My energy level has been really low the last two days.
Maybe it’s the shallow sleep and frequent toilet visits.
Maybe it’s the problem falling back to sleep on some nights.
Maybe it’s the heat.
Maybe it’s the ballooning belly.
Maybe it is just time to spiral inward and rest.
Take it slow, and surrender to the heat, and heaviness and [...]
Archive for the ‘When he was in me- June 2007’ Category
Spiral inward
Posted in When he was in me- June 2007 on June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A letter to worried people
Posted in When he was in me- June 2007 on June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To the worried people around me:
when you say you are worried that I choose not to use the hospital and
an epidural; when you say you are worried that I cannot birth the baby
out at our cabin, in the cradle of nature and in the echoes of
bubbling water; when you say you are worried that things [...]
Visit to chiropractor
Posted in When he was in me- June 2007 on June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I copied and pasted this post over to this website, I felt I have to add that Dr. J was truly a gift that Ferdinand had sent to me. She is just so kind, wonderful, gentle, sweet, and beautiful. And she has been so, so, very good to me. We need more people like [...]
Gratitude
Posted in When he was in me- June 2007 on June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, S, H and I went to M’s house to cook and freeze foods in
preparation for my confinement.
We made plenty of coconut pancakes, and about 3 batches of the cheese
tartlets. We started at about 10am and ended at about 4pm. It was a
long, hot day of cooking, trying to cook, eating, chatting and
responding to our [...]
Journey
Posted in When he was in me- June 2007 on June 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last night we finished dinner early so we can watch the water birth video that Robin had loaned us. We have been talking about the pending birth and how I am going to attempt a waterbirth and Val was incredulous that babies can be born under water. She thought we were bad jokers.
So we watched [...]
Thankful
Posted in When he was in me- June 2007 on June 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When one gets sporadic, and regular (don’t ask me how sporadic and regular goes together, but they do in the preggie world) panic attacks, and moments of doubt, and silly fears and crazy random thoughts, the best thing is to sit down and think about the millions of things one feels thankful for. Yes, so [...]
