I saw Dr. Risky last week for my final postpartum appointment. I left both kids at home and went by myself. Who knew a trip to the OB/GYN could feel like a vacation? Dr. Risky was in a good mood, and I was, too (you know, because I was on vacation). It was really nice…
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Making It Work
June 19th, 2013Comments: 92
Thanks to everyone for your advice on my post yesterday. I think a lot of you missed that even though James had gained two-fifths of an ounce in ten days, he was still down half a pound from his birth weight at his two-week check. Dr. Loove made her recommendations to us about helping James…
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Feeding Time
June 12th, 2013Comments: 207
If I’m being honest, I went into breastfeeding this time with a poor attitude. I just 100% figured it wouldn’t work, because I’d never had success with it. Madeline was born too early to feed directly from my breast, and Annabel had a terrible latch that even a lactation consultant couldn’t fix. With both girls…
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See You In The Morning
May 30th, 2013Comments: 135
It’s been nine lonnnnng months, but I can finally put my hands on my stomach tonight and say, “See you in the morning, Baby Boy.” Thank you all for your love and best wishes.They mean the world to us! We’ll let you know when he’s here!
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We Have A Plan
May 29th, 2013Comments: 107
I showed up for my appointment yesterday with Dr. Risky feeling the worst I’ve felt in months. My hyperemesis was raging, my sciatic is pinched, blah blah I felt really awful. Dr. Risky came up to me while I was being weighed, saw that I was down two pounds since last week, and said, “Hey…
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A Travel Nursery
May 28th, 2013Comments: 38
For all of my procrastinating on The Acrobat’s nursery, I got everything done just in time for what was supposed to be his arrival date. Now that we’re past that day, the room just sits there empty and mocks me. Okay, obviously that’s not true. Annabel loves going into the nursery, so actually I spend…
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A Spotty Future
May 27th, 2013Comments: 74
As Mike mentioned on Friday, I was having some vision problems in both eyes on Thursday night and went to bed early. I’d worn my contacts for most of the day, which I don’t do regularly, and I chalked it up to eye fatigue. Friday morning came around and despite ten hours of sleep, my…
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A Closer Look
May 24th, 2013Comments: 65
Heather went in for monitoring yesterday. We’d hoped to make it until Friday (today), so the time between her appointments wouldn’t be as long, but Heather said she was feeling “off” yesterday. She was having contractions in her back, plus she said the normally very active Acrobat was sluggish. I remembered that she’d felt similarly…
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