A Dark and Stormy Night
It was actually the darkest and stormiest of nights. We went to bed at 1 a.m. and I was up again at two--the rain coming down so hard I thought it wou... read more
5 months ago
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Subcategories: Childcare Infertility Motherhood
A Day Late and a Positive Short
So, I'm a day late. The pregnancy test is negative.According to the box, there is a 99 percent accuracy rate on the first day of a missed period. How ... read more
9 months ago
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a good kind of fat
I am already fat. I am already pudgy in the tummy. The bulge swells from low down.My breasts are still sore. I am still tired, though not obscenely ti... read more
1 months ago
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A Woman Knows
SO many women say they knew they were pregnant well before the first line ever showed up, halllunigenically or not. I used to think these women were l... read more
2 months ago
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And Then I lost My Sh*t
We've gotten through the last week without any major drama between my husband and I--something I probably couldn't have imagined two years ago. It was... read more
5 months ago
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Busy
I've been beating myself up all weekend about how i'm too exhuasted to do ANYTHING ( haven't left the house since Friday night, just showered for the ... read more
2 weeks ago
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Confession
In high school, when my friend thought she was pregnant, we drove to another town to get her a pregnancy test. At 30, I'm already scouting out new pha... read more
3 months ago
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Do Over
I dreamt I lost the baby. Then I dreamt nobody believed I was carrying a baby, they just thought I was fat. So when I told someone to put their hand o... read more
2 months ago
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Excuse Me, Your Uterus is Messy
I take a decent amount of pride in the fact that in the last week, I've done all these horrible medical appointments in my husband's language. While I... read more
5 months ago
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False Hope
And on the fourth day of waiting, the midwife called to tell me that if nothing has happened yet, I will have to have a D&C to remove what is left... read more
6 months ago
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