Over the course of the past week, my morning sickness has finally begun to trickle away. I am 12 weeks pregnant today, and . . . Oh Lord, dare I say it out loud? . . . I think I might be coming out of the roughest stage. I still feel poised to plunge over…
Category: Pregnancy Sucks, Dude
Gelato cures all (most) ills
Hello all! It has been almost a MONTH – what horrible fate has befallen me, you may ask? Well, I’ll tell you . . . . (curious yet . . . ?) PREGNANCY. Yes, dear readers, a tiny parasite has taken up residence in my…
Babies!
I was talking to a professor today. She’s my age, and pregnant with her first baby. It’s a girl – she’s so thrilled. She knows my kids are both boys, and after saying how relieved she was that it was a girl and not one of Those Boys, she covered her mouth in horror and…
Twenty Five
This is the number of pounds I have to lose to get to my pre-baby weight. SUCK. I gained the same amount with each boy, but with Jack I had way less to lose. I think my one postpartum month of visitors, plus my inability to do much of anything even remotely athletic, made me…
Deja Vu
Three nights before my son Jack was born, I clambered up to join my husband in our full bed. We had propped the laptop on top of our chest of drawers and were watching episodes of Northern Exposure together. I think there might have been ice cream involved. In any case, I remember having a moment of panic,…