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Tag: pregnancy

  • A Million and One Thank Yous.

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    The UPS man came to our house yesterday. I did a double take to make sure he wasn’t wearing a Santa suit. I am still a little speechless about the whole ordeal, muted by generosity. My sister-in-law, Melissa, sent us a huge box filled to the brim with baby clothing. I waited until Tobyjoe got…

  • Day 5. 23 Weeks, 2 Days. (Monday)

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    Breakfast Cup of yogurt with blueberries, strawberries, granola (bear naked) decaf coffee with whole milk from Uro. Snack Trail mix. no sugar. Lunch Water with ground flax seeds. Turkey deli slices. Cheddar cheese, mustard on whole wheat bread. Snack Banana muffin. Whole wheat. No sugar. homemade. Dinner Two fake hot dogs with cheese and veggie…

  • "Hello, Michele. I have heard a lot about you."

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    Underneath the thick, white layer of blubber that was once my belly is a new hardness, a hardness made up of baby, placenta, amniotic fluid and maybe a little bit of muscle. After 20 weeks, the amniotic fluid consists mainly of urine, which means my belly is full of baby, placenta and urine; urine that…

  • The Fetus Formerly Known as Ndugu.

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    We named our fetus Ndugu. I woke up one morning very early on in my pregnancy and Tobyjoe said he had come up with the perfect name if we were to have a boy. “Ndugu.” He said. And we both laughed. That’s how our fetal nickname was coined. About a month and a half ago,…

  • I'm just sayin'.

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    In two weeks I am schedule to have a Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT). (I’m going to explain what it is and why It’s done because I didn’t know what it was up until recently. If you already know about it, don’t care, or are bored, skip to the 3rd paragraph.) During pregnancy, hormones suppress insulin…

  • Updates on Random

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    About God and Parking. When you’re pregnant and upset because your body won’t allow you to do the things you were once able to do, other seemingly ordinary events and situations arise that prove to be the most spectacular events ever. For example, today I found out that because of the Jews and the Christians…

  • Nutrition and Pregnancy

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    (The most annoying post ever. It even annoys me.) This month my baby’s brain started developing little nerve cells. They are forming at a rapid rate especially at the front of his brain, the part that does the most thinking. And his spinal cord and its nerves are developing as well. Sheaths are forming around…

  • Doula Need It?

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    From Wikipedia: “A doula is a non-medical assistant in prenatal care, childbirth and during the postpartum period.” Tobyjoe and I are tight with cash right now and while I like the idea of a doula and what I’ve heard from those who have used one, I’m not sure it’s going to be feasible for us.…

  • Off Spring

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    Have you ever had one of those nightmares where the person you love no longer loves you? And when you try and talk to them about it your words fall on deaf ears. There’s no rational (or irrational) way you can make them change their mind, no protest large enough, no sentence true enough. Yet…

  • Fathers and Mothers of Sons, I Need You.

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    Last night I lay awake in bed thinking about having a son. I knew all along it was a boy, just had that feeling. But now that there is no doubt, it’s as if I decided to fill that area once reserved for anticipation with worry. I would have done this over having a baby…