Jul
30
Nova Scotia!
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We made it safe and sound to Nova Scotia after two full days (12 hours+ each day) of driving. We weren’t involved in any accidents, the cargo unit strapped to our car’s roof behaved as it should have, and we weren’t pulled over for speeding. We only got “lost” a couple of times, and were […]
Jul
29
Your Pregnancy: 33 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds and has passed the 17-inch mark. He’s rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren’t fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to […]
Jul
23
32 Week Portraits
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This weekend Clive and I took a four-day vacation to Northern-ish Ontario. He caught fish. I didn’t. Instead, I took off my shirt and posed for some 32-week portraits.
Jul
23
Your Pregnancy: 32 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: By now, your baby is just shy of 4 pounds and is nearly 17 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You’re gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she’ll gain a third to half of […]
Jul
19
Heartbeat Video, Again
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Midwife appointment yesterday. The baby flipped back to where he’s supposed to lay sometime in the middle of the night after nearly two full weeks of him being breech! I was told he’s a good size, and his heartbeat is very strong (130s when he’s still, 140s when he’s moving- you get to hear it […]
Jul
16
Prenatal Classes
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Clive and I attended prenatal classes this weekend (Saturday and Sunday, 9-4). I really liked the classes, even though I don’t think I learned anything new (other than some surprising local statistics about induction, c-sections, episiotomies etc), it was nice to go there and know that Clive was learning a lot of the things I’ve […]
Jul
13
Your Pregnancy: 31 Weeks
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How your baby’s growing: This week, your baby measures about 16 inches long. He weighs a little over 3 pounds and is heading into a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He’s […]
Jul
12
The Rumble in my Tummy
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Jul
11
On Having a Boy
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I have no idea what to do with foreskin.
Because circumcision isn’t even close to an option for me (us), I’ve been thinking about the “reasoning” behind people who don’t have strong Jewish traditions still circumcising their newborns. “It’s cleaner” is the biggest one, with “We want he and his father to match” and […]
Jul
9
My Poor Baby
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If my kid has a strong hatred for the dentist, I’ll know it was my fault for exposing him to the sound of drills in utereo. He’s never moved around so much for so long before. I’ve ruined him!