Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 18, 2009, 5:36 pm
Just a quickie to say the doc confirmed that no, I probably will NOT have this kid this week. I'm still totally closed up, and Tiny B is at -2 (apparently they go -3, -2, -1, to 0, and 0 is "go")....
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 18, 2009, 9:17 am
[him] "Would you just tell me the bloody name of the books?"[me] "No, I'm busy eating, and if I take the time to tell you, my food will get cold."[him] "You DO know that in the time it took you to...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 16, 2009, 3:27 pm
One of the things I always told myself about this blog is that I'd never put "too much information" out there, because while yes, this blog is primarily an outlet for me, it's also out there f...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 15, 2009, 12:00 pm
If you're going to be a parent (or you know someone who is), and think those Keen Distribution Grobag Eggs are cool, you should check out the latest review on All Thumbs.
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 14, 2009, 10:14 am
If you haven't read this, you're missing out. Seriously missing out. Kim's always been a great writer, and I lurk often, but it's probably her best post EVER, and one of THE best posts...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 13, 2009, 1:25 pm
While not much has changed since the 37 week mark was approaching, I feel a need on my due date (today) to do me up a final list of where I'm really at with this whole pregnancy thing, cuz I may n...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 12, 2009, 11:26 am
Apparently at 39 weeks, my brain has gone to mush, because these are the types of thoughts I was having yesterday..."I can't go into H&M cuz if my water broke in there, I'd be horrified - ever...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 9, 2009, 11:46 am
Last night after helping a friend move furniture for their renos (ha ha, ha ha ha!), the husband came home with HIS contributions to the hospital bag...First, the entire set of Friends on DVD. So I ha...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 7, 2009, 3:14 pm
Any woman who runs marathons, or hell, who even runs AT ALL at 9 months pregnant, has my complete and total respect. No, make that AWE. Complete AND total AWE. Because seriously, at 39 weeks pregnant,...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 6, 2009, 10:58 am
Suffering and recovering from this cold in the last week has fortunately and unfortunately, forced me to slow down a little. And while taking some time to rest, to get more sleep, and to stop running ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 4, 2009, 9:38 am
Yea, in the last couple days I've done diddly-squat because of this damn cold (not cuz it's killing me, but cuz I'm trying to REST so it doesn't get any worse, and so I can be better B...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 3, 2009, 10:20 am
Last week, before I got sick, this kid was going CRAZY trying to find his way out. And I say "trying to find his way out" because there's no other explanation (at least in MY head) for the stuff h...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 1, 2009, 10:04 am
In the last few weeks, I have been INUNDATED by people asking me whether or not I was going to get vaccinated for H1N1. And while I refuse to get into that answer here (because the debate that will un...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 30, 2009, 4:36 pm
After the oh-so-lovely, "How are you feeling?" question, the question I get asked the second-most now is, "Are you getting nervous?". Sure, I'm getting nervous about having a BABY, but nervous abo...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 27, 2009, 8:43 pm
The other night, my Fit4Two instructor (and friend) Dee mentioned she'd read my blog, and how this time right now is probably really GOOD for me. That yea, I'm struggling with not working, and...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 24, 2009, 9:52 am
This whole NOT working thing has been REALLY getting to me this week. Like to the point of me getting all teary and emotional with the husband when he was leaving me home alone one morning, because HE...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 20, 2009, 6:03 pm
This Friday, I am OFFICIALLY, full-term. Yup, like I've been pregnant as long as they want you to be. Like I could pop at ANY SECOND. Even though I probably WON'T pop at any second. But hey, a...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 20, 2009, 10:00 am
Being off work is weird. There's this whole LOVELINESS to not working when you don't HAVE to shower if you don't want to, you don't HAVE to do your hair and makeup, and you don't H...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 16, 2009, 9:57 am
This morning, at 36 weeks, the husband and I had a wee little heart attack. EACH.Me first, when all my bath-water (you know, the bath-water I have to use because after FIVE freaking weeks of renos, I ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 14, 2009, 6:54 pm
He turned, he turned, he turned! Tiny B is no longer breech! Wahoo!Yes, I KNOW, many babies have done this BEFORE and many babies will do it AGAIN, but with the parents Tiny B has, and their own parti...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 6, 2009, 9:08 am
As of Monday, I have five - count em, FIVE - days of work left... for the next year. FIVE. Like one, two, three, four, FIVE.And while I guess I kinda GET that this beer gut I'm sportin' ain...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 3, 2009, 9:00 am
Did you hear the one about the crazy pregnant lady who agreed to renovate BOTH her bathrooms at 30 weeks pregnant, thinking OF COURSE they should do it before the kid arrives, because OF COURSE it'...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 1, 2009, 6:02 pm
At a time when I've gotten quite emotional at work, I can't say enough how much I heart my OB. And I don't mean I just like him, or that he takes good care of me, or that he's just all...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 27, 2009, 9:39 am
This past Friday, I hit the 33 week mark, which if all goes well, means I have just SEVEN weeks to go - maybe less if Tiny B comes early as Jr suggested he might, maybe more if the old wives' tale...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 25, 2009, 11:42 am
This week, I had one of the coolest experiences I've had to date with this whole blogging thing - I got to meet Lori IN REAL LIFE!While you'd think as PARTNERS, we'd probably have been lon...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 22, 2009, 8:26 pm
While I'm still not thrilled I'm measuring behind, after a few days to stew over it, and a whole LOT of amazing comments reassuring me (thank you!), I've figured out that REALLY, this is a...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 19, 2009, 9:50 am
This whole "measuring behind" thing is messing with my head. Because while I'm extremely proud that at 32 weeks, I can STILL run for 25 minutes straight without stopping sometimes (other times, th...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 17, 2009, 7:45 pm
Two weeks into renovating our main bathroom and ensuite (you know, cuz we thought, SURE, let's do them both at once! get it all over with in one shot! like a band-aid - right off!), I'm really...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 16, 2009, 10:48 pm
While I've got lots to vent about on the renos (2nd plumber didn't show today until some big escalations), and lots to talk about on the exercise front (Fit4Two is back in session!), there'...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 16, 2009, 10:46 pm
Week 26 Week 28 Week 30
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 14, 2009, 7:08 pm
It's Day 3 around here without a bathtub to even splish-splash myself clean, but all in all, it's been okay.Partly because I called the original plumber and reamed him out. Not to make him COM...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 12, 2009, 2:43 pm
This week's been one of THOSE weeks. The kind with some weird pains, some good news, and some assholes. Well, ONE asshole in particular. I'm sure there were OTHER assholes, cuz there's ALW...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 9, 2009, 6:30 pm
As of this week, I officially have ONE MONTH left of work. One SINGLE month, and then I will be off for a YEAR. Off work. For a YEAR. And really, I just have no idea what I'm going to DO with myse...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 7, 2009, 8:38 am
When I think about bringing Tiny B home, and watching him grow up, and learning all the things we're going to learn, and all the mistakes we're BOUND to make, the thing I think about most, is ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 5, 2009, 10:00 am
As I've vented about before, our birth class is full of people who are NOT our people. And over the last 2 weeks, going to 2 more classes has officially confirmed for me that not only are these pe...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 3, 2009, 9:36 am
[me, staring at a parked car with lights on] "That's sure gonna suck for THEM in the morning."[him] "Yup, their morning is NOT going to go well."[me] "Maybe we could help?"[him] "What? Like go kno...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 31, 2009, 9:11 am
I, chicklet, have too much going on. Just like before I was pregnant, there's all this SHIT to do all the time, except now that I'm pregnant, there's all this EXTRA shit to do. And none of...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 29, 2009, 10:00 am
Yesterday, was messed up. Just completely and totally, messed up. And not in a BAD way, just in a way like "this is sooooo not my life" kinda way. And no, I did NOT get the commercial (that I know of)...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 28, 2009, 10:31 am
Maternity clothes suck.While I've been really lucky to have had some summer hand-me-down PANTS passed over to me, and been even luckier to be able to wear mostly NON-maternity shirts, I'm now ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 25, 2009, 8:29 pm
So I can't say I'm noticing it so much right NOW, as say, I was noticing it a LOT when I first got pregnant, but it's still there a fair amount - this whole... "judgement/competition" thin...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 23, 2009, 5:04 pm
This morning I bought a ticket to Blogher 2010. But I bought the ticket for a lot of reasons that actually have NOTHING to do with the actual conference.I mean yea, the conference is definitely someth...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 23, 2009, 11:00 am
Looking for a practical book to guide you through those first five years? Looking for one with a Canadian point of view? I found a fabulous one I'm loving AND reviewing over at All Thumbs today.
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 20, 2009, 8:50 am
This Friday, I'll be a WHOPPING 28 weeks. And while I feel like I've definitely been pregnant quite awhile now, it sure doesn't FEEL like I've been pregnant for 7 months? Hell, it does...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 18, 2009, 11:10 am
[me, ripping one...] "Scuse me."[him, shaking his head at me...][me] "What?! It's not like you don't rip it all the time too!"[him] "Yea, but not as often as you my beautiful wife."[me] "Okay,...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 11, 2009, 9:11 pm
So this Friday, I do the big test - the Gestational Diabetes test. And no, it's not THE big test in that it's not the 3 hour one (just the first one to see if I need the 3 hour one), but it...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 6, 2009, 4:48 pm
23 weeks 24 weeks25 weeks To sing along: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPR1d0gPKL8
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