i’m not jealous
i didn’t really like being pregnant, although my pregnancy was pretty smooth, and relatively problem free. maybe i felt a little more comfortable in my skin and didn’t mind the constant doting (who doesn’t?) but all in all, i couldn’t wait for it to be over. and when it finally was… i thought, thank god! but […]
ready, set, go
things were going swimmingly and then all of a sudden… just over three weeks ago we walked out of the hospital into the cold with our brand new bundle of “joy”. i employ the use of quotes because, as any new mother (and very few articles) will attest, i’ve really been put to the test […]
time to panic
i just had a realization. it was like a flash of light. i’m about to have a baby. this whole time i’ve been talking about how i’m *so* ready for this pregnancy to be over and complaining about how long these last nine months have been (what seem like the longest of my life) … […]
reality sets in
before today, there was a part of me that knew, intellectually, that at some point during this process we would experience labour… because, obviously, that’s clearly the end result of all this. however, i’ve mentioned before, there’s a bit of a blank for me between being pregnant and being at home with a new born. […]
is this for real?
even though every day i get a little bit bigger, and this little person inside jerks around like the dickens, i can’t help but be shocked every time i catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and think, “is this actually happening?” it’s been hard to wrap my mind around the fact that at […]