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On Miscarriage
The decision to reveal whether or not you’re pregnant is a very personal one. The books recommend against it until you have passed safely through the first trimester, since the likelihood of miscarriage is so high.… Read MoreI don’t know how I’ll feel once I’m actually pregnant, but right now I think I want to tell people as soon as possible, precisely because the risk of miscarriage is so high. It’s something we should talk about more, so that people don’t feel as lonely when it happens.
Knowing how attached I am to the idea of getting pregnant, I imagine that I would be devastated by a miscarriage. I definitely would
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DIY: Birthday Cards
I finally made time to knock out some handmade birthday cards. Woo-hoo!… Read MoreFirst, I dug around in my craft closet and found some envelopes I could use. Then I cut some white cardstock to the right size (in this case, the cards are 5″ x 7″). Next, I used my paper cutter (I love my paper cutter!) to cut strips of security envelopes that were about 1.5″ wide. Then, I simply cut along the strip to make triangles (exactly the way Stephanie suggested).
Then I made piles of flags. For each card, I would set up 8 flags and then go back to put a small dab of white
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A Family-Unfriendly Nation
Autumn shared an awesome article with me on Facebook: an interview with Sharon Lerner, the author of The War on Moms, a book about the difficulties women face as they try to raise children in a country that is unfriendly toward families.… Read MoreA lot of the ideas seem to echo Naomi Wolf’s in Misconceptions: Truths, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood.
It’s overwhelming, really, trying to think about how to make the transition into motherhood a smoother one. It seems like it’s going to be difficult on so many fronts. First, it’s simply going to be exhausting. The constant feedings, the diaper changes, the
