Green(ish) Baby: The Birth Story
When I was pregnant, I enjoyed reading other people’s birth stories – mostly because it gave me different possible scenarios to “prepare” for. In hindsight I know there is no […]
Tag Archives: Pregnancy
Cost on Delivery: Pricey American Births
With Baby Boo arriving any day now (if he hasn’t arrived already – I do write my blog posts in advance), I’ve been getting as prepared as is possible. But […]
Nursery Update: The Countdown Begins
Between my spooky shower, the 2nd smaller shower my work put on for me, yard sale finds that were brought up for me from my mom and the overwhelming generosity […]
A Spooktacular Shower
Over this past weekend, good friends (along with the help of my mom and mother-in-law) threw me a Halloween-themed baby shower! It was spooktacular: An excuse to see a bunch […]
Class for Preggers
Butch and I went to our first pregnancy-related class* last weekend: Childbirth Prep. It was held at the local hospital where I plan on giving birth, and was a good […]
The Inconvenient Truth About Pregnancy
…Or, “How’m I doin’?” Now that I have your attention (and have possibly scarred you for life) with my Photoshopped creation of preggers-Ed Koch…let’s talk pregnancy unpleasantries! I haven’t blogged […]
Mommy Wars: Or, Why Everyone Should Just Chill the F Out
Today, let’s talk about “Mommy Wars” – a most-likely media-invented term that conjures up images of roving gangs of women mentally and verbally attacking other women for making different choices […]
Babymoon in Ithaca
Butch and I actually had 2 days off in a row at the same time so, despite me not feeling “justified” spending money on anything non-baby-essential-related (and despite both of […]
Bloom Update and Babymoon
Expressing gratitude, once again, for all the bulbs and perennials that either came with the house, or were given to me – the Perch is ALIVE with color, and it’s […]
Doin’ the Doula Thing
Last week, I met with my doula for the first time. She was recommended to me by the friend whom I originally wanted to act as my doula, but who […]
