I Was an Incubator

Pregnancy – "Facing Reality" or "Pictures That I Will Later Regret Sharing"

March 18, 2009

Everybody knows that you’re not really pregnant until you’ve got a picture of the baby bump. This was me at almost 23 weeks. I didn’t plan to have a picture taken because this is what I see: Some thoughts about my new body: Swollen feet should be hidden at all times. Nobody wants to see [...]

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Pregnancy: I wonder if my child is channeling Seinfeld

February 27, 2009

Welcome to the latest installment of the Vomit Chronicles. I know y’all have been waiting with bated breath to get an update on my nausea issues, so let’s just get that out of the way: I’m in my 22nd week and still throwing up pretty much every day. Honestly, I don’t even care anymore. It’s [...]

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Pregnancy: From Gas Bubbles to Little Hands and Feet

February 5, 2009

Back when Garrett and I decided to try for a baby, I had visions of chronicling our pregnancy journey on this blog with posts discussing the “deep things,” like how there needs to be a level of trust with your spouse to conceive a baby, or how physical pregnancy can teach us lessons about a [...]

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"Pregnancy – 17 weeks" or "A phrase I never want to hear again"

January 26, 2009

So it’s officially been over a month and a half since our last post. Whatever happened to my intentions of keeping family and friends updated on our happenings through this little blog? Especially now, when we’re expecting our first little one? Well, you know what they say about the best of intentions. But I’ll excuse [...]

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The Most Precious Heartbeat

December 10, 2008

Yesterday I heard the most precious heartbeat I’ve ever heard – the heartbeat of the child I’m carrying. I am currently in my eleventh week of pregnancy, almost done with my first trimester. And the second trimester can’t come soon enough! While many women go through their first trimester unscathed, mine has been marked by [...]

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