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A little peace of mind…

Last week I had a response to a message that I had left on the UC board at MDCâ€¦ It was from mom of soon to be 8 kids that has had a few UCâ€™s already under her belt and who lives just north of Montreal (about 2 hours drive from me). We sent a few PMâ€™s and then we exchanged #â€™s and she gave me call on thursday nightâ€¦ Though her kids are older we have a lot in commonâ€¦ she is a Homeschooler, UCer, ECer, breastfeeder (she even triandem nursed!) and we just hit it offâ€¦ IMO anywaysâ€¦We talked for at least a hour and if it wasnâ€™t so late I think we would have talked more..

Anywaysâ€¦ I was still a bit worried about what to do about registering the birth as even on the group that I had gotten info from many moms had trouble getting things done without the proof of pregnancy etc even though legally they didnâ€™t need itâ€¦ it wasnâ€™t that they didnâ€™t succeed in the end, it was that it was a lot of energy and arguingâ€¦

So, L. told me that before she had had her first UC she had an â€œillegalâ€ homebirth with a Lay midwife and that she had kept in contact with her and that she is the one that had provided her with the papers and that though she was no longer able to do such she had knew of someone else that could probably help. So the next day I called the midwife that she had told me about. She is one of the most prominant midwifes in Quebec and is on the south shore about 40 min away from me. She answered the phone in an amazingly warm voice and I didnâ€™t even have to finish explaining when she said that she would be glad to help me get the papers after the birth and that she would provide a letter with the proof of the birth and that it would be her pleasure to do so, and then she added that I could call her at anytime with questions or concerns and that she would even leave me her pager number so that I or Simon could give her a call if we have concerns during or after the birth.

It has taken such a load of my back knowing that not only will she helps us out but that she supports our decision to birth unassisted. She had not one negative word to say and was completely encouragingâ€¦

Picnic and the beach…

Well, today will be the first time that I meet someone from the net… A fellow MDC mamato be exact… she lives near Sherbrooke which is about 2 hours away so we decided to meet half way in Drummondville and when checking what was there and what possibilities we had I noticed that there was a public beach… so we decided that a Picnic at the beach would be great…

So I am getting together a great lunch and snacks for the day (I love picnics)

So the menu is

Sandwiches on some multigrain baguettes,
rice balls (sticky rice rolled in a toasted sesame salt) with a Soy Wasbabi dipping sauce.
Marshmallow squares with rice krispies, wheat germ, oatmeal and raisins,
Carrot sticks and an avocado (Colin’s Favorite food)
Apples and Blueberries
And I put some juice packs in the freezer for a little cold treat…

It is an unusually cool day for July here so I am not sure how much swimming we will do but the boys are tough and I know that the sand will be a hit! I don’t have many things for sand play so I am going to stop by the dollar store before getting on the road so that the boys will be able to make sand castles and haul sand from one place to another…

There is also a slight chance of rain but 30% isn’t enough IMO to make us not go… So I am off to get ready… I am pretty excited to meet her and her kids… and I find it cool that I will be meeting a fellow MDC mama….