Good to catch up. You guys are really cool. For real.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Sweet Baby James
so... i should have posted sooner, but i did send out a classic email that i thought ya'all would get. apparently not even angie got it! oops. sweet by me... so here are some pics of baby james (not jim or jimmy) sometimes called jj or "rock-a-by baby" by his big bro's came in january, 6 lbs. 6 oz., tiny and so freakin cute. honestly, i wonder if i have ever loved like this before. everything went well and unlike last time the epideral actually worked and i got through the ordeal without screaming or passing out, vomiting, having a panic attack, and a bunch of other crap that happened with sam was born.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3 quick questions
#1 Sarah, when is your due date? It's gotta be any day now right? Or is #3 already here and I missed the memo?
#2 Heather or Danika or anyone who might know- I would like to do some sort of detox/cleanse. Preferably a 7 or 10 day. Anyone know of a good one? In the past I have done "7-day detox miracle" which was good but I'd like to do something a bit more powerful (bring on the mud-eating, sludge-drinking, clay-pooping types).
#3 This is a weird one maybe but someone please give me advice on what to wear to sleep in. Every night I get BLISTERING hot (even if I only use a sheet). I can't go naked (or G's only which to me is the same as naked) because my paranoia won't let me. All I can think is, "what if there is a fire in the middle of the night and I have to run outside?" Also, I'm a bit of a tornado so long-nightgowns or scrubs type pants or oversize shirts end up getting twisted around 100 times. Plus, too hot. What is the solution?
#2 Heather or Danika or anyone who might know- I would like to do some sort of detox/cleanse. Preferably a 7 or 10 day. Anyone know of a good one? In the past I have done "7-day detox miracle" which was good but I'd like to do something a bit more powerful (bring on the mud-eating, sludge-drinking, clay-pooping types).
#3 This is a weird one maybe but someone please give me advice on what to wear to sleep in. Every night I get BLISTERING hot (even if I only use a sheet). I can't go naked (or G's only which to me is the same as naked) because my paranoia won't let me. All I can think is, "what if there is a fire in the middle of the night and I have to run outside?" Also, I'm a bit of a tornado so long-nightgowns or scrubs type pants or oversize shirts end up getting twisted around 100 times. Plus, too hot. What is the solution?
Monday, March 09, 2009
A Self-less Gift?
my friend told me the following story this weekend and i have been so disturbed by it.
her bro-in-law's sister, we'll call her amy, cannot have kids and has had at least one adoption fall through. amy's neice, we'll call her zola, said, 'i'm fertile and done having kids so i'll just get pregnant and give you the kid.' amy asks, 'you have 3 boys, what if it is a girl? will you change your mind?' zola says, 'no'. so zola and her husband concieve. not amy's eggs. not amy's husband's sperm. then they find out it is a girl. zola's husband says, 'but it is a girl, we don't have a girl. are you sure?' and zola says, 'i told her i would give it to her and i will.' so she delivers the baby and gives it to her aunt.
i think this story is SO WEIRD! being a surrogate mother is not weird at all to me. and giving your baby up for adoption because it was unplanned and you are not prepared to raise it, even to a family member is not weird to me. but i am so disturbed by this story. won't the birth mom always feel some sort of regret or at least wonder? and would the aunt feel a bit guilty? and how is the girl going to feel when she sees her biological family at reunions? will she feel like she is missing out? like she was taken/given away? will she long to be a part of her 'real' family? i think it is a bad idea. i hope it works out for them but i would never do it. not even if we were desperate to have a child.
what do you think?
her bro-in-law's sister, we'll call her amy, cannot have kids and has had at least one adoption fall through. amy's neice, we'll call her zola, said, 'i'm fertile and done having kids so i'll just get pregnant and give you the kid.' amy asks, 'you have 3 boys, what if it is a girl? will you change your mind?' zola says, 'no'. so zola and her husband concieve. not amy's eggs. not amy's husband's sperm. then they find out it is a girl. zola's husband says, 'but it is a girl, we don't have a girl. are you sure?' and zola says, 'i told her i would give it to her and i will.' so she delivers the baby and gives it to her aunt.
i think this story is SO WEIRD! being a surrogate mother is not weird at all to me. and giving your baby up for adoption because it was unplanned and you are not prepared to raise it, even to a family member is not weird to me. but i am so disturbed by this story. won't the birth mom always feel some sort of regret or at least wonder? and would the aunt feel a bit guilty? and how is the girl going to feel when she sees her biological family at reunions? will she feel like she is missing out? like she was taken/given away? will she long to be a part of her 'real' family? i think it is a bad idea. i hope it works out for them but i would never do it. not even if we were desperate to have a child.
what do you think?
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