HOW WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY, BEKAH? THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW. If you would just CALM DOWN, I WILL TELL YOU. I had the best day that I’ve had in years. A beach walk, a backyard …
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Gray or Grey or Grei
We have proceeded to the ‘pick out color for walls’ portion of third trimester. Soon I will be falling off of a small ladder in a pair of overalls that don’t fit into a tray …
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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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BINGO!
I have to do something other than scroll, grow human, grow fat. And LORD how I love a list of tasks to check off. Here’s an effective tool for ways to educate and act. Last …
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A Face of a Man
We had our first Zoom birthing class, and I had to capture this Face of a Man watching a fake baby get shoved through a fake pelvis after watching a plastic cervix dilate and ‘efface’ …
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Speak Out
I’ve been real conflicted over how to best be useful during this fraught but necessary time. I read something yesterday, directed at white people, that said something like, we’re dealing with enough right now. Don’t …
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I TARTED
Given the world right now, it feels wrong to spend any internet space on silly baked goods, but then again, maybe this will make someone smile, just for a second? So I present to you …
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Now would be the Time
I tend to stay out of these conversations, because I feel like it’s not my place to participate, but right now that’s feeling like a lame excuse. It should be lost on none of us …
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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 …