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I’ve mentioned before that moving from midwifery care in Ontario to OB care in Nova Scotia was one of the hardest things I had to do during my pregnancy. Saying goodbye to my midwife on our last day in London was the only time I cried when we left, and I cried hard. She was […]

My Doula came to the rescue! The picture I so desperately wanted actually exists!

Only recently have I felt disappointed with part of the birth of my son. At the time I was so thrilled with the fact that he was healthy (and don’t get me wrong, I’m still overjoyed) that I didn’t mind that I missed out on having him put on my chest immediately after he was […]

I did some serious damage to my butt during labour. Sixteen days later, and the pain is overwhelming. I don’t remember the pain in my tailbone/butt cheeks right after the birth, probably because my va-jay-jay hurt so FUCKING much, but since the swelling and 90% of the pain has subsided in that area, I […]

THE BUILDUP
I lost my mucous plug at about 6am on September 7th. By coincidence, I had a doctor’s appointment that morning at 10am, where the doctor decided that she’d do an internal exam just to see if I was at all dilated or effaced, which I wasn’t. She estimated that I still had ten […]

2007/09/11 17:02
Well, the entire new family is home! I’m recovering well, but slowly. Ash has been feeding like a champ, which means that I don’t get enough sleep, but it’s worth it.
As Clive mentioned, my labour was 35 hours long, 22 of which I did without medication. I had a “walking epidural” which […]

2007/09/10 13:36 Gillian is still at the hospital, but here goes!
Baby Ashden Hyde Mathias was born September 9th at 10:41am after 36 hours of labour. Ash weighed in at 7lb 13oz, and measured 20 inches long. Mamma and baby are doing great!