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My Birthing Room
I have chosen to birth in the mezzanine of our house. The mezzanine is the cozy carpeted 1/2-story floor above the kitchen. It has its own staircase, boasts 100+ year old exposed timber, features a balcony-type opening looking into the kitchen’s vaulted ceiling, and (best of all for this purpose) has plumbing. When we bought the […]
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Dear Eliza
In two weeks, any fears about you being born too early will be removed. I felt a couple months ago that you were spiritually/mentally ready to be born, and that we were both just waiting on your body to catch up. I’ve kept telling you that it wasn’t time, but soon we will dance the […]
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“Insisting on the hard way”
One of our neighbours stopped by the other day to ask if there was anything that we were needing in advance of Eliza’s arrival. My reply was as it has been to the many other people who have asked: We don’t really need anything – We’ve been really fortunate in that people have given us […]
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Electric Shock in week 30
I’m hesitant to write about this, because I’m rather stressed about the whole thing, and feel kinda stupid … but there’s next to nothing out there on the internet providing case studies of pregnant women who have experienced electric shocks while pregnant, and the outcomes of the same. The case studies from the 80’s/90’s talk […]
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Introducing Mr. Hicks
Since last week (week 29) I’ve been regularly noticing Braxton Hicks contractions. I think I felt the first one back in week 27, but they’re fairly regular and very noticeable now. They’re painless, and for me can best be described as the tight abdominal feeling you’d get if you were to push your stomach out […]
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Sickness
I was honoured to attend Maria’s homebirthing bright and early on Sunday morning 8th November. It was everything I thought it would be. It was everything I would want mine to be.
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Weekly update
It’s been a while since I posted a weekly update. Since the ultrasound in week 19, it’s been very difficult to gauge Eliza’s size. On some of her measurements, she came in a couple weeks ahead of what her age really was, and in the end, they averaged her lengths at being more like a foetus […]
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The aches and pains
Ok – I’m over exaggerating things, but even so… what have I noticed?
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Labour-inducing pressure points
I found reference to these pressure points on a variety of websites. All listings came with a warning NOT to use prior to being at full-term, as they are known to start/encourage labour.
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Umbilical cord clamping, breast feeding and Jaundice
One of the first arguments I found AGAINST the practice of waiting before the umbilical cord is cut, or even leaving the cord attached to the placenta until it dries up and falls off of its own accord (as is the practise in the ‘lotus’ birthing method), is that prolonged attachment can lead to increased […]
