Hi everyone, It's been a long time... I've been extremely busy with work and Mademoiselle C, who has just turned 10 months old, is always standing up, and will be a beauty. Sorry I haven't posted in such a while. Yesterday I found out we are on for Baby Number Two! Not an accident, but a slight...

It seems to be all starting again, like it was with Mlle C. I spend last night having contractions, then a warm bath would stop all. Out of the bath, a few hours later... more contractions. This is week 37... I don't want to have another long practice until the "real" thing: I know the drill...

Depending on my "official" estimated due date, I'm either 10 days away or 3 days away. Either way, I'm at the point where I only want to end this thing, and hold my baby boy in my arms. I started having contractions - some slight, some very painful - very much apart, my ankles tend to swell in the...

I called my mother last night and asked her to come over. By the end of the afternoon, I realised a couple of things... A- I'm contracting, painfully so, although there is no regularity just yet. B- My hip, pelvic and all the bones in those areas ache like hell - no position is comfortable. C- I...

Hi, I haven't posted in a long time - taking care of an 18-months and a newborn is quite something! A question related to my little one (now 2 months old)'s organ... I was told not to touch his foreskin, just clean the outside. I followed that advice and never pulled on the foreskin. Now my...

Hi all, I took my precious time, but here are pictures of Catherine (aka Mlle C) and Guillaume... On them, she's 20 months old and he is betweek 6 and 7 weeks old. http://pages.videotron.com/izzy/ Of course, you have to tell me they're gorgeous, but I would think so anyway!

Hi, For those of you who are interested, Guillaume has just turned 5 months on the 13, and Catherine will be 2 years old on the 27. Wow. My baby has grown. Guillaume plays a lot with his toes these days, grabs whatever he can, but isn't always able to bring it in his month yet (I'm grateful for...

I seem to be encountering many problems these days... could explain my delurking (I always read, but don't always post). Well. Now. Guillaume is 5 months old. He's been eating cereals and veggies for a month now, and so far everything went fine. Until about a week ago, when he simply stopped...

I seem to be encountering many problems these days... could explain my delurking (I always read, but don't always post). Well. Now. Guillaume is 5 months old. He's been eating cereals and veggies for a month now, and so far everything went fine. Until about a week ago, when he simply stopped...

As with Mlle C, it happened again. I was moving stuff around in the kitchen (we moved in about two weeks ago), when suddenly it went "splash" all over the floor. I tried to hold it, but to no avail, and so I thought my water had broken. Since the last time they never broke on their own accord,...

Now, that was an interesting one. Micheline (my midwife) had been up helping another woman giving birth since 3 AM. By the time we got there, the lady in question was being taken for a walk in the park (it was a beautiful, warm and sunny day) with the student midwife, so Micheline had time for us....

Oh well.. I should have known. I always knew, in fact, but it doesn't change the sore feelings. You see, DH and I have decided to build a brand new house in a brand new residential development. The house will be constructed from scratch, we have chosen a very nice and large site, where we will be...

I don't really know where to start. I'm calling for help here because everyone I talked to so far either: a) have not experienced the same feelings as me; b) told me "Oh, it will pass" or "Oh, it's normal" and that doesn't help; c) suggested this pregnancy was maybe not such a good idea after...

Anyone heard from her lately? The last I read she was having contractions pretty bad...

No sugar in my blood and the glucometer gave me A-1. So far, no sign of diabetes. I've gained only 1 pound in the past four weeks, but reviewing my previous pregnancy my midwife told me not to get my hopes up too much: I had the same gain at first with Mlle C... ending up gaining a total of 40...

Today was my "routine" 20 weeks ultrasound. Everything is fine with the baby (it's a boy, btw), except for his nuchal fold, which is 7 mm. Given my age (35 at birth), the risk of my baby boy having Down syndrom is, according to the genetician at the hospital, between 3 and 5 %.With those new...

Hello, I had my 20 weeks apointment with my midwife (well, more like 21, it's 20+6). I only gained 4 pounds since mid-December, urine sample is good. The baby wiggles like crazy, the heartbeat is loud, clear and regular, and my uterus is positionned at the "standard" height. Whatever that means, I...

Hello, I know this is a silly question, and I am certain everyone will tell me "of course not", but still I wonder. I have purchased a baby sling (kangouroo style, only a long piece of cloth that you wrap around you and the baby). I saw my neighbour using that and I believed it was a beautiful...

To end this whole story about my baby boy's oversized nuchal fold measurement... Following the genetician's concerns, I submitted to an fetal echocardiogram last Thursday. The genetician had told us that even if our baby was not trisomic - and when she said that we had no clue as if he was or not...

Delurking, I really need to let some steam out. I'm alone today with my work and my kids, because our nanny has left us (while I was suffering from a gastroenteritis - which the kids didn't catch, thanks to the Great Goddess of All Mothers) on Friday afternoon. I am still trying to figure out...