Crimson Wave

February 10, 2010

My recovery from Annabel’s birth has been so amazingly easy that I should totally be the poster girl for c-sections. The contrast between how I am doing now versus how I was after Madeline’s birth is amazing. The circumstances were, of course, totally different, but I am really shocked by how good I’m doing. After [...]

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Text4baby

February 5, 2010

Information is power as they say, and this is rarely ever more true than when pregnant. An expecting mother who is informed about how to be healthy when pregnant greatly improves her chances of having a healthy baby. After everything I’ve been through these last few years, I know just how important that is. So, [...]

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Staples And Gas Pains And Scars OH MY

February 2, 2010

While I was laying on the operating table waiting to get the word on whether I’d be awake for my daughter’s birth, Dr. Risky came and sat near my head. She started talking to me about my scar and laid out some options. As I’d mentioned, my former OB left me with a crooked scar [...]

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Post-Op

February 1, 2010

So I had a cesarean section ten days ago. As a refresher, I had to have a c-section this time around because the emergency c-section I had for Madeline was a classical cut and blah blah medical jargon a repeat cesarean was necessary. So you’d think, since I’ve known ever since the day Madeline was [...]

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The Story of Annie’s Birth Day

January 25, 2010

It is pretty crazy to be sitting at home with a baby girl asleep a few feet away from me considering that, as of Thursday night, the most exciting plan I had for the weekend was to rent a video.  Hints of the unexpected direction things were to take came on Thursday night when Heather [...]

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The Rumors Are True

January 21, 2010

A lot of you saw my picture from yesterday and commented on my lack of stretch marks. And it’s true, I don’t have any. I even forced Mike to make sure I don’t have any that I can’t see (and there is a lot I can’t see) and he confirmed that there are none. I [...]

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