This time last year, I lay in bed worrying. Worrying all night long. We escaped the city and went to the farm where I could be pregnant and worry in peace by the fire place. We had skipped the 13 week genetic testing ultrasound and had been so laid back about things that we didn’t […]
Introducing baby Robin and a Once in a Blue Moon Home Birth Story
Baby Robin made his appearance late Friday night. He was born on his due date under a gorgeous blue moon. Here’s a quick run down of his labour day and birth. After days of prodromal labour and very frustrating contractions, things couldn’t have gone smoother. I am currently a little fixated on the difference between […]
Some Family Portraits {before I forget and start sharing baby pictures}
Recently my parents visited us a the farm and we thought we’d take advantage of the second camera and my photographer mother and try to document this pregnancy as it’s quickly coming to an end. The light was perfect and the abandoned faulty haystack had been calling me for days. The overtired toddler, uncooperative dog, […]
Wordless Wednesday: Watch Out! Pregnant Lady with Power Tools Coming Through.
There’s a review coming on our new friend, the Mantis tiller but I know everyone really wants to see this. For my neighbours who thought weed whacking while pregnant was worth gawking at, here’s what pregnant tilling with a gas powered Mantis tiller looks like. Ta da! New beds in the old cow pastures for […]