Posts tagged pregnancy
what to bring to (and take from!) the hospital

If you're in your third trimester, you've probably been perusing dozens of lists of what you need to pack before you leave for the hospital. I'm not saying my list is the best (well, maybe I am), but it was certainly the best for us. Almost equally as important as what you grab FROM the hospital. 

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how we survived: going past the due date

I thought FOR SURE the combination blizzard/full moon that was predicted for Jan. 23rd would bring on labor. My parents even came up from DC that Thursday, just so that they didn't get stranded in the storm and miss her birth. Maybe the added pressure of having family here just waiting for something to happen made her NOT want to come out that much more, but by that Monday, I told my parents just to go back home and we'd call if anything happened. Spoiler: nothing did.

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