Vancouver Maternity Photographer: Vairdy Photography 36 Weeks! I’m so grateful for the beautiful henna belly art by Nicole from Healing Body Art in Vancouver and the gorgeous handwoven wrap that Becky from Uppymama in Alberta sent me! I feel very blessed. Here’s the “before” photo of the henna I took the day I had it [...]

Vancouver Maternity Photographer: Vairdy Photography Lots of great things happening around here! I’m a week behind in posting these photos so I’ll update you to the 34 week mark and save the rest for next week We had an amazing weekend away on Salt Spring Island. After only 2 visits to the island we’ve decided [...]

Enjoy this informative guest post on Homeopathy for Natural Childbirth by Sonya McLeod from Little Mountain Homeopathy in Vancouver. I LOVE homeopathy and have been using it for years. It’s such a gentle, safe and natural approach, especially useful during pregnancy, childbirth and for babies and children! What is Classical Homeopathy? Classical homeopathy has been [...]

I LOVE cherry blossoms! The joys of Spring in Vancouver, BC. I’m so happy Vairdy Photography was able to capture these gorgeous shots. It was perfect timing for our biweekly photos as my favourite variety of the blossoms are in full bloom right now. Even though I’m really starting to feel the extra weight I’m [...]

A big THANK YOU to Christine Cortes for allowing me to share her beautiful Hypnobabies birth story with you! I’ve read A LOT of birth stories and this is one of my favourites! I love how she transitioned from – WHY on earth would I want to give birth naturally when epidurals are available to [...]

We’re pregnant! What a magical day! Rich and I *knew* in our hearts that we were pregnant this month but we got confirmation this morning with a POSITIVE pregnancy test! Yippee! We are beyond excited and spent the day sharing our happy news with family and friends. Technically I’m almost 4 weeks pregnant but implantation [...]

Just over a month ago I worked up the courage to announce some big news… I’ve successfully been able to heal my body and re-introduce gluten into my diet! (This is a HUGE goal that I was set on achieving before starting a family.) If you haven’t read the intro to my story yet, that’s [...]

2011 marks the start of my 4-month preconception period and I couldn’t be more excited. We are going to start trying for a baby in May!! From a very young age, I knew without a doubt, that I wanted to be a mom. I’ve been dreaming about pregnancy for years and unlike the majority of [...]

Wow, I can confidently say that 2010 was the most transformational year of my life! I’ve been taking some time over the past few weeks to reflect on the past year and set my intentions for 2011. I’m beyond excited to see what the next year has in store for us… especially since we are [...]

I’m always on the search for healthy and delicious desserts that don’t contain refined sugar and flour. Recently, I’ve been drawn to RAW desserts since they are whole food based, unrefined, unheated and don’t contain gluten or dairy. When I had the opportunity to bring in a raw food chef to teach a Raw Desserts [...]