Let’s see: The Big Book of Birth? – Fantastic.  Exactly what I was looking for in a ‘how to have a baby’ book.   I took out a copy from the library, but I’m totally going to spring for my own copy, mostly so I can leave it opened to key pages on the Boy’s [...]

20-week anatomy scan went well – everything normal!  WOOHOO!!!! We got some scary Skeletor photos, but we also got one that melts my heart every time I look at it, so I offer it to you for your heart-melting needs, as well: That’s a foot, people.  A real live honest to goodness baby-foot. Holy shit! [...]

So the heartburn thing isn’t getting any better, but I’m getting better at managing it.  Turns out that I am NOT the exception to the no-tomatoes, no-onions rule of keeping heartburn livable, much as I’d like to be.  My delicious gazpacho was delicious, for about three slurps.  Ditto for the quinoa salad (with raw onion) [...]

So it’s getting to be that time. “That time” being “time to look into birthing classes”. I am not excited. I’m not scared about labor yet – probably should be, but I’m not – and I figure that an entire series of Saturdays dedicated to telling me that I can’t possibly do this without massive [...]

I don’t think I truly understood how weird it would feel to have a small being living inside me.  I know I didn’t understand how radically my body would adjust itself to make room for said small being (and I know I aint seen nothin‘ yet!)  I’ve mentioned the acres of boob flesh I now [...]

My favorite time of day is now reading before I go to sleep.  That seems to be when Thor is most active.  I can almost always feel him bopping away in there.  And I think the Boy is starting to be a little more interested in this whole thing, because he’s started oh-so-casually putting his [...]

I called yesterday to find out what was up with my most recent batch of thyroid tests, since I hadn’t heard from Grandpa Endocrinologist and was told by his nurse that although he was on the other line, he wanted me to know that they came back “perfect”! He still wants me to repeat them [...]

I nearly broke my perfect pregnancy record last night by yechhing in my sleep.  I managed to escape that indignity, but not without a completely undignified dash for the toilet at about 1am.  Apparently, heartburn can get so bad that it triggers your gag reflex even while asleep.  Who knew? Well, I do now, and [...]

Sorry for being such a lousy blogger these days. I got very used to – during my years of blogging about IF issues – having serious complaints to get all passionate about in my blog – everything from physical discomfort to mental/emotional agony.  In fact, I usually managed to work in a bit of both! [...]

There’s been some good news floating around our little corner of the blogosphere in the last 24 hours that I’m still smiling over.  For those of you who haven’t heard yet, go check out I Can’t Whistle & then IFoptimist. Different good things, but VERY good things, and I’m delighted for both of them. Nothing [...]