Category Archives: pregnancy and childbirth
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rice sock: pretty weird, sometimes useful
Posted on July 29, 2015 by nikki in odds and sods, pregnancy and childbirth.I just opened a better-forgotten drawer at the bottom of my dresser and a flutter of tiny moths burst from dark to light. Though I should’ve just shoved the drawer closed and deleted the event from my working memory so as to not have to launch counter warfare (which we all know is impossible – […]
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top ten ways pregnancy and childbirth will drive you crazy: #2 – your personality goes down the toilet
Posted on September 14, 2014 by nikki in health and beauty, pregnancy and childbirth, top ten lists.When she was pregnant, my friend Carolyn announced that her personality turned off at 8pm. When not pregnant, the usual shut off time trends towards 10pm so the difference is considerable for those spending an evening with her. As it happened, we were pregnant at the same time. While I was impressed with her precision, […]
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the mother of my grandaughter’s mother: a grandmother’s quest to find the right name
Posted on September 2, 2014 by nikkimeredith in family, love of a mother, Mother-Daughter Relationships, pregnancy and childbirth.When my older sister announced her pregnancy, my mother announced, shortly thereafter, that she didn’t want to be called grandma, granny, gran or any variation of grandmother. I assumed it was because grandmother meant old and my mother, who had always shrouded her age in secrecy, didn’t want any clues to her age. She’d been […]
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top ten ways pregnancy and childbirth will drive you crazy: #1- trying to use the internet to find out if you’re pregnant or not
Posted on August 5, 2014 by nikki in health and beauty, pregnancy and childbirth, top ten lists.Ladies and Gentlemen, do me a favor. Do a web search for “signs of pregnancy.” Pretend your period is approaching a late arrival and you don’t happen to be able to think about anything else other than whether or not life is about to get really weird. “Concentrate on something else,” you tell yourself, so […]
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