We had planned on leaving Eliza’s umbilical cord attached, and as there were no complications during delivery, we were able to carry out this plan. Eliza was born at 5:45pm, a Monday night. By Tuesday afternoon, the cord had already turned hard, dry and brittle. We cut the cord on Tuesday evening, around 5 inches […]

The first of the contractions ‘with a difference’ took place at 2:57pm on Sunday February 14th. Don’t ask what they felt like, because I’ve taken so long to write this that I can’t remember. I know they were more intense; they felt like they were gripping me more than the Braxton Hicks contractions had. Earlier […]

At 2pm today, I noticed that I was suddenly feeling energetic. I’m not sure if it was the Twix bar that I had … or maybe a chemical in the chewing gum … but either way …

Well, the winter days are getting longer … and so are my work days. Not literally, mind you – they just seem to be dragging on like nothing else. Come 2-3pm, I’m so ready for home-time! I sit at my desk, rubbing my eyes. My sore pelvis mentioned on the 29th January seemed to go […]

I was wondering if last night might have been then night, but no. It wasn’t to be. A series of contractions started at 8:50pm. The first two were at 15 minute intervals, dropping thereafter to 6 at 10-minute intervals, dropping to 10 at 6-minute intervals (give or take a few minutes). The contractions were accompanied […]

Click on the image link below to view the chart I created on the 19th January when I first started getting regular contractions. They started at 12:15pm, and finished just before 4pm. As you’ll see in the chart, there were some sporadic jumps, but overall there was a clear reduction in time between contractions. The […]

For me, using my BBT (Basal Body Temperature) to predict fertility proved hugely successful. I reasoned that BBT charting might be a solution to allow for prediction of the onset of labour. A quick Google search only turned up information about dogs! (Their BBT will drop by 2degsF in the 24 hours before labour). A more intense search […]

We were at the outdoor market this weekend and a random lady who I’ve seen working there many times in the past commented, “Oh! You must be due soon! You’re very low!! I guess if random people are noticing that she’s dropping, she really must be dropping!! 😛 They say that lightening (when the baby […]

I’ve mused many times over the last several months that I’ve paid Eliza far less attention than I had intented to. The push to get the house in a habitable state was just immense, and this meant that I was on my feet running around just about all the time I was home … and […]