Mar
13
I am a lactivist
Filed Under Baby Pictures, Breastfeeding, Feelings | 6 Comments
Clive thinks I’m crazy for caring, but I really hope that new moms and future moms who are reading this breastfeed. I can be difficult at the beginning, but it’s so worth it in the end. I was a a breastfeeding meeting the other day and learned that in Nova Scotia about 90% of women […]
Feb
1
Parenthood
Filed Under Daily, Feelings, The Mother | Leave a Comment
Picture this:
You and a friend of yours go into separate rooms with a piece of string each. You call him or her on a phone and try to explain to them how to tie a knot. You know how to tie it very well, but as you can imagine, trying to explain to someone exactly […]
Jan
4
Is He Actually a Baby?
Filed Under Ash's Little Personality, Feelings | 1 Comment
Sometimes I have a hard time seeing Ash as others do: a baby. I feel that he’s so excellent at communicating how he’s feeling, and I’m so tuned into him (yay for intuition strengthened by Attachment Parenting methods!) that I hardly ever have to guess at what is making him upset. I know […]
Dec
15
A Real Entry: General Update
Filed Under Breastfeeding, Clothes, Daily, Feelings | 9 Comments
Ash consumes my life! I suck at updating, and this is the most important blog that I really should be updating.
He’s going through his three month growth spurt at the moment. I feel like my boobs are in constant use. He’s also really needy, and I can hardly put him down to give myself […]
Nov
29
Eureka?
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There was no EUREKA moment for me. No pivatol moment where I instantly fell in love. I don’t even remember the first time I saw my son. I hardly even opened my eyes when he gushed out of me. I don’t remember anything specific about the first few minutes after Clive brought him to […]
Nov
19
Isoimmunization
Filed Under Daily, Feelings, Isoimmunization | 3 Comments
I feel extremely alone. I know very, very little about isoimmunization. I suffer from it, it may steal my ability to have more children, and there’s not even a wikipedia entry about it. All I know is that it’s similar to Rh Disease, in that antibodies will attack any growing child in my womb, […]
Sep
6
My Birth Plan
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Birth Plan for Gillian Hyde
Due Date: September 14, 2007
Patient of: Dr. A*******
Scheduled to deliver at some Halifax hospital.
Partner: Clive Mathias
My support people are ***** ****** (Doula) and ***** ***** (Mother) and I would like them to be present during labor and/or delivery.
Labor
• I wish to be able to move around and change position at […]
Aug
21
36w4d
Filed Under Feelings, Pregnancy Doctor's Appointments, Pregnancy Weight | 4 Comments
Checkup today went well. Finally met with a doctor that I like more. He’s a man, and the father of a girl I didn’t really enjoy in high school, but he was happy, informative and although I felt a bit rushed, it was the best appointment I’ve had since moving to NS.
[Let me just mention […]
Aug
16
FUCK the NS Health Care System
Filed Under Feelings, Pregnancy Doctor's Appointments, Pregnancy Midwife | Leave a Comment
Bah! I’m so frustrated with the doctors that I’ve met with since arriving in Nova Scotia. Their quality of care is so far under the care we received from our Ontario midwives, I can hardly believe it.
I don’t think I mentioned that when I was saying goodbye to my main midwife before we left, […]
Aug
15
Less Than a Month? Oh Lordy.
Filed Under Feelings, Pregnancy Ailments, Pregnancy Comments/Compliments, Pregnancy Weight, Status Updates | 5 Comments
At one point I found the baby’s kicks annoying. I have actually walked around my old workplace in order to get him to go to sleep so that I wouldn’t have to feel the punch-punch-kick-kick movements. I felt guilty, of course, because it’s never too early for momguilt, but sometimes I just wanted to […]