Expecting

When you’re newly pregnant, shopping for clothes is a whole new experience. Jeans come with fabric panels at the belly, tops are embellished with pleats, and everything is forgivingly stretchy. And after your bundle of joy arrives, it might be difficult to find clothes that fit your new shape.

Help for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

It’s not unusual to have irregular periods. But for women having trouble conceiving, wonky menstrual cycles could be a sign of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

Prenatal Exercise in the Water - Exploring your local pool

Show me a pregnant woman who wouldn't love to feel weightless and I'll show you a new mom who wouldn't like a nap. Here are 10 reasons to exerices in the water while pregnant.

Budgeting for Baby...and what's to come

What costs $167,000, is totally dependent on you for 18 years (or longer), and may or may not show any return on your investment? According to the Canadian Council on Social Development, it's the cost of raising a child to the age of 18.

Babyproofing Your Home - One step at a time

Babyproofing a home can be a daunting task. A scan around the house might reveal window-blind cords dangling on the floor, cleaning solution on the counter, and unsecured shelving leaning against the wall&all of which could be hazardous. And those are just the obvious dangers.

When Baby Comes Home

Introducting new silbings. “Fish and visitors smell in three days,” said Benjamin Franklin, and if the visitor is a newborn baby it won’t take long for big brother or sister to figure out that this baby stinks, and it’s not going anywhere. Click here to read more.

Baby's Nontoxic Nursery

If you’re expecting a new arrival, you probably can’t wait to start converting that old guest room into baby’s new bedroom. But before you start splashing pink paint on the walls and ripping out the carpet, you may want to question how safe your new nursery décor really is. Click here to read more.


Emily's Great Expectations

Baby Headphones

By blush on 2/26/2010 12:22 PM

We live on the edge of downtown Vancouver, which has been an amazing location during the 2010 Olympic Games. A 15-minute walk gets us to any one of the many happenings around town. Although we are in the process of stabilizing a pretty great sleeping schedule with Bean (fingers crossed that it sticks), there were a few things we really wanted to experience during this once-in-a-lifetime occasion. So we pushed her schedule a bit, and took Bean out to a few different events.

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New "Great Expectations" blogger coming soon!

By blush on 1/20/2010 2:14 PM

New "Great Expectations" blogger coming soon!

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Congratulations Emily!

By blush on 12/14/2009 12:42 PM

Dear readers,

Emily has given birth to a happy, healthy little girl! Congratulations Emily!

It’s a big change for Emily and her family, so Emily has decided to take time for her new bundle of joy and give up on posting to our blog.

We wish Emily and her family the very best!

- the blush team

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Week 39 – Nothin’

By blush on 12/8/2009 2:56 PM

Well, well, well. 39 weeks. That’s a lot of weeks and it has FLOWN by. I really can’t believe that she’s due to arrive in a week. As a friend pointed out, they’re now selling milk with expiry dates after she’ll be born. That’s just crazy!

So what to say about 39 weeks? I’m getting grumpy, I’m not feeling overly social (although I do feel better when I actually do leave the house), my pelvis feels like it is being torn in two, my feet are the size of an elephant’s, and although the urge to bake continues, the urge to clean does not and my house is embarrassingly messy. (I need to clean it because the midwife is going to come here for some of the time I labour at home, and I will die of embarrassment if she sees it like this).

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