Eventually I WILL get Martin's birth story posted, but it's still in rough form (it's really, really long, lol) and I don't want to post the entire thing anyway, so I need to trim & select what's going to go up.

Anyway.

I've been reading C.S. Lewis's Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, and as always, I am so tickled by his impeccable ( Read more... )

OK, so it looks like I'm having a c-section this afternoon. :O

I don't feel like getting into all the details right now but basically the c-section itself is just being ordered because the baby is so big. So, it's not really an emergency situation or anything, but several factors have come together to make today the best day for it. Basically, in ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went in and measured 42 weeks pregnant, despite being at 38/39 weeks. Still 3 cm dilated, but now 90% effaced. The midwife said I should come in for an ultrasound the next day ( Read more... )

Well, had a false alarm last night. A several-hours-long false alarm that left me really exhausted ( Read more... )

Despite a two-hour nap this afternoon, I am still bushed. I'm kind of really wanting my body back--it's so hard to bend over, pick stuff up, walk ... you know, crazy things that mothers of toddlers hardly ever do. *sigh* But I'll try not to complain too much ( Read more... )

Anybody know that Marcy Playground song ( Read more... )

I apparently think lima beans are delicious now. Who knew?

I had about the worst night of sleep I have had in years last night. It may have been going to bed really early; it may have been the tea I had right before bed; more likely, it was the monster child I'm carrying in my abdomen, combined with the *angel* child who was clinging to me most of the night. *sigh* I was so incredibly uncomfortable, and ( Read more... )

I had an ultrasound yesterday--everything looked good, but this kid is big. Looking briefly online, the average 33-week old baby weighs 4.4 pounds. This kid apparently weighs 6 pounds 1 oz, according to the computer. The doctor measured my uterus (a technique that certainly has its flaws, but by and large can give you an idea of where you are at ( Read more... )

I woke up to flurries this morning; how odd. And my main response was to be ticked because it means that Mary probably won't be playing outside during group today, which means she'll probably be a real grump. Oh, and she went to bed at QUARTER TO ONE last night, so I'll likely have to wake her up. *sigh* This child, lol ( Read more... )