Posts filed under 'pregnancy'

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By steve on October 6th, 2005

[this post by Steve] Now that we know we’ve got a girl, Kate and I are playing the name game with renewed gusto. Like just about every parent, we want our child to have a unique name that’s not too weird. Although “not too weird” is pretty relative, and what we really want is […]

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Thoughts on Gender

By kate on October 3rd, 2005

Now that we know we’re having a girl, Steve and I have been giving some more thought to gender. I’ve always said that I want my kids to have all kinds of toys, whether they’re girls or boys. If we were having a boy, I’d give him dolls as well as trucks; frilly dress-up clothes […]

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Starting to make sense…

By kate on September 29th, 2005

After the ultrasound yesterday, someone asked if it made the baby seem more real, and I said no. At the time, it was still very theoretical, the idea of this tiny person inside me. However, now that it’s had time to sink in, I’m starting to get a more tangible understanding of the whole thing. […]

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Girl Power

By kate on September 28th, 2005

It’s a girl! A healthy girl! Today’s ultrasound had good results, showing one healthy baby that has a 90-95% chance of being female (they don’t like to guarantee this stuff). The one other interesting thing was that Zippy is smaller than fetuses of 17 weeks usually are. The ultrasound radiologist took that to […]

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Impatient

By kate on September 27th, 2005

I slept badly last night, tossing and turning and dreaming about tomorrow’s ultrasound appointment. I think I dreamt both possible outcomes during the course of the night. Maybe some couples wait to find out the gender because then the momentousness of that news is overshadowed by the excitement/ordeal of birth…

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Big belly

By kate on September 23rd, 2005

I hesitate to post this, but for those of you who are far away and curious, here’s a picture of me from last weekend. I’m planning to post a better (clearer as well as more flattering) picture soon, so catch this one while you can.