Share“Holy shit, that poor girl,” I hear the doctor say outside the exam room door. I can’t help but chuckle. Clearly he doesn’t know I can hear him. He lightly taps on the door and walks in. I’ve never met him before. I’m here for the first time because my she-parts are malfunctioning and I…
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ShareShe woke up this morning curled in a ball with her head stuffed under the pillow. If she didn’t see the sliver of light peaking around the blinds, then it didn’t exist. If she couldn’t hear the sounds in the front room, then it couldn’t be time to face another day. She couldn’t do it…
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ShareFor the first part of this story please read “Warning Shots” and “Attempt #1″ Week 35 Mom: It’s Christmas Eve and these contractions will never ever end. I didn’t think I’d make it to Christmas. This baby is never going to come; I just want to make it two more weeks at least. Tonight’s not…
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ShareFor the first part of this story please read “Warning Shots” Week 31 Mom: What in the world? Why are these contractions hurting? Why are they happening so much? Okay…I’ll start timing them. Oh no every four minutes? Maybe they’ll stop. Ugh, they keep coming. Guess it’s time to call the doctor again. Son1: Yes!…
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ShareWarning: Week 18 Mom: What in the world is this? My stomach keeps getting hard and then tightening and then releasing. Wait… are these contractions? Wait… they’re coming regularly. Oh no. Son1: Hahaha. I’m going to break free! I’m going to get out of here! YES!!!! Mom: It was a hot, beautiful August day in…
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ShareA year after your dad and I were married we decided we wanted a baby. What we didn’t know was that we wanted you. We had been told that because of my health and extremely irregular cycles getting pregnant would be a “shot in the dark”. We figured we’d try anyways. A few months later,…

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