MaternityShare

a blog about pregnancy, birth and motherhood

 

Getting Ready For Birth and Dealing With Fear May 30, 2008

Filed under: healh — Tags: , , , , — Christine @ 4:27 pm —
  • Today I continue my doula search. I find my feet dragging every time I mean to research, call, and interview doulas. I am afraid. I don’t know if I will find the right person to be my doula (I really need to feel comfortable with my doula). Will I ask the right questions?
    I am afraid [...]

     
     

    Kid Yogi

    Filed under: healh — Tags: , — Christine @ 1:30 pm —
  • I read a little article on Common Ground Magazine’s website today about kid yogis that had picture of an adorable and serene looking baby sitting in the lotus position with hands at the heart. When I practice this pose I feel relaxed and I “come back into myself”. I am often “go-go-go” if even just [...]

     
     

    Baby Super ‘Stine May 29, 2008

    Filed under: art — Tags: , — Christine @ 12:16 pm —
  • My Mom sent me this baby picture of me yesterday. I am running around in my dad’s shirt and looking very pleased about it.
    I am attempting to restore this picture in Photoshop but have come across some difficulty with the biggest flaw that runs across my noggin. Once I am done I will post my [...]

     
     

    What Is It? May 28, 2008

    Filed under: maternityshare — Christine @ 11:34 am —
  • I saw this picture on the I Can Has Cheezburger site, thought is was oddly cute and sent it to my mom. She agrees upon its cute-ness and asked me what kind of animal I thought it was. I don’t know. I just call it “cute” and that’s good enough for me.
    The JPEG is called [...]

     
     

    Create A Photo Wall May 27, 2008

    Filed under: art — Tags: , — Christine @ 11:24 pm —
  • We have this long, quite nice, concrete wall that spans our hallway that we wanted to adorn. We don’t have the means to put pins or nails in the concrete but we did notice some points in the wall that we could run some string on and create a place where we could display a [...]

     
     

    netflix instant player May 26, 2008

    Filed under: maternityshare — Tags: — Christine @ 11:33 am —
  • We just ordered the Netflix Instant player by Roku. It is an add-on service to our Netflix account that is included in the package we have set up already (the one where they send you DVDs in the mail). You do have to buy a box for $99 that enables you to choose from a [...]

     
     

    entertainment quest. Destination: Vimeo May 24, 2008

    Filed under: maternityshare — Tags: , , — Christine @ 1:12 pm —
  • As part of my never ending quest for entertainment and spirit lifters, the last two days I have been searching and watching a lot of dance videos on YouTube. My search has been centered around ethnic dance as well as looking for videos posted of last week’s Tribal Fest 2008 performances since I was unable [...]

     
     

    Happy Birthday Nicole! May 22, 2008

    Filed under: dance, maternityshare — Tags: — Christine @ 11:57 pm —
  • Today is my dear friend Nicole’s birthday. So dedicated to dancing is she that she is spending her birthday evening dancing at a gig. She is a beautiful dancer who I have the the pleasure of dancing with for many years when I lived in Portland. We have performed together quite a bit. (I looked [...]