Tomorrow I’ll be at The Farm staying in my midwife’s birthing cabin right next door to her. I’ll be 38 weeks 2 days pregnant and at that point, Tater can basically choose her perfect birthday and come whenever she is ready. I wont be stressing about whether or not we’ll make it to The Farm […]
LiveBlog: Tornado Watches give me contractions!
4:42 PM Sitting out the tornado warning, lights are flickering. Me and the cats are hanging out in the down stairs bathroom. Fun times! 5:00 PM: RT @Jeff_Lyons: “Tornado Watch for most of the tri-state now in effect until midnight cdt” That means me! What about the Evansville Birth Network meeting tonight? 5:11 PM http://twitpic.com/75cxo […]
Late pregnancy, early labor symptoms. Blunt and graphic talk ;-)
Yep, you guessed it I am doing some more pregnancy TMI posting! If this is not your cup of tea or if you are having breakfast or whatever feel free to skip the post. I’ll understand. Today I am 38 weeks pregnant and last night was the first night I’ve been in actual pain with […]
Less-words Wednesday: Pregnancy Home Stretch Edition
There are only two more days until I leave you all and head off to wait on my little girls arrival. I am totally feeling ready for this and am very anxious for labor to begin. Saw the chiropractor yesterday and was all out of whack again. Even more so now that Tater’s bones are […]
Really, 5 min cake in a mug? You becha!
Yeah, so thanks to Witchypoo’s talks of birthday cake and wine I was having my own cake craving yesterday. She recommended I search for the 5 min cake in a mug recipe for some instant chocolate goodness and I found it here. Calls for tablespoons of sugar, flour (specifically cake flour), cocoa powder, milk, oil […]
Still pregnant and still preparing for baby Tater's arrival
I am 37 weeks 4 days pregnant today. Things are still going as planned and all is well, I’ve just been less energetic and basically I am irritable and restless at this point. My mind is going 100 miles a minute but my body can’t keep up. I try getting out and doing stuff but […]
37 weeks: Last weekend at home before I head to the Farm…
Today we had a good quickie shopping trip before N went off to work. We stopped by Walgreens to take advantage of a few really good deals. Aquafresh Toothpaste was normally $2.29 each. With the store coupon found in their weekly circular ad they were marked down to $.99 each. We got 2 and also […]
Getting back to teaching, once Tater is born.
Life never ceases to amaze me! I am marveling at how easily some things just fall in to place in life and I am super excited that another door has opened for me. Remember how I was working with a few different colorguard/ winterguard units back in Flagstaff, AZ that we had to leave behind […]
36 Weeks and 6 days pregnancy TMI update
12:05:17 PM: Just lost some of my mucus plug, 1 cm dilated as of yesterday.12:14:27 PM: Sitting down for pancakes and bacon with N now. 1:07:57 PM: It is so exciting to know that progress is being made as far as having the baby goes. 1:09:08 PM: N and I were talking about how Tater […]
Free baby clothes explosion and some TMI pregnancy talk.
On Sunday we met a lady to pick up some free infant girl clothes that were offered up on freecycle. We have a love/ hate relationship with freecycle. Mostly because so many people are flakes about coming and picking up the stuff they claim they want. Anyway, since the budget has been so tight we […]
36 week progress, practice labor? We'll see!
5:42:00 PM: Childbirth update: Non-hurty contraction, baby fish flops and swims around, repeat contraction, repeat baby movement, repeat contraction… 6/1/2009 4:15 – tightening, no pain, eating a sandwich and sitting at kitchen table 4:46 – tightening, discomfort, no cramping or stabbing pain, sitting at kitchen table- Left front hip hurts, right lower back/ hip hurts […]
In 12 days I am outta here to wait for Tater's birth…
N and I enjoyed our second-to-last-weekend before the baby madness begins, we stayed in and relaxed. I also tried to stay off the computer and away from technology since I am about to be cut off from it for an extended amount of time while out at The Farm. It was a warm and dry […]
Another week draws to an end… Coming up on 37 weeks pregnant!
<- Look what I’ve been working on!! It is not the greatest but I needed a blog button for a new writing gig I have going on. It looks like I’ll be one of the contributing editors to Sited and Blogged sharing coupon finds and deals! I know, I’ve always got a million things going […]
Trust & Intuition Vs. Uncertainty & Lack of Experience: Childbirth and Labor
Today I am 36 weeks pregnant and things are still going great but things are also changing and happening with my body that I am noticing and (according to N) I am spending too much time worrying about. LOL. I am all about following intuition and listening to my body’s signals which is why I […]
Memorial Day Weekend Recap and Coutdown to Tater's Arrival.
N and I had a good holiday weekend. It was a three day weekend for him so we got lots done and also had a bit of fun too! Saturday we spent grocery shopping, we had lots of coupons and there were many sales so we blitzed several stores and took advantage of all the […]
Weekly Winners May 18th- 24th
Here is another Weekly Winners post, all photos were captured using my new Kodak Cd-1013 Digital Camera. This is the crappy food photo edition. Behold my first attempt at making Mac and Cheese from scratch, easy enough right? I knew something was terribly wrong when the macaroni was practically disintegrated after just a few minutes […]
Keeping busy while resting AND gathering some stuff for Tater…
Some of you might remember how I began a baby stuff contest entering spree back in March. I started it to feel like I was doing something productive in preparing for Tater’s arrival and it has helped me not go crazy. Now It’s been a few months since that began. I’ve been checking twitter regularly […]
Today I am 35 weeks pregnant, another belly shot shared.
I am eating some nut & chocolate trail mix. Just slathered more goop on the belly and was thinking I should write a 35 week pregnancy post. Still pregnant as ever, feeling more and more uncomfortable as the days pass. Am still gaining weight despite all the talk in books about how weight gain slows […]
Looking at the Gro Baby Cloth Diapers for my growing stash.
Since Tater’s arrival is nearing and we’ve almost got all our ducks in a row for labor and delivery I’ve shifted my focus back to my cloth diaper fun. Once we bring Tater home we’ll begin cloth diapering fun (if we’ve managed to acquire a few more diapers to use by then). I am not […]
Beautiful earth mama or Giant spawn incubating freak…
It is funny, when you get pregnant you find that many things you once did without thought are now much more difficult and require much more planning than before. I never thought that I would miss being able to clip my own toe nails, reach my calves to shave them or be able to sit […]