pregnancy

They always say that every pregnancy and birth is different. That was certainly true for my sixth baby. Just when you think you have it down to a science this whole pregnancy, birth, baby thing, it get’s mixed up again. My labor started around 30 weeks, after the death of my Grandpa.  I began having…

I finally got to see my midwife this week after her long sunny vacation!  Everything looked really good and her prediction was a long, lean baby, weighing in around 7 pounds. After experiencing early labor symptoms this past Wednesday and then having labor STOP(!!!), I was more than emotionally drained.  My midwife offered up some…

This week, I thought for sure I was going to have this baby! On Sunday night and all day Monday, I felt extremely “laborish” and expected for things to kick into high gear by Tuesday morning. But by Tuesday morning, every thing had come to a complete stop. Not only that, the baby had backed…

With only a few weeks left before our baby arrives, we decided to sit down with our kids and ask them which baby names they liked and which ones were “no goes”!  We had asked all of you, our readers and viewers, for your favorite names that you thought would be a good fit for…

Week 37 was a tough one. Between not sleeping well at night and just feeling sick, the week was rough. However, due to the kindness of a neighbor and my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, my week was a bit brighter due to a delicious chocolate cream pie! Yum!!! I also finished my sweater that I was…