Hi. Remember me? Can you believe I only posted 4 times in all of 2015? I let an entire pregnancy go by without saying anything on this blog about it. That’s right. We have another baby here. He was a total surprise. Such a surprise that I think it took […]
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Of Darkness, and Hope, and How You Can Help Bring Light
Today I met a 14 year old girl, when I was visiting two of the mothers in my birth class. She was squatting in the house next to one of the grandmothers. I thought she was a kid who came in to watch the babies. 17 year old mamas The […]
Read MoreFalse Alarms and Energy Drinks
She hands me a little plastic bag through the driver window. “Ah Sayama, chesu tin ba deh.” (Teacher, thank you, in Burmese.) I let my surprise show on my face. Not over the drinks, the ladies have taken to giving me these little gratitude tokens every week, almost always an […]
Read More7 Quick Takes – So much to say
Little bits from around the web that I thought worth sharing. I wanted to include pictures but my internet out here in the Thailand boonies is so slow tonight that’s it’s not going to happen. 1. Modesty, I Don’t Think it Means What You Think it Means Probably everyone has […]
Read MoreHormone Stew
When you wake up from an unintentional 3 hour nap, having fallen asleep while lying down to get the baby to sleep, and your first thought is to be angry at your husband for having the nerve to sit there while you slept and not bother to wake you, it […]
Read MoreA brief (I hope) interruption of the baby bliss
Because reality has rudely intruded upon my babymoon, and I’m not even talking about the part where I’m already back to cooking and cleaning, more or less. If you follow me on instagram, or my facebook page, or twitter, and you should, I’m a very faithful instagrammar, it’s all been […]
Read MoreThe Birth of Dek*
*Child in Thai Sean and Prang and their family have been escaping hot season up in Prang’s mountain village. We’ve been staying with them since we arrived in Thailand, partly so we’re in the city when the baby is born in case wee need good medical care. The night before […]
Read MoreThis is the longest I’ve ever been pregnant.
For the first time ever, in 6 pregnancies, I am still pregnant on my due date. I am so not thrilled about this. It’s hot here, and the 5 things that I brought that are most comfortable in this heat are getting very boring to wear. Plus I miss my […]
Read MoreWhat it’s like to be pregnant in Thailand
So you want to know what it’s like to be pregnant in Thailand. Where do I begin? Let’s start with wanting to buy a cotton nightshirt to sleep in. They have cotton night shirts. Just none made to go over pregnant bellies. I could buy 3 of the teeny tiny […]
Read MorePregnancy – It’s not that simple this time around.
Every so often someone asks me if I’m excited about the baby, or gets excited for me and asks related questions and it leads to some awkwardness in my head. It’s not that simple this time. For one thing I just have no time to be pregnant. This baby is […]
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