Crossing my fingers this is LABOUR!!!

Hi friends!

Ok, so tonight/tomorrow may be the day... I think I be experiencing the beginnings of labour.  My mom came over to keep me company today. We went out for lunch, where I started feeling kinda woozy, crampy, pressure and heavy.  We went into a few stores after lunch and I felt some funniness happening. I was a little worried that my water would break, and my mom just said "wouldn't that be a great story to tell!". I kept telling her I wanted to get going and she kept distracting me. By the time she dropped me off a few minutes ago I was feeling a bit worse.  I'm pretty sure I'm having light contractions, but haven't timed them.

I'm crossing my fingers that labour is near!!! So excited!! can't wait to meet our little lady!

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I saw these geometric puzzles on Oh Dee Doh.

cat stevens + red raspberry leaf tea + danish wolf pillow

Hi friends!

No baby yet.  Last night I felt nauseated and just downright cranky. All through the night I was feeling really crampy, drifting in and out of sleep, wondering if I was having contractions.  I genuinely thought I would be in labour today, but no such luck.  I do, however, feel all weird and heavy, so maybe tonight will be the night.  After I finish this post I'm going to make sure everything is all set in our room for the home birth, and then make a batch of peach muffins, drink a ton of red raspberry-leaf tea and rock out to some Cat Stevens:

Oh yeah, and check out these awesome pillows by Danish design shop By Nord.

2 days overdue + Ben Cuevas knitting in the buff

Hello friends,

I'm 2 days past my due date and we're still waiting!  The bebe seems extremely comfortable and happy in my belly, except for her excessive hiccuping.  It's just after 8am and I'm feeling great.  Last night I was feeling SO crampy, heavy and uncomfortable.  In fact, every other night for the past two weeks I've been feeling increasingly miserable, thinking that I the bebe has to be coming soon. Then I go to bed and sleep like a dream and wake up feeling great.  I'm almost wishing I would have worked up until I have the baby because now I've already burned through two weeks of my maternity leave.  

My mind is so hazy that the days are just floating by.  I still can't believe there is a little person inside me and I have no idea what she looks like or what her mini personality will be like.  ARGHH!!! The anticipation is driving me nuts!  

My midwife visited yesterday. She is so lovely and makes me feel so relaxed.  She said the baby is doing great and that all the miserableness my body is feeling is my body working to prepare for labour. In fact, the baby's head is so low that she anticipates that my labour may be a bit shorter.

Off for my daily waddle around the neighbourhood....

But before I sign off, I want to share some work from the fibre artist Ben Cuevas.

Works in Progress Part III: The Genitosexual

Works in Progress Part V: Thyroid Etc.

Works in Progress Part I: Intestines

Jock Strap (a work in progress)

The artist, Ben Cueva, knitting in the buff. He is knitting this jock strap:

(more images of him knitting are on his website)

bye for now!!!