KAREN HAS A COUSIN. Her name is Kathy, and she works as a pre-natal ultrasound technician at my hospital, and she is CHATTY AS THE DAYS ARE ENDLESS AND NO LONGER MARKED BY EVENTS. Take …
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Pandemic Babymoon
We decided to take a risk and VERY CAREFULLY, DISTANCE-LY, MASKED AND DRIPPING WITH HAND SANITIZER, stay a few nights at a newly re-opened low-capacity beach hotel (and other things I will remind myself when …
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Prepped
We are proud graduates of Loom’s Prepped: The Series birthing class, and while I learned many things that will stay with me forever, and have seen things I cannot unsee — the thing that will …
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Guilt | Action
I’ve been thinking a lot about how much time and emotional energy white people should be giving to guilt right now, and how much to action. Is the guilt a part of the action? Is …
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The Crib
Last week we hit the THIRD TRIMESTER which means that in a VERY SHORT AND YET WHAT STILL FEELS LIKE A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME, the baby will live OUTSIDE my body, and we will …
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DEELISH!
For months I have been warned about the horrible second trimester Glucose test in which you have to drink a very disgusting horrible sugar beverage to see if you have Gestational Diabetes, and it’s the …
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hashtag pop it up
PLZ JOIN ME IN MY SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, #POPITUP. If you’re outside, and there’s literally no one else around, let your mask rest around your neck so that you can pretend, even if just for …
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Feelings | Facts
I’ve been trying not to pressure myself to write or even think anything profound about this moment we’re in, but then I was on a panel this week discussing the future of theater, and playwright …
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not funny
Like a month ago, I had a very good? very bad? idea? Let’s just simply call it an ‘idea’ to make virus shaped cookies with frowning faces and give to friends. And in the time …
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tiny futures
I put out a call for used baby clothes from friends because honestly I needed something hopeful and positive right now. I don’t want to look back on this pregnancy as the time I spent …