Today at my 28-week appointment, I have to take a blood test to check for gestational diabetes. The way this works is I drink a super sweet orange drink an hour before my appointment and then they test the sugar levels in my blood. I’m not feeling very optimistic about this drink though. It’s sitting [...]
Or maybe it’s just that I’m getting tired. When I got a phone call from a workman yesterday and he asked for Mrs. Medros, instead of my usual, “This is Adam’s wife, Jenny Brown. What can I do for you?” (and yes, I use the word wife there, because it’s simpler than not–another way I’m [...]
Everyone who has read this blog for more than, oh, say, a week, knows that Adam and I are Jewish. Happily Jewish. It’s not a hard fact to grasp. Our parents are Jewish. Our grandparents are Jewish. Our great-grandparents were… well, you get the idea. What I’m trying to say is we’re Jews and everyone [...]
I really thought I’d be able to refrain from writing so much about being pregnant, but really, it’s taken over my life in every way, so there’s no way to avoid it unless I stop blogging altogether. I am so overcaffeinated and so overtired and so oversugared (the former and latter being attempts to compensate [...]
Sometimes I feel like I’m blogging in a vacuum. I took down the comments section awhile ago, because my obsessive personality had me checking them way too often. I found I was unproductive, just coming back to see if anyone had anything to say. So I removed them. But lately blogging has been great because [...]
Okay, so I can’t marathon this year, for obvious reasons. However I will be running the New York marathon in 2004. I signed up for this year, and since I’ll be canceling before the race begins, I’m guaranteed entry for next year. I was a bit unsure about doing this so I e-mailed the marathon [...]
I’m at the point where I’m starting to count down the days till September 10th instead of counting up on how far along I am. Now that I’m in the home stretch–the third trimester–it’s all starting to feel a bit close. Pregnancy Weekly has this nifty little calendar, so I can keep track exactly: “This [...]
So, now more than ever, supposedly, I’m to watch what I eat. Studies have shown that Brown Brown can now taste what I’m eating through the amniotic fluid. According to What to Expect When You’re Expecting, I should be eating lots of broccoli and the like now, so that Brown Brown will develop a liking [...]
I asked Adam if he was going to blog about his grades, and he said, “I don’t think so. I’m not sure it’s an appropriate topic.” And of course, as you all know, HBS has a non-disclosure policy when it comes to grades. So I can’t tell you what he got. But I will say [...]
I’m sorry, but if you want me to take a new disease seriously, you can’t call it the monkeypox. That’s just so, so, well, precious. I couldn’t help but giggle when Bob Edwards said, “monkeypox” on NPR this morning. Monkeypox. It’s funny! Sorry.