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Graglo arrival update – 18 days to due date…

So I have spent another 5 hrs of my life in the OB’s office this week — 3 hrs on Monday for the non-stress test (baby not stressed, me not stressed before sitting there for 3 hrs, kinda enraged by the end) and 2 hrs Tuesday for my regular check-up. I wish they had snacks, […]

4 Weeks to the due date: expanding belly photo montage

So we now have ~ 28 days until Graglo is predicted to enter into the world. I can’t say that we have a lot of faith in the idea that the baby will come popping out in 28 days, but at least it’s something to mentally look towards as I get larger and more awkward. […]

Fun with the ER! (don’t worry, we’re all fine)

I had lots of drama yesterday- I spent the day in the ER. Everything is fine, but it was a bit scary. After I went to the OB in the morning for a non-stress test for the baby (they want to make sure its heart beat speeds up when it moves, check the amount of […]

If Graglo is 4 lbs 11 oz, how big am I??

Well, that’s a fine question. I’m bigger than I’ve ever been before in my life, espeically with all of the weight focused on my front. One front: many bumps. One of my ex-boyfriends used to joke about ‘look at you with all those curves and me with no breaks’. Well let me tell you, back […]

7 weeks to the due date: Graglo update

We just had our final ultrasound today. Well unless my OB orders more, and with her, who knows. But the good news is that everything looks good! The Russian tech looked at all the organs and the size of the head and the stomach and the femur length and so on and as of right […]

What other exciting adventures were had in Germany??

Funny you should ask. I was just about to answer that question. It must be the continuing effect of the psychic that’s given me such insight into the minds of others…HA Mike – my ever faithful companion who follows me around the world – arrived on Friday evening. We’d had ideas about taking long and […]

So what’s up with us? Where have we been and what have we been doing???

These are all good questions and since I consider myself to be a ~ nice person, I’ve decided perhaps I should answer them. We’ve been pretty busy lately. Our May was a hectic one of international fame and fortune- okay well not that, but at least travel. Graglo and I spent the first week of […]

So what’s the latest on Graglo and the rest of us?

So you may be wondering to yourself what’s up with Graglo and Mike and me. Well, things are pretty good I tell you. Given my scientific background, my penchant for data, and the fact that my OB is in the ‘if it has any possibility of being a problem and it can be tested, then […]

Mountains and chocolate and Queen? Oh MY!

So you thought that was all you’d see of Switzerland? Oh NO! Think again. Our Swiss adventures continued. After a very rainy Monday, we had lovely weather on Tuesday so we took the train to Montreux, which is known for its music festival, it’s very expensive shops and the amazing castle, Chateau de Chillon. Oh […]

Mountains and chocolate and cheese oh ME!

Yes it’s true, Mike and Graglo and I went to Switzerland last week. I had to go for work for a 3 hr meeting, but instead of flying all that way and then turning around and flying back, we figured, hey why not fly early and then have a mini-vacation? Why not indeed. So we […]