Our birth supply order arrived today–our midwife has a birthkit list set up at Birthwithlove, so ordering was pretty easy. There’s a few other things we have to get, but they’re more commonly available items. The big question on my mind now is where we are going to put our midwife’s birth tub […]
Today it wasn’t quite as hot, and I got more done in the house and the yard than I have in a while. Maybe it helped that I napped all afternoon–my job is back to a non-busy state. I was pretty lethargic over the weekend; some of that may have been from the […]
…..I kept thinking on our trip, because some bathroom stalls just weren’t designed with pregnant women in mind–too little clearance between the inward-swinging door and the toilet. Turning myself sideways to fit through narrow spaces doesn’t work anymore, and I really would rather not have to squeeze in beside the toilet (or stand on […]
It’s way past my bedtime, and I’m just finishing up the things I have to get done. I spent too much of today running errands, driving around in 90+ degree heat without the air conditioning on (it sucks up about a third of my car’s power, and my car has no power to spare […]
At my desk pouring all of my energy into work, mostly. We’re doing a major portion of a six-month-long project’s work in two weeks. I’m very much looking forward to 4 pm on Monday, which is the deadline for everything. Then I can get back to my third-trimester nesting and introspection.
Last night […]
TulipGirl has been blogging Ezzo Week 2006 this week, see here, here, here, and here. Ezzo is a self-styled authority on parenting, and has written a number of books, including On Becoming Babywise. There are plenty of things wrong with his books, from bad theology to bad breastfeeding advice, and woe to the […]
Some things that are floating through my head after wandering around the blogs:
I get the impression from some feminist blogs that they really hold both these beliefs, at the same time: 1) Abstinence does not prevent either pregnancy or STDs, and 2) Condoms are super-magical, perfectly reliable protection against both pregnancy and STDs–most of […]
I’d been meaning to take a tour of the maternity care section of my first-choice hospital (the hospital I will go to if I have to go to one for the birth). We ended up taking an extended tour of it this weekend–I had a pain in my side, plus I was throwing up […]
1. Last night I felt the first definite, unmistakeable baby movement! Up until now it’s been little flutterings.
2. Who has more gender-related proscriptions on their behavior and participation: Christian women in the Church or feminist men in feminism? I came across a spirited discussion the other day about whether men […]
We were out and about a bit after dropping my car off at the mechanic (oil leak), and took a look around Babies R Us (or however they write it). I felt uncomfortable right away–cutesy pastel colors everywhere, hardly any plaid. Also, the ratio of salespeople to customers was at least 2:1. […]