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July 2009
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POLLS CLOSE: 34 hours later, still in labor BABY POOL: when will she get here? Choo choooo: riding the bed rest train! Categories
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I'm surfacing for air! Well, I'm getting a blog post done, which is a huge feat as far as I'm concerned. The husband and I are still in survival mode. I'm sure most of you with kids can relate. We get a kick out of people who tell us how much they love newborns. They want more newborns. If only their kids could stay newborn forever. Newborns! And we chuckle to ourselves, "Are we doing something wrong? Because she is a whole... Wow. What a week you guys. What a week. Let me introduce you to baby Elle, born June 12th at 8:17pm.
She was 6lbs, 3oz and 20" long. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting on the blog for the u... (This is Producer Aaron hitting the "post" button for Steph, for reasons you'll see below!) The BABY POOL from the previous blog is officially closed as of the time this blog goes live. Good luck. ~~~~~~~~~~
It's almost 5am. 5am on... Thursday, I think. I'm not really sure at this point. I'm also not sure if I'll even click publish on this post,... How about today? Is today good, little one? No? Nuts. Okay, after chatting with @geoffk on twitter, I like this idea of a baby pool guessing when she'll get here. But, because twitter is a 140 character medium, I figure I should flesh it out here on the blog so those of you who aren't on twitter can play along, too, if you like. Your guess, please: When will this baby come and how much will she weigh? >> Continue reading: BABY POOL: when will she get here? I got my first bag of CSA produce yesterday. CSA; what's that, you say? Canadian Standards Association? Confederate States of America? (thanks, b!x) It's actually something I've wanted to try ever since doing a story on these fine folks some 6 or 7 years ago: http://www.47thavefarm.com/ It's called Community Sustainable Agriculture. You can learn more about it here: ... Aaaand, we wait. That's what the husband and I are doing. Waiting. This baby could come tomorrow. This baby could come in 2 weeks. This baby could find herself coming at the hands of some pitocin if my blood pressure even sneaks so much as a peek at the party going on the other side of the fence. I have two doc appointments this week to keep an eye on things. The nuggette is doing great, which is the best part of this craziness. ... I made it: I'm 37 weeks. This baby is full-term. True confession: I really didn't know what that meant up until I got pregnant. I always thought that your due date was your due date and if a baby came earlier than that, well, it meant you had a preemie. I have two good friends who had their babies come earlier than 37 weeks, and both families are doing really, really well. But seeing it happen to people you ... Bed rest. That's me right now. Resting. As I'm I'm typing this, I'm rocking some super-sized pajamas, fuzzy slippers, and mini-wheats. My hair looks like I'm gearing up for an audition with a Flock of Seagulls cover band. I haven't brushed my teeth, and just might not until this afternoon. Resting. It looks like good ol' Type A, go-go-go Steph needs to take a dose of Chill Out and perhaps log a few... What a day I had yesterday. Let me give you the cliff notes version. As you know if you've read my previous blogs, I'm gaining almost a pound a day right now. Normal weight gain is about a pound a week. That's a problem. I wake up about 4.5 pounds lighter than I end the day. That means, by the time I hit Live @ 7, I'm pushing some serious bloat. It makes my hands feel like tight water balloons, and I don't ... I'd probably stare, too. I look like a horde of angry bees punched me right in the face. My eyes are swollen, my cheeks are swollen, I AM SWOLLEN. For those of you who emailed or sent me tweets asking where I've been, I wish I could tell you something exciting like, "I was in Maui"... or, "on my friends mega-yacht at a Regatta". But I was at home pulling off Cirque du Soliel style gymnastics on the couch as I attempt... |
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