Category Archives: Pregnancy

Allergic Reaction to PICC Line Wing Guard

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Things have been trucking along just fine for the last two months or so here in Hyperemesis Land. Not great, but sooo much better than I was the first few months, when I thought I would die and actually kind of looked forward to the relief death would bring. When I had my PICC line inserted on July 7, my… Read more »

Are They Multiplying?

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It’s started to feel like there are more than two babies in there, or perhaps they have sprouted additional limbs. Generally, Left Baby is the really active one who kicks and rolls and does laps daily. But this weekend Right Baby started to get in on more of the action. Last night and this morning made me wonder if this… Read more »

Surprise, it’s a Baby! On Finding Out the Sex of Your Unborn Child

I’m getting annoyed with people who look down their nose at Daddy in Training and me because we fully intend to find out the sexes of our babies as soon as humanly possible. “But don’t you want it to be a surprise?” they ask disdainfully. As if we won’t be surprised whenever it is that we find out? It’s not… Read more »

Sleeping While Pregnant — Easier Said than Done

People keep telling me to take advantage of this time to catch up on my sleep before the babies come. Fat chance. I’m starting to think this is the great inherent contradiction of pregnancy: You’re tired all the time, but you can’t get comfortable enough to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time several hours apart. By the… Read more »