I can’t write about anything in my life right now that does not have to do with a tiny gymnastics performing tadpole in my belly, so I’m going to devote this NaBloPoMo day to a blast from the past, a thrilling near death experience that I rarely recall, but vividly remember when I do. In…
Newsletter: 14 weeks 6 days
Dear Jack: Firstly, I probably won’t normally write these weekly because you don’t do much right now. There isn’t a whole lot to share with the future you right now, except – hey! I don’t feel sick anymore! Holy cow! I’m hungry and thirsty and peeing a lot! And that stopped being interesting before…
P.S. Numbers
I now officially weigh more than I ever have in my life. I’m very proud and relieved that this did not occur until the second trimester. To give a frame of reference and really expose myself (I’m an actor! Expose me, expose me! Spotlight, please!) I am 5’6.5" and yes the half inch makes a difference. …
A Notice of Mutiny
Dear Gillian: We, the undersigned, having congregated, met, gathered, mingled, converged, conversed, discussed, deliberated, declaimed, and made determinations, decisions, and deductions this Monday, the fifth of November, do hereby respectfully submit this notice for your immediate and undivided attention. At 2:33 p.m. on this day, the aforementioned Monday, the fifth of November, you…
Abandoned Less Than Halfway Through
It happened today. I’ve read in many pregnancy books about it, and I guess I knew it was coming. Scene: 8 a.m. (7a.m. due to the end of DST) In bed. It’s cold outside the covers. <Quiet, heard from the other room> Woof P: "You take him." G: "I took him yesterday morning so you…