JMPHurrah, Motherhood — five weeks oldI had an ambitious plan when I was pregnant to take a professional certification exam at 37 weeks. I would study hard leading up to it…Mar 11, 2019Mar 11, 2019
JMPHurrah, Motherhood — 4 weeks OldI am healed up and it’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because pain when you’re moving around in that area is terrible. Sayonora…Feb 26, 2019Feb 26, 2019
JMPHurrah, Motherhood — 3 weeks postpartumThe mommy forums online have exploded with pictures of newborns and stories of L+Ds that we’ve been collectively dreading (sometimes…Feb 6, 2019Feb 6, 2019
JMPHurrah, Motherhood — 2 Weeks OldJasper’s 15 days old now. My partner asked me last night if I’d ever put my pinkie into his mouth and felt the strength of his suction. I…Jan 24, 2019Jan 24, 2019
JMPHurrah, Motherhood — 1 Week OldJasper is a soft little animal. He needs us, terribly, completely. He mewls and blasts farts and scowls hard while staring harder with his…Jan 20, 2019Jan 20, 2019
JMPHurrah, Motherhood — Week 38, BirthOver the weekend, huge strings of mucus with threads of blood threaded through were coming out of me. I shrugged and said, it’s just the…Jan 13, 2019Jan 13, 2019
JMPHurrah, Motherhood — Week 37, pI still anticipate mat leave to be a sabbatical.Jan 6, 2019Jan 6, 2019
JMPHurrah, Motherhood — Week 35, pregnantEvery single twinge or cramp and my brain screams, this baby arriving TODAY, THIS VERY MOMENT, and I AM NOT PREPARED. This “not-prepared”…Dec 25, 2018Dec 25, 2018
JMPHurrah, motherhood — week 34, pregnantFor me at least, the third trimester has shown up with the gift of insomnia at night for terrible, no good, get outta here, let me tell…Dec 15, 2018Dec 15, 2018