Yes, there are finally some photos of Agatha's first month and a bit up. There are also a few new ones of Moira and some sister shots too.

Sorry my blogging has been lacking, but I'll try and catch up soon!

She's here! Moira's baby sister Agatha arrived at 4:39pm on Saturday, March 13th.

I'll post more details later, but for now you can see photos here:
http://www.eclecticmind.ca/mediagallery/album.php?aid=341&page=1

scheduling peril that is. While I've been eager to go into labour, now I'm starting to want it to hold off a little...
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My due date was 4 days ago on Thursday, March 4th... still waiting on baby.
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Moira has discovered The Muppets! Her love of Sesame Street continues and has spilled over into Muppet love as well. Her favourites so far are Animal (she will get up on the Rock Band stool and bang away at the drums saying "Animal!" and "Louder!") and Miss Piggy, though Kermit is also recognized and appreciated (especially when singing).

If you haven't already seen them, check out the newer clips on YouTube that The Muppets Studio has been putting up. Many of them are great, though I particularly enjoyed the Bohemian Rhapsody one.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MuppetsStudio

Well, today I'm actually 38 weeks and 2 days. With Moira, I was 38 weeks and 6 days when I had the c-section.

Right now I'm feeling very heavy, often nauseous, and have a muscle strain in my upper belly that is very annoying. I get tired and achy very easily. This week I'll probably stay home with Moira for the most part. I've gotten the majority of the errands I wanted done completed. I will take her to our regular Early Years session though, and maybe a play date if the arrangements come together. Otherwise, I'm taking it easy.

I'm pretty much ready to go anytime now, but have no idea where my body is at. The last midwife appt was straight forward, baby still being head down and such. Moira and Darcy weren't there though. Moira was sick with a cold and we didn't want her spreading her germs around the little babies at the clinic. My next midwife appt is on Tuesday, when they'll check my cervix and see how things look. They may be able to do some things to help spur labour on as, being that I'm trying for VBAC, I shouldn't go past my due date if possible.

Still, no itch! When I was pregnant with Moira I endured the dreaded PUPPPS. No sign of the rash this time, thankfully.

Yay - I'm technically full term. Unfortunately, my due date is still three weeks away. I'm good to go anytime though.

My primary midwife and the student assisting her visited the house on Monday for our at home visit. Moira watched Elmo most of the time, but got giggly and interactive towards the end. We mainly discussed what to expect at the hospital and such once I went into labour and so forth. Baby still appears to be head down. I will have to wear a fetal monitor at the hospital because it's a VBAC, though no interventions will be needed unless there's fetal distress or they think I'm in distress (then it's a c-section). The other thing of note is that, should I get an epidural, there will be a transfer of care to an OB. The midwives would still be there, but an OB would need to be involved and be in charge.

Here's hoping all goes well (and soon)!

These are neat videos that I found on youtube by Ben Goldacre. One is about Homeopathy, the other about the placebo effect. They aren't long, but they are very interesting.

I've been taking prenatal yoga classes for a few weeks. I'm going to the same instructor as I did when I was pregnant with Moira, but she's got her own studio now. Part of her classes include guest speakers and so far I've been unimpressed by 2 of 3 of them.
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Moira has had some food difficulties as she moves away from eating baby specific foods, mostly having to do with texture and vegetables...
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