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My Birth Story – Part 2 A Natural VBAC Birth At 37 Weeks
My second daughter Glorianne was born one month ago. Today I’m sharing my birth story where I had a natural VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section) at 37 weeks in the hospital. I shared about my frustrating week-long labour in PART 1. Here is my VBAC experience. Labour Pains The morphine and gravol shot gave me four sweet hours of sleep. I think it was the best 4 hours of sleep I had gotten all week. But I woke up at 3 am with another urge to pee. Then the contractions hit me like a tidal wave and made me double-over with pain. I crawled back into bed and cried –…
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Best Advice For New Parents
New parents need all the advice they can get. In this frantic season of life, it’s difficult to know what is important and how to navigate all the new challenges you face. I’ve been there. So, I recently asked a group of experienced parents the best advice they would give to new parents. I took the nuggets of gold that resonated with my experience as a new parent and compiled them below. Here’s the resulting list of best advice for new parents: 1. Trust your gut instinct I think the biggest struggle as a new parent is lack of affirmation. It’s hard to know if what you’re doing is “right”.…
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My Birth Story – Part 1 My Week Long Labour
My second daughter Glorianne was born at 37 (+4) weeks and weighed a tiny 5lb 2oz. I had a natural VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section) in the hospital. Today I want to share Part 1 of Glorianne’s birth story – my week-long labour process. The Scare I’d been extremely thankful that my pregnancy had been smooth and uneventful this second time around. But at 36+3 weeks, I woke up in the middle of the night and found my pad soaked with dark red blood. As I sat on the toilet, more blood gushed out. I panicked. I called my hubby awake. I was frozen with fear. Thoughts rushed in my…
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Fun Activities For Dads and Their Toddlers
Looking for a long list of activities for dads and their toddlers? I recently went on paternity leave as Eunice and I welcomed our second child into the world. As a result, I’m super excited to have all this free time on my hands to spend with all my princesses this summer. However, sometimes it’s difficult to know what sort of fun activities dads should do with their toddlers. Can you relate? I’m sure you know that a bored toddler is a fussy and difficult toddler, so it’s good to have an assorted list up your sleeve. These activities don’t need to be complex; they don’t need to take a…
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20 Things That Make Me Cry As A Toddler Mom
Motherhood takes you through a whirlwind of emotion. It pulls your heart like nothing else. Happy tears, angry tears, and sad tears – you’ll cry them all. This post is a light-hearted, just-for-fun, laugh-with-me, face-palm-with-me, feel-with-me kind of post. If you’re a mama, I’m sure you can relate. Take a peek at some of the heart-warming moments, ridiculous moments and heartbreaking moments of my day that’ll make me shed a tear or two. Here are 20 things that make me cry as a toddler mom. 1. When my toddler pees in the newly filled bathtub I wonder if it has something to do with the running faucet. My toddler has…
