Excuse me while I take a few deep breaths.. I am still traumatized by my appointment yesterday.

It all started out innocently enough, I met the only midwife in the practice that I hadn’t seen before and she was as …

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I didn’t think I wanted to do maternity pictures, but with my due date less than a week away (yowza!) I was afraid I might regret not having any that I didn’t take of myself in the bathroom mirror. I …

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Thursday I got an unexpected call from my friend Allison. Allison was my best friend from college but we haven’t spoken in a really long time. So long in fact, that when she called and I asked her if she …

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I never posted about my 38 week appointment on Monday. Probably because it was totally uneventful..

Midwife Judy (who was the one who took care of me during my first preterm labor episode) didn’t offer me an internal and I …

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The nursery is finally …

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Wednesday Jeff called me from work. Turns out his co-workers threw him a surprise baby shower!!

So incredibly sweet and unexpected. He said he was totally embarrassed and was sweating the whole time while opening gifts. We got some really …

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It’s been a very long time since I posted a belly shot. Mostly because I can barely stand to look at myself these days, why would anyone else want to??

But in honor of the much anticipated arrival of my …

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Sunday marked an important milestone, little Jasper turned 37 weeks old and is now full term – yay!!! He’s welcome, indeed strongly ENCOURAGED to make his appearance anytime now, preferably sooner rather than later as mommy is getting very uncomfortable.…

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I have read so many ecstatic reviews by new moms on the nest about their moby baby carriers that I figured I’d better get one too!

Of course a plain solid color one won’t do, so I’m going to place …

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I have seen new moms on the nest.com refer to these sound machines as crack for babies.

If you’ve seen the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD (and if you haven’t, you need to!) Dr. Sears describes why babies are …

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