GIRL! Pop Culture Baby made her arrival Thursday evening. Details and birth story to come....
Parenting
I Get By With a Little Love From My Friends
(Wow, for someone who claims to not be all gung ho on The Beatles, I sure have been taking liberties with their songs lately...)Instead of continuing to rely on all of Brittney's fantastic posts about my baby sprinkle [If you don't know what I'm talking about, go to the PCM Facebook fan page], I decided … Continue reading I Get By With a Little Love From My Friends
Intelligender Provokes Not-so-Intelligent Ire
Like any pregnant woman, even one who has no plans of confirming via ultrasound what gender my fetus actually is, I love entertaining myself with the old wives' tales. I did the Chinese Gender Prediction chart -- got both results, depending on which website was used. I did various online tests, which analyzed whether I … Continue reading Intelligender Provokes Not-so-Intelligent Ire
Managing Gestational Diabetes: Day One
Those of you who know me or who can decipher my cryptic Tweets already know this, but to catch up the rest of you: I failed my three-hour glucose tolerance test.This actually wasn't a surprise. My mom and at least two (of her six) sisters are diabetic. After my well-woman exam a year or so … Continue reading Managing Gestational Diabetes: Day One
A Storm of Controversy Over Baby’s Gender (or Lack Thereof)
(Photo courtesy of Steve Russell/Toronto Star) By now you have all heard the news about little Storm, the Canadian boy or girl whose parents have decided not to reveal his/her gender after the baby was born. The parents explain their decision as an idea in support of "a tribute to freedom and choice in … Continue reading A Storm of Controversy Over Baby’s Gender (or Lack Thereof)
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