I still log in and read a few times a month, but haven't posted anything original in a while.
I first joined Pweb back in September of 2000 with the handle Valentine Wiggin, and then after the first crash came back as Young Val and have kept that handle ever since.
Kim, I know exactly how you feel, and am so glad Lizzy is doing well now. I think your heart of hearts is right. And you did exactly what a parent should do. You advocated for your child. You listened to your gut. You didn't try to brush off signs just because professionals said it was nothing, you ...
Yo. Creeping out of lurkdom to say that November is ten months away, and yet I really want to do NaNoWriMo right now. Feeling so strongly about it that I came here to whine. The end.
Oh, man, I have a LOT of these today! I went to the grocery store with Penny! And no one else to help me! I popped her in the Moby wrap and went at it. She only cried a very little bit in the checkout line (and wailed the whole way home in the car, but hey). I PREPPED DINNER when she went down for a...
*hugs* Ali. You don't have to apologize for for not talking about your pregnancy. It's still fresh enough in my mind that I knowhow rough it can be. Wishing you well. I'm trying to type up the birth story for Penny, but it's slow going. I also keep meaning to post pictures here, but there are so man...
I'll have updates for you all soon, but we're just trying to navigate these crazy early weeks. Penny is fantastic and hilarious. Quite the demanding tiny overlord.
Friends with due dates after mine having their babies right on time or even early. Want to throw things. Baby has three days left or else it's induction time. Everything sucks.
Ok, baby is officially late now. Yesterday was my due date and I had an appointment with my midwife. Was gently informed that my days of refusing cervical checks were over, and so: I'm only 1 centimeter dilated and 50% effaced. Baby is hanging out way up high in my ribcage and hasn't dropped at all....
Thanks Steph! Please keep them coming! Baby is due on THURSDAY. WHAT EVEN. No signs of impending labor. Zero. Zip. Of course, since it's been -60 with windchill here, I might opt to stay snug and warm in utero as well. This last week plus has been hard, very, very hard emotionally. And physically. B...
2013 was far more difficult across the board than I had anticipated. Some high and low lights: - Celebrated first year of marriage and six years of coupledom! - Got pregnant and had an absolutely hellacious pregnancy, which sent me back to therapy for the first time in years. - Celebrated one year a...
David is in bed, sick with what we are desperately hoping is not the flu. I am on the couch in my pajamas, eating raisin bran by the fistful directly from the box and watching action movies on TV. Even though it is the only thing that makes me feel ok these days, I did not shower today. I have been ...
I just wrote a whole post and then the internet in the office ate it. :bash: A less eloquent rehash: TEN DAYS. One week and three days until my due date. Unfortunately, Baby shows absolutely no signs of making her debut. I've had zero true contractions or any other signs of impending labor, despite ...
Question about contractions. I've had some Braxton Hicks scattered throughout the last few weeks. They are rare and virtually painless. This morning I'm having some painful cramping but only along the left side. My stomach doesn't really harden up that much when these cramps happen. It feels sort of...
Three weeks, three days until my due date. Or, 24 days. It is ridiculous that I can reasonably count down in days, now. There is also a new button that recently popped up in my pregnancy tracker app. It says "Arrived?" and I guess I'm supposed to click it once little miss makes her debut. Crazy. The...
Five weeks, five weeks, five weeks. Five weeks left until my due date. Might as well be forever. We have our first newborn care class this evening. In truth I am just over it. I am over being pregnant. I'm done. I've been doing fairly well over the last several weeks. Emotionally things have kind of...