Posts Tagged ‘stress’
By amanda June 3rd, 2009
I want a do-over of the morning…one where I take up Shermans super sweet letting me sleep in offer…where I wake up when he needs to get ready and Ijah is not in a crabby, screechy mood.
There are times when I am 100% sure that I can not do this, that I can’t take one […]
Tags: Ijah, moods, naps, new mom, questioning, screaming, stress, tired
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By amanda March 31st, 2009
I used to write in here a lot. It was like a brain purge. And I was honest. When life was good I wrote it, when it wasn’t I wrote it, when pregnancy was awesome or it sucked I was honest about it. But for some reason I’ve always avoided writing […]
Tags: baby, daily life, daily photo, emotions, Ijah, Life, mental health, motherhood, new mom, parenting, perspective, stay at home mom, stress
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By amanda February 27th, 2008
After a week of worry I find that I can stop. I can stop and be great full that Comma is healthy (and was moving today).
This relief has brought with it an unexpected wave of other crap though. A kind of tidal backwash. So now I find that not being completely wrapped up in Comma right […]
Tags: new mom, pregnancy, sickness, stress, work, worry
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By amanda February 26th, 2008
“Looks like you have a very healthy baby in here…”
No more perfect words have ever been spoken at this point in my life.
The genetic counselor put things into great perspective, starting out with the “statistics” on false positives for this type of test. She seemed almost apologetic about it, but did a great job of explaining the […]
Tags: colds, Doctors, new mom, parenting, pregnancy, quad screen, relief, stress
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