Pregnancy Isn’t Always Pretty

I Want My Maternity Leave Back

February 2, 2010

I feel awful saying this out loud but I really didn’t enjoy my maternity leave.  When I was nearing the end of my 40 week stint as a professional incubator, I had visions of snuggling with my squishy baby while watching TV and reading books.  Long chats on the phone with friends and family.  Shopping trips and [...]

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Let's talk about stretch marks, shall we

November 14, 2009

Because on a quiet Friday night there’s nothing better, right??  Craig went to watch a football game and after a long week of being sick and going back to work, I spent most of this evening curled up on the couch watching Say Yes to the Dress with Baby Girl.  After her last bottle, I [...]

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When does it stop?

November 11, 2009

Disclaimer:  If you’re not wild about TMI posts or if you’re my husband you should probably stop reading now.  But I really need to know… when does the bleeding stop?  Six weeks ago tomorrow, I birthed this baby.  How can I possibly still be bleeding?  Granted for the last couple of weeks it was really [...]

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Mission Accomplished

October 25, 2009

Spent the morning cleaning my house – mopped floors, ran the vacuum & scrubbed the bathroom. The good news is it now looks better than it has since the day we brought the babe home. The bad news is my lady bits feel like someone took a swing at them with a golf club. When [...]

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The Choices We Make

October 19, 2009

People warned me about this… sort of… I heard “your life is going to change” so many times during the last nine months that I wanted to throat-punch anyone who dared give me that knowing look and start to open their mouth to grace me with their words of wisdom about how I wouldn’t be [...]

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My Labor Story

October 12, 2009

Before I forget the details, I wanted to get my labor story documented… First of all anyone who knows me knows that I did not want to be induced. Remember the post where I laid out my labor plan… To go into labor on my own – on or before the 23rd of September; go [...]

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Well there goes that plan…

September 10, 2009

So, I learned yesterday that the fastest way to get me to forget all of the questions I wanted to ask my doctor is to ask me if I wanted to schedule an induction for next Wednesday. NEXT Wednesday?!? I’ll only be 39 weeks on Wednesday are we really talking about this? I politely declined, [...]

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The Best Laid Plans

September 7, 2009

Over the last few weeks I’ve had more questions about labor than I thought a girl could possibly get. When it became OK to publicly discuss the status of my cervix (nope, not dilated yet, not even a little), the position of the baby (don’t think he/she dropped yet, but not really sure) and my [...]

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September 3, 2009

Dear Munchkin, We have another doctor’s appointment tomorrow and two things will make Mommy very happy. First of all if you’re heartbeat is all nice and rhythmic again and secondly if you’ve done as I asked and started to plan your departure from my belly. According to my boss I can’t expect people to do [...]

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Top 10 Things I Learned in Childbirth Class

August 3, 2009

People who let themselves be taped for childbirth videos in the late 70’s early 80’s were funny looking Labor is gross I need to get over my desire for modesty Some people should not be reproducing Attempting breathing exercises in a room that’s full of strangers is a good way to give me a fit [...]

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