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Thanks
Basil Photo by Paweł Kabański. Sometimes just taking the time to be thankful for what we have is like smelling a basil plant – so fresh, so green smelling, so good for us. As we come to the end of our pregnancy, here are a few things I’m thankful for… Health insurance – which doesn’t [...]
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Trend-setting Dad
S.S. o Dalai Lama Photo by Elton Melo. I was only slightly more surprised two years ago in Madrid to find myself standing at a crosswalk next to the Dalai Lama than I was one month ago when a dad (yes, a man!) showed up at childbirth classes. Even more marvelous was that he, the [...]
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The Position
“Before we move on to the prenatal meditation, we’re going to practice proper pushing technique for those of us who are thirty-six weeks pregnant or more.” Carmen, our midwife, stepped into the middle of the room where the rest of us, six women and two men, were sitting comfortably on our mats. “Who here is [...]
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Beatriz and Gema
Last night April and I sat on the couch in the living room and taped together cardboard boxes. I kept hearing a stern, commanding voice like Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments reading the part in The Baby Book where Dr. Sears talks about nesting and how you shouldn’t make any major transitions around the [...]
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El Sabio
“It’s a bit of an obsession,” she said, smiling apologetically at her husband. She and her husband were sitting across from us on gym mats in a small exercise room with mirrors for walls, waiting for our midwife to arrive and begin the exercise portion of our childbirth classes. I didn’t know her name, but [...]
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Prenatal Classes
This week April and I started our prenatal classes. Everything began well with a cheerful hello from our midwife and some encouragement to find a spot on one of the comfy blue mats lying on the floor, take off our shoes, and find a relaxing position. We began our exercises by scrunching up our toes, [...]
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