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I Love BABS
Dear BABS, I don’t tell you often enough how much you mean to me. As we approach March, we are also approaching another birthday for B. Is he really going to be four years old?!? In celebration, I wish to … Continue reading
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Moving on after a complicated pregnancy and birth
I get things stuck in my craw. Sometimes it’s stuck in such a way that I cannot let it go and it is all I think about for a stretch (as in – I won’t lie – when a certain … Continue reading
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Hanukkah and Christmas: Our Family Traditions
My family is basically secular but we are by no means anti-religion, and we very much enjoy the holiday season. In fact, my father is an ordained (but long-since non-practicing) minister. My mother was raised and buried by Jewish tradition … Continue reading
Why I didn’t have an epidural. And why I should have.
Even before I was pregnant with my first child, I knew I preferred a birth without interventions. I’m not sure it was even a “preference” so much as my default. It just seemed like a given. My mother had my … Continue reading
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Plugged Ducts and Mastitis
For reasons that are unclear, I am very susceptible to plugged ducts and (probably subsequently) mastitis. When B was a few weeks old, I got my first round of mastitis. A week later and halfway through a course of antibiotics … Continue reading
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