shell on January 31st, 2007

Wow. We really are a bit crazy here in California. I know I was born and raised here, but it really took moving a way for five years to truly see just how wacky is California.
One legislator wants to ban spanking children. I love that the sponsor is not a parent, but [...]

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shell on January 30th, 2007

We, and by “we” I mean “I” as David just held my hand, had an amniocentesis two weeks ago. This morning Kaiser called to tell me that the Pinenut has 46 perfect chromosomes. The AFP score, which diagnoses over 99% of Spina Bifida and other neural tube defects, was “perfect.” I thought [...]

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shell on January 30th, 2007

While out and about we’ve seen a couple of cool license plates. One was on the back of Scion. It said “toazter.” I laughed. David only chuckled.
The best was one only someone who lives in or has spent some significant time in the S.F. Bay Area/Silicon Valley would understand. It [...]

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shell on January 24th, 2007

You cry when the President pays tribute to the first woman Speaker of the House.

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shell on January 22nd, 2007

Things not to do:
1. Pluck your eyebrows in the perinatologist’s waiting room.
It doesn’t seem like that one needs to be said aloud, and yet last week there was a woman sitting there plucking away. Completely reshaped one whole eye while we were waiting to be shown in for the amniocentesis.
2. Text message while driving [...]

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Bah. I need to pick up my knitting needles. I’ve started a couple things, but then I set them aside as I’m afraid I’m jinxing the PineNut’s health. How goofy is that? Like I’m going to miscarry because I made a hand knit sweater in which s/he can come home. [...]

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shell on January 5th, 2007

I had a routine OB appointment this morning. I knew I was going to have an ultrasound as I’m “old” and they do it at every appointment. I’ve had seven or eight of them so far. The third was very, very cool as we saw the embryo and its flickering heartbeat. [...]

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