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We made it.

Yesterday, E. had his twelve month well-baby checkup. He was breastfed for his entire first year. He has (we are nearly positive) outgrown the MSPI. Far out. We made it. It’s hard to feel a lot of pride as a mum. You don’t want to take any credit for the lovely things about your baby, [...]

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Hive update: Benadryl was controlling them by yesterday evening, but I woke up this morning absolutely COVERED yet again, with the added bonus of having my eyes nearly swollen shut. I’ve made myself go to uni, as I feel fine, so it would be purely for vanity if I let myself stay home, but man [...]

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What if?*

“I want a divorce.” Words I never thought I’d hear. Words I swore I’d never say. I am a child of divorce. When Q. and I got married, I told him that was it for me, for life. My children would not be shuttled between feuding families. Now, in the deepest, darkest corners of my [...]

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I’ve been quiet. Not really reading, not really writing (except, of course, to rant about irresponsible f/s and their (crazy? desperate?) patients- we lucky folk in the Great White North got another one today…and I’m refusing to comment on that woman with the octuplets except to say that I’m thrilled there’s now an investigation to see if [...]

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Responsibility

So I’m sure everyone’s heard about the woman who gave birth to EIGHT babies a couple of days ago. I don’t want to be too judgmental, as my only access to information comes from newspaper reports, but I am damn curious about a couple of things. The article I read today implied that she had [...]

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