Low light photo taken with camera phone gives effect of rainbow snow but cannot hide the recent increase in size of my belly: Not that long ago, I was reflecting on the second trimester AS IF IT WAS STILL HAPPENING.…
Category: pregnancy
glucose tolerance testing
This morning, I took my oral Glucose Tolerance Test. Yet another fun thing about being a pregnant woman of Advanced Maternal Age (and thus being considered “at risk” for Gestational Diabetes). Read the minute-by-minute account of my test here.
being pregnant is a lot like having a broken leg
…you find yourself having to answer the same questions over and over again. It’s unavoidable. The pregnancy interview: (Upon finding out/noticing I am pregnant, I repeatedly got/get asked these questions.) On purpose? Are you going to find out the sex?…
not much happens in the second trimester
I’d noticed it at first in the meditations-for-each-week-of-pregnancy book I’ve been reading. During the initial phase of gestation, say, up to week 12 or so, things change fast. Hormones are raging. The brain is spinning and on fire. The cells…
recipe of the week: pork chops and applesauce (and smoothie redux)
It’s too freaking hot outside to cook anything even remotely like this today. But a few days ago, on a cooler evening, this masterpiece emerged from my kitchen: The recipe comes from the Food Network website, with a few minor…
belly photo: 27 weeks
Me in my supercool Daring Young Mom t-shirt, from friend Kathryn, blogger extraordinaire. Maybe I’m sticking my belly out a little — but still, it’s big.
yoga, pain of being, hair-removal advice
This morning my yoga teacher cried at the beginning of our class. Yoga is about being present with whatever happens. So we were all cool with it. Even though it has never happened before. She was being present with her…
houston, we’ve hired a post-partum doula
Just in case you missed it, here is the post about the one that we let get away. And here is the post about the one we’re keepin’.