Today is the last day of my 30's. Since my friends have been turning 40 for years, you'd think I'd be prepared for this. Parties and presents and "happy birthday's" are a distraction, and they are wonderful, because when I sit down and think about it, the idea of turning 40 … [Read more...]
Push It Real Good
This was an original post for LA Moms Blog on April 27, 2009. SV Moms Group was acquired by Technorati so I post my archives here on Fridays. This morning when I came back from a walk I touched my ears absentmindedly and froze: one of my earrings was missing. My heart … [Read more...]
The Three Pain Levels of Childbirth
Image from Hyperbole and a Half This is what we learned last night in Childbirth Class: there are three ways your labor can go, and they are Pretty Bad, Worse, and Even Worse Than That. Pretty Bad: You can try labor without drugs, and look and sound like the screaming moaners … [Read more...]
Ambushed
I thought I'd seen it all, but then last night I saw a video clip of a woman delivering a placenta. We were at our first Childbirthing Class, where someone teaches you how to give birth to a child, presumably. Including us there were 10 couples, all very nice people. Two of … [Read more...]
The Truth
I belong to a pregnancy website called Babyfit.com, which has a message board section on which pregnant women can post their concerns and celebrations and other pregnant women respond with advice and sympathy and prayers and shouts out to the mama. It's anonymous and worldwide. … [Read more...]
