When I was expecting Betty, and Jack was a (very chatty) one and a half year old, he used to tell kids at the park, the grocery store check out guy, old ladies at church, etc. that the new baby was going to "blast out" of mommy. When asked if it was a brother or...
George’s Birth Story (Finally!): a cautionary tale about getting what you ask for, and cherry pits
He's a good baby. He nurses well and sleeps a lot and has the cutest little smiles. Not to mention the cutest little face. But he's just very . . . particular, if you know what I mean. He most particularly doesn't care for me sitting at the computer and typing....
A Birth Story Round Up, and the prayer request line is . . . OPEN
We're a week or two out from baby number eight. So I figured this would be a good time to catch you new folks up on the previous installments of Hey, Check it Out: I Had a Baby . . . -1- Birth Story #1, in which I puke in a bush -2- Birth Story #2, in which I don't...
Birth Story #7: In Which THAT Is More Like it
The way things were going with pregnancies number five and six, I have to admit to being a bit worried when I turned up pregnant for a seventh time. I had been pretty ill for three months with Anita, then really ill for six months with Frankie, so I had to allow for...
Introducing . . .
Louise Marita Tierney! I wrote up my last post about how <sigh> I hadn't gone into labor yet and set it to post at midnight, then I went to bed and started having contractions at 12:18! Birth story to follow sometime after we get home, but the facts are she was...
Birth Story Week: #6, in which it turns out I totally do NOT know what I’m doing
As baby number seven's due date fast approaches, I figured I ought to do a Birth Story Week of all six births so far. Need to catch up? Here are birth story #1, birth story #2, birth story #3, birth story #4, and birth story #5. And, finally (for...
Birth Story Week: #5, so, um . . . THAT was fast
As baby number seven's due date fast approaches, I figured I ought to do a Birth Story Week of all six births so far.Need to catch up? Here are birth story #1, birth story #2, birth story #3, and birth story #4. Here's birth story number five:...
Birth Story Week: #4, in which me having a baby is the least of our worries
As baby number seven's due date fast approaches, I figured I ought to do a Birth Story Week of all six births so far. Need to catch up? Here are birth story #1, birth story #2, and birth story #3. And now here's birth story number four: Hmmmm . . . where to...
Birth Story Week: #3, in which I give birth to the same baby twice
As baby number seven's due date fast approaches, I figured I ought to do a Birth Story Week of all six births so far. I know I'm driving some of you crazy with my quick and easy births. This one was still quick but at least it was extra interesting . . . Need to catch...
Birth Story Week: #2, in which I don’t quite make it into the labor and delivery room
As baby number seven's due date fast approaches, I figured I ought to do a Birth Story Week of all six births so far. See here for Birth story number one!If you are a male person who reads my blog (hi Dad!) you might want to consider skipping this week. There may...
Birth Story Week: #1, in which I puke in a bush
As baby number seven's due date fast approaches, I figured I ought to do a Birth Story Week of all six births so far.If you are a male person who reads my blog (hi Dad!) you might want to consider skipping this week. There may be rushing fluids and wooziness.Here's...