Tag Archives: Pregnancy

Catching Up: The Arrival of Adventure Baby!!

After much sitting and waiting, Adventure Baby arrived on March 30, 2013. What follows is a birth story I originally wrote as a note on my iPhone a few nights later when the only way she would sleep was on … Continue reading

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Following Your Gut and Challenging Your Doctors

This post is going to veer way off the usual adventure theme. As discussed in my last post, we had some adventures of a different kind – threatened preterm labor and two separate trips to labor and delivery at 33 … Continue reading

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Curve Balls

Or, when things don’t go as planned. Hi there, sorry for the long hiatus. Life got busy – or busier, as the case may be. As it turns out, though, life is now slowing way down, though not necessarily by … Continue reading

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On Skiing While Pregnant

Winter came and I couldn’t take it – I had to ski. We’ve been out twice now and I have some thoughts/observations to share. You may remember that I was having trouble deciding if skiing (the cross-country variety) was a … Continue reading

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Snowshoeing Adventures

Here we are, nearly at Christmas and nearly 26 weeks into this pregnancy, and I still haven’t decided if I really feel safe cross-country skiing this winter. What I do feel safe doing, though, is snowshoeing. So far we haven’t … Continue reading

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A Tough Day

The interwebs are all aflutter today with talk of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. There’s nothing I can say that will make this event less horrifying or help the families affected by this tragedy cope with what has … Continue reading

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(Mis)Adventures in Baking

Howdy, folks. It’s the end of the semester and the holiday season, and that can only mean one thing – baking. My mom has always baked up a storm in the weeks leading up to Christmas, and now, as an … Continue reading

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Gear Review: Mountain Mama Maternity Lassen Hooded Maternity Jacket

Howdy. Finding good maternity gear for a real mountain winter has been a challenge.  I’m only 21 weeks at this point so I can still stuff myself into at least some of my pre-pregnancy clothes, and I can wear some … Continue reading

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Our Version of Acceptable Risk

One part of becoming a committed couple is reconciling differing opinions about all kinds of things. Adventure Guy and I did this without much trouble throughout our relationship…or maybe our opinions about the major things didn’t differ enough to cause … Continue reading

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