Well I waited to do my 24 week update until 25 weeks because today was my neurosonogram appointment. A neurosonogram is basically an ultrasound of the baby’s brain, done non-invasively. They are best done in the 2nd or 3rd trimester (earlier) for complete visualization. Mine was done abdominally and transvaginally when baby was turned to […]
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I feel like the topic of bed sharing is an ongoing topic of discussion on social media. It is mixed camps of course – some for, some against. The same issue presents in the literature. There doesn’t appear to be much of a grey area – yet when we look at statistics, many parents practice […]
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This week seemed to fly by! A lot of people say your second pregnancy goes by so fast, but to be honest I feel like it’s the same pace as with Maggie or even slower?! Probably because of everything we’ve had going on. This week we had our follow up ultrasound (4 weeks since our […]
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Missed an update last week because I wanted to wait until all my appointments for baby boy were caught up and completed before writing. My bloodwork was normal and low risk! Got the NIPT results back last Wednesday (for anyone wondering I received my results on the 8th business day after I completed the bloodwork […]
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If you follow me on Instagram, I provided a brief story update of our two appointments this week for baby boy (I am not sure I even announced that here!? But yes, it’s a boy!). I also felt like it had been awhile since I spoke pregnancy symptoms.. so here is my 20 week update! […]
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I recently had my appointment with Genetics – this is something that is recommended my maternal fetal medicine when a cleft lip (or palate) is a finding on ultrasound. It likely would also be suggested with other anomalies or ‘abnormal’ findings that are not ruled out. I had read several posts by others in the […]
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Wow guys. What a whirlwind the last week has been. Let me provide a brief background (with links to a more detailed post on pregnancy ultrasounds) below and then I will get into what turned into a very long-winded story. I apologize but I wanted to capture how I felt. In pregnancy, you generally have […]
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What is one part of my last pregnancy I did not enjoy at all? Honestly, I was very, very fortunate that I enjoyed most of my pregnancy with Maggie. I had very few “bad” symptoms, lots of energy in the second trimester, and didn’t really start to feel the “heaviness” of it all in my […]
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It works out perfectly that I can often combine my weekly pregnancy journal posts with Maggie’s Monthly updates! This past Sunday Maggie hit 19 months – it came so quickly all of a sudden I almost forgot. To be honest, 18 months felt like it was really long, which was nice because some months fly […]
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Last year for World Breastfeeding Week, I did a series of informative posts on breastfeeding. I looked at common myths, claims, and questions and provided supported answers. You can find that series here (Part 2, Part 3, Final). You can also find my personal overview of my first breastfeeding journey here (3 part series – […]
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