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So how many of your kids were unplanned?

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Bouquetsofdynomite · 03/08/2007 08:56

Just being nosy, you can change your name. Just wondered how many Mumsnet children are unexpected/planned, how common it is. What's your score for surprise babies? Mine's 1/2.

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NadineBaggott · 03/08/2007 20:32

2/3 unplanned but not unwanted ifykwim

MuffinMclay · 03/08/2007 20:45

0/2

foxinsocks · 03/08/2007 20:47

first one was jaw dropping, blood drain out of the face type shock (was on pill, only recently met my partner ahem)

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chocciedooby · 03/08/2007 21:01

Both unplanned but a very happy mummy.

boo64 · 03/08/2007 21:04

Lucky all of you in a way - I cannot ever have an unplanned one - trips to the IVF clinic for me - expensive and much less fun!

sparklesandwine · 03/08/2007 21:04

erm i had always wanted 4 so in that way i gues they were planned but as and when they came wasn't

.....especially DS1 as DP and i had only been together 3 weeks!!

SlightlyMadSpider · 03/08/2007 21:06

DTD2 was unplanned. But given she is a twin thats not surprising really as not many people seriously plan (and succeed to plan) twins

Ladymuck · 03/08/2007 21:09

Both planned.

oooggs · 03/08/2007 21:12

slightlymadspider - as I was reading the thread I thought that

ds1 - planned
dt1 - planned
dt2 - an added extra ( we were very lucky)

angie0201 · 03/08/2007 21:22

Both planned although just due to epilesy them having to be planned

bozza · 03/08/2007 21:24

0 unplanned
2 planned (although for DD the time between planning and conception was 2 days)

Meeely2 · 03/08/2007 21:27

both unplanned - twins so only ONE unplanned pregnancy.

UCM · 03/08/2007 21:28

both.

lou33 · 03/08/2007 21:29

1 planned
1 semi planned
2 definitely unplanned

sauce · 03/08/2007 21:31

The 1st was supposedly unplanned (heh!heh!) & the 2nd planned & we went for it hammer&tongs for 3 days. tmi?

GodzillasBumcheek · 03/08/2007 21:33

Too difficult, pass...!

elasticsortinghandstand · 03/08/2007 21:33

1 unplanned (but deep down i sort of knew)
2 planned
3 planned

mummyto2littleprincess · 03/08/2007 21:34

first 2 was planned but this baby wasnt but were very happy thought

IdrisTheDragon · 03/08/2007 21:35

DS - planned

DD - not planned to come when she did, but it is very good that she did come exactly then .

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ib · 03/08/2007 22:38

Ds was unplanned - but only because we were told we didn't have a snowflake's chance in hell of conceiving naturally (and after 14 years we started to believe them). So was a shock, but the nicest kind.

lovecamping · 03/08/2007 22:39

none of my 3 were planned

bubblepop · 03/08/2007 22:47

1 of the 4 was unplanned-no regrets

berolina · 03/08/2007 22:50

ds1 - planned
imminent ds2 - not exactly unplanned, but 'risked' rather than planned.

nooka · 03/08/2007 23:00

ds was planned, but still a bit of a surprise (we got preganant about a week after we decided a baby might be nice). dd was definately unplanned (ds was only 8 months old). We did want another baby though, just not so quick.

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