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Can It Be All So Simple?

http://youtu.be/7m148vZDwJA Swaddling. It seems simple enough as demonstrated: http://youtu.be/W4SnaQ1DVJM We watched this video last night to mixed reaction. For the record, we didn't have a problem with the video itself or the technique. The issue I had mainly, was seeing the newborn. So tiny! So precious! A widdle baybee! http://youtu.be/uvqJ1mTkEuY In a few months, I'm going to have one of those. Eek! I don't know how to handle something so small! The smallest thing
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I’m Lovin’ It – Yoda at Week 25*

Truth to be told, I'm technically speaking in the third trimester already. Yoda's body is measuring a whopping two weeks ahead and his head is a month ahead. A whole month? You know that means? That means big-ass baby. But both of my doctors are going by LMP, so we're sticking to that. Let's check in to see how he's doing. According to babygaga.com: Your little grower’s physical proportions are pretty much
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I’m Lovin’ It: Yoda at Week 24*

You know what day it is? Viability! Woo-hoo! This is a huge, HUGE milestone! Let's check in on Yoda Bear: According to babygaga.com: It's another week full of exciting developments for your magical growing baby! Just take a look at the checklist for this week: 1) ears: done; 2) fingernails: done; 3) (if you have a boy) testicles: taking their 3-4 day trip from the abdominal wall to the scrotum; and 4)
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Future Baby Mama

It's Hump Day Bump Day! Wanna see what I look like now? Let's gooooooooooooo!   I started tagging my photos for fear of trolls. I don't think anyone would do that since I'm also well-known in other areas of the web. Still, the prevalence of Catfish and the like, I have to be a bit cautious. No weight gain at all! Remember when I said my weight gain has been less than
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I’m Lovin’ It – Yoda at Week 22*

http://youtu.be/-IHcp8Pl_X4 There's an asterisk because I'm officially measuring eight days ahead (23w1d). However, I'll keep the gestation weeks based on LMP (Last Menstrual Period). According to babygaga.com: Congratulations! You’re now housing a human who weighs nearly a pound and measures nearly a foot in length! Your wee babe's perfect little pancreas (a super-duper organ that produces hormones and aids in digestion) is now making its own hormones for your baby's body and brain! If
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My Sacrifice

http://youtu.be/O-fyNgHdmLI "Keep up the good work. I know you had to sacrifice a lot for this pregnancy." Those were the words my OB told me yesterday. I met one really crucial milestone and that was surpassing the gestation where I lost Ethan. Yoda is measuring ahead and it's just a huge relief. I haven't really put a lot of thought about this pregnancy and everything I'm sacrificing until he made that
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I’m Lovin’ It – Yoda at Week 19

http://youtu.be/-IHcp8Pl_X4 Although I'm measuring ahead, this week marks 19 weeks of pregnancy. Let's see how Yoda is doing this week: According to babygaga.com: Your favorite womb-hijacker is suddenly huge, at 10 inches in length! Pick your jaw off the floor mama. Yes, your wee baby IS bigger this week, but only because we're now able to measure their little legs which have straightened out enough to be measured accurately. Just in case the random
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I’m Lovin’ It – Yoda at Week 18

I apologize for slacking lately on the updates. Bed rest is making me very tired. Can you believe that? I'm more tired by laying in bed all day! Enough about me, let's check on Yoda's progress: According to babygaga.com: WOOHOO! We have two more ounces of amazing baby this week! Your super-cute uterus hi-jacker is smack in the middle of a growth spurt! Oh and guess what? They're also all slathered in a greasy,