I can't whistle: all is well

16 October 2010

all is well

all is well-- just a quick update to say all is about the same.

tea kettle on

cake getting ready for the oven

company coming for some SERIOUS family love

and yup, I'm still pregnant.

and my pants? no longer fit my ass. I'm just sayin'.

Ok, in reality, I have no ass, so that means the whole front shape has shifted me out of one of the two pairs that used to fit. The other is in the dryer. Glad it's family.

Oh Erin! Yes, I am going to hope for/try for a vaginal birth-- now that I am not high risk for any scary reason, we're doing this the relatively old fashioned way if we can.

thank you all for checking in on me- truly.

I'll keep you posted!

5 comments:

Joannah said...: Enjoy your time with family today.

I can't wait for something to happen!!!; October 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Grade A said...: You're sooo close!! I'm truly excited/happy/giddy for you.; October 16, 2010 at 4:22 PM
Erin Bakal said...: Yay for family time! Boo on clothes that don't fit, at least you still have the one pair of pants... Really, it's a good problem to have 'cause it means that baby's in there snuggled in and growing well.

If you haven't done a belly cast, think about doing one-- it's a fun way to document your roundness, 'cause believe it or not, you'll miss it in a few months. It's a fun thing to find tucked in the hall closet-- Greg always joked that we should use mine as a chips and dip bowl-- chips in the belly and queso and salsa in the other compartments. We haven't done that, but it's a funny idea...; October 16, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Michele said...: Yay for family time! Glad you are doing so well!; October 16, 2010 at 9:30 PM
Eileen said...: I am so excited for you!!! Can't wait to hear thebig birth announcement and see photos of your cutie pie. 2010 has been so good to so many of us!; October 17, 2010 at 4:31 AM

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About this blog

I started this blog during struggles with infertility--struggles that resulted in countless IUIs, medications, procedures, 5 attempted IVF cycles, 2 pregnancies, one heartbreaking loss, and one miracle baby.

Parenthood left me feeling like I was not sure what to do here, with this amazing community. To talk about parenting felt boastful for those still and forever struggling. To not talk about it felt disingenuous. So here I am. I want to talk about my real life. Parenting. Midlife reassessment. Flailing. Finding myself. Mucking about.

So yes, I am a midlife parent of an amazing child.
Yes, I battled infertility and will be forever changed by every single moment of that journey.
I am imperfect and life is messy, but it is also so beautiful.

Among many other things, I hope to reconnect to myself through writing here. And I hope to connect with you too. Others out there, parenting maybe later in life. Maybe after struggling. Maybe struggling still. We can all use a safe place and a lot of compassion. That's what I am offering to you. I hope you'll stick around.

inside out

"The key is, starting from the inside out. Often you say, “I don’t know what to do.” True, you don’t know what to do. There are infinite possibilities. And a bunch of them haven’t worked for you. A lot of them have been tried, and they haven’t worked under what you think are the same conditions. And so, you sort of pace around, you don’t know what to do. Sometimes you don’t even know what you want to have. But you always, you always, if you will stop and think about it, you ALWAYS know how you want to feel."

--Abraham