( Don't click if you don't want to see & read about what I did with my placenta (prints & encapsulation)... )

We saw the midwife yesterday, got bloodwork results.  GTT results were good (I'm SO done with the gestational diabetes fear-mongering), iron was normal (for a pregnant lady), and thyroid was perfect.  Fundal height was measuring exactly on schedule, Sprout's heartbeat was 155 bpm.  14 pounds gained, which the midwife says is also perfect.  ( Read more... )

i just saw this guy on the news.
how in the world does he ever get taken seriously...
with that mustache???

in other news, the bruises from the dog bite on my upper arm are fading, but now there are a couple big, hard lumps under my skin where the bruises were.  anyone know what this might be?  it still hurts.  i hope i don't have to go to the doctor.

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when i don't shower for a few days, my armpits kinda smell like grapefruit.

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today was my first ear candling experience!


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well, after that nice post the other day about how lovely my life is right now, i started having fevers ( Read more... )

sometimes i think that the day might come when i wake up and fucking get over myself.  maybe i'll finally be able to see my life as an outside observer.  so much more will make sense.  seeing it all in a different light, i will be faced with reality and immediately sink or swim.

i often get the feeling that i'm living life without really ( Read more... )

the crap that i got myself into over the weekend has led way (i think) to a head cold.  the whole situation took such a toll on me that i'm assuming it compromised my immune system just enough to catch a bug.  kind of annoying, but not debilitating.  just stupid.  i can't believe i didn't keep closer track of my meds to know when they were running ( Read more... )

there's only one possible reason why i would ever be updating at frickin 6:30am ( Read more... )

my back has been pretty consistently painful these past couple days.  i mean, it almost always is anyway, but even more annoyingly so now.  if i think of it as anything other than "annoying", i'd probably cry.  same goes for the foot pain.  i'm tired of being in pain, but i'm in pain so often that it's more normal now than anything.  i was filling ( Read more... )