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32 Weeks.  That means only 8 weeks left until I am full term and you are scheduled to show up. Less, actually. Closer to only 7 weeks. Aye Carumba. You have gained something like 4 pounds since you were conceived, whereas I have gained - oh, around 42 pounds... hmmm, something isn't quite ad...  read more

We had been trying for another baby.  Ben was getting older, and my heart broke to think of him as an only child.  I wanted my children to have the same gift that I had as a child - brothers and sisters.  Siblings who would always be there to love and support and encourage, to make...  read more

And once again I find myself in the most vulnerable of positions, sitting on the toilet and squinting at a little plastic stick, thinking "Oh boy". Or girl.Life has this way of continually bowling me over. It knocks me from the side, where I don't even see it coming. Gets me every time....  read more

"What do two blue lines mean?""Pregnant."I think he is fooling. Or reading the instructions wrong. I shake the white plastic stick. Maybe it is wrong."No.""Yes." He looks up at me from the floor. "What does it say?""Two blue-"I can't say...  read more