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From the yearly archives:

2003

How bad is non-alcoholic beer for pregnant bodies?

December 4, 2003

I’ve been craving beer. Not in a creepy alcoholic way; I’m actually really enjoying my perpetual state of sobriety. More in a “bizarre pregnant food craving” way. After a little war with myself about the ethics of drinking something as WRONG as non-alcoholic beer, I decided I’d pick some up. I could have my fun [...]

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The Great Milk Debate

November 25, 2003

It all started when my sweetie came home one day, almost two months ago now, with a week’s worth of groceries. Fresh veggies, soups, noodles, fruit, and several boxes of soy milk. All of this is normal. What was not normal was what was missing: the dairy milk. “I don’t think you should drink cow’s [...]

Tagged as: food, pregnancy, rio

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The best advice about morning sickness

October 7, 2003

Somehow, I’d always thought that morning sickness would be cute. Not like other kinds of illness, where you feel really gross and sad and nasty, but a sort of adorable sickness, with little kittenish coughs and stomach upsets that fade quickly and don’t hurt all that much. Last night I puked so hard I burst [...]

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No. Orgasms. For. One. Week.

October 1, 2003

Went to the doctor this morning to discuss my fears about the ongoing spotting. It had completely stopped all day yesterday, and then it started all bloody again this morning. Damn. The doctor says that from a medical perspective, the drops of blood I find so terrifying are considered mild, and are completely compatible with [...]

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Another appropriate use of the word irony

October 1, 2003

Sorry for the radio silence. I owe an apology: it turns out I did indeed need to pay closer attention to why I was having a massive fit about my compelling biological need to have a baby right now. The answer, oddly enough, is indeed that I was already pregnant, and going through the predictable [...]

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Sexy Mama

September 30, 2003

The way I figure it, everybody should want to have sex with me right now. I can still fit, albiet barely, into my size six jeans, my breasts have just inflated two sizes, and birth control is a total non-issue. My hair and skin look downright lustrous, and did I mention the lack of need [...]

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DESIRE

September 30, 2003

It turns out that I am one of those ludicrously contrary people who desperately wants whatever she can’t have. a) I loathe my job. Yet I’ve been stuck housebound with on-and-off bleeding for the past several days, and am now itching to go back to work. To a job I’ve been plotting to quit for [...]

Tagged as: pregnancy, rio

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Bleeding in early pregnancy

September 24, 2003

its hard to find the energy to write here. this past week — my gods has it been only a week — has been so hectic! i’m leaving my job soon. maybe tomorrow. i left work today in a panic because, after sitting through a three hour meeting, I finally got up to pee and [...]

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What I need to make a baby

September 18, 2003

I have everything I need to have a healthy pregnancy. I have a healthy body, and a fetus growing inside it. Left completely to it’s own devices, without the aid of a midwife or an OB or a doula or a prenatal yoga class or a fancy diet or a birthing center,this simple recipe will [...]

Tagged as: homebirth, pregnancy, rio

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The state of my pregnant body

September 18, 2003

my brain is mush. i wake up every three hours. i’m exhausted all the time. all the time i’m not asleep, which is not very often. bloated. muscle pains. abdominal pains. acute pain on full moon (implantation?). headaches. thirsty. dry, itchy skin. peeing a lot. dry, itchy eyes. normal appetite. very emotional. positive pregnancy test [...]

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