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Different

Different

(sorry this post is long and scattered – i’ve been trying to write it for over 2 weeks now…) I’ve been thinking a lot about birth order since Harper’s birth. It fascinates me that the parts of my personality that are nurtured have something to do with the order in which I was born. I [...]

Harper’s birth story

Harper’s birth story

From the start of my pregnancy, I have had a very realistic idea of a pregnancy’s length. I knew the estimated due date of Oct 26 was only an estimated date. Babies are full term at 37 weeks and can be perfectly fine in the womb until 42 weeks. Eden was born right on time [...]

Welcome to the world, Harper Lloyd!

Welcome to the world, Harper Lloyd!

Introducing Harper Lloyd Vanderkwaak, born this morning at 8:45am. He joined us, happy, healthy and calm after an amazingly fast, two hour labour and delivery. Everything went smoothly despite the speed and he was born here at home. More details along with the full “birth story” in a future post, for now here are a [...]