So I caught a cold. Usually this wouldn’t really be the end of the world, but the thing is pregnant women can’t take very many medications when they’re sick because they’re bad for baby. The medications I CAN take, I don’t have access to in China. So basically, I’m feel like I’m dying a slow [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 22, 2009
So maybe I’m an aunt
I don’t know if I ever posted about this, but nine months ago, my brother had a one-night-stand with a girl who said she was on The Pill and I guess they didn’t use condoms because low and behold, she called him afterwards and said she was pregnant. This girl, it turns out, also slept [...]
October 15, 2009
It’s official, I’m in love.
On the ultrasound, we saw this little thing wiggle around and its little heart beating up a storm. Hubby cried, which made me cry. Now I can’t stop looking at the picture and thinking, "Holy shit, this is INSIDE me!"
October 13, 2009
Puppy, I love you but…
… why did you have to vomit on the rug that I brought back from the dry-cleaner FIVE MINUTES AGO? I get that you ate a piece of pork bone when I took you for a walk (that I tried unsuccessfully to pry out of your mouth) but you could have vomited anywhere else but [...]
October 12, 2009
8 weeks and 3 days
I’ve been torn about whether or not to keep a baby journal. Part of me thinks it’s sweet and the other part (the dominant part) thinks it’s tacky and pointless because really, will my child ever care about the fact that by the time I was 8 weeks pregnant I had lost 10 pounds because [...]
