Dear Dexter,

Having been to the doctor and monitoring your progress closely, we now know that you’re measuring a bit small, but we’re still on for a mid-February delivery. That’s less than three weeks away.

Your grandmommy is going to be here in less than a week. She loves you so much that she’s flying (something she NEVER does), all alone, across ( Read more... )

I’ve spoken before about my drive to understand social networking and get more out of this blog. It would be super lovely to actually be able to make money from my online obsession, despite not really knowing how to start. Once this baby comes, I’m a full-time mother, which sadly doesn’t give me a paycheque.

So I’ve been reading up a lot on ways to ( Read more... )

Just because I thought it would be a laugh, I went to MorphThing.com and put pictures of me and Mark up to decide whether or not our future son will be as cute as I hope.

The result makes me wonder…

Though pretty cute, the obvious femininity DOES worry me slightly…


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I guess one of the reasons I started this blog is to connect with other women (and men!) who are comfortable sharing their experiences of pregnancy and/or mother/fatherhood. I’ve spent a lot of time using various “social networks” to try and reach out to other folks so that once baby comes, I’ll have a sort of circle of friends to reach out to.

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Preparing for the birth process is a tough thing for anyone. I should say “preparing for the MOTHERHOOD process…”

Knowing that every decision about my son’s health and wellness will be made by Mark and me until such time as the little man will be old enough to make his own choices is a dreadfully scary thing. I’m going to be RESPONSIBLE for someone ( Read more... )

It’s after midnight, and I just had to post. Today I am considered full term! I was amazed to log in to my Pregnancy Forum and discover that after MONTHS of slow movement, my ticker has now reached its FINAL box!


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I had made plans to meet this guy at my local Wetherspoons. Of course he was going to come to me. It would be silly for me to have gone to him, given that I was a young(ish) woman with no real powers of self-defense should he turn out to be a nutter. So we’d arranged to have lunch or a drink (depending, I suppose, on whether we each turned out to ( Read more... )

Trying to get last minute preparations done for that baby’s arrival. I’m not due for another 4 weeks and 5 days, but with the health concerns, midwife advice and the constant contractions, I’m starting to feel like I NEED to be prepared for an early arrival.

Mark and I have been working hard to get the nursery finished. Poor him is in charge of ( Read more... )

It’s 3:30 AM and I can’t get any sleep. Tried to go to bed just past 11, but what with boyfriend’s snoring, restless legs, energetic baby and general emotional turmoil, I couldn’t shut down.

Earlier in the evening, we’d had over some friends for dinner, but the evening didn’t go particularly well. I have been having a lot of snaps lately, and ( Read more... )

Dear Dexter,

Lately, you have been making your presence known to your father and me, and it is the most magical of experiences every time you do. Not only can we see evidence of your strength and virility, but I feel you inside of me, proving that you are going to be a vivacious and loving little boy, full of a power and grace I can take no credit ( Read more... )