How much do the gods hate me right now? Let me count the ways:1) We're only one week into what is probably going to be a three-plus week (factoring in the holidays) wait to...
Overheard while Wonderbaby and Her Bad Father shared a bath the other evening:WB: Whassat?HBF: What's what?WB: What THAT is?HBF: That's Daddy's penis.WB: Oh.(pause)I have one?HBF: No, girls don't have penises.WB: I HAVE ONE.(looks down)Oh.(pause)OH...
Wonderbaby knows just what to do when Mommy's low. Do a little dance, show a little love, get down tonight:And always, always close the performance with jazz hands.*********Thanks again, beyond muchness, for all the...
It's done. The test is done. I didn't like it, but HBF said that I was very, very brave (just close your eyes - close your eyes, hard - and clutch someone's hand and...
What a wonderful, wonderful - wonderful and amazing and powerful and amazing and wonderful - community the momosphere is. I don't know how to begin to thank you all for sending so much love...
Wonderbaby still refers to herself as 'Baby,' sometimes. She's no longer a baby, of course, except in that corner of my heart in which she will always be my baby; she's the very model...
I've always liked tests, for the most part. The academic kind, especially, because I've always liked to get gold stars, but I've also always appreciated other kinds of tests, like medical tests, diagnostic tests...
It was - it is - a positive screen for Down's Syndrome. It's a risk-assessment screen, not a diagnostic screen, so it's not conclusive - and I know that I need to focus on...
A week and half ago we went for our first ultrasound, as part of an 'integrated prenatal screening' to gauge the odds of genetic abnormalities in this pregnancy. In our baby. The ultrasound technician...
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