40 Weeks
40 weeks prego…
August 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Here I am on my official due date, August 8th, at 40 weeks pregnant. I was awakened by early labor contractions at 3:15 this morning. They started out eight to ten minutes apart and have gradually increased in length. I was in Northport when they began but am at home now in Brooklyn with my husband and mom who are taking turns timing my contractions. My midwife has a hunch this could go into tomorrow so I will continue to labor at home and call her if my water breaks or if the contractions follow the 3-1-1 pattern. I feel very fortunate and excited that this process is unfolding organically, as... [Read the full story]
35 Weeks
35 weeks prego…
July 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Here I am at 35 weeks pregnant. Running is officially unpleasant, especially on hot days. For a couple of weeks now, we have been combining running with walking. Run three miles, walk half a mile and so forth. We are headed out to Montauk for the week… our last vacay pre-you. I am hoping to get in a run or two while out there, and then I will call it quits until you are here and I am allowed to start up again. It will be the longest I have ever gone without running, but I must say, I cannot WAIT to run alone again! Read More →
30 Weeks
30 weeks prego…
June 1, 2010 · 1 Comment
Here I am at 30 weeks pregnant… We went for a couple of good runs over the weekend. One with your daddy and the other with my dad and my brother. Running with you is not necessarily easy, but quite enjoyable nonetheless. It makes me feel amazing and I can’t help but think in some way, I am passing that same feeling on to you I saw our midwife yesterday who said you are in the right position and that I am the right weight (phew), and she even showed me where your little hands were and then we shook hands! You have been quite active but there is no discerning your patterns of activity.... [Read the full story]
25 Weeks
25 weeks prego…
April 25, 2010 · 2 Comments
So here I am at 25 weeks pregnant, and I can say that I finally and officially “feel” pregnant. Running has become more difficult, trips to the bathroom occur every half hour and people stare at my belly as I walk down the street. According to my midwife, my weight gain and size is “on point,” but perhaps most noticeable this week was that at 25 weeks on the dot on Sunday morning, I woke up with my arm draped across my stomach and could actually feel you moving from the outside. So of course I called for your daddy who came darting into the room, placed his hand on my belly,... [Read the full story]
20 Weeks
20 weeks prego…
March 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
…and seven pounds gained. We went for our second trimester testing and you look normal. Ten little fingers and ten little toes with a steady heartbeat and spine and an alien-like face! We spoke to Dr. P about transferring over to a midwife. He wasn’t thrilled to say the least, and since there is only three midwives to choose from that have privileges at LICH, who knows, we might not even get in and may wind up staying with him. In any case, I think he got a sense of what kind of birth plan we are after – one with minimal intervention – and I have to say, it was nice to... [Read the full story]
15 Weeks
15 weeks prego…
February 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Unveiling the bump at 15 weeks and three pounds gained… Read More →
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