what they tell you
People have a lot of stuff to tell you about new babies. Everyone tells you: Is the baby fed? Then that’s enough! Perhaps this is meant as reassurance that it’s okay to merely survive. I can see that....
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a breech in several acts: act two
In part one I learned that I had a baby who was breech. ACT TWO: THE WEEK OF MAGICAL THINKING I went into my 35-week appointment thinking something felt different. I thought that the baby had almost certainly changed positions....
Read Morea breech in several acts: act one
Did you know? Babies can be breech. I knew this, intellectually, and yet I still sort of believed it was something that happened only to other people. So you can already see where this is going. ACT ONE: A WORLD OF NOPE At week...
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the right stuff
I want stuff. I want so much stuff it’s stressing me out. Let me rephrase that. I want stuff...
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enter title here
What’s a clever way to tell you I’m pregnant? Because I don’t have one. I have been trying to...
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like the moon
What did you do on your full moon Friday the 13th? The beau was traveling for work and I...
Read Morethe b-word
It’s been more than two years since I last wrote about babies, so I thought I’d cruise back around the topic slowly while leaning out the window and making lewd gestures. I should just end this post...
Read Moreyou are totally going to hate me
I really doubted whether posting about babies right on the heels of Tuesday’s post about babies was a good idea. I don’t wish to alienate you, dear friends. I don’t wish to make you cry in anxiety, or roll...
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are you pondering what i’m pondering?
I don’t want to have a baby. Oh lawds, no. I don’t. I won’t. I can’t. I shan’t. Absolutely no...
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