http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/ en-us 2003-10-31T21:20:58-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000030.html Baby Meg has had some visitors recently.... Baby brent 2003-10-31T21:20:58-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000027.html Our daughter, Margaret Delaney Neal, was born on October 23rd. Its taken a bit of time to get this post written, just due to the sheer number of things to do. She's beautiful, cute, awe-inspiring, breathtaking. Important stats for the... Baby brent 2003-10-30T14:34:47-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000026.html The baby has apparently inherited a stubborn streak from both her parents. Sarah has been in the early stages of labor all week, with contractions coming anywhere from 3-10 minutes apart. Effacement is proceeding, but slowly, and she can feel... Baby brent 2003-10-17T17:48:50-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000024.html After a week dealing with a sudden elevation in Sarah's blood pressure, she's gone into labor. While her blood pressure isn't so high as to be extremely concerning, it is too high for a home birth, so we will be... Baby brent 2003-10-13T14:52:59-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000017.html We're getting closer. Sarah is currently around 35 weeks. This means the midwives will be doing their home visit soon, checking up to make sure we have all our supplies on hand. We have sheets and cloths that have... Baby brent 2003-10-04T22:45:24-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000011.html We were driving back from a largely failed surgical strike on K-mart (No houseplants in the Garden Center!), when Sarah noticed that the baby was kicking her ribs in time with the music we were playing. The tune was an... brent 2003-08-24T21:50:16-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000010.html Wow! I can't believe I'm in the third trimester. The baby is doing great and I'm feeling about as well as can be expected for this stage of pregnancy. I'm dealing with back and leg pain and difficulty getting comfortable... sarah 2003-08-20T19:10:55-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000009.html I finally unpacked the scanner from the move last month, and scanned in the shots from the previous sonogram in May, and a followup sonogram that we had taken on the 26th of June. We were glad we decided to... brent 2003-07-10T19:37:25-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000008.html I'm finally making another entry. A lot has happened since 18 weeks. I now feel the baby move regularly. She often kicks hard enough to feel on the outside of my tummy so Brent has gotten to feel her moving... sarah 2003-07-10T18:18:21-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000007.html At our last appt on Monday, I was still measuring about 3 weeks ahead of where I should be based on the convential dating system. So the midwives wanted me to go for an ultrasound so we could definitely rule... sarah 2003-05-29T15:44:53-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000006.html Just in the last few days, my belly has taken a growth spurt and now I seem to be really and truly showing. I'm excited about Baby's growth being visible to everyone. We had another visit to the widwifery 1.5... sarah 2003-05-16T06:21:37-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000005.html I am officially in the 2nd trimester now. The part that's supposed to be the "honeymoon of pregnancy". I do have more energy although I often feel like I am moving in slow motion and my nausea only rises up... sarah 2003-05-02T13:17:07-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000004.html We decided early on to use New Dawn Midwifery, even though it is out of network for our health insurance. After this first visit, boy, are we glad we did. I really don't think a traditional obstetrics practice would have... brent 2003-04-16T14:22:43-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000003.html I'm now 10 weeks along and while I still need plenty of extra sleep, I've started to have more motivation. I'm definitely not up to my pre-pregnancy energy level yet, but I'm able to get more done. I was actually... sarah 2003-04-07T13:12:25-05:00 http://brentn.freeshell.org/neal20/archives/000002.html I'm so excited to be expecting this baby!! I wish my body felt as excited as my mind and heart do though. For the last few weeks, I've been at least mildly nauseous all day and extremely tired. I have... sarah 2003-03-31T14:29:52-05:00