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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 . . . → Read More: clothing zeitgeist 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 . . . → Read More: recipe of the week: the potatoes have eyes 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 . . . → Read More: the somnolent insomniac gets a growth scan This week in my childbirth preparation class I learned that pretty soon, we don’t want the baby to be “sunny-side up.” In other words, if he’s facing out towards the world, I could have a very painful “back labor” experience. Said teacher informed us that Americans have the highest rate of back labor in the . . . → Read More: the risk of eating sushi while leaning back during a vaccination This is our cat Bambino. He is fond of my big preggy belly. This is Molly. Molly likes to come into our house for a scratch… or a nibble… …but Molly is Not Our Cat. She belongs to our next-door neighbor. Theoretically. However, morning, noon, and night, Molly comes to . . . → Read More: a cat and a half, briefly I wrote about the whole experience because you should feel like you were there: Part I Part II Part III I was feeling pretty certain, after writing the third installment, which doc to pick, but since then I’ve found myself waffling. Sigh. We all arrive relatively on time: six couples — five student pairs, plus the teacher and her husband (their baby is due in January). We take our shoes off as directed before entering the house, a classic Berkeley Zen/Craftsman with lots of wood and windows and Japanese accents. After introductions, the men (not that it . . . → Read More: i heart my childbirth preparation class Last night, Scott and I were lying in bed watching TV. A commercial came on for that new movie with Robert Duvall and Joaquin Phoenix. I said, “Mmmm…. I loves me some Joaquin Phoenix.” “Really?” Scott asked. “Yes,” I replied. “He’s scrummy.” Scott looked at me kind-of funny, cocked his head sideways, and said, “I’ve . . . → Read More: laughter and other evidence of letting go |
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