Tonight we will light the first Hanukkah candle. (Technically, we should have done it when the sun went down, but, meh, we’re not that strict in this house.) And tomorrow, the first full day of Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving day for the first time in, like, ever. And it won’t happen again for another 76,000 […]
Pregnancy is supposed to be this beautiful, amazing, glowing experience. And it is. I get all kinds of compliments on my growing bump, and I love feeling Thumper moving around in there. Plus, my skin has been mostly clear, which is an added bonus. But it’s also icky and uncomfortable. I’ve had it relatively easy. […]
Thank you, thank you, thank you! everyone who commented on my last post and especially to the mystery person who posted it on LFCA. All of your words of encouragement helped me feel that everything is going to be okay, no matter where or how this baby enters the world. I am still researching my […]
So, as it turns out, moving to another country in the middle of a pregnancy is stressful. Who knew? It’s not even the move itself that’s freaking me out. Boxes will be packed, loaded on a truck, and driven to our new home. You know, once we actually find one. And once we have an […]
Thumper’s been very active today. With every movement, I fall more in love. Hubby got to feel her a couple of times today, for the first time since Monday. Every other time, he’s just missed her by the time he gets his hand on my belly. He asks me, “Are you sure that’s her?” “Yes,” […]
I love my job, most of the time, but the agency I work for is clique-ish bizarre fucked-up interesting. Management doesn’t even try to hide the fact that they have their favorites, letting X person work from home when her mom was sick, but denying Y the same privilege when her dad was dying. There […]
Okay, so I’m totally bipolar or something. Yesterday I was wallowing in self-pity and otherness. Today…well, today is a different day. A better day. We had our anatomy scan today, at 18 weeks 5 days. I think they tried to squeeze us in early because, when we went for our 12 week scan, we told […]
I feel like an impostor. I sat down to breakfast with two friends today so we could plan a baby shower. My baby shower. Baby showers aren’t for people like me. They’re for the fertiles, those women who take for granted, even while their baby is still in the womb, that their child will be […]
You guys. Seriously. You’re the best. I can’t thank all of you enough for talking me down from what would have otherwise been an epic fuh-reak out. The logical part of my brain knew not to do that, but I really needed each of your voices to reassure me that this will probably turn out […]
Something Out of Nothing 