I guess this would be considered a guest post! Our doula, Laura of Trinity Childbirth, wrote up a Birth Narrative to document our birth experience. I am so grateful to have another perspective to share, because honestly, I don’t remember everything that happened! On that note, here is Laura’s guest post: June 16, 2009 12:30am [...]
The contractions began at 4 am, June 15th – Jude’s due date. They started so small that I second-guessed myself for a little bit, but it is true when they say that you will KNOW when you’re starting to have contractions, and they do feel similar to menstrual cramps. I laid in bed trying to [...]
I thought I might have some requests to see the maternity photos in succession and I will say that it is pretty amazing to see (click the image to view bigger): Although at this p0int, there may be a 40 week photo, 41 week photo and 42 week photo. . . I just got back [...]
Turns out the last couple of weeks of pregnancy are so crazy. I thought there were a lot of changes to go through just in the overall. Seems like the most annoying drastic changes to my body are happening right now. In the last couple of weeks. The reason I post a 39 week picture [...]
OK, I realize that my system of pregnancy monitoring is flawed since the only month with 4 weeks is February (which is how I had been defining my weeks for these posts), so I guess I understand why people always say what week of pregnancy they are instead of what month. It just always bothered [...]
I’ve always liked the number eight. I even like the way it’s spelled. E-I-G-H-T. I like words that start with vowels. And overall it’s just a good number. And now I’m eight months pregnant, 32 weeks. At 37 weeks, Jude could be born at any moment and not be a preemie. Some thoughts on being [...]
Jude is getting the hiccups almost daily (which I’ve been told is a sign of ‘fetal well-being’). It feels like a twitch that you can’t get rid of. I still have my belly button as an innie. Yay! I wonder if it will last until Jude’s born. I’m finding there is nothing like posting a [...]
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