I have been stuck in the hospital for eight days. This is definitely not the entry into the world we envisioned for our first child, but such things you can’t really plan. After four days of gentle induction my body didn’t respond and we opted for a c-section. It was the last thing we wanted …
Since Kate is now transitioning from mum-to-be to mum, I am taking over the ‘mum-to-be’ blog. Despite being almost 16 weeks pregnant, I still feel relatively new to this state of being. This is my first baby and for the first few weeks it seemed hard to comprehend that there was an actual life growing …
Just a really brief update for you! As some of you know we were planning a home birth for the birth of our baby, who is due May 21. We ended up finding out on Tuesday this week that I have a condition called obstetric cholestasis and therefore were advised to go in to hospital …
Noah “practicing” at our antenatal class a few weeks ago. Me at 36 weeks, last week. Baby room is pretty much ready! so tired! every night i’ve been awake and having trouble falling back to sleep from around 3-6am! The lovely bassinet that our friends are lending us!
It’s been a while since I last posted a blog so I thought I better pull my finger out and give you an update on Hugo! One day he was a cute little puppy and now he’s growing at a great rate of knots into a very large dog! At five months old I’m looking …
After several middle of the night trips to the bathroom, I wake to the sound of my husband’s alarm going off. Noah works from home and often works late into the night so we have been on a late-rising schedule the last couple of years. Yes, this will change soon! I lie in bed for …
It’s great to hear a celebrity embracing the changes that pregnancy brings to a woman’s body. In this article, Natalie Portman speaks out about loving the experience of being pregnant and being at peace with the changes. She also adds that it’s important to still feel beautiful post-pregnancy. The article states, “While she admits being …
It seems anything sets off my stress levels the last couple of weeks. I find the smallest things cloud my brain, seem overwhelming and send my stress hormones sky rocketing. I don’t like feeling not myself and feeling that out of control. But I know it’s all stems from being pregnant so I’m trying to …
As Noah and I prepare for parenthood, we’ve had many conversations over the years about child rearing, discipline, approaches to life and various philosophies on child development. Two things have stood out lately to us that I wanted to share with you. Both are wisdom from French ways. A few months ago a Kiwi friend was …
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