We had a fascinating discussion on race and on what ‘being an American” means at my job the other day.  Prompted by a co-worker’s sociology essay, the discussion of ‘what makes a person African-American vs. black’ spread out to a discussion of values and labels and stereotypes. This discussion was possible – or at least [...]

OB appointment was somewhat anticlimactic.  SuperstarOB dopplered Thor’s heart just long enough to tell that he was alive, prodded my belly – trying to get a feel for what position Thor was lying in, I think.  Then he asked how I was feeling, & told me to come back in two weeks. For this I [...]

Ok, so I hesitated to even post this, because, hey, I know all about jinxing myself. But I can’t resist, plus there’s always the chance that other women might someday stumble upon this blog because they’re having the same kind of miserable SI back pain & are wondering what to do for it. Ahem. I [...]

A friend sent me this over the weekend and I thought it was beautiful.  It reminded me of my home – the place I’ll always think of as home – in the southwest, as well as being awfully appropriate to where I am right now.  So I thought I’d share it with you all this [...]

So I’m accumulating quite the pile o’ baby gear in the corner of my crowded bedroom, which is good because – hey!  Last half of June! But which is bad because hey!  Last half of June & we’ve still made not move #1 towards converting the Boy’s office into a baby room. And of course, [...]

Yeah.  For real.  It’s in my kitchen.  This is totally different from the mound of clothes, books, toys, etc. currently taking over my bedroom.  This is in our kitchen: Making it look like a baby lives here. And it was on sale for about half off, making it a better price than any of the [...]

So it’s really amazing how much better my back is – yesterday was bad, but then, yesterday morning I was in too much of a hurry to do my quickie stretching routine before heading off to work.  And I paid for it.  Once I hobbled in to the ROP, I lay down on the couch and [...]

I want a sickeningly expensive stroller for Thor. In my defense (because I do feel like I need a defense) I anticipate using this stroller an awful lot.  For anyone who’s not familiar with the “culture” of Brooklyn/Manhattan, walking is simply how you get places.  I have a car, but I have no idea where, [...]

So SuperStarOB pissed me off yesterday. After leaving a sniveling message begging for a callback -that I thought would surely get results, because I sounded pretty pathetic according to my co-workers – I still had to track him down after 3 o’clock.  I didn’t even want to talk to him, just to get a recommendation [...]

So – did you know that when you move embryos from an (uncovered, loose on a plastic tray) petri dish into a surrogate mother’s uterus, it’s called ‘Implanting embryos’? And did you know that although your IVF doctor tells you it might take a couple of days after “implanting embryos” to get a positive reading [...]