The contractions continue, but they have been much more sporadic today, and much further apart. Long may it last ( Read more... )

Thursday evening, I started having contractions. Regular ones, every 10 minutes or so, not super painful, but very attention-getting all the same. I called the doctor after an hour of this, and the on-call physician ordered me to go straight to Labor & Delivery, do not pass go, do not collect $200. All of my trusted neighbors are out of town, so we ( Read more... )

Tonight, Kokopelli was asking me about the tides, and why we have low and high tides. After listening to a simple explanation about the moon's influence on the Earth's gravity and the oceans, he paused and looked thoughtful for a minute. Then he said, "so the high tide is when the moon is holding up a green flag to tell the oceans to go, and the ( Read more... )

According to my four-year-old son, here are the key ingredients for a cheese sandwich ( Read more... )

We had our 20 week ultrasound today, and while he was uncooperative in the extreme for the picture-taking portion of things, we were able to discern a scrotum and penis! So I'll be living in a house full of men, I guess. We're still very up in the air about names, so nothing has been picked out yet ( Read more... )

So, we'll need to convert the guest room to a child's bedroom, one way or the other, since we will have 2 kids in October. I asked Kokopelli which room he'd rather have, since I want him to feel like he's still important to us, and this gives him a feeling of control and power. He got all excited about the idea of getting to choose the room, and he ( Read more... )

I'm not much of a meme person - in fact, this may be the only one I've actually done. I see a few on this list that I intend to get and read soon - I've always meant to read them, but I never think to get them at the library or the bookstore. Maybe this will get me going ( Read more... )

Anybody out there know a lot about rheumatoid arthritis in senior citizens? Specifically, the outlook/prognosis in terms of long-term care vs. living independently ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had a routine prenatal visit, and my doctor had to deliver a baby an couple of hour before, so she was running a bit behind. Therefore, I was in the waiting room long enough to witness a sad scene, and it has really bothered me ( Read more... )

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