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• My Body Doesn't Love Me Anymore

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  My body is changing so rapidly that I can barely register one new development without another popping up. I am more aware of these changes now than I was during my first pregnancy, mainly because last time, I was solely focused on how tiny my belly was and how non-pregnant [...]
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• The Baby, It's a...

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  Yesterday was one heck of an eventful day. My sister and brother-in-law threw us a wonderful brunch so that with our family and close friends we could find out Baby F's sex. They had me do some of the old-wives' tricks to divine the sex. I unwittingly sat on a chair' [...]
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• The Baby's Gender is Known, but Not by Me

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  In five days, we'll know Baby F's gender. We did an ultrasound today, and the tech told us he could see the gender clearly. We had him seal the image with ID in an envelope, and Saturday, at a family brunch, my brother-in-law will reveal to us all what the' [...]
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• About the Boy

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  He is seven today. He is seven and all that seven should be, all high energy and unending questions and incredible curiosity and insatiable desire for knowledge and fun and toys and adventures. His face is all drama and emotion and smirks and wide, gorgeous smiles. His voice still has [...]
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• This Weekend, Three Years Ago

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  Three years ago on this weekend, everything in my life changed. It was the weekend when Jevo made his big, big move and we entered into a romantic relationship.  I love reliving it every year, and he's such a great sport for indulging me and going along with it. I still [...]
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• The One Where my Gut Reaction Was "Oh my Everlasting Hell"

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  I sit on the exam table and lay back, apprehensive. This is my third time, and while I've done this already for various reasons - to get a correct size/date, for genetic screening - I personally am here for just one reason: to see the heart beating. My baby is' [...]
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• Wedded: The Play-by-Play

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  I wasn't at all nervous until I was standing in the semi-hidden hallway, clutching my son's hand, and my song started. With the opening notes, my stomach flip-flopped and I thought, oh shit, it's really happening. It felt like my happiness would burst through me at the same time I' [...]
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• Happy Birthday to Me

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  It's a little weird to write this a week before my birthday, but that's what I have to do this year. When my 35th birthday comes (today to you readers), I will be returning from my honeymoon, and will of course be completely disconnected from all things electronic. So I [...]
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• When You Get Everything You've Ever Wanted, It's Time to Panic

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  I keep wishing my brain would stop. I have been roiling in anxiety and it's becoming unbearable. It's not the wedding. Please. No event is worth deep levels of anxiety. Actually, on that front, it's all excitement and flurry and joy. All I want is for it to get here already [...]
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• On that Recent New Yorker Parenting Piece, and Others Like It

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  My friend suggested I cross-post this here, and I think it’s a good idea. He posted this article from The New Yorker on FB and asked me (and a couple other moms) my thoughts. I suggest you read the piece to understand this post, but be warned, it’s long.   I read the piece, [...]
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