It’s been quite the year for us, full of events that were made up of really hard things intertwined with really good things. My pregnancy with Elanor and her birth was the first hard/good thing to happen. She is amazing, and wonderful, and definitely one of the highlights of the year: the ultimate good thing. [...]
It’s late, the snow is falling (and falling and falling) outside, and Elanor and Brett are sleeping. I’m supposed to be blogging, but despite the fact that I usually compose about a million blog posts in my head throughout the course of any given day, I can’t seem to think of much to write. So, [...]
Elanor has always been, well, big for her age. Even when I was pregnant, we knew she was big. She has her nine-month checkup this afternoon (even though her nine-month birthday isn’t until Tuesday…but that’s a long story) and one of the things I’m most curious about is what she weighs and how tall she [...]
I was cleaning all of the personal stuff off the hard drive on my work computer in preparation for my last day, and I came across this picture, which was taken a year ago Saturday. I had a hard time at first remembering why we were on the roof at my building. I think it [...]
Over the past two nights, Brett and I watched the movie The Business of Being Born. I was interested to watch it, since it talks a lot about the rising c-section rate in this country and the commercialization of birth. The stuff about rising c-section rates, anyway, hits close to home. *disclaimer: It’s entirely possible [...]
Warning: I’m not going to spare details, so if you’re squeamish or uncomfortable reading about my nether-regions, be ye forewarned. There were times in the week before I went into labor that I thought it would never happen, and I would just stay pregnant forever. Last Sunday night, the 13th, was one of those days. [...]
I’m 39 weeks today, and at my appointment this afternoon, was “almost two” centimeters dilated and about 90% effaced, according to my doctor. The baby is at -2 station and my belly is measuring 42 cm/weeks. So yeah. That’s the update. I have a grotesquely huge belly, I’m tired as can be, grumpy, sore, and [...]
This weekend, I did something that requires an amazing amount of courage, dexterity, and patience. There’s no small amount risk involved, that’s for sure. And it’s not an easy task to begin with, let alone for someone who is nine months pregnant. What is it, you ask? I shaved my legs at nine months pregnant, [...]
After my 38 week doctor’s appointment today (for which I waited an hour to see a doctor I’d never met before [my doctor is on vacation] for all of about 7 minutes, in which she told me that I’m still only one centimeter dilated and 75% effaced, and that first babies are often late, but, [...]
Besides the fact that I am ginormous (well, that my belly is, anyway) it’s interesting to note that although these pictures were taken just moments apart from one another, my belly looks different in them. In the top one, it seems like my belly is lower and more sticky-outy, and in the bottom one, it [...]
