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Grimsaburgerwrote 7 months ago: … more →
wrote 7 months ago: 19 hours of labor, including 2 hours of pushing + disturbing sights and sensations all around … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I call this one “Piggies Among the Strawberries.” My toesies are painted for the first … more →
wrote 7 months ago: The spa people didn’t have an opening for a pedicure today, but they did have one for tomorrow … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Today’s the big day! And by “big day,” I mean “Just like any other day, exce … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Scratchy throat. Runny nose. Crampiness from being checked yesterday, sore hips, impatient bladder, … more →
wrote 7 months ago: 3cm dilated, still 70% effaced. And really, what’s the difference between 2.5 and 3? I … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Woke up at 1:30am with crampy contractions every 10-15 minutes. Decided I should probably sleep whi … more →
wrote 7 months ago: So disappointing to wake up in the middle of the night with some kind of achiness or crampiness in m … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Hello, Big ‘Un. You know, this whole “full-term” thing completely threw me off by … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Damn doctors and their damn lies. Last week, Dr. B told me I was 80% effaced, but put down 70% in m … more →
wrote 7 months ago: As well they should be, since I didn’t make it through more than one REM cycle without waking … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Being 2.5cm dilated and 80% effaced, I could have this baby tomorrow, next week, or the beginning of … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Tomorrow I hit 38 weeks. This afternoon I had my weekly OB appointment, complete with by now routin … more →
wrote 8 months ago: It would be a fair trade, I think, to exchange fitful night of sleep from which I wake up three or f … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Any day now, baby. Any day. Though it would be nice if you’d wait until after the Derby. Or … more →
wrote 8 months ago: And all is well. I’ve spent the last week resting an awful lot, mostly because it was way too … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Let’s see, how has my body changed today? The combination of warmer weather and being quite pr … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Look! I found a backdrop (ahem, old sheet with an inoffensive print)! I look positively tiny from t … more →