Posts Tagged โpregnancy updateโ
Ish just got real
Source Iโve been back at my momโs house for a little while, but after spending some time laying on the couch curled into a ball and a delicious lunch out with the fam, I can finally post. Good news on all fronts: Centimeters dilated: 2 % effaced: 80 Next appointment: Tuesday Induction scheduled: Friday morningโฆ
Read More โFrom this to that
Thank you so much for all of the sweet comments on the belly slideshowโ it will be a fun thing to look back on. Itโs amazing that the belly went from this: to THIS: and mad props to lululemon for stretching with me along the way. Yesterday was my original due date. I asked theโฆ
Read More โBelly up
Even though sleeping and walking have become daunting tasks in the past week, Iโm trying to savor it as much as I possibly can. Iโm going to miss the belly- especially the closeness Iโve felt to the baby for the past almost-10 months. Even when Iโm missing the kicks and body rolls, it will beโฆ
Read More โPress the pickle button
The โpickle buttonโ is what the pilots call their weapons release button- the one that sends off all of the bombs. Itโs also how they refer to their very pregnant wives, as in โno, she hasnโt pickled yet,โ โsheโs about to pickle,โ etc. Nice, huh? (Christmas decorations, itโs so sad to pack you up) Soโฆ
Read More โ12/30: Thoughts from the week
-I found it hilariously appropriate that this poster was hanging in the exam room for todayโs midwife appointment. -My cervix is not a trampoline, but I have a little friend who seems to think otherwise. Iโll be walking along happily and KA-POW! Itโs a feeling unlike any other- shocking, really. -I can fall asleep anywhereโฆ
Read More โFirst date with a chiropractor
Yesterday was my first time seeing a chiropractor, since Iโve never had a need or desire to before, and for all of the reasons I discussed in this post. I was a little nervous about it, but was glad Tom could go with meโฆ he always makes me feel a little braver. This chiropractor wasโฆ
Read More โGetting the party started
I took a Zumba class at work today. It still feels really good to move around โand makes me forget that baby and I are spine-to-spineโ and I can take it easy, since I was just taking class instead of teaching. It was a great class, and the best part was when my boss walkedโฆ
Read More โTrying something new
Efforts to help the baby flip from posterior position to LOA (facing my right side, how she was until a week ago) have gone from pretty simple: (using my stability ball as a chair and to bounce and rotate my hips whenever possible) to a little crazy: I spent 10 minutes the other night withโฆ
Read More โI halfway understood
The other night, we were channel-surfing, trying to find something to watch that wasnโt Adult Swim or the Kardashians [our preferences vary a little]. Tom left it on HBO for a second, to see what was on, and on the screen was an image of a pregnant woman, undressed, looking at herself in the mirror.โฆ
Read More โWhat I Learned About Cloth Diapers
A few weeks ago, which ended up being a pretty stressful day, my friend Nicole taught me and my friend Kelly a TON about cloth diapering. At the time, I was apprehensive about it (for *these reasons*) but by the time I left her house, I felt fully on board the cloth diaper train. Itโฆ
Read More โHow Eats Have Changed
Eats are always changing and evolving based on discovering new ingredients, changes in activity levels, and learning more about your body and nutrition over time. My eats have changed quite a lot since I started the blog over 3 years ago, but theyโve changed even more in the past 27 weeks. A wonky appetite wasโฆ
Read More โSometimesโฆ
When I eat something extra delicious, the baby will kick like crazy. Tom says that sheโs dancing and squeezing the umbilical cord to get the good stuff out- kind of like squeezing the end of a tube of toothpaste. I find this image borderline disturbing and hilarious at the same time. [No spoon in yourโฆ
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