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Anticipation

This is really the only word to explain my current emotional state, and apparently that of everyone else around me as well. Everywhere I go, people are asking, “When are you due?” And the closer I get to my due date, the more I adore this question.

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Belly Obsessed

24w3d- This is how you’ll find me most days. Head down, staring at my belly. I’m obsessed.

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With a little help from my friends.

This weekend, several of my favorite women converged on my apartment to help me celebrate Boo’s pending arrival. Organized by my dearest Brooklyn friend, the Mother Blessing was casual and lighthearted, yet deeply spiritual and inspirational. I’m not sure how she managed to pull of that combo exactly, but it was perfect.

The Nosebleed Test

24w1d- Yesterday, I had the worst nosebleed I’ve ever had. Or ever seen anyone have for that matter. Worse than when an outside linebacker blindsides the quarterback and knocks the QB’s helmet off, exposing his nose. It was, in a word, a gusher.

Pregnancy rage is real.

A week or two ago, I was flitting around on Twitter when I saw a hashtag that caught my eye: #pregnancyrageisreal. Oh, yes. Yes, it is.

Baby Names

23w5d- I think we found it. I think (emphasis on think) we’ve decided on a name. 

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Pregnancy dreams: silly entertainment or a crystal ball to the future?

I had a birth dream the other night and it left me full of excitement as I’d been waiting for a dream just like this for several months.

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Loving Pregnancy

23w3d- For 22 weeks, I didn’t think I was going to be able to say this, but here goes: I love being pregnant. 

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Hello, Appetite!

23w1d- I think I could eat an entire cow right now.

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You're full term, sucker.

I’ve been looking forward to today for some time. Today, I am considered “full-term.” Now that it has arrived, nothing has really changed but there is a certain peace of mind to being here.

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22 Wackiest Baby Products Ever

Super-strange gear you’ll never need but will LOVE laughing about (we don’t even know what a Placenta Brooch is!)