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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Week 33: Lightswitch raves
32 weeks, 5 days. This one is for Mrs. Mustard, who missed out on The Cheat and Small Monster’s lightswitch rave at 4 this morning: Just goes to show you that pregnant women shouldn’t wear their non-maternity shirts and certainly … Continue reading
Week 33: Behind!
32 weeks, 4 days. No, the title does not refer to my behind, which, as always, is enormous. E-nor-mous. As Bridget Jones would put it, it is a bottom the size of Brazil (but, I should add, not as festive). … Continue reading
Week 33: Survived the weekend, and now, onward…
32 weeks, 1 day. It was one Hell of a weekend. Christian and I rented a car for a full 3-day weekend (usually we only rent one for a day) to get last minute baby and winter preparations done around … Continue reading
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Week 32: Ok, so guess what… I’m pregnant…
31 weeks, 4 days. I did something I almost never do this morning – missed class. Given how tired I was yesterday just doing small things and how yucky I felt when I woke up in the middle of the … Continue reading
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Week 32: Finally! Argh…
31 weeks, 3 days. So I’m finally not quite so ill – I seem to be on the tail end of this crappy virus (no pun intended), although I’m still a bit uncomfortable and I’m still miserably tired if I … Continue reading
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Week 32: Well, that explains that…
31 weeks, 1 day. My OB’s office called to check on me this morning… I’m better, but not 100% better, and the nurse let me know that what was going on with me sounded a whole lot like a virus … Continue reading
Week 32: Not as much better as I thought I was :(
31 weeks. Well, as I found out early this morning, I am not as much better as I thought I was. It took until about 6 this morning to reappear, so I guess I shouldn’t fear that the baby is … Continue reading
Week 31: Ok, so it wasn’t that bad
30 weeks, 6 days: part II. First of all, I’m feeling much better. Imodium AD is my new hero. That is all I have to say about that. So today was the first childbirth class, and it wasn’t nearly as … Continue reading
Week 31: Ugh. Sick.
30 weeks, 6 days. Ok, so I’m not sick sick, and I’m not going to explicitly say how I’m sick, but let’s just say that the solution to my last couple of days of painful misery involves water, flat ginger … Continue reading
Week 31: 7 months!
30 weeks, 5 days. So I’m now in the eighth month of pregnancy. If that isn’t enough to scare the heck out of a person, I don’t know what is. That’s right, you heard what I said – the eighth … Continue reading


