At my last doctors appointment (yesterday) there were some symptoms that have caused concerns.  My normal doctor is still on holidays (a Summer hazard of Norway – everyone disappears for six weeks all at the same time) so I had a very young female doctor.  Two scary words were brought up at the appointment: diabetes [...]

One of the hardest things to do when having a baby in a bi-national family is choosing names for your baby.  Most Norwegian names will get you teased in English speaking countries and a lot of English speaking names will be mispronounced in Norway.  As Moose and I live in Norway we thought it appropriate [...]

The only reason you will have a third trimester ultrasound is if your doctor needs to get an ‘inside’ view of an ‘outside’ signal.  Some signals might be the amount of amniotic fluid, the position of the baby, low foetal movements, bleeding or lower back pain.  For me it was fundal size (the size of [...]

As an Outlander, you might not have the ‘inside’ knowledge of what to buy and what not to buy for your baby’s nursery.  This information in Norway is usually past down from mothers, discussed in mothers groups or even posted on mother and parenting blogs – however, some of us don’t have the luxury of [...]