Year: 2007
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NowBlowPoMe: What Blow Means
I worked at a video store in college. I was 18 when I got hired. Even after I graduated, I continued to work at the video store. (I was one of those people who stuck around after graduation, you know, in order to bang the new freshmen. That’s what I loved about those college girls,…
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NowBlowPoMe: Birth Stories
Pghgirl gave me an idea… Let ‘em rip! I want to hear from others. If you feel up to it, share your birth story in the comments section. If you already have it written somewhere, give us a link! (See the FAQ section for formating instructions.) P.S. Please leave politics out of this. Those are…
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NowBlowPoMe: The Birth of Emory. (Chapter 7)
Previous Chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6 It was 2:30 AM and I was exhausted. My body shook uncontrollably. My mother had warned me about it earlier. I was ready for it to happen, but I wasn’t ready for it to happen before I gave birth. No matter…
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Vote! I'm Conflicted.
(Polls are open for exactly 1 hour. Posted at 12:45 PM EST) Tuesdays with Murray? Or Birth Story: Chapter 7? Edited to Add: Birth story it is! But I will upload a video for all the Murray lovers out there.
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NowBlowPoMe: The Birth of Emory. (Chapter 6)
Previous Chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 “You’re about 2 and a half centimeters dilated.” She told me. I thought I heard her incorrectly. “What?” I asked. TobyJoe walked over to me. He looked concerned. “You’re 2 and half centimeters.” She repeated. I started to cry. “But..” My voice trailed…
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NowBlowPoMe: The Birth of Emory. (Chapter 5)
Previous Chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4 Tuesday, August 7th was one of the longest days of my life. I was given the epidural at around 11 AM. Prior to that, I was allowed one last shower. I remember thinking, “This is the last shower I’m going to take while pregnant.” It’s…
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NowBlowPoMe: I Am A Slacker With a Black Eye.
We’ve been away for the past several days and without Internet access. My parents recently moved from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and so we drove to Jersey to check out the new digs. My brother and his wife Melissa flew up from Alabama with their kids as well. It was great seeing them. I rarely…
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Black Eye and Sticky Buns
I am in New Jersey, posting this from toby’s iPhone. I have a black eye, cranberry sauce on my crotch, and vomit on my shirt. I miss Murray lots but miss highspeed internet access more. Gobble gobble. More tomorrow.
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NowBlowPoMe: The Birth of Emory. (Chapter 4)
Previous Chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 We woke up the next morning early. If you’d call it waking up at all. Our sleep was interrupted dozens of times but I hadn’t really slept in weeks. If it wasn’t the heartburn, it was the pain on the upper right side of my abdomen. If…
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NowBlowPoMe: The Birth of Emory. (Chapter 3)
Previous Chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2 My mother stood to get a closer look at the monitor. She, too, noticed I was having a contraction, a really long contraction. We both wondered silently if it was a normal response to Cervidil. Time passed. My eyes began to water. I wasn’t crying from the pain necessarily,…
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