Pregnancy #2

On c-sections… and education… and judgment

January 11, 2012

It’s been a year since the migraines started. Almost a year since we started talking about a c-section. Just over ten months since the surgery and Cole’s birth. I never gave much thought to a c-section or paid attention to heated debates, snarky comments and even well meaning advice for people to become more educated [...]

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The last post about my head

April 25, 2011

Thank you, once again, to all of you who left comments, sent tweets, texts or emails, or said prayers for me today.  I will never stop being both surprised and humbled by the way the internet connects so many people.    At 4am Craig and I left the house for my angiogram appointment.  As I [...]

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Welcome to the world.

March 7, 2011

On behalf of Krista, I’m happy to announce the arrival of her sweet little BOY!!! Born this morning weighing  7lb. 11oz. and measuring 20 inches long.  Both baby boy and mama are doing well.

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Boy / Girl, Boy / Girl, Boy / Girl

March 3, 2011

Is there some maternal instinct that’s supposed to clue me in as to whether I’ve got dump trucks and footballs in my future or more pink dresses and dolls?  People keep asking if I have a gut feeling about whether I’m about to have a baby boy or baby girl and honestly, I don’t know.  [...]

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You really do forget how labor feels, huh?

March 2, 2011

When I was induced with C, I sat in the hospital bed, sporting the ever-so-attractive hospital gown, nervously watching Craig flip through channels as they hooked me up to monitors and an IV of Pitocin.  As the first contractions started, I was fairly easily able to breathe through them.  But as they turned it up [...]

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Can you get that lucky twice?

March 1, 2011

Yep, I’m still pregnant.  Although why that surprises me or anyone else at this point is beyond me.  Technically, I’m only a little over 38 weeks.  With C, I still had another 20 days to go.  So, while I count down the hours until Monday moring and do my best not to cringe at every Braxton [...]

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9 Reasons to look forward to giving birth

February 21, 2011

In case you haven’t noticed, I’m not one of those “pregnancy is wonderful and magical and the best. thing. ever” kind of women.  I’m more of a “the baby is worth it, and the kicks are kind of cool but is nine months up yet?” kind of pregnant woman.  So, in light of that, I [...]

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The post where I freak out over 2cm

February 16, 2011

Disclosure:  If you don’t want to hear about the state of my cervix, I suggest you stop reading.  Seriously.  When I was pregnant with C, at my 37-week appointment, the OB pronounced my cervix tightly closed.  At my 38-week appointment, she said “the baby may know where the door is, but she’s not even thinking [...]

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Next time, I’ll just zip it when I get a headache

January 26, 2011

So, you know what happens when you bitch and moan about medical tests being completely unnecessary and you throw all that out there to the universe all cocky-like because you just KNOW that nothing is wrong and they are just spreading your insurance money around town?  Yeah, well what happens is the universe shows you whose [...]

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Dear Baby

January 19, 2011

Dear Baby, I can’t believe in less than two months we will get to stare into your sweet little face.  Some days it seems like only yesterday that we found out you would be joining our family and other days it seems like you’ve been a very real part of me forever.   I know your [...]

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