At my appointment, my secondary midwife (Jen) discovered that my cervix was 5cm dilated and the amniotic sac was bulging, although I wasn’t in labour. My blood pressure was a bit higher than it had been through my pregnancy and I also had some protein in my urine – signs that my body was “getting ready”.

Since this is my third child, I feel that I’m somewhat of an expert on determining when a pregnancy is almost over: Your shirts no longer cover your belly Your pants and underwear no longer fit Your husband starts to help out around the house (well… sort of) You feed your family dinner from a…

I’m not much of a dreamer… Well I day-dream, but I don’t dream at night. If I do dream I don’t generally remember it. But last night was different. I had an incredibly vivid dream where I SAW our baby! I swear – it was her! We don’t even know what we’re having – but…