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I've been pregnant since April and will hopefully deliver while it's still 2024. This has meant some wild hormone fluctuations; sometimes my brain is so foggy I can't concentrate, so I listen to audiobooks while playing a phone game, walking, or doing chores. Some days are crystal-clear and I am laser-focused on a physical book.… Continue reading What I Read in 2024
I am 18 days away from my due date, and according to doctors my baby is head-down, getting ready for birth. We're healthy! I'd like to tell every smug weirdo who has ever been unpleasant about my 20-year vegetarianism that my blood pressure has consistently been 120-over-80 for this pregnancy, but actually, I don't care… Continue reading Last Chance Before Life Change
Let me frame this in terms of what I LOVE. I love the beach, the ocean, and especially the Jersey Shore. I fantasize about bringing my baby there for the day with me. I don't practice a religion but the ocean is where I feel spiritually connected. When I lived on the Shore in 2018-2019… Continue reading What I love and what I do about it.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation My summer was split between Being Pregnant But Not Letting People Know (too soon), and then Being Pregnant And Having People Know. At work, sometimes I hauled boxes of yoga mats around, or taught kiddos lessons in a community garden. When I didn't teach in the garden, I prepped… Continue reading Three Months of Life
I’m superstitious, but not in a fun or folksy way—in a MAJOR ANXIETY DISORDER way—and I did not share the big life news this summer, though it is joyful. My sister got married! I am pregnant! Hooray! These events have been blessings and though summer was hot, I had a pretty darn fabulous time. I… Continue reading Third Trimester Blues / The Trap of Competence
Laura Eppinger 