Category Archives: Pregnancy

Expiration dates

I noticed the expiration date on my carton of milk this morning because it was pretty close to my birthday in July, and that suddenly reminded me of being pregnant. No, I didn’t have milk cravings or anything like that. I don’t even like milk very much, actually… I just put it in my coffee....

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A boy and his dog

We are truly lucky with our dog, Maya, a longhaired mini dachshund. Maya is a small and somewhat possessive dog (never bitey, but she loves her mama), so when I got pregnant, I wondered what she would be like when the baby came. She really took to me even more and became very close to...

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YOU: The Experience

My friend Heather Lilly (an awesome Erie, Colorado photographer), who is pregnant and now in her 2nd trimester, has been scouring the web for everything pregnancy-related, as you do when you are newly pregnant for the first time. The stuff out there now is way cooler than what was around when I first got pregnant...

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My birth story

Zach is 2 weeks old today, so I figured it was finally time to post his birth story.
On Wednesday, November 20th, Adrian and I went to my 39 week doctor’s appointment. My blood pressure was still elevated after a few weeks, and my swelling was out of control. While I was never officially diagnosed...

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Checked in!

Adrian took a pic of me with my iPhone. I’m now set up with saline & pitocin. Still feeling pretty good! Thank you everyone for your well wishes!!!

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