One Week Remaining
One week to go! Of course that is assuming things remain uneventful until then. It is sort of surreal to think that we will be having another child by the […]
The One Thing
3 weeks down and 1 and a half to go! The day after being admitted we went for an ultrasound to measure my fluid levels. During that ultrasound we found […]
Selfish Thoughts Are Not Welcome
Well, we have made it to the 32 week mark. Which means I have 2 weeks left to make it to the 34 week goal. I honestly wasn’t sure I […]
Focus On The Big Picture
Before getting pregnant, I knew I wanted to do certain things when we did get pregnant again because I knew it would be our last baby. When I ended up […]
A Day In The Life (hospital bed rest)
The days seem to sort of blur together. With people constantly coming in and out of my room there just doesn’t ever seem to be a good enough time to […]
One Week In
Well we have made it one week so far in this here hospital. Baby and I are both doing as well as can be expected. People keep telling me that […]
In The Hospital
Within hours of my last post, I ended up in Labor & Delivery. On Tuesday evening, we had eaten dinner as normal and decided to go to the local neighborhood […]
Symphisis Pubis Dysfunction
When I was pregnant with Pickle (2012) I remember feeling this burning sensation in my pelvis. It was hard to go up stairs (we lived on a 3rd floor apartment […]
New Baby Worries (3rd child)
Anytime a person is pregnant, or expecting a baby, there are always worries that come up. Beings that we are expecting our 3rd child, I can attest that the worries […]
Halfway Cooked
I am officially, or I should say, this little nugget is halfway cooked. We have hit the 20 week mark this last week. Things have gotten much better since my […]
First Trimester
Today officially marks the beginning of the second trimester for our little nugget. I cannot express how elated I am to finally be at this point. Even though this is […]
Finding Out We Are Pregnant (baby #3)
Finding out we were pregnant was definitely a shock! It had taken us a lot to have the 2 kids that we do have. Getting pregnant was never something that […]
A Partner’s Perspective (vaginal birth)
There are so many stories to read about a woman’s birth experience. It is very rare to find stories about their partner’s perspective. I asked Chris to help me with […]
A Partner’s Perspective (csection)
On Facebook, I am part of a support group for VBAC’s. If you haven’t yet, you can check out my birth stories here Pregnancy and Birth Blog for Pickle and Poppy’s birth blog. […]
Are you done having kids?
One of the topics that comes up a lot is whether or not we are done having children. As soon as you give birth people ask you many questions like, […]
Advice for first time moms who are probably sick of people’s advice
First time moms get a lot of advice, sometimes it is a lot of unwanted advice. Eventually it gets to a point where it goes in one ear and out […]
