Less to sweat in second pregnancy
My Parenting Perspectives column from May 10 … As I progress through my second pregnancy, more than three years removed from my first, I’m struck by the differences between the two. I’m carrying lower....
View ArticleMore differences between first and second pregnancies
Since my Parenting Perspectives column ran Tuesday discussing the differences between my first pregnancy more than three years ago and the bun currently baking in the oven, my pregnant brain has...
View Article“What baby?” and other mischievous thoughts
The rounder I get, now in my seventh month of gestation,
View ArticlePutting baby’s blood in the bank
The last time I was in the delivery room, in 2008, I remember a nurse holding up a white pouch for me to see. It contained the blood from Baby Eve’s umbilical cord. My husband and I had decided...
View ArticlePushing for a ‘push present’
Today’s Associated Press story in the Life section of The Forum was of great interest to me, a pregnant woman. It’s all about “push presents,” a growing trend where new moms receive sometimes...
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Wetting my whistle with dry drinks
My boss asked me the other day if I’ve been having any pregnancy cravings. Booze, I said, unashamedly. I’m sure that makes me sound like a raving drunkard, but what I wouldn’t give for a frosty, fruity...
View ArticleParenting Perspectives: Preparing daughter for new baby
My daughter is going to be a big sister in less than a month. And apparently her brother is going to be an ice cream cone. That’s what she told me last week as we drove to a class at the hospital...
View ArticleWhere did all the pregnant women go?
All spring and early summer, I felt like a member of a not-so-exclusive club. Everywhere I looked I saw other pregnant women. They strolled through south Fargo neighborhoods and filled supermarket...
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Playing the waiting game
At my first weekly OB appointment, my doctor gave me what I considered great news: At 36 weeks, I was already 2 cm dilated and 70 percent effaced, all without a single contraction. Considering it took...
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Happy Birthday to me … and my son
I got the BESTEST birthday present this morning. Our little boy Owen decided to make his entrance into the world quite quickly, and on my birthday. I’ll be taking a break from blogging for awhile to...
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