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Thanks to a comment on this post I am now just a tad BPA paranoid. After Wendy’s comment I checked out the type of plastic on the yummy fruit bowls and was sad to find that they were a number 7 plastic. She has a good point about recycling that type of plastic. Also, number 7 plastic is the plastic to avoid because of BPA.

I was reminded of this when I got my Seventh Generation email newsletter that featured this article: My Body Burden, Part 2: BPA

When N came home that night I shared the article with him and we went and checked all the plastic in our kitchen. We are purging all number 7 plastics and any plastic that is not numbered. This unfortunately includes my favorite water bottle. We are also going to be looking out for what kinds of preserved foods we buy.

We were bummed to find out that canned foods and beverages also can contain BPA due to the lining material of many cans. Then I leaned that BPA can and does pass through breast milk to babies so now I am super paranoid about my own BPA exposure.

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We had some playtime upon arriving at the cabin. We figured letting Everly stretch out on the bed would be a nice change from being cramped in the carseat all day. E had fun playing as you can see in the above photos.

We learned that an increase in humidity impacts a baby’s bottom. Poor Everly got kind of rashy while we were in Tennessee so we put a potty pad (left over from the birth kit) under her and let her go naked for a bit. She liked being free but was also startling much more without clothes on. The fresh air and sunlight did help with the rash though.

The checkup went well and Pamela was very excited to spend time with Everly as you can see. You can read more about how the checkup went in this post.

We had a great time on our trip, it was a time for us to reflect on Everly’s birth and we also made some good memories while we were there.

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Today I’ve discovered a benefit to having a round pregnant belly that sits just below your boobs. It makes wearing strapless bras a breeze!

I mean seriously, before pregnancy when I would wear a strapless bra I would be wrestling with the girls and constantly pulling the bra back up. Didn’t matter if I was wearing a cheapo Hanes bra or an expensive Victoria’s Secret beauty… My strapless bras would never stay put under my boobs. Major pain in the ass folks!

When ever a strapless bra was needed this mean boob wrangling was in order the entire day. Reach in, pull the bra back up under your boobs. Reposition the girls so they look perky and so on…

Well today while testing out a new, summer maternity top I grabbed a strapless bra from the drawer. Sure it was one I wore before my boobs grew 1 cup size so the girls were oozing out all over the top of the bra but it was doable for a short jaunt out to the chiropractor and such. I mean nipples were covered so that was the main thing right?

So I strapped the girls in to the bra and got all dressed. Hours later, we are talking 6 hours to be exact, I’ve realized that the bra has not shifted and I’ve not had to reposition the girls once!

Now clearly my bra has stayed in place only because I am carrying Tater so darn high. I mean the girls are always sitting right on the top of my belly so how could a strapless bra possibly move beyond the canyon created by my boobs and belly? See said canyon below:

Oh and the chiropractor was all chatting us up about the pregnancy and the boob growth today. Do you think it is because I’ve got porn star boobs these days? Now that I’ve snapped a photo of myself I am like, wow. Those look a bit full and pushed up now don’t they? Great, N let me go out looking like a cheap pregnant hooker. Nice!

And if you haven’t had enough TMI for today you might consider reading this post from His Boys Can Swim that was posted yesterday, I did. Remember how I was pondering grooming the lady parts when you can no longer see them past your pregnant belly? Yep, you can read about his funny experience the post! It truly is a milestone for pregnant ladies that nobody really talks about.

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Wanted to take some time to give you the weeks highlights… For starters, we found Boner in Maybelle’s section of the rabbit cage earlier this week. Boner + Maybelle = little rabbit babies= craptastic!

Somehow he managed to dislodge the wire cage separator that is his floor and he squeezed down there to “hug” and cuddle with her. Now we are watching for rabbit pregnancy signs and Boner has been migrated to his own homemade rabbit hutch.

She is surely pregnant since female bunnies “release an egg after being exposed to the male” unlike a human woman’s ovulation cycle. Additionally she may even be carrying multiple litters since they were together for so long and we didn’t know about it.

Looks like she’ll have those babies in about 30-34 days if she is indeed pregnant and we can expect anywhere from 1-16 babies depending on her actual breed and size (which we aren’t sure about) and we’ll have to keep each of those babies separate from each other (since sexing young bunnies is difficult) shortly after birth to avoid more unwanted pregnancies. They can start to breed as early as 12 week old! Like I said, super craptastic huh?

Our Eureka Altima Vacuum (that we got a little over a year ago) melted itself this week rendering it completely useless now. We’ve contacted Eureka about the apparent product defect and are awaiting a response. We may have to buy a new vacuum soon…

The packing and home hunting madness has begun! Still have not heard from the mortgage people about our application but we are looking at both rentals and possible purchases right now to cover all bases.

Next month is my birthday and we are celebrating by taking another trip to Tennessee to see our midwife, Pamela, at The Farm. I am so obviously pregnant now and can’t really believe I could deliver Tater in as little as 18 weeks. I’ve got some major tailbone pain and also some major pelvic pressure from my growing bump, other than the growing pains I feel good.

Oh, if you are interested in reading more about home birth stuff let me know, I just read two really great articles in Mothering magazine that I scanned and can email you if you want!

Tater is still as active as usual, I even got a cool video of my belly jiggling around as a result of her kicks and punches for the sake of memories, fun!

Our bedding set for Tater just shipped so we are anxiously waiting for it to arrive via UPS and can’t wait to see it! We got our wishlists updated for everyone who has been hounding us (see the links on the side bar of this page under the baby widget), now we just really need to get busy with moving before she comes!

Oh and nope, we still have no name ideas.

We are looking at more rental and contract purchase homes this weekend in addition to doing our grocery shopping and Wii Playing, we also plan to pack, clean and organize like crazy!

What does your weekend have in store?

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