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• pregnancy, scout

  No need to say you’re sorry

  03.30.10 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  because I’m flush with oxytocin. (And happy.) I’m thinking of names, and, since it’s easier and just as fun, her blog name: Scout. After the ultrasound I had the best “doctor’s appointment” ever, with one of the midwives I see. It was my first time seeing her; she’s an older-ish lady. Comfortable, calm, confident, and [...]

• labor & delivery, pregnancy

  A Woman’s Prerogative (an Evolution of Birthing Attitudes)

  03.15.10 | Permalink | 25 Comments

  Several people have asked why I am suddenly interested in natural childbirth after ten years and three labors that, while medicated and managed, turned out just fine. Actually, my mother specifically told my brother not to ask me about my birthing plans, but that could have been because we were in the middle of a [...]

• pregnancy

  HELLO Second Trimester

  02.22.10 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Two words: Sex dreams. Discuss. (not your husband) (Pierce Brosnan — younger, like in The Thomas Crown Affair or James Bond) (HOT, oh my) (okay, if I were conscious and choosing these things it’d be Russell Crowe (the Gladiator one, not the puffy Insider one) or Taylor Lautner’s abs — he could wear a paper [...]

• divorce, marriage, pregnancy

  Betrayal

  02.05.10 | Permalink | 18 Comments

  It is 4:03 on Friday morning, and I had another dream that my husband is divorcing me. I am not insecure in my marriage; it’s only when I’m pregnant that I have these serial abandonment dreams. This one was a continuation of the last one, so it just got worse. This time I asked my [...]

• pregnancy

  Let the dreams begin

  01.28.10 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Last night was plain awful. I dreamt that Dick came to me and told me he’d been unfaithful numerous times but that this time he was in love and was going to have the Dave Matthews Band play at his second wedding. One of the worst parts was that my family was sure that it [...]

• labor & delivery, pregnancy

  An Update and Some Thoughts (catchy, huh?)

  01.24.10 | Permalink | 49 Comments

  Several weeks ago I went to my first prenatal visit. I told the doctor I was either seven or eleven weeks along, and we did an ultrasound to get a better idea of just how unreliable my memory is. It was early morning, I was drinking water like mad so I could give a sample [...]

• daughters, pregnancy

  Disconnect

  01.15.10 | Permalink | 22 Comments

  One of my best friends came to stay with us for a few days. She planned her trip before I was struck down in the afternoon and evenings by this first-trimester-stomach-unhappiness, and I have been hoping that I can be cheerful enough to not rain on her vacation. (I am great in the mornings, which [...]

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