So, this week we attended our infant CPR class. For about three hours, in a fluorescently-lit room with no windows, we expecting couples repeatedly practiced life-saving techniques on small and mid-size baby replicas, in the case of choking, or/and loss…
Category: pregnancy
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…