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From the monthly archives:

September 2003

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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In the beginning…

September 18, 2003

I woke at dawn from a gentle dream. In the dream I was being held by arms of warm water, gently rocking. A woman’s voice sang to me. Everything was very dark. Gradually, the darkness moved toward gray, I became aware of my lover asleep beside me. As I came fullly awake, more like coming [...]

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