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Welcome to the June 2012 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Embracing Your Birth Experience

This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have written about at least one part of their birth experience that they can hold up and cherish.

Btw if you have baby girls, I highly recommend purchasing a baby swing for girls so you can get some much needed rest from the infants for a few minutes!

I blogged about both Benjamin's and Alyson's supernatural childbirth experiences before. For this month's Carnival of Natural Parenting, we have this topic to ponder on:

"It seems like there is so much pressure in the natural parenting community to have the “perfect” birth, but everyone’s definition of the “perfect” birth is different – and it certainly isn’t what happens for many women. This month we want to celebrate the miracle of birth no matter what it looks like. Pick at least one part of your birth experience that you can hold up and cherish and share it with us!"

Now, I for one, don't think I had the perfect birth for both my kids, but I do believe they are both supernatural. Why?

With my 1st child,

* Ben engaged himself just 2 hours before I gave birth (or I'd end up with C-sect cos breech position)

* I don't rely on painkillers other than Entonox (aka the laughing gas)

* I delivered Ben in 3 pushes! (well, first one not counted since it was wasted on my screaming like a banshee)

* I lost very little blood - according to my gynae, I only lose 250ml (a can of soft drink) of blood.

* I didn't even suffer for long from the contractions pain until I was at the hospital (which if I count from midnight to the point I delivered is just 4.5 hours!)

With my 2nd child,

* Alyson engaged herself and I finally have the chance to feel how a baby engaged feels like (and how painful it was when the contractions came)

* I delivered Alyson naturally

* I don't rely on painkillers other than Entonox (which was for a couple of seconds only)

* I delivered Alyson in 2 pushes!

* I lost very little blood about 250ml (a can of soft drink) which was the same case with Ben

* No episiotomy this round! Yeay!

I have never own a sunglasses in my life before and that is partly because I've been wearing spectacles since I was like 12 years old? Yes, I do have a couple clip-on sunglasses but those can't be reused when I change spectacles like every few years. So when I came across the opportunity to review a sunglasses, I jumped at the chance! Anyway here goes my review for the "Firmoo Full Frame Wrap-Around Plastic Sunglasses":

Description from the product page: 

"Beautifully sculpted and constructed, this is a highly fashionable model of sunglasses for charming ladies. Instead of being round and huge, these fabulous sunglasses have modified oval and small lenses. Fine materials allow lightness, as well as long term wearing. Total weight is only 25 grams with basic lenses. The front arms are decorated with hollowed out pieces, adding modern feelings. They are definitely great choices for all round leisure wear."

 I chose this particular model as I was attracted to its design and color! I am glad I made this choice as the moment I received the item, I just fell in love with it!

I love the full frame wrap-around feature and the cool thing with this sunglasses is it does not have the pads on the nose bridge area, which is the same thing I got for my new spectacles. Nice! No more adjusting and annoying pads on the bridge of my nose!

My only regret with reviewing this sunglasses is I didn't include in my eyesight prescription (which I got few weeks after I emailed my details for the review pitch) else I would have been tremendously happy with this sunglasses!

Anyway, I took the sunglasses to our usual optician shop and have informed the shop to change the lens to a prescribed lens so that I can use it anytime. I'm looking forward to an opportunity to use it during our family outing next time!

You can browse more designs at: http://www.firmoo.com/

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the product by Firmoo in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

It has been a while since I blog about my review on baby room. If you are interested in my previous reviews, you can read them at my old blog as well which is at: http://imafulltimemummy.blogspot.com/search/label/baby%20room

I hope you enjoy reading my baby room review as much as I enjoy sneaking in my camera along with my baby and sheepishly taking pictures during the nursing session hehehehe...

When: 09th June 2012

Why: Family outing (to check out this newly opened mall)

MY FEEDBACK

Location: There is proper signage that will lead you to the baby room (the baby room is located next to the toilet so it is pretty easy to find)

Facilities: Dustbin, mirror, sink, water dispenser (hot and cold), handwash liquid, towels, 1 diaper changing station, 1 sofas with a curtain to cordon off for breastfeeding mums. I like the comfy diaper changing pad but I feel there should be more than 1 in the room.

Comfort Level: The room size is just nice, cosy, not too cold/hot/stuffy, nice setting and comfortable lit. However I'm not comfortable with the overly pink theme of the baby room I went to... (I did noticed another baby room on another floor with blue colored theme but I have no time to venture it to take pictures hahaha)