veggies for the vegetarian...

and future vegetarian.

JP is the master of making salads and this is his variation for 2007. his passion is to make it look so good and yummy!
lucky me!

@ a french sidenote @

Pregnant is «enceinte» in French. As a noun («une enceinte»), it roughly means a fence or a fortification surrounding a building and, strangely, a set of hi-fi loudspeakers. I love French language for such eccentricities.

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i just got this tidbit of info from my friend, françois in paris and thought it was so neat - so i share. :)

april 24 : foraldrargrupp

greetings blog visitors!

today was our first 'new parent group' meeting at nykoping hospital. there are 5 meetings total that go till the end of may...we'll see if swindubaby makes it thru it all...considering due date is june 5th...but i feel he (my instinct) will arrive sooner.

inger andersson was our very 'peppy' midwife leader. a very well experienced, classy lady who was about 67 and worked there on a need basis as she is semi-retired but loves what she does and comes in for such classes to keep active.

four couples, we were probably the oldest and the youngest gal at 23. due dates were june 5, 7 (two) and 11.

this group is a free service and not mandatory...but of course great info for people like us that are so new to this world of baby! we will cover all aspects of the birth, hospital ward, care of baby after we are home and will meet again about 4 weeks after the birth of our respective babies...just to see how everyone is.

once the baby is born, nobody except the father is allowed in the room - a precaution for risk of infections - if i want to see anyone i have to go out to their meeting area and visitors are only allowed 17:00-19:00. i can stay as long as i need to - to feel comfortable - need to pay a fee of 200kr ($30) /day-night stay

i was decent with my swedish and understand quite a bit. we did an intro round and when i mentioned i was from california, everyone just sighed...they just don't understand why anyone would leave california, for here! they have their fantasies.

today we did a general overview, moms got to chat together, dads got to chat together and we watched a calm breathing exercises dvd.

we meet again in 2 weeks..just near mamini turning 34. wow.

april 18 : 33 weeks

met with gertrude, the lively barnmorska for my 2nd checkup in april.
all is well in swindubaby land. i will see my normal barnmorska, ingrid again
the day after i grow old ;)

friends of swindubaby

new arrivals to the world and babies of my best friends : keri & christy. from berkely, calif. to gilbert, az to nykoping, sweden...year of the piglets unite!!!

my view from the top

31 weeks : a visual representation

its amazing, how much i can feel the difference in size from week to week. i feel like its more active growth after about 22-24 weeks. and since yesterday i can actually see my belly move...its really fascinating.

vecka trettio-ett

that's week thirty-one for you english speakers. :)

yesterday i met with the very cheery and happy, gertrude. my barnmorska [midwife]. she will be seeing me this month as my regular barnmorska, ingrid is on a month vacation.

gertrude, is probably about 60-ish and you can just tell in the way she talks and handles me that she has seen a lot of mothers-to-be and babies. a certain comfortable confidence along with a happy disposition, which makes for a great appointment!

swindubaby and i are doing well. my tummy has reached 30cms which is a cm growth from my last visit, so thats good and the way it should be growing. all my other results were normal and babies heartbeat was thumping away at 145b/min. JP was with me, as he was working later in the day.

gertrude was a charming barnmorska and i'll be seeing her again this month, as now i have appts. twice a month due to the proximity of my due date : june 5th.

babys room

being made ready thanks to my 'i like to put it together' husband. :)

this is the guest room/babys room