Archive for October, 2007
it’s raining friends
Baby Shower, Rev. 2: The local friends edition
The people came, the food was eaten, the gifts were unwrapped, the blessings were said.
Childhood BFF who is herself 22 weeks along (Hi Mel!) flew down from Portland, Or., for the event, which she had helped to co-host and coordinate long distance. Friend Naomi opened her house to […]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 at 9:19 am in pregnancy | 3 Comments »
crazy eights?!? wooo hoo!
Okay people, this is it. The big time. I’ve been tagged for a meme. Thanks Jenny at Mommin’!
I’m a bit of a blogging newbie, so this is my first. And it couldn’t be more timely (since I’m on the non-mope-mobile). What a nice distraction.
It does force me to think though. Oh dear… right. More happy, […]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, October 28th, 2007 at 7:43 am in pregnancy | 3 Comments »
more happy, less moping
The thing about the hospital visit Thursday night is that I had to have my bubble burst. So it’s really okay. I’m in the same position I’ve always been, between full-on western medicine and birthing in a field; somewhere on that spectrum, to the best of my ability.
Many people have talked to me about remembering […]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, October 27th, 2007 at 1:28 pm in pregnancy | 2 Comments »
learning not to expect anything when you are expecting
Last night we went on the hospital tour. They say you should do this tour in your third trimester, so we waited until now. I wonder if I’d done it earlier, if I might have chosen a different path.
Up to this point, my idea of the hospital had been only that; an idea. Based on […]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 12:19 pm in pregnancy | 3 Comments »
is this normal?
Insomnia again. Went to bed at 11. Up again since 1. Now it’s almost 3. Have nearly cleaned out the Tivo of the shows I watch when Scott is not around. The really bad shows (Bachelor, Desperate Housewives). Shows that one can only bear with the fast-forward button in hand, in the middle of the […]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 at 3:24 am in psychic chiropractor, belly pics, project p, don't panic, pregnancy | 4 Comments »
the end of childbirth preparation class and other signs of winding down
This Tuesday will be the final meeting of my/our childbirth preparation class. I’m going to miss it. In four short weeks, I’ve grown attached to our little cadre of pregnant couples, earnestly doing our Zen breathing together, practicing our hypnobirthing techniques, and drinking our pregnancy tea.
I suspect Scott feels pretty dorky leading me through the […]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, October 20th, 2007 at 6:42 am in project p, prenatal exercise, pregnancy | comments »
in which i simultaneously console and redeem myself
Inspired by my clothing rant this morning, I unearthed my black-and-white bias-striped and fringed shawl from my clothing vault.
The shawl is a few years old, and was startlingly fashionable (dare I say “Rock Star”) when I bought it… With the passage of time, it had burrowed to the bottom of the scarf drawer, hiding from […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 12:29 pm in pregnancy | 3 Comments »
clothing zeitgeist
Was just thinking about this very topic this morning, or close to it: Blogging Moms Rant About Clothes
As I have now hit 34 weeks, and 170+ pounds (a-hem) some of the cute stuff that fit me for the first six months of this adventure is now in a post-partum-possibilities pile. I only have one pair […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 8:59 am in shopping, pregnancy | comments »
recipe of the week: the potatoes have eyes
and not in a good halloween-y kind of way.
I was tired. So tired. Going to bring home take-out after swim class kind of tired. And then I became possessed. Inspired. Something.
There was a big bag of potatoes in the cabinet. Not one, but two bags of broccoli from successive farmers’ market trips one and two […]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, October 15th, 2007 at 10:38 pm in recipes, pregnancy | comments »
the somnolent insomniac gets a growth scan
Strange days/daze: Spent almost the entire weekend sleeping. Feeling like a big hibernating mother bear. Then last night (this morning), 3:30 a.m., bolted awake. Wide awake, but not useful awake. Just awake. Short breath, heart rate elevated, can’t sleep, awake.
Probably is another hormone spurt, or perhaps like a woman told me yesterday, when the baby’s […]