10. Intact Placenta
9. Bilirubin
…Jewish punk rock artist
8. Gifts on the Doorstep
…CCM, or generic adult contemporary
7. Colostrum
…ambient/techno music
6. The Soft Spots
…1950s R&B
5. Laundry Avalanche
4. Rocking and Reading
…educational children’s music, book them for your next birthday party!
3. Let-Down Reflex
2. Cabin Fever
1. Pee-Soaked Diaper

I compromised with R on the toe. He suggested I go to urgent care. I opted for my primary care doctor instead.
Although the doc convinced himself that the toe wasn’t broken, he couldn’t rule out the possibility of a small fracture further down in the foot, where most of the tenderness and bruising are. I’m […]

Had a doctor’s appointment this morning. The first time they weighed me something was wonky in the scale such that it said I gained 8 pounds in about 10 days. Um, no. But I loved the trying-not-to-freak look on the nurse’s face as she asked oh-so-casually, “Have you experienced any headaches or swelling?” No, I […]

So I’ve shared this in bits and pieces, but here is the skinny (bad pun) on RM at 32 weeks pregnant:
So at last Monday’s midwife appointment I again had the protein pee. Based on this, and the fact that my 24 hour test from two weeks ago showed protein (though not in alarming amounts), the […]

Tomorrow I am 75% through with this pregnancy. Ten weeks left, give or take some indeterminate number of days.
We have exactly one baby outfit, but that’s OK, since we have no chest of drawers in which to put baby clothes. And no place to put a chest of drawers. The dining room?
The midwife gave me […]

…but it’s starting to feel like it.

DEFINITELY a boy.
The internets called it!
My heart is hurting for a friend right now, but I had to pass on the good news.

Tuesday morning is the ultrasound. We had an early u/s that suggested a boy, although
a) the tech said “don’t buy blue yet,” and
b) the midwife pooh-poohed trying to predict gender at 12 weeks. And yet,
c) the genitals have formed by then, which makes it technically possible to see something.
So……..

Boy or girl?

Boy

Girl

Uncooperative kid of indeterminate gender

Free […]