“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…
Boom
Today I fell right in the middle of Rush Street downtown. In front of a group of coworkers. I sort of knew this would happen – I am not graceful under normal circumstances, much less pregnant ones. I managed to fall on my knee, and then roll to the left, avoiding my belly, so no…
Anniversary #2
Two years ago, Scott and I boarded a plane for New Hampshire, where we’d land, rent a tiny little car and head to Vermont to get married. It remains the best trip of my life, ever, and that includes last year’s Mediterranean trip with my old boss. This morning on the way to work, on…
OUCH
I have an awful, awful toothache. I’m really, really hoping our daughter inherits my husband’s teeth and not mine as mine are mush. And because they are mush, they are always in need of work. Of course, I haven’t been to a dentist in two years so there may be some cause and effect. But…
Comments!
Hey everyone! I just got an email letting me know that comments here have been screwed up for the past couple of days. My over-exuberant attempt to thwart spammers and mean, jerky people backfired a bit. (Totally don’t mind lively discussion, or different opinions, but if you come here and feel compelled to insult me,…
Most Embarrassing Pregnancy Experiences…
Last night I had to enlist my husband for a task that I never, ever considered would enter into our marriage, though I suppose I knew in some small way that if I became pregnant the intimacy of our relationship would be taken to a whole new level. It’s unavoidable. Sometimes I look at the…
The Bad Days
I think the joy about adulthood isn’t the dessert for dinner or watching TV for hours on end on Saturday, though those things are pretty awesome. (As an aside, doing the things I desperately wished my parents would have let me do as a kid has never once gotten old. Seriously. And I’m going to…
Things That Have Been Awesome
1) Stacy’s Pita Chips, cinnamon and sugar. I had these over the weekend as a mid-day snack during our hypnobirthing class. Holy wow. Delightful. We went to Target and bought two bags. 2) Hypnobirthing class. It could not have been more wonderful to devote three hours to being pregnant, having a baby and all that…
Weighty Matters
I have gained a total of 10 pounds since May. Do not ask me how that’s happened. I wrote earlier about my Issues Oh Dear Lord when it comes to pregnancy, body image, weight gain, etc., so I’ll try to not rehash the same ol’ song and dance. Just the same, yesterday when I got…
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This stuff is amazing. Get it. Your dry, cracked skin will thank you.
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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.
