The Grand Finale (or, The Grand Beginning)

I’m a brand new mommy.
I’m also the only girl I know who would stay home on Monday because I peed the bed, and go into work on Wednesday after my water broke.
I got nervous sitting there at work, and I decided not to wait until my 3:30 appointment. I went outside and called the office [...]

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More Nocturnal Craziness

Okay, something’s going on. I’m a little embarrassed to be sharing, but I promised I would share everything and not censor too much. So here goes.
I really regret complaining about the peeing in the beginning of my pregnancy, because I hadn’t seen anything yet.
 
Sunday night I woke up suddenly around 3am with the sensation of [...]

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I Need a Nesting Intervention!

As I round the corner to the 39th week, I find I’m in full-blown nesting phase. I’m sure this “nesting” manifests itself in various ways from pregnant woman to pregnant woman, although they’re all special unique forms of CRAZY. I find to my relief I’m no different. I’ve recently been blessed with this burst of [...]

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37 Week Checkup – Pregnancy Update

So I had my 37 week checkup last Wednesday. I go back for my 38th week tomorrow afternoon.
As I’ve said before, these checkups have been pretty uneventful, very quick, in and out visits. This past week I saw that sweet nurse practitioner, Amy, who’s super nice and also very pregnant, so it’s nice to have [...]

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Top Ten Things I can’t wait to do in approximately three weeks.

10. Have a brand new, cuddly, beautiful little girl to care for.
 
9. Have Regis and Kelly and Rachael Ray shows on in the mornings. I DVR these, but it’s so hard to find the time to watch them. It’ll be nice to have them on in the background.
 
8. Have labor and delivery and the whole [...]

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It looks like I’ll need a chaperone in public places for awhile.

To preface, two things that SUCK right now:

My clumsiness
My tendency to burst into tears without reason.

 
I tell you these things, because both symptoms came into play yesterday evening when I had a harrowing and traumatic ordeal at the gas station.
 
Mikey and I decided to walk Gunnar, like we do any other ordinary night. We needed [...]

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My Nanny Dog

Gunnar has been acting noticeably different lately, for the past maybe, week or two.
He seems to be more by my side than normal, lays on my feet or if I’m on the floor sitting, he will try to lay ON me, or at least leaning heavily against me.
If I’m in the bed, he’s laying with [...]

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To Epidural or Not to Epidural?

So, I’ve basically come to the conclusion that there isn’t any other way out of this. I will inevitably have to give birth to this little girl growing inside me. I cannot wish that unpleasant part away and I can’t pretend like it won’t happen. Because it will, whether I’m terrified or not.
The question at [...]

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Everything’s Okay.

T-Minus Six Weeks and Counting…
I’m officially 34 weeks and 3 days today.
 
I’m starting to feel the first of the Braxton-Hicks contractions. My doctor told me that I’m not early; women usually feel them as early as 28 weeks, and if he were to hook me up to a monitor, he’d see regular contractions. These feel [...]

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Prenatal Visit – 33 week checkup

Dr Z (best doctor ever): Good morning! How are you doing?
Me: Ugh. Not too good. I swear, I have been pregnant longer than anyone has ever been pregnant ever.  Seriously?  No one has ever had a longer pregnancy than me.
Dr Z: You’re exactly right. Oh, except for the girl who’s been pregnant for 33 [...]

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