Mafe Maria: A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz
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He’s finally here!…Our sweet baby, Joaquin, was born on Dec 8 at 9:00 pm.
In just one week I’ve lived the worst and best moments of my life. There are so many stories I wanted to share, like what it felt like to be among the 25% of pregnant women who deliver via a c-section. Obviously […]
For those who’ve never experienced pregnancy, this may sound weird and may look pretty freaky, but I’m actually going to miss it…
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Good Lord!
Hello bolliti,
Lots have happened since my last update…
Over the last two times we’ve been to the doctor, she’s confirmed that you have dropped really low and your head is pressing down on my cervix like such a tight cork, she’s having a hard time assessing how much I have dilated.
You keep growing so much, that […]
Hey there, little Puffeth…
So you missed your chance to be born a Scorpio, and you gave researchers one more statistical point to prove that the cycles of the moon don’t affect the onset of labor.
This week you’ve been extremely active. More so than before…
I’m seeing a lot of pointy waves cruising my belly at different […]
For the last few months Joey has been assisting a judge for his Judicial Externship. A couple of days ago, while working, Joey’s feeling a little fidgety. He finally confides in the judge: “My wife may go into labor today… This morning she told me to stay alert because she had just passed the biggest […]
Sweet little bollo,
You’re all baked now.
We’re ready for you. Please come out.
You know you want it…
That crazy voice you hear every day, the one that chases and teases your little butt whenever you shake it in my belly… that’s daddy. We can tell you’re intrigued by him. He’s a lot of fun. Every child that […]
Bolliti Panfriti,
Next Sunday it will have been 37 weeks, and you should be fully baked. It’s time to start dropping bebé… I only need to do one last trip to the baby store to be completely ready for your arrival. Everything else is waiting for you.
This week, people’s comments about the hugeness, grossness, and ouchness […]
It’s the morning of my 35th birthday, and while I’m getting ready for our second childbirth class, I realize that for the first time ever, today I’m not thinking that today, 35 years ago, I was born. No. This morning, 34 weeks deep into pregnancy (that is, 3-7 weeks away from labor), what I’m thinking […]
At childbirth classes, Vicky, our instructor (a maternity nurse at the hospital where I’ll deliver) makes all moms line up at the front of the room by due dates. I turn out to be the last one on the line, meaning the one with the farthest due date. Vicky comments on how we all carry […]
It’s so interesting to notice how interesting pregnancy photos appear to be. Since I started uploading photos tagged as “pregnancy” and “pregnant belly” to my flickr account, several strangers have added me to their pool of contacts, I’ve been asked to add my photos to different pregnancy groups, and the photos themselves are viewed a […]
A long time ago, back in the time when Joey and I started dating, we attended a party at one of my coworkers’ home. One of my most memorable memories of that night is the visual of Joey trying to walk between a small table and a couch, of course not being able to fit, […]
We’re pregnant, yes.
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