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Dollars and Sense of Family Building (our story)

by on April 19, 2011

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[This post is part of an on-line discussion being hosted by Write Mind Open Heart and Baby Smiling. Talking about money is very hard for me. Please keep that in mind.] There are many interesting anecdotes about the day that I was born. It is a day that involved Christmas parties, drunk doctors and a [...]

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About a Boy: An Introduction

by on April 9, 2009

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Day two on the planet

The “birth story” will be written (& hopefully before I forget all the juicy bits) and shared in installments. Here are some highlights for ya’ll to marinate on while I catch my breath for a few days: pain meds are awesome when they work, anesthesiologists make good huggers and hand holders, some nurses are kick [...]

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Move along…nothing to see here

by on April 5, 2009

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“All good things come to those that wait.” waiting sucks…

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Exit planning

by on April 3, 2009

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Just returned home from my weekly pow wow with the OB and name obsessed nurses. My cervix is…drumroll…only 1/2 a centimenter more open than last week. Oh yes, my cervix is one sleepy gal. She is now yawning at a grand stance of 1 centimeter dilated. The kind of dilation that people have been known [...]

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To Do list on Due date

by on April 2, 2009

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1) Double check, triple check that bag is ready to go 2) shower well 3) eat 2 bowls of generic captain crunch (with berries!) 4) visit GM 5) Get GM to talk to Snork and tell him to come out. Laugh when GM puts her hand on gut and shouts, “Mind your Mother!” 6) Walk [...]

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Oh, right, there is an “E” there

by on April 2, 2009

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Check me out all blogging on my due date and shit. Yup, just sitting at my desk and reading blogs and e-mails. Last night I stayed up until just past midnight. As if the clock would roll over to April 2nd and TA DA labor would happen. Now that it is almost 10am I am [...]

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You are the best sports evah!

by on April 1, 2009

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stork is here

I seriously love you guys for allowing me my absolute moment of goofdom early this morning. And to even gesture further how MUCH of a goof that I am – I had actually been planning the previous post for AGES. And every time I would think about it I would laugh and laugh…Of course Mother, [...]

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Could it be the Universe has a sense of humor?

by on April 1, 2009

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This is a guest post brought to you by the letter A for April and it is one we have been waiting forever for! What better way to start a new month than with the announcement of a new arrival?! 12:01am April 1, 2009 13lbs 13oz All natural delivery!

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The Timing of April

by on March 28, 2009

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April, 2005: “What a great morning! What a great day! Dr. ____ was just so perfect. I had so many fears and doubts- was so afraid of being judged or being told I was making a mistake. But she managed to put me at ease. We went over my medical history and my cycle charts. [...]

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