The Pregnancy Black Out

October 26, 2011

I am a huge researcher and planner. I’m the kind of person who will spend weeks (sometimes months) researching purchases. I can be spontaneous if necessary, but when given the option I want to be as informed as possible for anything important. Pregnancy is no exception…in fact, I am even thirstier for information when I’m [...]

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The Long Road To Pregnancy

October 10, 2011

For all my joking last week about chewing up my birth control pills, Mike and I DO want another kid. Ideally that would be sometime next year. Being October already, I started looking into making appointments with my medical “team” to make sure everything is up to snuff with the ole’ baby maker. I have [...]

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The Truth About Bed Rest

August 31, 2011

A lot of people ask me about what it’s like to be on bed rest.  They have a sister/girlfriend/wife who has just been put on it, and they have no idea what to do. I had ten weeks of bed rest during my pregnancy with Madeline. When it started, it was only supposed to be [...]

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To C-Section Or To VBAC

July 12, 2011

Living in Los Angeles comes with the prerequisite that you know everything that’s going on with celebrities. I am nothing if not serious about my duties, and I do what I can to stay up to date on my chosen celebrity major: their babies. Victoria Beckham and Kate Hudson had babies this past week. As [...]

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Kid Crossroads

October 11, 2010

I always wanted two kids, maaaaybe three if the first two were the same gender. They’d be evenly spaced – two years apart, close enough in age that they could play, but wouldn’t have the same classes at school. And we’d all live happily ever after. After Madeline was born, I was afraid to have [...]

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Sweet Blood

March 10, 2010

I had my six week check up yesterday with Doctor Risky. Oh, and in case you were wondering, I got this. Again. *Grumble Grumble* Anyway. I brought Annabel with me because I wanted Dr. Risky and her staff to see the little girl we all worked so hard for. And because I like to show [...]

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