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Pregnancy Update: Week 40.5 6 Aug 2013 | 12:14 pm
The update is this: I am still pregnant. I weigh more than Poor Kyle at his Big Weight (the weight where when he sees that number on the scale he knows it’s time to crack down and shape up). I don’t ...
Maternity Leave in Canada 6 Jul 2013 | 09:20 am
Noteworthy: I stopped working to take (legally acceptable) advantage of the Canadian Unemployment Insurance System. Maternity leave in Canada works like this: a pregnant woman who’s worked a certain...
Pregnancy Update: Week 26 29 Apr 2013 | 08:08 am
As I write this we are 13 hours away from jetting off to Cancun for our very first babymoon. What is a babymoon, you ask? It’s like a honeymoon but you take it before you have your first baby because ...
Nomenclature 9 Apr 2013 | 09:28 am
The baby is a boy. (This will come as no surprise to you if you follow me on Instagram, where I also post fairly regular photos of my ever-growing midsection. It’s not pretty. But you’re welcome to jo...
Whether or Not to Find Out the Baby’s Sex 14 Mar 2013 | 08:20 am
And secondly, that what little element of surprise *might* exist in a revelation with only three potential outcomes can exist at 20 weeks just as profoundly as it might exist at 40 (or 38 because we'r...
Five Things. Mostly About Babies. 6 Mar 2013 | 08:38 am
Here is a list of things I like today: 1. This picture of my niece. I know she looks grumpy here but actually she’s not. It’s a hilarious picture, at least to my biased aunt-ish eyes. It makes me want...
Pregnancy Update: Week 17 26 Feb 2013 | 05:54 am
Back when I announced I was pregnant I sort of expected that people would be annoyed by pregnancy update posts. I didn’t plan on writing too many of them for fear of alienating what few readers I had ...
Siblinghood 25 Feb 2013 | 04:38 am
Women only [call each other sister] when they have called each other a lot of other things first. —Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest Did I ever tell you I was blessed with the World’s Great...
Every Pity Needs a Party 12 Feb 2013 | 06:58 am
In my prenatal class the other night (yes I’m taking prenatal yoga, it’s my childhood yuppie dream come true), while chatting with my fellow pregnant classmates before class started, the topic of regi...
What I’m Eating During My Pregnancy 1 Feb 2013 | 05:41 am
This post could really be summed up in two words: ramen noodles. But what’s the point of a two-word post? Why use two when 500 will also do… I grew up loving ramen noodles, and though it’s been easily...
