Did you know that only 5% of babies are born on their due dates? Personally, my statistics were even more extreme. Before going into labour with my third baby, 0% of my babies had come on or before their due dates. 100% of my babies had gone over, with my second pregnancy going over by 12…
Pregnancy
Contractions
Photo by Sonja Langford courtesy of unsplash.com Every year when January rolls around, I realize how much I love this month. It is so fresh and full of new resolve. I spent the first day of 2015 cleaning out a terribly disastrous email inbox and knocking a few of those long standing items off my…
Coming Back… Briefly: On My Last Week as a Working Mom
I didn’t realize how hard it has been. I was (am) determined to work until the end. My job isn’t that demanding. I wake up in the morning, get myself and the kids ready and out the door for our day. We park at the bus stop and the bus drops me off a block…
Childbirth Care Kit for Moms
November 26th was my sister’s birthday. She was scheduled to have her third baby two days later. I admit that I was completely clueless about what to get her for her birthday. I didn’t want to get her anything pregnancy related, because she was nearly done being pregnant. I didn’t want to get her clothes because as…
Getting to Know You
I remember Cameron’s face scrunching up a few minutes after I ate a spiced cookie during our 3D ultrasound with him. I remember how he used to dance in time to the music each week when we went to listen to our friend play music at the local pub. I remember how active he was, so active…
What Not To Say to a Pregnant Woman
I was in my office bathroom, a shared space where I probably spend a little too much time these days emptying a bladder that is doubling as a soccer ball. The bathroom has three stalls, two sinks, and one hand towel dispenser, so there are times when I can get pretty close to coworkers and other women…
Why I’m Not Doing NaBloPoMo
Every year, November rolls around and I briefly consider taking a good hard look at my writing practices. November has been on my radar as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for years, and I am constantly tempted to have a reason to wake up each morning and type out some 1000 words a day in…
We C U
Cameron, my 4 year old, has been asking for a new baby sibling for a while now. He has been through the whole getting-a-new-baby process and has watched aunts and friends’ parents grow babies inside of them so he understands that babies start in mommies’ bellies. When we finally broke the news to him, he wasn’t at…
The Importance of Reading with Kids and a Disney Baby Giveaway
I was solo-parenting on Thursday night while Dan was away on a work retreat. I was absolutely dreading bedtime, knowing how my kids choose their bedtime behaviour based on which parent is dealing with them at the time. If I’m out and Dan’s parenting alone, they’re angels at bedtime. If I’m around though – well,…
My Big Normal News
People keep asking me how I’m feeling and I keep having to remind myself why they’re asking. Oh right. I’m pregnant. Pregnancy is almost a non-event the third time around. (Or, at least, being 13 weeks pregnant as a Mama of two makes it a non-event). I’m out of the nauseous stage and even starting to regain…
Book Review: The Light Between Oceans
(Warning: This blog post and the book it mentions discusses themes around miscarriage and loss of children. It could be a trigger to some.) Sometimes, I think readers are like drug addicts. We learn to read, fall in love with a book, and spend the rest of our reading lives searching for another perfect book…
