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Pregnancy

Waiting for the Birth

June 9, 2010

On Fri­day, I hit 39 weeks preg­nant and will be check­ing back in to the hos­pi­tal for a sec­ond attempt at induc­ing labor.  The first attempt, last week, was unsuc­cess­ful. I’m still deal­ing with nau­sea from HG, although it has eased up a bit.  If I don’t go any­where and take it easy, I can […]

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Struggling with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG): Week 33 Update

May 6, 2010

I had thought I was improv­ing. I’ve thrown up a cou­ple of times since my last update (when I had gone almost a month with­out vom­it­ing), but I have been doing a lot more recently.  I had thought that my increased activ­ity meant I was doing bet­ter, but I went back and reread all my […]

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Fighting Pregnancy Acne

April 13, 2010

Before get­ting preg­nant, I’d always heard about “that preg­nancy glow.” Lit­tle did I know that the “preg­nancy glow” is caused by increased oil pro­duc­tion due to hor­mone fluc­tu­a­tions. For women who have oily or com­bi­na­tion skin, preg­nancy can mean a return of acne like you haven’t dealt with since high school.  For some women, pregnancy […]

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Struggling with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG): Week 29 Update

April 6, 2010

I haven’t thrown up in 24 days! In case you have no idea what I’m talk­ing about, I have been suf­fer­ing from Hyper­eme­sis Gravi­darum this preg­nancy (I didn’t have it with my first), which causes exces­sive nau­sea and vom­it­ing. I had thought that a lot of the fatigue I felt must be caused by lack of […]

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Our Weaning Story

March 16, 2010

I thought for my 26-week preg­nancy update, I’d tell the story of how, because of hyper­eme­sis gravi­darum, Oliver and I ended our breast­feed­ing rela­tion­ship. While much of the first six months of breast­feed­ing Oliver was spent try­ing to make it week to week, I always had the WHO guide­line of breast­feed­ing for at least two […]

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Struggling with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG): Week 23 Update

February 18, 2010

Yes­ter­day, I hit 23 weeks preg­nant.  Just over halfway.  For most of that 23 weeks, I’ve been suf­fer­ing from the exces­sive nau­sea and vom­it­ing that goes along with Hyper­eme­sis Gravi­darum, or HG. It doesn’t feel pos­si­ble that I’m only half way through.  It feels like this preg­nancy has lasted for­ever.  This has eas­ily been the […]

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Great Nursing and Maternity Wrap Cardigan

January 8, 2010

I am a huge fan of Victoria’s Secrets Soft & Sexy Wrap.  It’s not mar­keted for mater­nity and nurs­ing wear, but that’s what so spe­cial about it.  It’s a good wardrobe invest­ment that you can wear for years to come.  I’m 17 weeks preg­nant and it fits great and is cute, I expect I can […]

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When it's not just morning sickness: Living with Hyperemesis Gravidarum

December 31, 2009

I’m cur­rently in my 16th week of my sec­ond preg­nancy.  With my first child, I was nau­seous dur­ing the first trimester, but hadn’t thrown up at all.  I wasn’t sur­prised to find a few weeks in that I was get­ting nau­seous this time around.  I wasn’t even sur­prised the first few times I threw up, […]

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Being over-expectant

September 27, 2009

I find myself 41 weeks and 1 day preg­nant today. As Delene was born 11 days after her due date, I had made up my mind since the very begin­ning of this preg­nancy that this baby was going to be late too. I told every­one that too. I wanted to save myself the hard realization […]

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HypnoBabies Hypnotic Childbirth

December 6, 2008

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Tiffany and Ste­fan, and wel­come to the world Macken­zie!  Tiffany, a Texas-born expat liv­ing in Ger­many, recently gave birth to her first child with­out drugs using the Hyp­noB­a­bies method of self-hypnosis.  She writes a nice sum­mary and review of the Hyp­nob­a­bies pro­gram, which worked very well for her, on her site No Ordinary […]

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