Category Archives: Labor & Birth
The Year
My mom pointed out that I never told you which year I’d re-live. I think it would be the year that I was pregnant. 2008. I guess starting in January. I loved being pregnant. Then, later, I loved having my … Continue reading
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If I Could Live One Year Over…
On New Year’s Day (Happy New Year, my peeps!) I was chowing down on some serious black-eyed peas with some seriously wonderful people. My dear dear friend and cook of said BEPs, Nethermede, asked this question of her pork-imbibing and … Continue reading
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Last Year Today
I blogged twice. I lost my mucus plug. My honey had put me on her own honey-imposed bed rest. Because my feet had turned into sausages the night before. The day before I had written a draft of how I’d … Continue reading
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Post Post Post Partum Post
Trucker is almost a year old. Almost a year ago, I pushed a nine pound, three ounce baby out of my body. Now, if you are pregnant right now, you may want to click away. I tore, but it wasn’t … Continue reading
Filed under b00b food, Labor & Birth, my second son, Post partum, teaching, working motherhood
The Book… A Little Phoenixy Thing
I am getting back to the book. I just had to stop to share with you all that I think it is a little magic how writing to you beautiful strangers about writing or not writing the book makes me … Continue reading
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We Interrupt This Stroller Review…
…to bring the breaking news that my lurker in Florida gave birth yesterday to a little baby girl. Yay! Welcome baby D. AND to just state that my biggest impression from tonight’s presidential debate is that I cannot believe these … Continue reading
Filed under Labor & Birth, nothing at all
On Having Your Last Child
Unless we win the lottery, Trucker is our last baby. At least according to my honey. It is weird to look at your last baby and know it is your last baby. As soon as his first tooth comes in, … Continue reading
Filed under family, Labor & Birth, my second son
Post Partum Post
TMI alert — could you tell from the title? Get ready for body fluids and whatnot, followed by a small realization. One of the many reasons I was fixated on having a vaginal birth is that I did not want … Continue reading
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My Birth Story? You Want to Hear More?
Pull up a chair and let me tell you a yarn. You, or anyone else who will listen… Here’s a funny detail I forgot: Right after my water broke and I called the midwife and figured out how to not … Continue reading
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Birth Story (Revised)
Let me preface this by saying that it is my true wish that any woman who has to TTC for more than a year gets to one day write a story like this one. Around nine in the morning on … Continue reading
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