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Protected: big bump

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yes, no

Top Four Questions I Am Asked by Random Strangers: 1. When are you due? 2. Boy or a girl? 3. Is it your first? 4. Do you have a name picked out? Usually in that order. Seriously, I have completed this survey dozens of times now. We need some new personal questions to ask pregnant […]

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quickly

Finally started reading Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth today on the way home (I’ve had it for months now, wanted to wait to read it until we were getting close). So totally inspired, empowered, and calmed by the natural approach to the most natural thing in the world. I could gab much more about this […]

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nesty

I was stretching my legs this morning in bed, as I always do, and suddenly got a nasty cramp in my calf. I figured this would happen eventually; it’s another fun pregnancy thing. Oh man it hurt so bad, I was gasping and making all this noise, which caused Brian to ask me if it […]

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five a.m.

Last night I went to bed and baby was a bit more active than usual, which means she was sticking her foot or feet out as far as she could against the top of my belly and then presssssing hard. I pushed against her foot with my fingers. She didn’t give. She squirmed some more. […]

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ok computer

I have a new computer. Well, “new.” The machine has been assembled from parts by my dear husband, and the software cobbled together from various secret places. The monitor is brand new: a sleek, high-def 22″ Dell flat panel I got on sale last week. The mouse is a wireless Logitech with a charging dock. […]

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get in mah belly

Check out this beautiful site: Making it Lovely. The blog is good, and the author’s interior design aesthetic is something I could only dream of being able to execute, but mainly I was drooling over the web design. There’s a lot going on but it’s so orderly and well-edited… man. Inspiring. I have never considered […]

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100

The last good night’s sleep I got was maybe back in February or March, I can’t be sure because I wasn’t paying close attention. I probably slept through the night, on my back or on my stomach, and awoke rested, climbed out of bed to feed the animals and myself. The next time I get […]

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Protected: thinking of winter

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the commute

How I usually get to work (once in Seattle): walk off the ferry with the herd, trudge eastward along a wide pedestrian thoroughfare as quickly as I can manage, since I have a bus to catch and the connection is tight. I get to First and Marion and typically must wait at the light. Being […]

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