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First Trimester Blues
I'm almost to the end of my first trimester, which means that hopefully, I should be feeling better soon. I definately feel better the past few weeks than I did in weeks 7-9, when I barely had the energy to get out of bed. Not that I do a lot now, but I translate 10 pages a day, do a tiny bit of housework, and run an errand or two here and there ( Read more... ) -
Second Prenatal
Had my second prenatal exam today. The first was at Kaiser, so this was my first with the midwife we've chosen at Alma Midwifery. She's super awesome. It's very different at Kaiser. The exams at Kaiser are in sterile white exam rooms and last 15 minutes. At ALMA, the room was more like a comfy bedroom with antique furniture. They spent more than an ( Read more... ) -
ハケンの品格
I'm totally addicted to a Japanese drama I downloaded on Limewire called Haken no Hinkaku, about a temp worker in a Japanese corporation. It's really silly and the acting is terrible, but I get tremendous pleasure from it. For one thing, it's funny and has some entertaining characters, but more than anything, it's all about the protagonist totally ( Read more... ) -
Whew!
Taxes=done!
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Free wireless in Portland
We've been excited for some time about the plan for the entire city of Portland to be outfitted with free wireless internet service ( Read more... ) -
e-pregnancy culture
These days, you can subscribe to various pregnancy e-newsletters that will send you weekly updates about what is going on in your body, what's happening to your baby, pregnancy tips, etc. You can track your weight gain online, and you can also join birth club message boards with other woman who are in the same month of pregnancy to trade advice on ( Read more... ) -
Week 10
The last couple weeks were pretty rough--mostly, I felt so tired, I hardly wanted to get out of bed, I felt queasy all the time, and sometimes I would wake up 5 or 6 times in the night needing to eat or pee. Most of all, it was really frustrating not to be able to *do* anything. Then, three days ago, I woke up and felt more like a person again. It ( Read more... ) -
Houseguests II
Molly is here! Yesterday, she made pumpkin raviolis, one of my favorite foods in the world.
The secret is: won ton wrappers.
