So, I’m lying on the couch with my legs up, trying to get the swelling to go down. Scott and I are discussing the possibilities for dinner. I tell him I think maybe burgers, on the new Le Creuset grill…
Category: pregnancy
i’m ready for my close up, mr. demille*
Happy Birthday to me: I’m 38 years old today. And I’m debuting on Parenting.com’s new website, Project Pregnancy. Click the link to read my first new post. It’s on circumcision. Ow! (You’ll also see a few “archived posts” which you…
more prenatal test results: don’t worry
The remaining chromosomes have been counted and in spite of my extremely advanced maternal age (38 on Tuesday, Happy Birthday to me), everything is in pairs, like how they’re supposed to be. Oh, and there’s no toxoplasmosis virus in the…
fat or pregnant? my belly photos
We’re 18 weeks today. Scott has taken to calling us “guys.” As in, “How are you guys doing?” I’m now a plural.
just stuff
Today I took both cars to get washed (not at the same time) and got my legs waxed, and got a super fancy pedicure complete with lavender buds and rose petals and milk powder in the soaking water, a scrub,…
recipes of the week
Given that I spent most of the week worrying about the amnio, and recovering from the amnio, I didn’t get to do a whole lot of cooking. But Scott did. And my award for recipe of the week, or rather,…
phew!
It’s a… healthy boy. At least as far as chromosomes 21, 18, 13, x, and y are concerned. FISH test results came back “normal,” and now I can relax. Of course there are the other pairs of chromosomes to worry…
it’s a…
I’m in shock. I really really thought I was having a girl. At least two friends had told me that they’d had dreams about my baby being a girl. And what about my friend who’d said our inseminating activities having…