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We are Tanya and Nicola - happy parents of a cute Angela. But honestly our livejournal blog is a second child of Tanya ( Read more... )

I don't even know what I would tag this under.. haha ( Read more... )

Any Christmas ideas for soon-to-be first time Dads? I want to make this Christmas before baby extra special! :)

So this may be a bit random, but does anyone else have a partner that thinks feeling the baby kick is kinda gross? DH thinks its gross to feel his own heart beat if that provides any context, but I can't help but mope a second. He's fine with holding me/belly but just no kicks ( Read more... )

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So, Its not unusual for men to gain 5 to 10 pounds when their partner is pregnant. And even sympathy pains have their place. But I'd swear that he stole all my symptoms. Not that I mind, its just weird. Last night, for example, I was craving dairy. I had suggested yogurt, ice cream or cheese as a pre-bed time snack while unwinding to a Big ( Read more... )

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Hello everyone! I've been lurking here since before my son was born a year ago on the 21st (where does the time go?), and love hearing about everyone's experiences.

I'm actually writing to ask if anyone has ever had a birth in Japan. A friend of mine (a white Canadian who is does not speak much Japanese) is living near Osaka with his Japanese wife ( Read more... )

First of all i'd like to thank all of you lovely ladies who took the time to read my post and give me your opinions on how i should take my husband saying he wasn't going to be there for the labor. I really appreciated everyone's different perspective and ideas as to why he had said that. To update you, we have another conversation and i asked some ( Read more... )

So i'm a few days shy of 30 weeks pregnant and a while ago my hubby and i were discussing our plans for labor and delivery and he mentions that he might not be there during my labor because of his work schedule and he also talked like he might not be able to be at the birth depending on the time and what not and definitely won't be able to stay ( Read more... )