It’s official my favorite blue jeans no longer fit, not even with a belly band. But the sprout is growing! I’ve gained 8 pounds in the last month, making that 8 pounds total for the pregnancy. I’m starting to feel very well-rounded. I started doing some pregnancy meditations—“36 weekly practices for bonding with your [...]
Tag Archives: The Sprout
What a Kick
Finally, last night, while I was soaking in the tub Spout (aka Marquis, aka Vercingetorix—more on this later) made his presence known. It wasn’t gas this time–for real! It was full on baby rumble time in my belly.
He kept it up for about 30 minutes. I haven’t felt any more today, but I’m really [...]
Oh Boy!
We are going to have a son. A little boy that calls me mama and him papa and looks to us for love, support and guidance…and maybe a little mischief now and then. Friday, we went for our anatomy scan. All the important parts are there and one extra part that offers proof of his [...]
My Expectations Versus Reality
When someone gets pregnant in a movie we see something like this:
Scene 1: Woman runs in to the room flushed and happy waving her magic EPT wand and everyone rejoices.
Scene 2: Woman pukes a bit, wipes her mouth and then smiles lovingly up at her partner.
Scene 3: We see the woman and man decorating a [...]
Everything Seems So Trivial Now
No, I don’t want to start fresh in 2010. Eh, I’ll pass on the goals setting (and the best applications to track them). Bah, I’m just not interesting in the whole New-Year resolution thing this year. Maybe it’s because I’m pregnant (and pregnant women are smug*) and it just doesn’t seem that important. I’m growing a person! Isn’t that enough?
