1) The lack of sleep. I am very grateful for the women I know who have assured me that for as tiring as caring for a newborn baby can be, it’s a joyride compared to what constitutes for sleep during the third trimester. I will stab the next person who snidely tells me to “get…
Category Archives: Baby Baby Baby
Sharing
The other day it occurred to me that I’m going to have share this daughter of mine. I can’t tell you how this rocked my world. For months now, it’s been me and her. Everyone can talk about her, discuss her, plot how they will stake their own claim to her, but I’ve always somehow…
A Change of Plans
Scott had felt unsure of things long before I did. Well, that’s not exactly true. I felt unsure, too, but I’m not one to make waves – really – and I guess I was convinced that with Scott, our doula and my sheer will, we would be heard. At least. Here’s the thing about working…
Odds and Ends
1) This morning Scott finally felt the baby kick. Several times. I’ve read that if you’re a larger woman, or at least carry around more fat in your midsection, it’s not as easy to see the baby moving, or feel her if you’re not the one carrying her around, so it wasn’t a shock that…
So far, so good
We had our first appointment of the third trimester. It’s here when things start to pick up, of course. We go back in two weeks, and then another, and another until we get to 36 weeks. And then I’m going to have to see the relatively not-friendly front-desk staff at my doctor’s office every week…
Registering
The last time I registered for a gift registry for myself, it was 2004 and I was on the verge of marrying my first husband. Sadly, like so many things that accompanied my first marriage, I put little-to-no thought into the endeavor. There was no rhyme or reason to it all. This, perhaps, is why…
Giving Thanks
A year ago Scott and I moved into our home. Today officially marks a year of being able to pay the mortgage, and if you think I take that fact for granted in these times you’re nuts. I listed a few things I was thankful for back then and, in keeping with the tradition, I’m…
End of the Line
I’m now entering the last week of the second trimester. I’m 27 weeks along. Pretty soon, they tell me, I’m going to start sloooowing down. Maybe the nausea I experienced will return. I’m going to get BIG. And hungry. I had a very busy week, and it took a lot out of me, mostly because…
Favorite Quote Today
“My wish for this pregnancy, besides a healthy happy baby, is for the paparazzi to LEAVE US ALONE and let me gain my weight in PEACE. #mywish” – Pink I don’t know, there’s just something about the blatant desire of a human being, experiencing something like pregnancy, and that her wish for her pregnancy be…
Overplan. Go With the Flow.
According to the paperwork faxed over by my doctor, something like 15% of pregnant women, for lack of better phrasing, flunk the first round of the glucose testing to determine if they’ve developed gestational diabetes. Hi! I’m one of them! It turns out, though, that a goodly number of my friends, when they were pregnant,…
Shave and a Haircut
I don’t know if it was the end of the day-and-night-long nausea, but sometime in August I stopped putting much effort into my appearance. I was so grateful to get up each morning without wanting to punch a hole in the wall that anything else seemed like a bonus. It’s not as though I didn’t…
Punch, Kick, Jab
Mostly it’s at night, when I’m done trying to wrestle our lives into submission, that I feel her moving. It’s nothing that I thought it would be and, for the most part, it startles me every time. I say she kicks, but I don’t know that it’s a foot I’m feeling. It could be a…
Hypno What Now?
When I mention that Scott and I are taking hypnobirthing classes, I’m always, without fail, met with looks of puzzlement and wonder. And if you ask me, it’s a fair reaction. It’s not a widely known birthing technique. Plus, it’s predominately used in facilitating a natural or unmedicated birthing experience, and so right there you’re…
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This sits proudly on my desk. I love it so much.
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I saved up and planned for these puppies. Some of the best money I've ever spent. I love these more than I can say.
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I decided to try enhancement products when I was training for my second marathon this year. I chose these and love them.