Birth: Act II
When: Monday, July 9, 4:30pm – 40 Weeks, 3 Days
Where: Carle Hospital, 24 into my labor
Martin made his way back upstairs, sensing the urgency in my Mom’s text. My doctor laid it all out for us, in the simplest of terms. She said: […]
Author: hopefulmidwesterner
Birth: Act I
When: Friday, July 6, 6:00pm – 40 Weeks, Exactly
Where: The local Mexican restaurant, eating a spicy steak burrito the size of my head
In between bites, while discussing nothing in particular, my body began to tremor, […]
Happy Due Date!
Dear BB1,
Today is July 6th. The date I’ve been anticipating since there was a faint second line on a stick back on October 26, 2017. Today is the day that doctors and scientists say you’re due to arrive. (Even though I know that only 5% of babies are actually born on their “Estimated Due Date”, according to what I’ve read) I feel like we’ve reached some sort of milestone, you and I.
Your Dad and I talked openly about this last night. I told him the feeling of reaching this date feels like the largest culmination I’ve ever […]
Control
All throughout pregnancy, you become familiar with a certain set of questions. It usually begins like this: So, when’s the baby due?
From the moment you find out you’re pregnant: you live and breathe and hang your hat on that date. For me: July 6th. At first, it seemed so far away, like a distant dream. Now, it’s right around the corner, and hanging over me, rubbing its hands together in anticipation!
When I answer […]
That 3rd Trimester Life
Pregnancy is divided into three trimesters.
The first is Weeks 1 through 12. During this time is when you find out you’re pregnant, your boobs will be super sore and when you’ll find the most morning sickness and nausea. Usually no one would know you’re pregnant if you didn’t tell them. This is a tough time for a lot of women, because the chance of pregnancy loss or miscarriage is very high throughout this period of time, so it can be extremely anxiety provoking.
The second trimester is Weeks 13 through 27. This is when most women catch the […]
WHAT THE HELL?!
We’ve all seen movies or read books with pregnant people in them. Most of us have seen pregnant people in our lives, some of us have been close to them. Close enough to learn things, observe things, and ask questions too. There are things we all know about pregnancy or at least we’ve seen it in movies, read about it in books, or heard/seen it directly from family members, etc.
But what about all the surprises? What about […]
Spring – Thursday Things
“Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.”
– Charles Dickens –
Here is a list of my favorite things about Midwestern Spring which I never in a million years believed I’d ever miss when I first moved to Florida in 2011. Now that we’ve been back in Illinois for just over a year […]
The Dog Bath – Thursday Things
The following is a list of thoughts I have had while in the process of giving my dog a bath:
Ok, let’s do this. Fast and easy.
Please hold still
Let’s wet you down
God, I’m so glad M installed the hand-held shower head. This has removed a lot of the trauma associated with bath time!
Perhaps if you didn’t squirm so much, this would go a lot faster […]
I Fed A Troll
Yesterday, I made a mistake.
I fed a troll.
Martin and I had just woken up, and I was casually scrolling through Facebook, while checking the morning’s happenings and any newsworthy events we should know before we started our day, when I came across a meme […]
Spinning Plates
On March 31st, Martin and I will celebrate our one-year anniversary closing on our house, which is super incredible! I think back to the uncertainty, while we packed in Florida and all the plates that were spinning: […]
A Hopeful Midwesterner 