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...but it's taken me till now to get his one month pictures cleaned up and posted. anyway--here's the one month post, complete with ...

i wanted a natural birth, but things just don't always happen the way you want them to. medical complications arise, making me thankful ...

apologies to all for my prolonged absense--i am sure you all know how this goes. i have been trying to get something posted for days, but ...

and waiting... having contractions that won't regulate, although they are fairly steady. as of 8am this morning when i went for my regul...

40 weeks. hard to believe. and now all i want to do is get this baby out asap. come on baby! go go go! all of y'all, light candle...

so i had another doctor's appointment today, and it was with my favorite doctor. and well--he kind of brushed off my concerns and questi...

i REALLY appreciate all the comments and stories from yesterday, people. it makes me feel so much better to know that others would feel (and...

what do you do if a doctor you have known and trusted for years tells you he's "going to do a quick cervical check" on you and...

i feel like a ripe peach. i look down at my body, and i feel like i must resemble one of those african fertility goddess statues i have seen...

i don't know what could be better than wrecking your brand new three-week-old car two weeks before your due date, do you? i mean real...

this is from the march 25th ultrasound. the tech was nice enough to turn on the 3D imaging for us so we could see the baby's little fa...

today is the end of week 37, which means that if i go into labor now, they won't stop it from happening. from now until may 10th, it...

i have the attention span of a gnat lately. hats are perfect for this. i've made many, and have many more in my mental queue. here are t...

yep--that's right. i bought a new car. my car sales guy was awesome. i just went to look at it, but then--he gave me everything i want...

1) feeling better. had an actual full night's sleep last night (not drug induced!) for the first time in like 2 weeks. still not 100%, b...

so last thursday i left work and came home to escape my hacking coworker. by saturday i was sick. i'm still sick. most of this week, i...

GO HOME! quit hacking up your lung in my healthy (for now) vicinity. i'm serious. get your shit out of the office before you give all of...

at long last, i have finished knitting a baby blanket for my own baby. after countless fluffy basket weave blankets (which i still l...

1. i am with my sister. i am holding an ill-fitting oxygen mask just off her face to keep it from cutting her skin and watching her contract...