May 2007
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the best medicine
yesterday was a nice, but tiring, day. I had a prenatal visit and also saw my acupuncturist. I even managed to get to prenatal yoga class before my morning was over. in the afternoon I took Carter to therapy and then we went to get him a haircut at this adorable kid’s place near the Mission Street Safeway. we waited over an hour but it didn’t seem to matter because there were so...
timing
almost exactly three years ago, an important trip to Seattle coincided closely with the due date of a friend’s son. this friend had invited me to attend her baby’s birth, and I truly wanted to, but I knew that birth days are hard to predict. I went to Seattle for the weekend hopeful that I would not miss the big event, and indeed she went into labor as we boarded the plane to come...
spinning
yesterday was a tough day. we hadn’t slept very much the night before, and we’d had a very busy (probably too busy) weekend, and so I spent much of the day yesterday taking a few steps and then stopping to rest or retreating back to bed. later in the afternoon I went to yoga and actually felt a lot better—I think the amount of time in vinyasa class spent with one’s head...
thistle
after last week’s email and post, a number of you wrote back and said things like this: ”i just hope the url is indicative of the final naming choice!” an equal number countered with comments like this: ”A big sigh of relief when I read the last line of your blog.” and one of you, whom I still haven’t forgiven, said this: ”you are totally caving on...
we begin
hey all! I’m going to try to use this website over the next couple of weeks to post updates on my overall health, our imminent labor, and hopefully the baby’s arrival. I will even try to update the site when we eventually go into labor! I’m trying this out because between sleeping so many hours of the day and being busy with various aspects of prenatal care, acupuncture, and...