As you might have heard, we are expecting a baby (I think that's the right way of putting it, cause WE are definitely not pregnant, but I am very much so)!!! I won't bore you with the details of my pregnancy, which you most likely have been bored by already if you are reading this blog. So far so good...
I've been inundated (self imposed) by the virtually unlimited and often contradicting information available on the web. By far, the worst sources of information are message boards. It seems it is a requirement to have an IQ of no greater than 85-90, live in some bumblefuck red state, and have an unyielding desire to share any idiotic thought that crosses your mind real time, to participate in the message boards. First, you have to learn the appropriate acronyms to be a respectable message board mom-to-be. There is DH (dear husband), DD (dear daughter), DS and some other dears I can't decipher. Then, there are teams, like pink and blue, green, purple and some other color. Then, everything is tagged with a date, including previous miscarriages and pet deaths.
To illustrate, a message board post looks like this:
"Is anyone else really gassy between 4:15 and 5:27 AM?"
Signed: Maryjoe (19) DH (22) DS (4) green team hoping for pink this time lol Mommy to Pookie and Nookie (maltese poodle mix RIP 3.2.08 mommy misses you) Miscarriage 4.2.09. 3 weeks and 2 days pregnant!
Some blogs, however, provide comic relief. The kind of dark and sometimes marginally disturbing comic relief I find to be reassuring and necessary. If you are pregnant or plan to procreate, check out exploitingmybaby.com.
A few words on my fetus development. It is supposedly at the stage when it can get hiccups. Poor baby...that must be mighty uncomfortable. My grandmother said someone who is also an expectant great grandmother in her English class said her great grandfetus is sucking its thumb in the womb. I can tell that my grandma really wants my fetus to get with the program and start sucking its thumb already. Of course, since she is super superstitious and won't tell anyone that there is a baby on the way (avoid the evil eye of ill wishers), she will only have the satisfaction of having her secret pride.
On a completely different note, here are my recent podcast favorites:
-Best of The Left (a brilliantly produced compilation of snippets from a variety of programs, including the Colbert Report, Rachel Maddow, the Onion news, etc.)
-NPR: Talk of the Nation Opinion Page
-TEDTalks
-TimesTalks
-NYT Book Review
-The Adam Carolla Podcast (lots of pee pee caca mastrubation humor, but entertaining enough with some great guests)
Also on repeat at least 5 times a day is the song Lena by Twee Belgen (I am sure most would recognize this techno?? piece by my husband's countrymen). It's all good until they start proclaiming their love for Lena in Flemish.
2 comments:
Here's to claiming the pregnancy aspect for yourself! I don't know where the "we're pregnant" thing came from but it seems terribly inaccurate. (I have heard of "sympathetic pregnancy", although I'm not sure I buy it.)
Let us know when you want us to weigh in on baby names! Everyone's got ten gazillion opinions when it comes to naming.... :)
I vote "Lenny." It's a good, strong, Flemish name.
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