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I too miss spring break, I think Kelly should come clean my house. I also am missing sunshine a lot right now which is what spring break makes me think of. Come to think of it I don't think I ever went on a cool spring break into warmer regions. Once I went to Santa Fe, New Mexico with Marysia to attempt to make that happen but ended driving through a blizzard in Wolf Creek pass instead. Oh well the idea of spring break sounds nice.
I had too much caffeine this morning... A whole medium cup. Bad pregnant lady. I am feeling little like the world can't quite keep up with me, also bad for typing coherent blogs. Coffee is my way of making grey days better, a NW habit, although Jo probably wouldn't agree. She remains untouched by the crazy coffee culture up here... I say give her a few years. That is how Ryan used to be, until I showed him the way, or at least made too much coffee around him so eventually he had to drink it just to keep up. Yes I really do need to calm down.
Maki- I love that you went to the architecture home design show...So cool. Count me jealous. Things like that are so fun... there must be so many NYC opportunities like that. We are constantly thinking we should start our own design business...which would help with the getting rich plan although would probably not be to easy for the lazy. The problem is how do you get your stuff manufactured and funded on a large scale to make it profitable. I just went to DWR and just about drooled on their baby furniture... so cool. Instead we just go to IKEA (a 3 hr drive) way too much... which really is not nearly as cool. Sigh. It would be great to collect design furniture, of course it probably isn't a great idea to own stuff like that with a toddler and baby on the way, but still pretty cool. If you dream up any get rich business ideas let me know... Okay enough babble... I think the caffeine high is turning into a low now. (picture is of E at the Seattle Public Library last month)
posted by Valerie @ 3:37 PM
4 Comments:
your little boy is soooo cute. He looks a lot like you. They grow up so quick. Two days ago a pregnant lady that works with Pietro went into labor. Her and every woman on her floor screamed for an epidural or shot of some kind, but to no avail because the anesthesiologist (sp?) was busy elsewhere in the hospital. There were crosses on the walls, and the women were told that suffering was part of childbirth. If I have another kid, I'll take a trip to France when I hit nine months! Anyway, all the babies are really cute and tiny just like the little one inside of you. I wouldn't worry about a little caffeine. My mom drank it constantly and smoked a pack a day when she was preggo with me, and I'm normal right!!!!!!!!!!he he he
Hmmmm normal. I don't know what all our mom's did while they were pregnant with us but I don't think any of us wound up with "normal" gene. :)
So, as far as not being normal...Wendy you are going to think I am crazy. Ephraim was actually born at home pain killer free. We had 3 natureopath midwives here to help. I really wanted it too be a totally different experience. IT was really amazing. I knew it would probably be a short labor and am pretty anti traditional medicine/hospital. So we did the old fashioned crazy way. We are hoping to be able to do the same with this baby, but not sure it is going to be able to happen. My labor with E ended being about 5 1/2 hours long, so it went really fast... it was only the pushing part that was kind of scary. He was huge 9.10 ounces, so you can imagine that it wasn't easy:) Not that it is for anybody. What was your labor like? Every womans is so different and yet so amazing.. it is that inner strength that so impresses me. Women are in many ways so much stronger than men.
Valerie you are amazing. A home birth? Unfortunately I was a common failed induction ending in a C-section. I had chemically induced painful contractions all day long (7am-5pm), a failed epidural...all this to hear that I wasn't progressing fast enough with such intense and close contractions so we should give up and take her out. At that point all I could think was "baby in 15 minutes- go for it" The recovery was no joke, and I couldn't get out of bed for 3 days. Elena was exactly 9 pounds, a very long, rose-colored baby. Ambra, avoid being induced! Valerie, again you are amazing, but I hear there's nothing like a good epidural (if it works of course- they put mine in too far and it took 5 "adjustements" and 5 hours for it to finally work..when I felt that wonderful ooze of relief go down to my toes, and thought "now I'm home free", they told me I'd need a c-section). I do agree that women are amazing. I couldn't have imagined Pietro in my socks that day. He was half fainting anyway. I about killed him when he tried to take pictures after the midwife with the biggest hands on earth painfully broke my water. Sorry, too much information perhaps :) Hope you girls are well. I'm heading up to france after all on thursday (couldn't resist), and I might come back to the states in july for a summer session and recital..will keep you posted. Ciao ciao belle
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