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Dec. 13th, 2005 11:46 pm( I'm not pregnant! )
Unrelated: My feet and I would like to thank the world for the boom in fuzzy-sock technology that we seem to have seen in the past year or so. Nice going, the world.
Unrelated: My feet and I would like to thank the world for the boom in fuzzy-sock technology that we seem to have seen in the past year or so. Nice going, the world.
bouncing baby!
Dec. 3rd, 2005 02:35 pmI am happy to report that Natalie likes it when I play Amplitude as much now as she did when I was pregnant. We went out to brunch this morning and when we got home, she didn't quite feel like going to sleep. After a while, we swaddled her and she lay in my lap while I played the game. For a little while, she was totally entranced; after a few songs, she was out like a sleepy little light.
Plus, I doubled my old high score on one song. Yar!
Plus, I doubled my old high score on one song. Yar!
( Today, for exercise, I walked to the grocery store. )
Pregnancy? Makes it easy to get in a really good workout. I guess I'm glad I didn't get a gallon of milk and some ice cream, too.
Pregnancy? Makes it easy to get in a really good workout. I guess I'm glad I didn't get a gallon of milk and some ice cream, too.
Today, while lying on my back after doing modified stitch-my-diastasis-back-together crunches, I looked down and noted that when everything settles into place, my belly doesn't take up all that much more room than it used to. So, really, if I get my abs back in shape, things should come back together pretty smoothly. At least, more smoothly than I'd feared. :)
Tonight, I played Amplitude for a couple of hours. It's a pretty and absorbing music game; when I play, I sit on the floor in front of the television and bop to the music as I try to hit all the notes. It's great. The details of the game aren't important, though -- what's funny is that Spawny really seems to like it. Or, at least, seems to be happy while I'm playing and upset when I stop. :)
From this, I conclude that music is good and bopping is even better.
From this, I conclude that music is good and bopping is even better.
[pregnancy] ...still
Nov. 18th, 2005 03:32 pmOH my god waiting is dull. Or maybe I'm just bad at it. I knew I would be! Not that that helps.
I have Braxton-Hicks contractions with increasing frequency, and ( TMI (no, really) ). But I'm hanging in there.
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aroraborealis at the Porter Exchange. Afterwards, I found a kiosk selling メロンパン (a little melon-flavored bun with a melon cookie on top, basically). MELON PAN! I had to have some. I also picked up a little Japanese coffee in a can, in the hopes that this little treat would remind my uterus of Japan and what it felt like to be empty. No luck yet.
PS: NINJA BISCUITS.
I have Braxton-Hicks contractions with increasing frequency, and ( TMI (no, really) ). But I'm hanging in there.
Today, I had an excellent and distracting lunch with
aroraborealis at the Porter Exchange. Afterwards, I found a kiosk selling メロンパン (a little melon-flavored bun with a melon cookie on top, basically). MELON PAN! I had to have some. I also picked up a little Japanese coffee in a can, in the hopes that this little treat would remind my uterus of Japan and what it felt like to be empty. No luck yet.PS: NINJA BISCUITS.
[pregnancy] nope!
Nov. 15th, 2005 05:16 pmStill not in labor. However, I have a newfound appreciation for being asked when my due date is. It goes something like this:
Stranger: Oooooo, when are you due?
Me: Last weekend.
Stranger: *freezes in moment of panic and horror*
Me: *looks a little smug*
Stranger: *recovers* Oh! Well, just don't give birth right here! ha ha ha!
Me: *suppresses the urge to hold my stomach and go "ooooooh, there's another one!"*
Yeah, so, I admit it -- I love seeing people make that little "Holy SHIT but I don't know HOW to deliver a baby!" face.
Stranger: Oooooo, when are you due?
Me: Last weekend.
Stranger: *freezes in moment of panic and horror*
Me: *looks a little smug*
Stranger: *recovers* Oh! Well, just don't give birth right here! ha ha ha!
Me: *suppresses the urge to hold my stomach and go "ooooooh, there's another one!"*
Yeah, so, I admit it -- I love seeing people make that little "Holy SHIT but I don't know HOW to deliver a baby!" face.
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Nov. 14th, 2005 03:28 pmHad a nice long lunch with anotherjen, and then got my mom's watch fixed so that I could have a watch with a second hand. It's the watch she used to time contractions with me, so, awww. I'm happy I finally got around to it. Even better: the total price was exactly the amount of money I had in my pocket.
Now, more cleaning. Will it ever end?
anotherjen, and then got my mom's watch fixed so that I could have a watch with a second hand. It's the watch she used to time contractions with me, so, awww. I'm happy I finally got around to it. Even better: the total price was exactly the amount of money I had in my pocket.Now, more cleaning. Will it ever end?
zip-a-dee due date
Nov. 13th, 2005 08:04 pmhappy due date to meeee
happy due date to meeeeeee!
happy due date, happy due date,
happy due date to me!
And now, the waiting.
( blah blah blah miscellany blah )
I guess there's not much else to say. I just wanted to say hello to the world. Hello, the world!
happy due date to meeeeeee!
happy due date, happy due date,
happy due date to me!
And now, the waiting.
( blah blah blah miscellany blah )
I guess there's not much else to say. I just wanted to say hello to the world. Hello, the world!
[pregnancy] 38.5 weeks
Nov. 2nd, 2005 05:18 pmI think that this is the period where people traditionally start saying, "oh, just take it OUT of me already". I'm still doing fine, and I don't feel precisely that fed up with it yet, but it did take me over half an hour to shave my legs on Friday. I still can't quite believe I managed it, in the end. (And then I wore opaque tights! More fool I.)
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Oct. 29th, 2005 04:00 pmThis morning, livejournal told me it was snowing and I thought it was crazy. I peeked through the crack in the curtains and it didn't look like snow, so I wrote it off as a fluke. Then it told me again: no REALLY, it's TOTALLY SNOWING. So I looked out the window: no snow. Silly livejournal. Go back to bed.
Livejournal woke up a while later with a little chorus of "HOLY SHIT! SNOW!" I couldn't help myself, so I checked: indeed. Snow. Well, we live in New England. Sometimes, it's like that.
Yesterday's lesson: don't let the 9-months-pregnant lady move computers and UPSes and furniture alone and scrub floors on her hands and knees, even if she really wants to do it, because chances are, she'll be tired and get a backache and then have to sit in one place all night. Also: party invitations should apparently include food challenges whenever possible.
Livejournal woke up a while later with a little chorus of "HOLY SHIT! SNOW!" I couldn't help myself, so I checked: indeed. Snow. Well, we live in New England. Sometimes, it's like that.
Yesterday's lesson: don't let the 9-months-pregnant lady move computers and UPSes and furniture alone and scrub floors on her hands and knees, even if she really wants to do it, because chances are, she'll be tired and get a backache and then have to sit in one place all night. Also: party invitations should apparently include food challenges whenever possible.
miscellany
Oct. 10th, 2005 09:53 amOut of curiosity, I googled "Molly needs", and learned that out of the top 10 hits, 5 were for animals needing new homes (4 dogs and a horse). So, apparently, not only is Molly a popular dog name -- I've known at least 3 Molly-dogs, myself -- but it's a popular name for dogs that need to be given away.
Yesterday, we moved our bed and dresser down into our newly-refinished basement bedroom. When we went to sleep I felt like I was camping out, but when I woke up to a purring kitty nestled up against my feet, I felt like it was our bedroom. Excellent! We have so much more floor space, now. I'm looking forward to watching it shape up.
( baby thing )
Also, I decided against doing the 10k walk today, even though they already have my registration money. The idea of potentially spending 2 - 2.5 hours in the rain was bad enough, but my back also hurts from moving stuff around and cutting carpet last night. It just didn't seem like a good idea, anymore. I might walk 10k with D again next weekendish, just to see if I can cut my time down a bit more. Also, it's a lovely distraction and it makes me feel all capable.
Work news: on Friday, some coworkers were joking about making an illicit late-night furniture raid to snag me a Huge Comfy Chair. This partucular HCC had been previously swiped from a nearly-unused self-study room by a facilities guy for another pregnant woman in the department, who had her baby in September and is currently out on maternity leave. I thought that my coworkers were joking, but when I came in to the office this morning, there it was. (Here's a special bonus shot of the other half of my cubicle, so you can see that I'm not locked in a cage -- it's actually a very nice, isolated corner window cube with trees right outside.)
Yesterday, we moved our bed and dresser down into our newly-refinished basement bedroom. When we went to sleep I felt like I was camping out, but when I woke up to a purring kitty nestled up against my feet, I felt like it was our bedroom. Excellent! We have so much more floor space, now. I'm looking forward to watching it shape up.
( baby thing )
Also, I decided against doing the 10k walk today, even though they already have my registration money. The idea of potentially spending 2 - 2.5 hours in the rain was bad enough, but my back also hurts from moving stuff around and cutting carpet last night. It just didn't seem like a good idea, anymore. I might walk 10k with D again next weekendish, just to see if I can cut my time down a bit more. Also, it's a lovely distraction and it makes me feel all capable.
Work news: on Friday, some coworkers were joking about making an illicit late-night furniture raid to snag me a Huge Comfy Chair. This partucular HCC had been previously swiped from a nearly-unused self-study room by a facilities guy for another pregnant woman in the department, who had her baby in September and is currently out on maternity leave. I thought that my coworkers were joking, but when I came in to the office this morning, there it was. (Here's a special bonus shot of the other half of my cubicle, so you can see that I'm not locked in a cage -- it's actually a very nice, isolated corner window cube with trees right outside.)
the cliches of pregnancy
Sep. 28th, 2005 01:14 pmMy office seems to have replaced the tradition of occasional afternoon margarita parties with one of occasional afternoon cook-offs. Today, the competition food was chili. Now, I might have problems these days with heartburn and indigestion, but spicy food doesn't seem to bother me at all. In fact, it's such a non-issue that I'd completely forgotten about the legions of pregnant women who can't stand spicy foods. As a result, I think I got more goggle-eyed stares and comments eating dabs of chili from different pots than I have doing any single other thing during pregnancy.
("Wow, should you really be EATING that?!" "Are you trying to induce labor?" "Is that a good idea?")
It was all in good humor, though, and I swear it was only a coincidence that the chili I liked the best was also the hottest one around.
("Wow, should you really be EATING that?!" "Are you trying to induce labor?" "Is that a good idea?")
It was all in good humor, though, and I swear it was only a coincidence that the chili I liked the best was also the hottest one around.
confession:
Sep. 9th, 2005 09:42 amI don't exactly remember what it's like to not be pregnant. I remember what it's like to be less hugely pregnant, but that's different.
[pregnancy] wanderlust strikes early
Aug. 29th, 2005 02:36 pmIn smaller news, Spawny seems to have moved up from working on rock-climbing, as she has been doing the past few weeks, to tunneling. I honestly feel as if she's trying to burrow right out, two inches below my navel. I can almost hear it:
"SO BORED! Hey, where does this go? *digdigdig*"
"SO BORED! Hey, where does this go? *digdigdig*"
Our Japanese class is now over. I enjoyed it, but I'll be happy to reclaim our Tuesdays. Also, we'll never have to hear her ask benkyoo o shimashita ka?[1] again. Note to self: do not take two evening classes at the same time while pregnant.
It was fun, but I felt so tired during class a lot of the time. Today, David mentioned offhandedly that I was pregnant, and she looked utterly shocked. I suppose I'm usually behind a table when she sees me, but I'm huge and lumbering and I have to eat a lot of food during class. She hadn't noticed? "But you have so much energy! You don't look tired at all!" Yeah, well, I'm usually made of spangly little particles of light, so I had to slow down to enter your earth dimension to have this baby, and it's getting old. Plus, my ass hurts if I sit in one place for too long.
Anyway, I think it was time and money well-spent. It was one of the most disorienting language classes I've ever taken, because I didn't ever feel entirely comfortable with the structures I was using -- she kept zooming along (probably deliberately) and I kept stubbornly not doing my work between classes. I took this ancient Greek class during my first semester at university in France and this class felt slightly more disorienting than that did. Which is to say, "very". I think experiences like this are good for me. If I ever want to become a language teacher, I think I should have more experiences along these lines.
I can't tell whether I'm proud of what we accomplished or a little shameful that we didn't do more, but I can safely say that I learned a lot during this class. Maybe eventually we'll get to do something like this again. :)
[1] "Have you studied?"
It was fun, but I felt so tired during class a lot of the time. Today, David mentioned offhandedly that I was pregnant, and she looked utterly shocked. I suppose I'm usually behind a table when she sees me, but I'm huge and lumbering and I have to eat a lot of food during class. She hadn't noticed? "But you have so much energy! You don't look tired at all!" Yeah, well, I'm usually made of spangly little particles of light, so I had to slow down to enter your earth dimension to have this baby, and it's getting old. Plus, my ass hurts if I sit in one place for too long.
Anyway, I think it was time and money well-spent. It was one of the most disorienting language classes I've ever taken, because I didn't ever feel entirely comfortable with the structures I was using -- she kept zooming along (probably deliberately) and I kept stubbornly not doing my work between classes. I took this ancient Greek class during my first semester at university in France and this class felt slightly more disorienting than that did. Which is to say, "very". I think experiences like this are good for me. If I ever want to become a language teacher, I think I should have more experiences along these lines.
I can't tell whether I'm proud of what we accomplished or a little shameful that we didn't do more, but I can safely say that I learned a lot during this class. Maybe eventually we'll get to do something like this again. :)
[1] "Have you studied?"
Does my baby have human DNA?
Jul. 14th, 2005 07:05 pmSo, I was creating a baby registry at target.com (sigh) when I came across the CATGee DNA Storage and Profile Kit in their Baby "Health and Safety" category:
What the...? It doesn't seem to be a paternity test. Maybe I've been watching too much Smallville, but is this for parents who are afraid they have alien babies?
Prove how truly unique you are with this fascinating CATGee DNA Storage and Profile Kit. DNA samples taken today may offer significant benefits for future medical research and this kit offers a safe, easy-to-use and detailed way to take and store your own DNA sample. Each pack includes a DNA storage kit, DNA profile request pack and detailed instructions. Just swipe the inside of your cheek with a sterile swab and apply the swab to the storage card. Watch as the card changes color to indicate your DNA has been successfully transferred. Then seal it up in the airtight self-sealing pouch to stabilize your DNA and prevent other agents from destroying or corrupting it. Want more detailed information? Take a second swab and send it in for analysis. Your unique DNA code and image will be sent to you within 45 days. Analysis of second swab requires an additional fee. Kit also includes a 16-page booklet that unlocks the secrets of DNA and explains how it makes you unique. Single pack includes supplies for 1 person's DNA sample, double pack includes supplies for 2 and the family pack includes supplies for 4 DNA samples.
What the...? It doesn't seem to be a paternity test. Maybe I've been watching too much Smallville, but is this for parents who are afraid they have alien babies?
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