I had this post written and scheduled several days before yesterday’s drama…so read it anyway and I’ll update you at the end, ___1___ Last week’s unexpected news from the doctor has us scrambling to prepare last-minute things. So the Sunday after Thanksgiving we came home from church to a house that needed some serious “nesting.”…
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Vignettes
…At 9:00, Christian and I make our way upstairs to do a little spiritual reading before going to bed. He turns on the strobe on his phone and checks the kids as he does every night, scolding, teasing or re-tucking-in depending on circumstance. Tonight, he comes into the bedroom laughing afterward: Nicholas is not asleep.…
Read MoreWhat I Will Miss About Pregnancy
I’ve reached that point in pregnancy now where I just want it to be over, where it’s all too easy to think only of how miserable it is. This is the point for which I wrote my advice on being pregnant with grace. So today I’m going to come up with ten things I love…
Read MoreWhen It’s Time To Say, “Enough”
In natural family planning circles, there are certain words you’re not supposed to say. Like: “This is the last baby.” The very definition of openness to God’s will is that you never close off the possibility of another child, that you should be asking instead, “Is this month a good month to try to conceive,…
Read MoreToo Much Of A Good Thing (a Unisom story)
I should have known it couldn’t last. Frankly, I didn’t even really believe it would work. After all, I wasn’t actually taking it to help me sleep…though Heaven knows, I could use it! No, this little blue (generic) (Walgreen’s) pill was part of a cocktail to ease third trimester nausea. I didn’t want to drug…
Read MoreI Filled The Diaper Drawer. Then I Freaked Out.
They’re so small. You’d think that a mother approaching the birth of her fourth child in seven years (well, 7 ½) wouldn’t be floored by the sheer tininess. But as I pulled out our trusty cloth diapers, counted them, stacked them in the drawer, I couldn’t believe it. Every single baby diaper fit in one…
Read More7 Quick Takes, vol. 148
___1___ 31 weeks, and…am I still running?…I don’t really know, because I haven’t been able to exercise since Monday. I did run on Monday. Does that count? ___2___ Yesterday I was asked twice how I’m feeling this late-pregnancy, and I realized I haven’t acknowledged something important: I am doing much better this time than last. I would…
Read MoreBaby Magic, volume 2
The magical thing about waiting for a baby is the anticipation of falling in love all over again. But the thing I wasn’t expecting is this: the magic of watching my children fall in love, too. Alex is 6 ½ years old now, old enough to sit around drawing during natural family planning classes, which…
Read More7 Quick Takes, vol. 147
__1__ Pregnancy update: At 30 weeks, I’m still running. Although it hardly qualifies anymore. I’m also (finally) having Braxton-Hicks. I’ve been wondering when they were going to show up; seems like it came on a lot earlier last time. Not that it matters, as I’m a surgery girl. ___2___ It’s also officially impossible to find a comfortable position to…
Read MoreJust Before You Start
“The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.” Stephen King You know what already worries me about my upcoming C-section? I’m terrified of the back shot. You’d think repetition would inure me to the experience. But I’m so ticklish. What if I jump at the wrong moment…
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Kathleen M. Basi 