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Vaccinations
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Natural Childbirth in Madrid, an interview
For those who are curious about what it’s like to give birth in Spain, I got to sit down with April this afternoon and interview her about her second pregnancy and how she’s gone about choosing a birthing center in Madrid. This interview is also available to listen to as a podcast. Kelly (Spain Dad): [...]
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Medical Certificates
“Let me check to make sure we have everything,” April said, opening the binder with the word “ADOPTION” written in permanent black marker on the binding and flipping through pages of blood test results and tax records and goverment-stamped certificates. I glanced at the clock. “We won’t be late,” April said, trying to reassure me [...]
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Alleke’s Birth Story (Part II of II)
This post is the second one in a set of two. To read Alleke’s birth story from the beginning, click here. The next thing I knew another nurse came and loaded up my bed for transfer. We rolled down the hallway, and he tried to make small talk with us as I moaned and made [...]
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Alleke’s Birth Story (Part I of II)
Today is Alleke’s first birthday, and as promised, we have a guest contributor here to help us celebrate. April (Alleke’s mom) is going to tell Alleke’s birth story. As a writer, I love a good story, and I couldn’t think of a better gift for my little girl than her mom telling the story of [...]
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Shots
truman gets a shot, july 2005 Photo by gisarah. Alleke discovered a new emotion today. Fear. A few of us were in a large room with a card table. A nurse was sitting behind the table with a laptop and lots of piles of colored paper. April was there, leaning over and filling something out, [...]
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