Pretty sure I've been bitten by the nesting bug. Over the course of the last week, I've practically doubled the amount of clothes we have for Sephie. I'm amazed that she has 98 onesies, five robes and 16 jackets. 16! What in the hell am I going to do with them all?? I updated our spreadsheet and I think we're in a good place for most of our baby ( Read more... )

So, being pregnant is absolutely not something I'm going to miss, when it's over. I don't like the erosion of boundaries. I hate how people who previously could not give two shits about me and my life are suddenly all about the baby now, as if I'm only an incubator with no worth outside of what my body is currently engineering. I'm about ready to ( Read more... )

After reading yet another post in pregnant that irritates me, I began reflecting on the value of statistics, in terms of how those numbers bring comfort and/or stress to expectant mothers ( Read more... )

Being back in Kansas City was fun, but I can also say I'm relieved to be home, for the most part. I also find myself amazed that two weeks was just not enough time to see everyone--I regret that I wasn't able to see Dionne or Meg, for example, nor was I able to go to Dave and Buster's. But what I did experience, I enjoyed, and most of the people I ( Read more... )

I'm pretty frustrated at the moment. I'm trying to recognize that while being pregnant doesn't immediately render me incapable of dealing with emotionally-draining situations, it certainly tends to amplify my feelings.

( To begin with, earlier this week, my midwife told me that there's a good possibility I'm carrying twins. )

I'm so tired of the comments that are wholly dismissive of upset posters in communities like pregnant, and equally as upset that I feel there are few Feminist resources in the status quo aimed towards keeping an empowered pregnancy, birth and maternal experience possible, I've formed my own community.

demeterspace. Please pass it along, as I envision this being a ( Read more... )

SIDS is on my mind a lot lately ( Read more... )

It certainly feels like we're coming up on crunch time for everything. I'm 21 weeks as of yesterday, and roughly two and a half weeks away from our anticipated move-in date. It feels like there is so much ahead of us, and so many other things that need to get done ( Read more... )

And pretty sure my pregnancy hormones have kicked in full-force. I'm about five minutes from just breaking down to have a good cry because tomorrow is Mother's Day, I haven't been home in a year, and whereas I think people back there would make it a special occasion, it just isn't something that is a high priority here ( Read more... )

All day long, I've been struggling with what to post. Since the reinvention of my journal, I've generally tried to keep my topics limited to avoid the long, rambling style that I previously engaged in. It feels somehow more organized to have one specific target in mind when I write these days ( Read more... )