Jasper – Page 7 – Her Bad Mother

14 Jun

The Closer You Are To Fine

We spent most of the afternoon, yesterday, at the hospital. It is not a happy experience, taking your baby to the hospital. Even when you've mentally psyched yourself and have told yourself that it's...

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8 Jun

21 Days

by Catherine

Baby, Mush

Nothing which we are to perceive in this world equalsthe power of your intense fragility: whose texturecompels me with the color of its countries, canada pills rendering death and forever with each breathing...

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22 May

Speed Racer: The Birth Story

by Catherine

Baby, Fearless, Pregnancy

The first contraction hit at 7:46 pm. I know this, because I checked the time. I was pretty sure that it was just more false labor, but still. One always hopes. So I checked...

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19 May

Birth Day

by Catherine

Baby, Pregnancy, WonderBaby

Miss Emilia would like to introduce you all to her baby brother, medical Mister Jasper, view who arrived last night at 9:16pm.After very narrowly escaping being born at the side of the...

297 Comments

16 May

Getting Down To Business: Update

by Catherine

Baby, Pregnancy

No baby. Lost rocked, though, so, hey, there was that.Spent the better part of today at hospital while doctors fussed over size of baby and fact of ongoing contractions that seem to go nowhere....

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15 May

Getting Down To Business

by Catherine

Baby, Motherhood, Pregnancy

Why I have to have this baby this weekend, or else:1) Because if I have to go through another full day or night of 'false' but nonetheless really f*cking painful labor contractions, I may...

61 Comments

13 May

My Baby, By Any Other Name…

by Catherine

Baby, Pregnancy

We've known Sprout's name for a long time. Naming him, in fact, was one of the easier parts of child-preparation for us. It came to us, and it felt right, and that was that....

130 Comments

1 May

White Flag

by Catherine

Baby, Pregnancy

This is probably the last (intrauterine) picture of my boy:It's not the best picture, not least because he's a bit squished up in there and he wouldn't hold still and so what might otherwise...

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21 Apr

Seconds

by Catherine

Baby, Motherhood, Mush, Pregnancy, Siblings

In four weeks, give or take some days, I will give birth. To a baby. Another one.At this point in my first pregnancy, I was totally prepared for the arrival of the baby and...

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19 Nov

Sprout

by Catherine

Baby, Pregnancy, Siblings

Finally, finally, some evidence - for my own eyes - that this pregnancy is more than just nausea and vomiting and unremitting fatigue. Proof that there's a there in there, and that there is...

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