29 weeks: Queso goes to the North Shore
This post coming to you from family vacation. Can I just say a family vacation is a lot harder when you’re rotund with child? Whew. Plus, I’m trying to eat better on this trip because I’m really...
View Article30 weeks: I trained the toddler to give me foot rubs
This is 30 weeks: It’s the kid offering to rub your feet and then feeling like “Seriously Mom, stop with the photo documenting.” For real, 30 weeks is amazing and incredible and holy mother it hurts to...
View Article31 Weeks: Chugging along. Not sleeping. Still peeing.
I can’t tell if weekly doctor visits makes time go faster or slower. I officially start NSTs next week at 32 weeks, but once again, Queso passed her BPP quickly and looks great. We’ll measure her next...
View Article32 weeks: No More Breech Baby
Ah, friends. I love being pregnant. Really, I do. I love the baby kicks. I love watching my entire stomach bounce around wildly in the evening. I love seeing her little face on US every week because it...
View Article33 weeks: Nesting. Oh, the nesting!
Though I think I’ve been nesting for awhile now. This week was when I really felt the urge to Get All The Things Done. I got a bunch of baby clothes from two different sweet mamas and have been washing...
View Article34 weeks: Preeclampsia
I went radio silent on this blog for a few weeks, didn’t I? I’m OK. I’m good. But we have a lot to talk about. So grab some coffee (or wine, no one’s judging here), sit down and get comfortable, and...
View Article34w5d: I get a cervical dilation
I have to rely on my husband’s much better memory and the text messages back and forth with my doula, Aileen, to get this all down. I tried keeping some notes, but didn’t really do much with them. My...
View ArticleI interrupt this birth story to introduce…
Emelia Jane Kerslake Born 10/6 at 4:14 am at 35w1d, 19 inches and 5 pounds 15 oz of badassery. Her birth story was wild. One I want to get down in detail, because some of it I don’t believe myself. The...
View ArticleEmelia’s birth story: Part 1
Catch up on these posts here first if you missed any part of the birth story: 34 Weeks: Preeclampsia 34w5d: I get a cervical dilation Introducing… Emelia’s birth story was the wildest, most...
View ArticleEmelia’s birth story: Part 2
Catch up on these posts here first if you missed any part of the birth story: 34 Weeks: Preeclampsia 34w5d: I get a cervical dilation Introducing… Emelia’s birth story: Part 2 OK, so where did I leave...
View Article