Filed under: Baby!, Dwell On Things, Health Stuff, Ladyfest, Make Lists of Things, Overanalyze, Purge, The Urban Jungle, Things I Eat, Things I Make | Tags: cravings, endometriosis, fertility, garden, pregnancy, ultrasound
Sorry to keep you all in suspense, but I had a good ultrasound (for the most part). There’s a real live baby in there, with a real live beating heart. Yay!
That said, I’m still not totally stress-free about this whole pregnancy thing. The baby measures 9 days behind “dates” — I typically ovulate late, so this isn’t necessarily “abnormal” — but has a good strong heartbeat. I will feel better when this u/s is followed up with the midwives and I can see that growth is remaining consistent, though. My EDD based on gestational age is May 18, 2010.
Filed under: Hippy Shit, In The Kitchen, People I Know, Recipes, Things I Eat | Tags: Baking, beet cake, cake, CSA, Rae, Recipes, vegetables
I’ve been pretty big into making desserts with vegetables as the late summer harvest goes into overdrive — making a beet cake to use up those prolific, purple roots appearing in my CSA order seemed a no-brainer.
Filed under: Review Things, Things I Do, Things I Eat | Tags: mixed drinks, Nestea vitao, product review, reviews
The other day, I received three cases of Nestea vitao to try and then review for my blog. Always the skeptic, I wasn’t expecting much as canned iced tea isn’t really my thing — I prefer the real thing. However, I actually really enjoyed two of the three flavours and was impressed that a can of vitao had fewer calories than a can of tonic water.
At 90 calories a can and lacking any artificial sweeteners (which I don’t consume), it met most of my criteria for a prepackaged beverage. What’s pretty cool about this product, though, is that it’s fortified with antioxidants. Each can held 90mg of calcium, 83mg vitamin C, and 1.89mg vitamin E. Sweetened with fruit juice concentrate and good old-fashioned sugar, it still manages to have a lot of flavour without jacking up the sodium content (as seems to happen with a lot of low-cal drinks) — only 80mg sodium per can.
I really disliked the Fuji Apple flavour, but I typically don’t like apple-flavoured items. The other two flavours were great. After a couple cans of them, it occurred to me that they mix well with gin so I gave it a whirl..
Filed under: Baby!, Diaper Fluff, Drama, Dwell On Things, Health Stuff, Things I Eat | Tags: cloth diapering, crash, extraordinary baby shoppe, fertility, field trips, lost data, photos, ttc
Regarding my news of last week, I was on the right track by not getting excited about stuff. Two blood tests and a whole lot of gravity later, it was pretty apparent that this pregnancy wasn’t going to stick. All things considered, short of being annoyed at my body not working the way that it should, I think I’m a little relieved. I really didn’t care to be *that* pregnant in February again. After 2.5yrs of ttc, part of me thinks I should be more disappointed but I’m really pretty okay about it — mentally anyway. Even being “just a little bit” pregnant has resulted in a nasty cycle and has left me gasping for iron supplements. Spinach is on the menu tonight, and maybe some cow done rare.
