Hooray, baby is here, we’re all very happy about it, now back to talking about knitting! Baby M gets a particularly early start as a sock model, at only six days old. She looks pretty excited about it, don’t you think? Yes, I chose the route of self control, and before starting another thing, I … More Labor Socks
Before I move out of “birth blog mode” and back to our regularly scheduled posts about knitting and food and playing with life’s mundanities, I have one last shout out to make. And that’s to Sara, who is Bona fide Photography. This post includes some of her remaining shots that I haven’t already shared. I … More A Thank You for Photos
I realized, in reading over Martha’s birth story, that one person’s name doesn’t come up as much as one might expect: Jared’s. At one level, this is for the very obvious reason that childbirth is quite literally women’s work. So it makes sense that women’s words and wisdom would come to the forefront. … More Daddy
This is the story of Martha Elanor’s birth – the whole story, no text omitted. Fair warning: I am pretty thorough in my description of what happened, which gets a little specific in the medical quarter. If that bothers you, be forewarned. All pictures are pretty modest, though. You will notice below this post a password-protected … More Easter Vigil: Martha’s Birth Story
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Martha Elanor Osborn was born at 12:23 a.m. on Easter Sunday, April 5th 2015. “Martha” after a beloved friend, pastor, teacher, and mentor, one of the most powerful women who has ever touched our lives. And after the outspoken woman in the Bible, Jesus’ friend, who proclaims in the middle of grief, “Yes Lord; I believe that … More Martha
It’s just after midnight on Holy Saturday. A day that I never expected to reach while still pregnant, eleven days past my due date. I’m awake not exactly by choice, but because every night I don’t take a Benadryl, I seem limited to a four-hour quota of sleep. I am blessed by a savory midnight … More Meditations from the Belly of the Whale
Finally, I can check another Really Big Thing off the list of Things I Said I’d Get Done Before the Baby Comes. I pre-drafted the last bit of red on Saturday at some point, then spun it up on Sunday. I had a chance during Sunday’s naptime to make the last .6 oz into perfectly pre-drafted … More At Least I Know It’s Not This
Let’s play good news/bad news. Round One. The good news: At one week late, baby “Pat” is doing grand. She passed her first post-due BPP and NST with flying colors, and doesn’t appear to be unduly large. The bad news: At one week late, baby Pat does not appear to be going anywhere. She’s so … More Not That Kind of News
We are at EDD +4 today. Surprisingly, my calm increases as the days pass, as the inevitability of little Pat’s birth draws comfortingly closer, and as pre-labor progresses at its own impossibly slow rate. I think, with N, I just didn’t have time to get this uncomfortable. She was breech until 39 weeks, so I … More Progress, Slow but Sure
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