Jan
23
A Huge Milestone: Teeth!
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I had to hold back the tears today at lunchtime in a restaurant with my sister when I realized that Ash had cut TWO teeth overnight. I had no idea. He’d been sucking his bottom lip in the past couple of weeks, but I figured I had another six weeks before this milestone, as he’s […]
Jan
4
How Much He’s Grown
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Today Ash and I visited our new Mommy Friend, Ute, who just had a baby five days ago. Sophia is her name, and I hardly even got a good look at her, but I noticed something: SHE’S SO TINY, and HOW DID MY BABY GET SO BIG?!!
I know Ash has grown. I have two […]
Sep
20
Birth Story
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THE BUILDUP
I lost my mucous plug at about 6am on September 7th. By coincidence, I had a doctor’s appointment that morning at 10am, where the doctor decided that she’d do an internal exam just to see if I was at all dilated or effaced, which I wasn’t. She estimated that I still had ten […]
May
15
Poking Back
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Although Clive hates it when I do it, I love poking my belly. Yesterday for about five minutes, the baby and I were communicating through pokes and kicks. He’d kick me, I’d poke him back. He’d kick me again, I’d poke back. He’d kick me so hard that I could see my belly […]
May
2
In the Womb
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Last night Clive and I started watching a National Geographic documentary called In the Womb. It was absolutely amazing.
I had asked Clive for A Child is Born for my birthday, and one morning we laid in bed and looked at all the pictures and I read him snippets. I remember reading that book […]
Apr
27
Halfway There
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I am utterly amazed at how fast the past 15 weeks have gone. I’m 20 weeks pregnant today, but only found out 15 weeks ago that I was actually pregnant.
Maybe it’s gone so fast because my first trimester was so full of sleeping and throwing up that a) I’ve already blocked out how […]
Apr
16
The Second Ultrasound
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As Clive and I walked to our ultrasound on Friday, April 13, I said to him, “I would be 100% surprised if it was a girl” and he agreed. Ever since the first ultrasound, he and I have believed our baby was a boy.
When we got out of the first ultrasound appointment, […]
Apr
11
Pokes and Prods
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Since the middle of last week I’ve been able to feel the baby poking and prodding around. I was laying in bed at my mom’s house the first time it happened, and I felt a big movement, as if it had rolled over. I wasn’t 100% sure that I was feeling what I thought […]
Mar
8
It Was Incredible
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We just had our first ultrasound, and may I just say that of all the places I’ve ever been and all of the things that I’ve ever done, that 15 minutes was the most amazing thing I’ve ever gone though. I’m an emotional mess right now, and I know that when it comes time for […]