I’m hooked up to the milking machine and hubs is in the other room holding the boy, so now seems about as good a time for an update as any. Here’s the update: this shit is hard. Let me back up a little. R stayed in the NICU the whole time we were in the […]
Rhys (pronounced Reese). Born yesterday morning at 10:44am. 6lbs 10oz. He’s in the special care unit, as his lungs weren’t quite fully mature (despite the fact that I was almost 38 weeks!). Hopefully he will join us in the room today. Hopefully I’ll get up and walk around today!
Bubs will be delivered via c-section next Tuesday! I’ll be almost 38 weeks by then (37 weeks, 5 days). We decided not to wait longer because I’ve been having lots of contractions the past couple of weeks. They are Braxton Hicks, but they have been out of control a few times (like 13 an hour!), […]
I haven’t been posting much, and there are a few reasons why. One is that my book is being published! It will come out in spring 2015. I am over the moon, but it’s a lot of work on top of moving into a new house and trying to prepare for parenthood. Another reason I […]
It feels like it has been forever since I’ve posted. I’m now 22 weeks, and I’ve had some good stretches. Overall I have felt better in the second trimester: more energy, less nausea; I’ve even had increased libido, which has been super fun. But I’ve also had a couple of brain boiling headaches (having one […]
One of my husband’s colleagues is in town for a conference, and last night he came over for dinner. We were having a normal kind of chat; you know, sex, politics, religion. Then the colleague asked if the station wagon in the driveway was mine. When we told him it was my husband’s, he looked […]
Sorry guys, I know it has been a long time since my last post. A lot has happened, and my head is still spinning. It took another week or so before Baby B’s heartbeat stopped. It was truly awful to see him on the monitor, a little blob lying still in the bottom of his […]
Heartfelt thanks to everyone for your support, prayers, and well-wishes. It’s been a tough weekend with a lot of tears. I am anxious to go in tomorrow, hoping like crazy that baby A is still going strong. I imagine I will feel like this every second until s/he is in my arms. The support of […]
I’m not really sure which blog to post this on, so I’ll probably just post to both. Today I found out that one of the twins has stopped growing, and his/her heartbeat is slowing. We were warned that this was a possibility (about 50%, my doc said), but I figured that having two genetically tested […]
First off, everything is okay. Both babies look fine, though B is still measuring small. When I explained to the ultrasound tech about the cramping and the spotting and how terrified I was, she laughed. “Welcome to motherhood,” she said. Indeed. In other news, life is complete chaos. Our landlords are terminating our lease at […]
My Post-Conceived Life 