It’s happened. Our Little Darling has outgrown her first pair of socks. She is now 23 inches long and weighs in at 8 pounds. Every day she is doing new things. Two weeks ago she started smiling and vocalizing and this week she has discovered the mobile above her cradle. Now Mommy can wind up [...]
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Nov
14
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What, no nausea?
After a protracted labor (without pain meds no less!), John announced to me that we had made a girl! It was the perfect ending to my birth experience, marked by great support from John and midwife Titi. IÂ am looking forward to raising this exquisite creature but must also mention the simple things that have [...]
Nov
10
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Taking Back Our Birth
It appears I am in early labor and despite my midwive’s attempts to catastrophize my pregnancy and induce me (7 hospitalizations in all thus far) they have finally backed off and are letting Nature call the shots. Over these past 8 weeks of light duty and then bedrest, my blood pressure has stabilized, Baby Gibbs’ [...]
