Pregnancy
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Talking About Birth
As I begin to position myself as an information source, an expert of sorts, on pregnancy, birth, and parenting, I’ve had to spend time thinking about what type of information I want to relay. Through Papoose’s website, Facebook page, and in-store customer interactions, I’ll be sharing news and information that may be of interest to…
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Saturday Surfing
Looking though my hundreds of unread posts in Google Reader last week, I couldn’t help but marvel at how interests evolve, so I thought I would do something a little different this Saturday and build links into an actual post. I follow a few “mom blogs,” like Kelle Hampton’s Enjoying the Small Things whose second…
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No Easy Decision
Many of you may know that I have a slight obsession with MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, which I watch online. It’s a show just like it sounds — reality TV that follows teenagers through pregnancy, birth, and either initial months of parenthood or adoption. It’s supposed to be a PSA of sorts for safe sex.…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Abortion pills prescribed via Net targeted – Washington Post Iraq Study Links U.S. Weaponry to Birth Defects in Falluja, Guardian Says – Bloomberg Mom defies doctor, has baby her way – CNN Health Prudent Advice #212 Remember that most fairy tales were written by men. – This is short and sweet…from…
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Nora, the Prison Guard
If you believe Erica Jong, this:is my 18 (21…25…?) year prison sentence. In case you missed it, in The Wall Street Journal ‘s “Saturday Essay” last weekend, Jong wrote about the evils of attachment and green parenting: You wear your baby, sleep with her and attune yourself totally to her needs. […] Add to this…
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One Year Ago Today
A.K.A. Nora’s birth story Cleaned up only slightly from my original post here Eleanor Margarete Hinds Born Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 3:47 pm 7lbs 4 oz 20 inches long My due date was August 24, a Monday, which came and went uneventfully. I felt great, so I kept going to work each day, walking,…
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Empowerment in Birth
There’s a discussion going on over at the Motherload blog about whether or not there is an ideal way to give birth. Lisa Belkin seems to think an ideal birth is a fiction, and all that matters is a healthy baby and mother. I disagree that there isn’t an ideal, because I think there’s enough…
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41 Weeks & 1 Day
Well, we had an interesting doctors appointment today. Chris picked me up from work at 1:00 and we headed, first, to Northern Dutchess for a sonogram and a peek at baby. Baby scored 8/8 on the biophysical profile and looks great. We could even see him or her practicing breathing the amniotic fluid in and…
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The 10th Month
Still hanging in there and hanging out. I worked all week this week. It was slowing down a bit since the semester starts Monday, but still relatively busy (I had to finalize my goals for 2009-2010). It wasn’t bad, though, that baby decided to give me this week, because it let me do that and…
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Due Date
Well, that’s it, I’m officially in the 10th month and 40th week of being pregnant – thank goodness I feel so great, because this baby has some serious procrastination genes (from both sides). I’m surprised we didn’t get more phone calls today – just one from my brother Brandon. And it was probably a pretty…
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Belly Love
Last night, I posed for an amazing local photographer, Melissa Surprise, who is working on a project of expecting mommas doing yoga. It was tons of fun and her pictures are beautiful!!! Go visit her blog at http://surprisephotography.com/blog/?p=1497 to see the pictures (and my giant belly)! P.S. let me know if you think you’re interested…
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Perfect Day
I had today off from work, and it was wonderful! I went to the doctor this morning, ran a few errands, hung out by the pool in the sunshine with Margarete for 3+ hours, came home and relaxed, then went to yoga. It was a great relaxing day! My doctor’s visit went well – I’m…
