I woke up to quite a surprise last weekend. Before I go any further, I feel like it’s time for an official disclosure to you, my friends and readers (who are friends I just haven’t met yet), especially those of you who are… ahem… male. I’m pregnant. Quite so, actually. And at the end of [...]
Archive for the ‘Pregnancy’ Category
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
38 ok, ok, the 32 weeks belly
It’s funny. I am quite pregnant, and although my body reminds me of that fact on a regular basis, I don’t feel as pregnant as I felt at this point last time. Maybe that’s because around this time with OBaby I was thinking “I couldn’t possibly get any bigger” and this time I know I [...]
Friday, February 25, 2011
18 two delicious ways to fail your glucose test
The glucose test. You know the one. It tests for gestational diabetes around 28 weeks, or, if you have a toddler and are horrible about being punctual with your prenatal appointments, closer to 30 weeks. You go in, having avoided sugary food that day to set a good baseline blood-sugar level, and then they give [...]
Thursday, February 17, 2011
32 birth choices of the ‘off-the-deep-end’ variety
I’m telling you, one day I woke up and BOOM was in my third trimester with GummyBear. Suddenly it got real. Lots of stuff got real – the idea of parenting two, the physical strains of pregnancy, needing to finish the upstairs remodel – but mostly it became very real to me that I would [...]
