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Postpartum Culture 21 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
I just came across this amazing article about our culture of postpartum care for the mother – or lack thereof. Because I’m postpartum myself and not up to writing a huge post about it, I’m just going ...
Two Weeks 20 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
Archer is two weeks old already! That hardly seems possible, but it’s true. It’s been a bit of a blur because, as I mentioned last week, life with a newborn is hard. Some days I don’t manage to leave ...
One Thing A Day 13 Aug 2013 | 05:50 am
Life with a newborn. It’s not easy. Life with a newborn and a two-year-old? Chaos. Between nursing all the time, feeding Addie, cleaning up Addie’s constant messes so that the house merely looks like...
Archer’s Birth Story 10 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
Saturday, August 3. Only one day past my due date, but I was getting antsy. I really wanted to have the baby soon, for many reasons: I was sick of being pregnant, I wanted to meet my son, and I wante...
Archer: Newborn Photos 8 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Archer is five days old! He’s pretty chill, but he currently has his days and nights mixed up, so he sleeps all day and is awake a lot at night. But hopefully that will sort itself out soon. He’s defi...
Introducing My Son 6 Aug 2013 | 06:15 am
He’s here! Less than an hour after hitting publish on my last post – lamenting the fact that I was still pregnant – I went into labor. I’ll tell the whole story soon, but for now I’ll just say that e...
Belly Series 4 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
Still pregnant. While I wait, I figured a post on my growing belly was in order. See, in addition to all the pictures I’ve taken with Addie and our week-by-week sign, I’ve also been taking pictures of...
Pregnancy Photos: 40 Weeks 3 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
Well, I’m still pregnant. I’m still measuring two weeks behind, so I guess this baby is small and needs a little more time to cook. Hopefully not as long as Addie needed to cook… The midwives assure ...
Pregnancy Photos: 39 Weeks 27 Jul 2013 | 11:53 pm
First of all, yes, I have basically given in and wear yoga pants whenever possible. But in my defense, I had just gotten back from physical therapy when this photo was taken, so I really had to be in...
Flashback: Adeline’s Birth Story 21 Jul 2013 | 08:58 pm
Every birth story has an abbreviated version. Not even a story, really, it’s just the two or three most dramatic moments chosen to make the listener laugh or gasp. One of my moments is always the star...
