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…
Category: project p
the pediatrician decision, in three parts
I wrote about the whole experience because you should feel like you were there: Part I Part II Part III I was feeling pretty certain, after writing the third installment, which doc to pick, but since then I’ve found myself…
naming the grandmother and other to-do list items
People are sharing some cool stories about what to call the grandparents in the comments after this post. And here, I’m just updating the p-dot-com readers on my recent ennui — and the tiny list of things I need to…
catching up: me other places
A bit of this and that at my other location, Project Pregnancy… First I was feeling sorry for myself about how few clothes I have to wear while pregnant. Next I said a few words about just being, while being…
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?…
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’.
52% of babies can’t be wrong
With all the mental preparation behind, under, and inside of me, I went for my 26 week 2-vessel cord growth check ultrasound today. As soon as we walked into the darkened room, I asked the ultrasound technician to please speak…