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I’m going to have a baby! A human baby!
I’m due October 11. This was a shock to a lot of people, because I had always said it was just animals for me. But the last little while, my husband and I did a lot of talking and felt something was missing in our lives and that we felt we were missing out, so now our lives are going to change forever (as everyone keeps telling me, and scaring me!!!
)We are pretty excited. I’m currently buying things to set up a “Peter Rabbit Nursery”. My baby is going to grow up surrounded by bunnies and bunny things.
I do have a question for all the parents with bunnies out there, “How did you introduce the baby to your bunnies”. “Were the bunnies stressed out by the baby?”
My bunnies rule the house and I am concerned for their well being. They have their own room so they shouldn’t be too bothered by the baby but I just want to do everything possible so it’s not a negative experience for them and my cats as well.
My bunnies are my babies now and forever and a new baby will not affect how much I love them. I just want us all to be a happy family!
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Thank you everyone!
I’m still a bit surprised myself, actually. I have had a very easy pregnancy thus far, with no symptoms and I’m not really even showing yet, so it’s weird to talk about having a baby when I don’t feel pregnant. A few weeks ago, hubby and I heard the baby’s heart beat at the Dr. and I was like “Oh my God, this is real” lol…
Just bought 2 little outfits today. Both have bunnies on them!
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Um… why is everyone surprised your having a baby LPT – do they all know something I don’t???? Ha ha ha ha…..
Gosh, I am SO excited for you – having a human baby is just as, if not more exciting as having a bunny baby, lol! (I just love anything baby, ha ha ha).
Congratulations to you and your hubby – this is such a wonderful special time for you both, enjoy! Cheers, Andi.PS – I had NO idea what non-lagomorph meant? Never heard the term before, ha ha ha – so I almost missed your forum
(that would have been terrible). Luckily I’m nosey and had a sticky anyway, LOL! SO pleased I did – what exciting news! 
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“The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Greek lagos (λαγός, “hare”) and morphē (μορφή, “form”). There are about eighty species of lagomorph, which include thirty species of pika, twenty species of rabbits and cottontails, and thirty species of hares.”
There you go, AndHenry. Right from Wikipedia.
I think most people are surprised I’m having a “human” baby because I’m such a huge animal lover and I treat my animals like my babies. Have you seen all the halloween costumes, bday pics, etc of my buns?
But that won’t change, my buns will always be my babies. And I’ve been a member here for a pretty long time with only bunny/cat/horse babies. Yes, I will share pics of the nursery. Going on a road trip next week to Nova Scotia to pick up a bunch of stuff I saw in an online ad. All kinds of Peter Rabbit nursery accessories.
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Thanks LPT – I’ll be sure to remember all that
????? (not) HA HA HA!
And that’s ok to treat your non human babies as babies – I DO! When my George (dog baby) gave birth to her puppies I told my daughter she was an Aunty!
LOL! Your gonna love being mum – as much as we love our ‘babies’ there’s nothing quite like being a mum to a human baby (till they grow up and cost you a fortune and stress you out! ha haha). Again, so happy for you and your hubby! and I can’t wait for your name choosing forum – I’m guessing your gonna let us BBer’s pick that out for you???? 
LOL! Trust me LBJ – If Henry ever gets spotted (by someone we don’t trust) HE is an oversized RODENT! ha ha ha….. (and we know nothing – didn’t see a thing!) ha haha…. though the way he acts I’m sure we can pass him off as one of the DOG’S!
PS – I agree with JR, if you can handle a bunny rabbit, a baby will be a breeze! Lol!
PPS – You can make matching outfits LPT, how CUTE would that be!!!!!!
Edit to ADD – Pika? No! Don’t tell me
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I’m so happy for you!!! I’m pretty sure I congratulated you already but I’ll say it again! Congrats!
My guess is that the bunnies will adjust just fine to having a baby around. They might wonder what all the new noises are but they will get used to them.
I bet your nursery will be adorable!!! I’ve seen so many cute bunny nursery things on Pinterest that I wanna make for my own room!!!
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lol, McFluffyPants! Ricky already told me I’m not allowed to give the baby all kinds of weird nicknames like I do with the buns! Too bad!!!!
I think we are probably going to clash on names. I like really unique names and, well not sure what kind of names he likes. We haven’t’ discussed them too much. I have a list going of names I like. My two top names are Archer for a Boy and Everlee for a Girl.
I’m really hoping for a little girl. Girls tend to be more into bunnies and horses. Things that I like! I want my kid to be a bunny lover and equestrian! Ricky wants a boy because boys tend to like the things he likes, guitar, Star Wars and action figures. We are only having ONE so we get what we get.
And it’s for sure not twins, because I had an ultrasound yesterday. My family has been joking that I would have twins. Not gonna happen!
Thanks again for all the congrats!
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Boys can be into horses…it just isn’t as common as girls, and they can often take a lot of crap over it. I started horse riding when I was 7, and I’ve got ‘my’ very first bunny when I was 8! Still doing both of those things, 8 years later!
I’m sure you’ll be just fine with whatever you have LPT! As long as s/he has 10 fingers and 10 toes, two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears, a mouth. a nose, all the organs and everything else a healthy baby has, there isn’t really much more you could ask for! Rooting for a girl though…girls rock! And I’m totally not biased at all…….O.O -
CONGRATS!
I’m so happy for you and your Hubby! I like names that are a little uncommon too! Everlee is so pretty, and Archer is very nice too. I like the names Brianna, Holly, (Everlee), Kalista (Kah-lista), Jonathan, Michael, (Archer), Derek. Can’t wait to see pics of the nursery! OH! and October is such a pretty month to be born in! I was born in October, and I think it’s nice, sometimes there’s a light dusting of snow, sometimes it’s still hot enough for you to go swimming, and the pretty orange-red colors of the leaves!
Good luck!
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Thanks again everyone!
Little boys tend to like horses but they tend to grow out of them very fast. Although my little niece is taking riding lessons with a boy who’s 11 and he is totally in love with horses.
LBJ10- I love that cartoon “Archer”. One of my faves! Not where I go the name idea though. I liked it before the cartoon. The name Everlee I got from the girl the Guns N Roses song “Sweet Child O Mine” was written about: Erin Everly, who was Axl Rose’s gf at the time. I just changed the spelling. I think it sounds so pretty. I’ve been a huge GNR fan since I was about 8 years old and we used Sweet Child O Mine as our grand entry song for our wedding so it does have a nice meaning.
I didn’t find out at my ultrasound if the baby was a girl or a boy since it was an early ultrasound, only 15 weeks. I will probably find out after my next one, at about 20 weeks. I showed the pics to my sis and her hubby though and they both think it’s a girl. They have 3 kids, two girls and one boy, so I’m hoping they know what they are talking about!
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OMG LPT I JUST SAW THIS 0_0
Sorry for shouting, but what wonderful news! I’m so happy for you and Ricky.
You should’ve seen the laundry list of baby names I had for my two…none of which my OH liked.
Looking forward to seeing some of the photos of the nursery and the cute bunny themed items you’ll be collecting for the baby.
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Thanks, guys. I’m doing really well. No negative symptoms at all. I really don’t feel pregnant other than the growing bump! Clothes are not fitting so good now. I’m 21 weeks this weekend. Haven’t felt the baby move yet but I know he/she is moving because the ultrasound lady had a hard time on Friday because he/she was all over the place. I call my OB Doc Monday morning and she will tell me if it is a girl or boy. So excited!!!!!
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It’s a GIRL!!!!! I’m so overjoyed!!!!!!!
You’re all special because you’re the first ones I’m telling!!!! Even before my husband, lol, since he’s at work. Not announcing it on Facebook yet, so please no writing anything about it on my FB page.
I called the Dr. this morning and the receptionist kept me in suspense for like 5 minutes with chatter on whether I thought it was a girl or boy and did I try any of the old wive’s tales, etc. She’s so chatty and friendly. I was so happy, I was shaking. I would have been happy with a boy too, don’t get me wrong, but I was really hoping for a girl. She said its’ pretty safe to start buying pink as the ultrasound is 98% accurate with results.
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Thanks, guys.
Yeah, a pony is a bit out of the budget right now, lol. She will have to make due with Winnie. Winnie loves kids and she’s so quiet and sweet when they ride her. She’ll def be riding horses before she can walk.
Still working on the names. Ricky and I have pretty different tastes and it’s quite frustrating actually. My point of view is, I’m carrying this baby and doing all the work, I should have more say in the name.
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NOT to take sides or anything…. BUT the men DO have to deal with all the the hormonal things and us wanting to kill them
Hahahaha. Not sure if you’ve been experiencing many mood swings but I was a wrecckkkkkk. My BF said we should never go through that again and we are only ever adopting, LOL! ;P
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