April 2011
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Death rate from childbirth rises in California →
The rate of women dying from pregnancy-related complications has increased at a “statistically significant” pace, according to a long-awaited report on maternal deaths released today by the California Department of Public Health.
African American, low-income and less-educated women had higher deaths rates from complications related to childbirth, according to the report, which...
University of Heather: 10 Things You Need to Know... →
universityofheather:
I think having babies is by far the most stressful time and anything you can do to make it better is a plus. Here are my Top 10 things you should know before your baby is born –from a non-birth mother’s point of view:
1. Take everything you can from the hospital. It’s all great and you…
I definitely think we’re going to enforce #2, except for maybe my mom...
His Mom
Is bugging me more than I care to admit. She really is.
Joe is an only child and in the past 6 months or so, I’ve started to notice things about his mom that I don’t particularly like. There was some family drama between her and her now-deceased brother, and I think it was around this time that I even began to allow myself to think of her in a different light. I’ve always really...
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29 Weeks!
This is the beginning of my 30th week, which means it’s 11 weeks until my due date. Redonkulous.
This past week has been awesome, save for my allergies. I’m coping though—as long as I don’t get sick, I’m happy. There’s been a little bit of rain over in my corner of the world and that’s helped the pollen settle. Joe and I were in Colorado the past 4 days...
Not much going on with me, but I am ready for this day to be over because then I’ll officially be on vacation! I think I need the break—it’s been a while since I’ve had a day off.
Today is my Friday! Flying to Colorado early tomorrow morning.
Tonight we’re driving to Joe’s mom’s to spend the night and to get the dogs set up. I’m not looking...
mysocalledttclife replied to your post: 28 Weeks—THIRD Trimester!
Congrats! And may I ask—what is a Chinese cabbage? I swear they choose the oddest vegetables and fruits sometimes! :)
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Hey B! Here’s a Chinese cabbage. Looks like big bok choy, but lighter green with flatter stalk things :) Happy second trimester!!!
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28 Weeks--THIRD Trimester!
And here we are. One thing I’ve noticed as the weeks have gone by is how much less emphasis I’ve put in the weekly milestones (although it may seem otherwise). I used to wait for Monday starting every Tuesday, waiting until my weekly updates were in the double digits (10 weeks, yeah!), until I was in the upper teens, then the twenties (halfway there!). But now, I’m baffled when I...
Couponing
Have you ever seen the Extreme Couponing show on TLC? It’s awesome and just plain unbelievable. It is, of course, extreme—I mean, I don’t think I need 100 toothbrushes and hundreds of toilet paper—but it could definitely be applied practically.
With maternity leave around the corner (I have no shorter than 9 weeks and no longer than 11 weeks of work left!), I’ve...
“A daughter is a mother’s gender partner, her closest ally in the family...”
– Victoria Secunda (via projectbaby)
What if I hurt the baby?
It’s official, my belly has crossed over to being undeniably, no-doubt-about-it pregnant. Joe is afraid to do the dance because he might hurt the baby.
I somehow thought we wouldn’t go through this (oh the naivete!), but since he’s been back from his little mini-vacation (where he was gone 3 nights), we have not, well, you know…So this morning while I was getting ready for...