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Battery in the smoke detector

November 8th 2008 | No Comments

Week 31 Baby is eleven inches long head to rump and sixteen inches head to toe. Baby weighs about three and a half pounds. This week alone baby will grow about three eighths of an inch. His head has also grown about three eighths of an inch in circumference due to rapid brain growth. About this [...]

Grandma’s daycare

November 3rd 2008 | No Comments

Week 30 I got some wonderful news at the beginning of the week. My mom told me that she is going to start a daycare in her home. What a huge relief to know that she will be able to watch my little boy! There is no one I’d rather have care for [...]

Fatherhood

October 17th 2008 | One Comment

Week 29 Week 29 starts the eighth lunar month of pregnancy. Baby now measures over ten inches, crown to rump. He is almost sixteen inches, head to toe. Baby weighs in at almost three pounds. He will gain about two pounds this month. Backaches and general achiness are common during this time. [...]

Terra’s athletic baby

September 17th 2008 | No Comments

Week 28 Already this little boy has been to as many baseball games as my husband has. We went to a minor league game on Tuesday. It was so much fun. It was less expensive than the major league game we went to. The drive was a lot shorter, too. Andrew and I think that baby’s [...]

Stretching, squats, and entertainment

September 10th 2008 | No Comments

Week 27 My little boy is just as active as ever. It’s so much fun to watch my belly move as he twists, squirms, and kicks. Andrew and I have had conversations with him and he seems to respond by kicking. It’s almost like having a Magic 8 Ball for a belly. [...]

How much bigger will I get?

September 2nd 2008 | No Comments

Week 26 I keep wondering how much bigger I will get. My belly has grown an inch and a half in two weeks! At least I know where the weight I’m gaining is going. How am I going to make it three more months? Time has been going fast so far. [...]

Health insurance changes mid-pregnancy

August 26th 2008 | No Comments

Week 25 According to a 38-week lunar pregnancy calendar, week 25 starts the third trimester and month seven. By the end of week 25 baby will grow a half-inch longer. Most women will be checked for gestational diabetes between weeks 24 and 28. An extra 300 calories a day is what [...]

Terra’s Own Birth Day

August 17th 2008 | No Comments

Week 24 AHHH! I turned 25 this week. On the day I was born I took time to reflect on where I am in life. The other thing I do every year is make a phone call to my mother. I always like to hear the story of when I was born. [...]

Our wiggle worm

August 10th 2008 | No Comments

Week 23 On Monday we attended a retirement party for my best friend’s dad. He had worked at the same company for 30 years. He still used the same lunch box he did when he started that job. My friend put a picture of it on his cake with the words, “Goodbye lunch [...]

Crafting, sports, pilates and…waddling?!

July 29th 2008 | No Comments

Week 22 I had strong abdominal pains early this week. I hadn’t felt pains like this before so I called my doctor. She reassured me that this is prime time for round ligament pain. If I had any other symptoms, such as bleeding or fever, she would have had me come in right [...]

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