6w-0d… again

I’m re-visiting the 6 week pregnancy information, after having reached this milestone a few days ago. I’m adjusting my tickers and pregnancy newsletters to my new estimated stage – 6 weeks today, according to the ultrasound scan.
I’m trying not to be too attached to the idea of being pregnant. I still have a hard time [...]

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5w-6d: Just call me spot

The spotting has continued but there’s no true bleeding, and it has been tapering off. I feel like I’m tempting fate by saying that, but I’m trying to reassure myself.
I’ve been reading articles about spotting at all the popular websites, and all the reading has left me with one recommendation: “call your doctor and get an ultrasound”.
That would [...]

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I know someone who…

I’ve been robbed of my boards. I used to love Pregnancy boards. Hundreds of women posting all sorts of details on the web as part of an on-line pregnancy or parenting community. They were lovely, enthusiastic places for young women to bond over their pregnancies.
But I stick out like a sore thumb. Over 35. Divorced… on some [...]

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Background

I’ve had a few challenges in my mothering career, and they’ve shaped who I am and what I believe. I’ve survived infertility, a special needs child, complications, divorce and single parenthood. I am a completely different person now than I was when I first started on this journey.
Just before I became a mother everything seemed so justifiable, [...]

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I’m what?

I’m “twoplusanother”, at least for now. I’m not quite ready to go public.
I’m a 40-something, professional mom of two.  I’m in the middle of a divorce that was long overdue. I have a new partner that I met years after my ex and I separated… and now I’ve discovered I’m pregnant.
I’m not quite sure how I’m going [...]

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