So, lesson number one post-partum: Don’t set your blog readers up for a two or three part series when you barely know if you’ll be sleeping any day soon. When I sat down to write that first post-birth post, in…
Category: don’t panic
wretch to angel (part one-point-five): the revised view
We met with our doula yesterday for our post-birth wrap-up. A chance for us to discuss what had happened, for me to express my joy or/and frustration, ask questions, get her perspective. She was due to arrive at 3 p.m.…
water has broken
Like the first wa-a-a-aa… You know. Like the Cat Stevens song. Now we wait for labor to begin. (Twinge.) Was that it? Not yet… Not sure when I’ll be posting again next. I’ve asked a few super-awesome parent blogger peeps…
the ups and downs
After a lovely evening practicing hypnosis techniques with my honey, I can hardly remember the hysteria of earlier in the day. I know that I got all wound up on the way to Pilates this morning. As I was driving…
nst not so stressful after all
I fought with my OB about it. I consulted two midwives for second and third opinions on the protocol. I discussed it with my doula. I obsessed about the issue with various friends and family members. And then I did…
waddling the “middle way”
I’ve been thinking this phrase, “waddling the ‘middle way,’” all day long — not very hard, just sort of holding it there, in my mind, gently; pretty sure I remembered it from The Tao of Pooh — and that it’s…
in which i completely demonstrate my lack of calm
Here’s what I posted on Project Pregnancy yesterday… Let the Monitoring Begin Well, I was wrong. I don’t get to escape the fetal non-stress tests (NST) after all. There have been no indicators up to this point that my single…
discoveries and disappointments
I am now one of those women I used to marvel at in yoga class who were so big and so close to the end. I am so big and so close to the end! Discovery: I learned a little…