I'm not always the most pleasant person around, even though there are hundreds of people who would tell you otherwise. Becoming pregnant unexpectedly at 38 has led to a lot of assumptions from the mass public, and I tend to rant about them here, as well as other very personal issues of coping as I move from someone who thought she was in her last ( Read more... )

I wrote this in 1996, remembering being pregnant with Kieran. It was during the throes of the divorce and custody fight, and the tone reflects it:

Eight Down

I lost my toes this morning, when I stepped out of bed to draw the bath.

I keep losing things, parts of my burgeoning body, placidly accommodating the desired package which will present itself, ( Read more... )

Poll Bunky poll

In the future, I'll keep these behind a cut and tag them consistently as "the politics of birthing," for those that aren't interested. But reading Pushed at the recommendation of my midwife last week has really made me regret my fickleness in 1995 that led me away from nursing school, which had been my intent until my marriage to George fell apart ( Read more... )