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12 Weeks Postpartum: Surprising Things I’ve Learned
This Sunday my baby will be twelve weeks old. Which sounds like 3 months to me but is not 3 months because like everything related to children their age is a fucking clusterfuck to…
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6 Weeks Old!
It’s been a wild ride. After we brought him home from the hospital I cried a lot, had a massive anxiety attack, and spent hours wondering why someone would let me leave with a…
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My Birth Story: My Vagina is Just Fine, Thanks
On January 5th, Francesco and I had dinner at a favorite restaurant of ours, one of those “southern style” places that serve the kind of comfort food that you crave when you’re sad and…
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Why We Waited to Disclose Our Baby’s Sex
When we first found out we were pregnant, we decided not to tell anyone the sex of the baby for a while. Why? A whole kaleidoscope of reasons but basically I didn’t want to…
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39 Weeks Pregnant: My Brain is Broken
In baby news, I’m 39 weeks pregnant and it feels like someone has plucked my brain out of my skull and I’m just wandering around with my head up my ass.
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On Community
Our house in Salt Lake City, La Casa Fristy, is a tiny bungalow on a tree-lined street in a liberal neighborhood called Sugarhouse. It gets its name from the sugar beet test factory that…
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Maternity Photos by Alixanne Loosle
If you’re at all familiar with my travel blog, Surviving in Italy, you might be familiar with the work of my wedding photographer, Alix. She has a very natural, journalistic style and so when…
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36 Weeks Pregnant: Please Send This Child an Eviction Notice (and tell me I’m pretty)
Next week I’ll be 37 weeks pregnant which means (according to Google and my lady doctor) that I’ll be full-term. Please, someone, send this kid an eviction notice. He’s taking up all of the…
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I Almost Died
At least I thought I might die. Two days ago I was minding my own business when suddenly I couldn’t breathe and my heart started pounding and my head felt woozy. Web M.D. said,…
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