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I have a post up today at Project Parenting, about people advising me rather strongly to have a medicated birth. Dear reader, have you given birth? How did it go? Is there something you regret about the choices you made? Is there something wonderful that happened? Do you have advice for me? Oh, and if . . . → Read More: what’s your birth story? I have a little something up at SFist, if you’re interested. Otherwise, not much to report. Been online a lot today, researching stretch mark creams and oils. Not that I’ve seen any stretch marks, yet… Most everything I’ve read up to this point on websites and in books has claimed that the dreaded marks are . . . → Read More: just a day I recently had a conversation with a friend who has been keeping up with this blog, and she said something about how happy my pregnancy has been. Which got me thinking. I realize that in general I try not to dwell too much on the hard parts in this space. Not that I haven’t talked . . . → Read More: dear “pregnant and miserable” I thought I was going to do meatballs, but all that rolling… ooof. No. I kind-of made up this recipe, based on experiences with other meatball and meatloaf recipes. It came out pretty good. Tonight we ate it plain with roasted zucchini and fennel. I think we’ll eat the leftovers slathered in tomato sauce. Italian . . . → Read More: recipe of the week: Italian meatloaf Sadly, I had to miss swim class tonight. I’ve got a sore throat. At around 5 p.m., I actually laid in bed and thought: I only have 18 weeks left that I can even GO to prenatal swim class. Sigh. But I have to teach at the Exploratorium tomorrow, a parent-child improv workshop, my first . . . → Read More: 22 weeks and not feeling so well today I’ve got a new post up at Project Parenting today, all about yesterday’s good-day-ness, and about how I’m applying a little too late to collect on the SDI benefits, unless the baby comes late. Sigh. Yoga and the waxing of various body parts has totally wiped me out. (Aesthetician says I now have “Natalie Portman . . . → Read More: feeling kicky So, a few weeks back, I wrote confidently about our nontoxic ant-fighting “solution,” a recipe with borax and sugar that, in the past, has worked beautifully. Not this season. The ants came and came and came again. Waves of them, dense, thick, black, indefatigable. Normally, and when I say normally, I mean, before becoming this . . . → Read More: antmageddon I guess I wasn’t done with this topic yet. I said a few more things and included some interesting links today at Parenting.com. Stop on by. In other news, Scott finally felt the baby move today. Just one of those tiny flutters that I’ve been noticing for weeks. His response was mild. “It feels like . . . → Read More: more thoughts on boy vs. girl |
 
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