(click here to see Part I).
I’d like to dedicate this second installment to my mother and my husband. For putting up with each other. For putting up with me. And for being even more amazing the second time than you were the first time.
Looking back over my life, I have made the stark [...]
About 2 weeks after Porter was born, and while still riding my post-partum hormonal high, I finally sat down to write about my childbirth experiences – both of them. But alas, the sleep deprivation began, and instead of writing flowery prose about contractions and cervical dilation, I became an obsessed lunatic in meticulously documenting [...]
Today officially marks my 42nd week of pregnancy, and the time has finally come to put everyone out of their misery and find out if this child is a boy or a girl. I will be induced first thing tomorrow morning, and with any luck, we will have added a new addition to our [...]
The Wait Wait… show was utterly awesome. Steve and I were still amazed that someone actually was dumb enough to do a live taping from Humboldt County – an audience pool not necessarily known for it’s ability to keep from making animal noises and blurting out answers. If it wasn’t for editing software [...]
The fluid looks fine. The baby looks fine. The heartbeat (although wacky due to constant activity) looks fine. I am fine. Stella and Steve are fine. We have made some plans and set some dates. That is all I will say other than, one way or another, by mid [...]