Estimated date of confinement
My due date was Tuesday. As you might guess, Baby Girl did not get the memo.
I see now why the old-fashioned term for “due date” is Estimated Date of Confinement. It’s because I ought to be confined. I am not even kidding. Women like myself at this stage of pregnancy are not fit to be […]
Preparations
Well, we are ready. We have the crib, the cradle, the diapers, the bottles. I have dusted everything I can reach. I have washed the wee baby clothes and sorted out my maternity leave. There is nothing left to do but complain.
I have been having false labor pains since Tuesday. I came home from work […]
Waiting for the missing link
I’m big, I’m bad, I’m going to sit on you. I’m 37 weeks pregnant, give or take a couple days. I am huge and swollen and my fingers look like something on offer by Hillshire Farms. I’m so achy and hot and miserable that I will drive my big fat air conditioned minivan the six blocks […]
Breaking news: We’re having a —
Well, yes, a baby, but there’s more, hold your horses.
Actually, no, not breaking news. I think I broke this on Facebook. Or you could say it broke when I told my mother and my neighbor.
BUT life wouldn’t be right if I didn’t make a big fancy deal on my Actual Blog: We’re having a GIRL!
A […]
Maternity sewing tutorial roundup
Image via luvinthemommyhood; individual photos courtesy of the tutorial designers themselves
Luvinthemommyhood has a fabulous roundup of maternity sewing tutorials, hints, tips, and tricks. I’ve already used this awesome tutorial to turn a pair of fat pants into elastic-waist maternity pants (thereby doubling my pants wardrobe! Pathetic!).
Since a new pair of maternity jeans hovers in the […]
A small elastic-waist rant
I wish to extend a deep scowl and my most focused glare of high dudgeon to every maternity fashion designer in existence. It is a sad state of affairs when I would rather (not of necessity, but of preference) have maternity clothes from three seasons ago off of eBay than buy brand-new from whatever sad-sack […]
ATTENTION. I AM BLOGGING.
I know. Hold the phone, right? I just … boy. Tired. All my creative energies are going toward growing this here fetus. I haven’t touched a knitting needle or sewing pattern since, um, December? I recently posted another interview on TrueUp (with designer Jessica Levitt! Of Timber! Who is mad crazy awesome!) but … *shaking […]
Healthy first trimester recipes
Dinner:
Frozen broccoli lasagna, microwaved for three minutes and then stirred. And then dropped upside down on the floor. Add giant racking sobs. Sit on floor next to ill-fated dinner for two minutes, then deposit sulkily in trash
Open ridiculous package of bagel dogs bought on impulse during Week Eight. Microwave for 54 seconds; then eat on […]
Excuses, updates, whatever
I think about writing, I really do, but when I sit down to do it (after my husband comes home, so I can use his laptop) (because mine is still broken) it just turns into two paragraphs about what I’m seeing in front of me at that very second.
For example, today’s post is going to […]
Nine weeks, one day
Still pregnant! And boy, am I tired — of taking my pants off for perfect strangers!
Ha ha. Ha. Look, I know it’s par for the course for American prenatal care. “Drop your drawers, fill out a form, drop your drawers, pay the copay, drop your drawers, think of England”— but come on.
*shake hands* ”Hi. I’m Dr […]
who’s there?
Oh hey you guys, it's me, Supa. Things I enjoy: talking on my bananaphone, being a nerd, writing, sewing, writing about sewing, giving my husband high-fives, playing Nintendo with my kids, playing with technological gadgetry, knitting, and reading decorating books. Did I write down nachos? Add that in there.
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