Thursday, January 05, 2006

Quick updates

Just popping in to join the chorus of congratulations on the arrival of Muddy’s gorgeous baby boy. He was born January 2, by c-section, at 36 weeks (after more than 3 months of bedrest) and is reportedly the cutest and biggest baby in the NICU (where he’s on a vent for some breathing difficulties). Muddy is dealing with some painful c-section aftermath, but is doing well. Updates to come as they’re available. And in the meantime, YAY!

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The DC Infertiles Meetup was fab, as everyone else has already said. I don’t have much more to add, really, except to note how much I love being with a group of people that just get it - even if we didn’t all have all the intimate details about each others’ cooters, we still all understood the general picture. When else can I leave a bathroom stall (in the Capitol building, no less) and have bunches of people who will listen to me vent about progesterone suppositories (which are better than they were before, but still gross) - and join in! So, that’s that part.

The rest of the DC trip (with one notable, charming, lemon-drop-sharing exception) was fairly unexceptional, though not in a bad way. I actually like my in-laws most of the time, but I’m allergic to their house, and off my allergy meds, so my breathing suffered a bit. But telling them about the twinkles (we showed them the u/s picture) was pretty fun. And helped buffer my MIL’s stream of well-intentioned assvice. Plus, they’ve decontaminated another room in the house, so I got to hang out and be social while still mostly breathing. So yeah, I’d say that was pretty good all around. Plus, my BIL was quietly supportive and kind and helpful, which was especially sweet.

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Food is generally not appetizing, and that is incredibly frustrating right now. Even if I’m not obsessing over Barbara Luke’s advice, it’s still problematic to be simultaneously hungry and repelled by food. And I’ve been to several grocery stores over the past couple of days in seach of food that appeals. I may have to start sampling the fast food options soon. I had McDonald’s chicken nuggets while we were in DC, and they were actually pretty satisfying. But that was then, so we’ll see.

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I finished the crazy papers, but am now busily trying to wrap up a research prospectus, in which I propose a plan of action for the next couple of years. This is an exercise in fiction, since it’s too soon to announce any news, so I have to write the thing as if what I’ll be doing for the next 18 months or so is working on a dissertation. Ha! (The general idea at this point, of course, is that I’ll be, um, otherwise occupied. At least, that’s the plan.)

10 comments:

  1. Barbara Luke is scaring the bejesus out of me. I've lost 5-6 pounds already which according to her has doomed the beasties. Why are nuggets so appealing? They seem to work for me too. I just don't have an appetite right now.

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  2. Right there with you. Eating is a real challenge right now. Pineapple. That's about the only food I can consistently say doesn't make me want to retch.

    I'm keeping my head deep, deep in the sand right now and not reading any pregnancy books. Plenty o' time to scare myself down the road, right?

    Glad to hear you're doing well, hope the morning sickness doesn't get too overwhelming.

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  3. Glad that you got home safely, Cass. I was starting to wonder if I should send YOU an email asking about your safe return! GL with the plan of action...I think you should write one for your pregnancy and post it. ;-)

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  4. Yay! You're back! Since our little get together I've been dying to read your posts... and yah... the heated discussion about the pros/cons of the various preogesterone suppositories was also a legitimate highlight for me!

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  5. Thanks to our little bathroom chat, I feel like I'll be much more prepared should I ever be using the suppositories. A little knowledge goes a long way!
    Good luck next week (the 13th right?)!!

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  6. Hoping that the defence goes really really well. Keep it up with the popsicles, that's got to be better than nothing.

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  7. I hear you on the food issue. My stomach has been rumbling for the past week, though the only things that appeal to me are Swedish fish and ready salted potato chips. Yep, we're off to a healthy start here.

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  8. Wow, congratulations on finishing the papers! You must be so glad to be done with them.
    As for the eating thing, I wish you luck--hopefully something will eventually appeal to you (for me it was Rueben sandwiches--why, I'll never know...)
    Progesterone suppositories in the capital Building bathroom? I'm sorry I missed it!

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  9. Glad you had fun at the WADC gathering. Sounds wonderful. And glad you are back in town. McDonald's it will be for our lunch!

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  10. The meet-up sounded fabulous! I checked out the pics on Jenn's Journal.

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