nap: 4 he was sleep trained at 3 months
- Sleep / STTN: 4 (see above)
- Feeding: 5 no issues, but he was a happy spitter that never stayed clean! lol
- Baby Health: 5 no issues
- Milestones: 5 hit everything early
- Behavior: 5 he's always been a really great kid
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?): 1 we divorced when G was 2 (well separated & filed anyways)
- Your Health / Mental Health: 2/3 abusive relationship & I got seriously ill with hyperthyroidism that resulted in a full thyroidectomy just after G's first birthday
- Siblings (if applicable): none then.

For P
- Getting pregnant: 5 got pregnant first try
- Pregnancy: 3 I battled alot of anxiety & at time really questioned my sanity at "starting over" with G already 7!
- Birth: 4 It was a really great empowering birth despite my non-emergent transfer to the hospital (our stay thereafter would be rated a 1/2.. it was horrendeous!)
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo): 2 P was tongue tie & had numerous protein intolerances... she cried the first 5 months
- Breastfeeding: 2-5 It was really difficult at first, but we pushed through & it's been great since!
- Nap: 4 she started napping on her own when ready
- Sleep / STTN: 4 she still doesn't sttn & we co-bed with a sidecar to promote night nursing
- Feeding: 3 The pedi really pushed solids before she was ready which caused me ALOT of stress... without that she ate when she was ready & that would rate a 5
- Baby Health: 5 she's been healthy
- Milestones: 3 she's been delayed in most things since she's SGA but as long as I remember that that is okay then I rate it a 5... that's just hard to remember. lol
- Behavior: 5 she's a really good baby/toddler
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?): 2-5 The first 2 months were NOT good... after a shake up things improved & he's amazing!
- Your Health / Mental Health: 4 I managed really well even in the crying non stop can't eat anything stage! (don't ask how b/c it was a miracle. lol)
- Siblings (if applicable): G is an AMAZING big brother & P absolutely adores him... he's her favorite person next to my boobs! lol

- Getting pregnant 5 on the physical level because we got a 1st time surprise but 4 on the mental level because i was 34 and was so worried about my fertility plus a test told me my AMH was low.

- Pregnancy 4 it was not a complete breeze but it was pretty low maintenance as pregnancies go.

- Birth 3 not excatly what i wanted, went overdue, had to be induced for low fluid, BP and concerns about placenta. Needed an epi but overall it went very well.

- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo) 2 really hard dealing with my husbands PPD, very little sleep and a lot of adjustments but after that first 6 weeks it was all cake.

- Breastfeeding 5 total cake for me. sooo lucky.

- Nap 4 i always get him to nap but we aren't committed to a schedule and we are WIO not CIO

- Sleep / STTN 4 He slept through the night pretty early on and did pretty well. We co sleep and i love it.

- Feeding 5 he has always been a very good eater.

- Baby Health 5 SOOOO LUCKY AND HAPPY HERE

- Milestones 4 He is a physical dynamo and now at 11 months he is caught up on the problem solving stuff that he fell a bit behind in at 9 months.

- Behavior 4 Teething and separation anxiety can make it tough at times but for the most part he is a very happy and funny baby who loves people and can handle most environments.

- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?) well the first 2 months he would get a 1. he was awful. but after that he became and remains a solid 4. Not perfect but a very wonderful father and husband.

- Your Health / Mental Health 3, i am finally getting my weight in order but i have had some issues from neglecting my health including suffering exhaustion, dehydration and many stress related issues. I am working hard to make sure i take care of me too and slow down.

- Sibling N/A YET!!!

- Getting pregnant, 5
- Pregnancy, 5
- Birth, 4
- The Newborn stage (0-2 mo), 2-3, sleep deprivation was awful! I was an emotional mess.
- Breastfeeding, 4 (we were lucky he was always a good latcher/eater)
- Nap, 2 for the first 6 mos, 4 since then
- Sleep / STTN, 1 until 6 mos, then 2-3 until 9 mos, probaly a 4 now that he's STTN but rises before 5am many days
- Feeding, 5, he's always been a great eater and isn't picky at all.
- Baby Health, 3, He had a number of colds during the first 6-7 months and had reflux for the first 6 months.
- Milestones, 5, he's met all of his milestones so far on time or early.
- Behavior/Temperment, 3-4, he's has a very strong personality and definitely lets us know if there is something he does not like.
- Your husband (was he supportive, or stressed you out?),
- Your Health / Mental Health, 3 for the first 5 months , 5 now
- Siblings (if applicable) ? N/A Yet