Everybody should get on Twitter.
Why? I have no idea. It is a little weird. But I’ve been wanting a way to post quick little random updates without turning them into a whole post, and this works. So over there in my sidebar you can see my latest few, or you can join (for free, [...]
Filed in: just life • pregnancy • website | January 15, 2009
Belly shots, I hear, you want belly shots? I’m 28 weeks and have yet to post a picture of my blooming belly, what is going on? It’s the third child, yo. There are other things on my mind besides the fact that there’s another person growing inside me. Although it’s starting to weigh a little [...]
Filed in: pregnancy | January 6, 2009
That’s what it feels like. Running up and down my chest.
I get heartburn every day of my life. Have since about 5th grade. It’s a nightmare, but I live with it. Except when I’m pregnant.
Pregnancy has me wanting to rip my own chest open, to somehow try to grab and suffocate the pain. It starts [...]
Our second daughter, born medication-free in the hospital weighing 7lbs 2oz and measuring 19 inches long.
Dilation is NO Indicator!
At my 36 week appointment, I ask to be checked, positive that the contractions I’ve been experiencing for weeks were intense enough to be doing something. Sure enough, I am already dilated to a 4, 75% effaced, [...]
Filed in: birth stories • family • health • pregnancy | June 17, 2006
Our first daughter, born in a hospital, with medication, July 30, 2003, weighing 6 lbs 9 oz and measuring 18 inches long.
Foreward
When my first child was born, I never would have considered myself naturally-minded. I’d never thought to question the common beliefs and practices of modern obstetrics. I never imagined it would be necessary. Isn’t [...]
Filed in: birth stories • family • health • pregnancy | July 30, 2003