Do you take after your mum???

For those that have the opportunity to talk to their mum about ttc, have you found your pregnancy or ttc journey was similar? Been chatting to my mum.. She found ttc very easy and fell quickly with both me and my brother. But she had terrible terrible morning sickness (well,all day sickness she called it) lol

Yes, I was very similar to my mum. We both conceived very easily and had quite short labours, she had morning sickness though and I didn't really have any.

Not at all.

Mum has a wrong shaped uterus, cysts, PCOS, one ovary working, miscarriages and major problems concieving.

I have an "extra large" uterus (discovered during a scan for something else) and fell pregnant with P first try (after 4 months off the pill to let my cycle regulate).

However, Mum had Hyperemisis (sp) and I've been it hospie for it with both pregnancies also.

Her labour with my sister was on and off (no idea with mine as I was an emergency C-sect at 25 weeks) and my labour with Palmer, while not on and off (constant), was 36 hours.

I don't know, I've never spoken to my Mum about it. I do know tho, she had my half sister accidentally at 16. Miscarriage, me, miscarriage and then my sister. There is 18 months between us so I'm guessing no issues falling pregnant.

Mean while I've been TTC'ing for almost two years now.

Although I do not talk to my mum now, I do know that she really had no problems in falling pg, had my sister at 16 then there is only 18 months difference between my eldest sister and my next sister, I do know mum had several miscarriages between then and having me 5 years later, I know she then had some more miscarriages, then there is another 5 years and my brother who was actually an accident apparantly my mum was on the pill at the time.

Me I have been TTC for 18 months.

Interesting thread CC. I hope you take after your mum and fall quickly. Fingers crossed for your BFP!

My mama tried for seven years. She had severe endometriosis and was told she could never have children. She always told me I was her 'miracle baby' which is really lovely. She had several miscarriages after me and never went to term again. My little bro is adopted.

I've only been trying for six months so I'm not sure, though I suspect I might have endo.

Big hugs to the long-term TTC'ers.

My mum had no issues falling with me or my sister (my sister died of spina bifida at 7 weeks old) but it took her over 12 months to fall with my brother.

I know that I was born at 37 weeks and my brother was born at 42 weeks. My sister was premmie, but I can't remember how many weeks along mum was when she had her.

Sister was born via c-section, I was a forceps baby and brother was natural.

Yep ive been almost identical as my mum- both of us fell pregnant really easily, ms for a short time and had short labours only difference is i unfortunately had one ectopic pregnancy and she never had any miscarriages. We also had our kids at very similar ages.

nope, mum struggled to get pregnant with us and DF and i are freakishly fertile! she had short labours and i tend to have long ones

In a word: No. And here's why:

My mum had me on her 16th birthday. Haha, so not exactly a planned pregnancy. And she just didn't "get" my TTC issues and was probably the most insensitive person out of everyone. It happened for her, it should have happened easily for me.

However, the Drs wanted her to have a hysterectomy after I was born (at 16!! :o ) because she was so messed up from her c-section. But she went on to have my sister 5 years later with no trouble at all, and then had her hysterectomy at 27.

She had to have c-sections for both of us. Me at 36 weeks and my sister at 38 weeks. The reason she had to have c-sections is because she had labour induced seizures.

Thais for your stories girls
Thanks Buffy! :)
I'm interested to know if I'll be like mum, and know I am lucky to have her to chat to and she is very supportive (and excited) :)

Oh and my brother and I were both born on our due dates!!

Nope! Mum decided to go off the pill and was pregnant 2 weeks later, we tried for 5 years with IVF and still no bubba (she turned up later) :D
Mum has no idea about how long labour was, shes back from when you apparently laboured for 'days' lol my first labour was short and sweet. She doesnt know when I was due (who knows what thats about!) and DD was born 38 + 4 weeks.
Mum had moderate morning sickness, I suffered hyperemesis :(

No. Mum fell pg 6 weeks after stopping the pill with me, and 3 weeks with my brother. She had high blood pressure with me and was on bed rest for a month (sorry mum!) before being induced. I fell pg three months after TTC, m/c at 9 weeks, then was another few months before DD was conceived. No high blood pressure, but spotting throughout. We both had very mild nausea, not for long, and mum had no cravings with me, but lots with my brother. I had no cravings, so we'll see what happens if there is a second time around.

Yes. Both Mum & I are very fertile. My Mum has had 5 children and miscarried twins between #4 & #5. Mum & I are very similar in how we birth too. We like the same birthing position and both enjoy labour. My Mum had 2 vaginal births, an emergency C-sect, then 2 VBACs. I have had all vaginal births so far. However, my labours are shorter than my Mums. My Mums longest was 36hrs with me (eldest child), and my longest was 7.5hrs with my DS1.

I'm not like my mum in TTC but hope I am for labour - I took the longest of her four kids at a whopping 4 hours. My sisters weren't so lucky with a very bad 17 hours and a 44hour labour.

I'm nothing like my mum either. She took 2 years to fall pregnant with me and over 12 months with my brother. Mum had short labours and we were both born after our due dates (although I was induced). Mum also developed preeclampsia with me (hence the induction). On the other hand, I fell pregnant first month of trying, miscarried then took 8 months to fall with DD. I did have a short labour but DD was born 10 days early and I had a complication-free pregnancy.

I think the fact that both mum and dad were smokers and I'm a nonsmoker had a lot to do with our differences.

Nope :(
My tummy mum (My non-genetic mother didnt have any tummy bubs due to a genetic condition, so my tummy mum carried us all) fell pregnant the FIRST TIME of trying, her longest labour was 90 mins, shortest was 45 mins (and with my little sister she thought she had a mild tummy ache, and nearly delivered her in the loo!) She had farily normal morning sickeness.
And my older sister fell pregnant with her twins the first WEEK of trying, had a very eay 5 hour labour. No morning isckness at all.
I on the other hand took nearly 10 years to fall pregnant, had hyperemesis, spent 3 months of the pregnancy in hospital, had a 3 day labour (21 hours of active labour) and a very traumatic birth.
My little sister doesnt like her chances haha.

There are some similarities between me and my mum, and a lot of differences too.
My mum was in labour with me for around 36 hours, and almost had an emergency c-section when my head got stuck against her pelvis, then with my brother (who is 18 months my junior) had a labour of 1 hour 10 mins from the very first contraction until he was born (my mum swears Rasberry Leaf Tea is the reason she had such a quick labour with my bro lol).
Both of us were around 2 weeks late too and she had bad BHs with my brother that pretended to be the real thing quite a lot in the last trimester.

My mum had also been told she could never have kids because of severe endometriosis and was on the pill when both of us were conceived.

Me, my DS was conceived while on the pill when my DH and I had only been together for about 3.5 months and I had a labour of approx 41.5 hours from the very first moment I was induced with my DS to the moment they cut him out of me via emergency c-section (his head got stuck against my pelvis and wouldn't budge).
I have also had a lot of trouble getting & staying pregnant (6 early losses out of 8 pregnancies over 6 years, 4 of those losses were pill babies too) although there is apparently nothing wrong with me according to all the basic tests and I was about to see a gyno to discuss possible endo when I got my sticky BFP.

There will be 2yrs and 3 months age difference between my DS and this little one (depending on when she decides to arrive lol).

I have also had really bad/extremely painful BHs with both my sticky pregnancies and they regularly pretend to be the real thing as well.

In some ways yes, we had small babies and we both had an emergency c sect for a breech birth.

I had early labours and one premmie but she went on time and then overdue.

She had trouble ttc and a miscarriage but I had no problems, twice I was pg without planning.

We both had one child with severe reflux.

So we have similarities but are also very different.

Yes and no, both had a boy then a girl but thats where it ends.

From the sounds of it she had no trouble TTC because both pregnancies were "accidents". She's also never had a miscarriage, I don't know much about her first birth but my birth was induced slightly early (as were the birth of my own kids) but hers was because I had done the first poo thingy while still in there lol TMI?

I actually have more similarities to my mum's eldest sister (my Auntie) in more ones than one, she's actually childless even she tried very hard for a baby and had many m/c's, I think she's who I got my make-up, shoe and "dressing up" obsession from as well.

my mum had no trouble falling pregnant with me, and i am disgustingly fertile - but that's probably where the similiarities end.
mum had a carefree pregnancy, her only craving was tomato juice. i was delivered via c/s at 42 weeks - i was breech, aswell as failure to progress.
i on the other hand suffered hyperemesis from 4 weeks pg - delivery, had acid reflux, my spine swelled, my blood pressure was so low i would faint contstantly, and my hormones (and mental state) went ballistic. fun hey.