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?…
Month: July 2007
just a day
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…
dear “pregnant and miserable”
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…
recipe of the week: Italian meatloaf
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…
22 weeks and not feeling so well today
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.…
feeling kicky
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…
antmageddon
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,…
more thoughts on boy vs. girl
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…