• My Birth Plan
    parenting - planning - pregnancy

    My Birth Plan – Part 2

    February 21, 2015 - By 

    Disclaimer: If you haven’t read Part 1 of my Birth Plan, please check it out. It explains why I chose to write a birth plan and how I hope it will help me during the birth experience. It also explains that my birth plan is flexible, meaning I’m not going to allow myself to get into an unsafe situation because I want to stick to the plan so badly. Birth plans can be a touchy subject and often work their way into the mommy wars. Everyone has different priorities, hopes and fears when it comes to birth. This is how…

  • 37 weeks pregnant
    pregnancy - pregnancy week-by-week

    Baby Update – 37 Weeks!

    February 18, 2015 - By 

    How far along: 37 weeks Baby size: Lil Ziggy is about 6.5 lbs and almost 20 inches long. Belly: The phrase that comes to mind is “comically spherical”. Ignore the hair. I work from home now 🙂 Clothes: I like this work-from-home thing, and here’s why: I’m still in my pjs! I’ll put on real clothes for tonight’s Ash Wednesday service, but then it’s right back into the sweats. This is the most comfortable I’ve been my entire pregnancy, clothes-wise. Movement: I feel like Lil’ Ziggy has moved down ever so slightly, so I’m not getting as many jabs to the…

  • 36 weeks
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    Baby Update – 36 Weeks!

    February 11, 2015 - By 

    How far along: 36 weeks, which I believe is officially “9 months” now! Baby size: Lil Ziggy is almost 6 lbs and 19 inches long, according to Babycentre. Belly: I don’t even know what to say about it. I mean, I did miss last week’s belly pic, but it still seems SO. MUCH. BIGGER. than my 34-week update! Here it is: And how I really feel (excuse the blurriness): Sleep: It hasn’t been too bad lately, to be honest. I haven’t been waking up as much during the night, usually only once to use the washroom. The worst part of…

  • planning - pregnancy - Uncategorized

    Birth Plan Part 1 – Why I chose to write a birth plan

    February 4, 2015 - By 

    I’ve made the executive decision to not post my regular weekly update this week. Lil Ziggy is fine and dandy, I’m just dead tired and can barely muster a smile tonight. If I receive a refreshing jolt of energy and feel like doing a bump pic tomorrow, I’ll put it up and share. Tonight, I thought I’d write up Part 1 of my Birth Plan. I’m doing it in two parts because I felt I needed to write about why I created a birth plan in the first place. After doing a superficial Google search of other bloggers’ birth plans, there…

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    Baby Update – 34 Weeks!

    January 27, 2015 - By 

    How far along: 34 weeks – about 6 more to go! Baby size: Lil’ Ziggy is about 4.7 lbs and 18 inches long. I’m measuring at exactly where I should be for 34 weeks too. Belly: Nothing much to say about the belly this week. I don’t think it’s changed much. Here’s a picture – you decide! I look so bleary-eyed. I should start taking my picture first thing in the…. oh that’s right, I’d still be bleary-eyed. Just can’t win. Sleep: It really hasn’t been that bad, all things considered. Not like a few weeks ago where I couldn’t…

  • pregnancy - pregnancy week-by-week

    Baby Update – 33 weeks!

    January 21, 2015 - By 

    This’ll be a quick update this week. My brain has been just fried every night, but I wanted to at least get this out! How Far Along: 33 Weeks! Baby Size: Lil’ Ziggy is now probably over 4 lbs and is about 18 inches long. Belly: Chris seems to think that I’ve dropped a bit, but I’m not so sure. I feel like I’m fuller on the lower part of my belly, but I don’t feel like anything else has come down yet. Unfortunately you can’t really tell in comparison to last week. Sleep: It’s been better, lately. The last few nights I’ve been…