So my doctor's appointment today was both good and bad. Good because I actually made the doctor take the time to talk to me about why he was recommending against VBAC. I'd done some research and found out that this practice was generally very supportive of VBAC, so I wanted to understand why I was different. He actually took the time to explain ( Read more... )

My first time I was 18 and a freshman in college. I didn't MEAN for it to happen. I mean, in my younger days I'd sworn I'd never do it. I'd disdained it with the puritanical verve only a 12 year old church choir soloist can muster. But there I was, in an unchaperoned environment for the first time and there was this guy... And he had this, ( Read more... )

Comment with a fake memory of me. Then post this in your own journal and remember all the Good Times that never were!

(Stole this, as instructed, from a friends LJ - I had such fun thinking up a fake memory, that I wanted everyone else to do it too!

Forty Weeks ( Read more... )

So, for those of you who haven't already heard (through one grapevine or another :) I'm pregnant! Ed and I are expecting our second child in May, and this has led me to a great internal debate. The question on the table is whether to attempt VBAC (vaginal birth after Caesarian section) or to do an elective C ( Read more... )

Ever have those moments of strange inspiration, where something just gets inside your head and lodges there until you can create with it? I saw a name the other day: April Sweet. It's just stuck with me since then and I was compelled to do something with it. Hence ( Read more... )

Ok, so yesterday we took my parents and Philip to the zoo. Now in some ways I'm all about the zoo. They help my son develop an interest in animals, educate us about conservation, and, let's face it, I'm a sucker for the cute and fuzzies ( Read more... )

The problem with parties is, you completely stress and wig out before hand, but once you're spending time with people you love and care about, it's all good ( Read more... )

I could have frozen for the moment ( Read more... )

Okay - was turned onto Jay's song game by my wonderful husband Ed - thought I'd start off with a few ( Read more... )