May 2010
2 posts
retry
I’ve decided to use my Tumblr account again and in the next few days I’m going to write Delilah’s birth story before I forget it completely.
August 2009
9 posts
36 weeks
went in for this week’s doctor’s appointment and my blood pressure was 190/118.
immediately they wanted to put me in the hospital and deliver me.
after 30 minutes and changing my position they got my blood pressure to go down to something not so scary and decided to try to let me go until 37 weeks with a visit in between to make sure i’m okay.
i’m still freaking out and...
lover pie,
of course, ton anglais est tres bon!
delilah et moi sont bien, they let us go home from the hospital, i just have to be more careful from now on.
we are going to the doctor on thursday and we will have an ultrasound to check her again, i’ll send you pictures :)
don’t worry!
but you need to be careful too, you crazy! when you come to america i am not letting you...
lover pie,
Qu’est-il arrivé à votre cou?!
Labor and Delivery visit
This afternoon I took a quick shower and got dressed for our birth class tonight. I brushed my teeth and then went to wipe my mouth on the towel I just used for my shower when I noticed blood on it. I “checked” myself and there wasn’t any more blood, but I was still concerned and not sure where the blood came from. I was running late though so I started driving to class and...
July 2009
7 posts
i love you and all
but please stop kicking my left ribs.
charlotte, oui tu fait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
day 1
I went to water aerobics and water pilates this morning. This is day 1 of getting fit in hopes of being able to have a natural birth.
June 2009
14 posts
Ellis came over to our new condo the other day and said, “When I grow up I want a high house too.”
Lilah must really like it here or something because every time I think I am leaving Limoges for the last time she tries to kill me! Saying goodbye to Charlotte at the train station I felt faint and then blacked out and my lips were all tingly and my arms went numb. I was trying to calm myself down and relax, but she was freaking out and kicking every one of my organs and i thought i was going to...
May 2009
11 posts
I am sitting in my apartment in Limoges for the last time listening to Julie Tipton sing her songs in her comforting southern American voice and wishing I was in America, lounging in air conditioning, in American sized chairs, with an American sized glass of water.. with ice.
Walking home from the store with a baguette in my bag and trekking through tall grasses that cover the rolling hills to my...
Tonight was the first time that someone besides myself felt Lilah kick!