Dan and I do not have a great track record when it comes to hospital tours, apparently. In fact, we have what may be the worst luck ever when it comes to 1) these things going smoothly and 2) me not crying. Exhibit A: Tour #1, three years ago Exhibit B: Tour #2, three days…
pregnancy
Birth Plan, Part One
I have an OB appointment later today and at my last appointment, I heard the NP say that at this appointment, we’d be discussing my birth plan. I’ve know this was coming and have felt woefully underprepared for most of this pregnancy because really my only “plan” is for this baby to come out of…
Waiting is the hardest part
And no, I’m not talking about waiting for New Girl’s arrival. We have far, far too much to do before she’s here for there to be any actual “waiting” taking place. I’m talking about waiting at my doctor’s office. One of the biggest hurdles I had to overcome in switching to this office was how…
I’m, like, a groundhog or something
Six more weeks of “winter” (hibernation?) for New Girl. Six more weeks until I’m a mother of TWO. (This causes me to freak out on a near daily basis.) It also causes me to look at this pregnancy and see all the ways that pregnancy is different the second time around, in both general and…
Taking charge
Tomorrow is the first of the last doctor’s appointments I’ll have with my current OB. But not because I’m close to the end of my pregnancy with New Girl. (Even though technically, no matter how much I want to deny its approach, the end IS growing nigh.) Tomorrow is the first of the last because…