February 2010 - Posts
Posted Friday, February 26, 2010 11:46 AM
"I remember the sounds I was making -- loud, low groans that did not sound like me anymore. It really was the only way to get through the contractions, though... " How it all began On Sunday, January 10, I woke up to contractions. My husband Rob and I
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Posted Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:07 PM
"Suddenly, Dan was on one side of me, my doctor was at my feet, and the nurse was on my other side. I needed help lifting my legs -- they may as well have been telephone poles for how heavy they seemed to me and my skin felt like rubber..." Getting ready
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Posted Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:25 PM
"Once I’m at 6 cm, I climb into the jet tub with my gown on, and bring a pillow with me. The oddness of this makes me giggle..." Pre-baby scavenger hunt It's noon and I want to smack my husband Brittain over the head with the shovel I am holding. His
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Posted Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:08 PM
"I didn’t cry or scream; I just pushed. After about the third push I remember thinking, 'I can’t do this...'" Valentine's Day memories Right now I'm pregnant with my second child -- only six more weeks to go! But as I slowly approach D-Day I can’t help
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Posted Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:55 PM
“I was so loud while pushing that the midwife actually told me to quiet down because screaming wouldn’t help...” Slow start My birth story begins with my husband and me having sex three days before my due date -- we wanted to get things going. I guess
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