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: Baby!, City of Ottawa, Health Stuff, Make Lists of Things, Overanalyze | Tags: medwives, midwives, ottawa
Anticipating a good result on Friday, I’m trying to decide which set of midwives to phone this time. Last time I was with The Midwifery Group of Ottawa and, while I was extremely happy with the pregnancy care and the postpartum care, events that occurred during the birth left me somewhat less confident in them.
Does anyone who reads here have experiences with the Midwifery Collective? Are they “medwives”?
Filed under: Baby!, Dwell On Things, Health Stuff, Overanalyze, Watch Stuff, Whoniverse | Tags: Doctor Who, fertility, pissing and moaning, Planet of the Dead, pregnancy, ttc
I’m still pregnant. My boobs hurt, I want to sleep all the time, and everything makes me feel like barfing, but I’m still pregnant — which is good!
Filed under: Awkward Conversations, Drama, Dwell On Things, My Kids | Tags: elementary school, fitting in, peer pressure
I handled something badly this morning. The only excuse I have is that I was rushed, I’m horribly fatigued, and every joint in my body seemed to be screaming in pain. Then there was the annoyance of having already dealt with this last year with my older child — I hate repeating myself.
My two guys are 20 months apart in age and 1 year apart in school. Our school is quite small and their peer groups overlap. Ever since he learned to walk, #2 has wanted to hang with the big kids. For the most part, #1’s friends are cool with this and include him in their play but there’s always “That Kid” — you know, the one who uses that desire to belong to their advantage. Last year, he would randomly include or exclude #1 from playing with the group, cajole him (and others) into lending him toys that he would break or lose, or try to convince their peer group to exclude kids from “The Club”.
