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Tag Archives: gynea
Here We Go A-Hormone Tripping (Or, Getting To Know Baby)
The strangest thing about hormones is they don’t just make you feel like puking. When people asked “Any weird cravings?” I thought I didn’t have any. Last pregnancy I got my “kicks” ingesting a horrific number of calories, this pregnancy … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged 2am, 9am, bladder, Book of God, calories, catalyst, cravings, gynea, Haruki Murakami, having a party, hormones, Jeffrey Archer's Cat O' Nine Tales, Kafka on the shore, little games, little person, morning person, night owl, Of Mice And Men, owl, peaceful sleep, pregnancy, puking, rejoicing, Satyajit Das, squeeze toy, strangest thing, Walter Wangerin
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Boy or Girl?
We don’t know yet. But we may know soon so I just had to write this before we found out. Having a baby is already joyous (if terrifying and exhausting), I wanted to write an indulgent post reveling in possibly … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged caption, colleagues, confidence, feelings, goodness, gynea, having a baby, hell, legs, lt, ooh, peek, preference, pregnancy, shape, tea lady, ultrasound, wand, week old fetus
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Santa’s Marketing Cause (and other random thoughts)
You would’ve seen this pic already – I originally wanted this to send out Christmas greetings but got side tracked with other stuff I wanted to write about (as usual). What I hadn’t gotten round to pointing out however, were … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged appetite, bet, caption, Cartier marketing, centrum, christmas greetings, consumerism, crap, gynea, hamster, hmmmm, international commerce center, iphones, irony, jewel boxes, korean girlfriend, litter tray, lotsa, multi vitamins, nod, professional santa claus
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The Confinement Nannies
“Yeah, you’re pregnant. You need to tell the nurse what hospital room you want, shared or single, so we can do the booking.” That was my first Gynea checkup, 2 weeks after the test showed positive (so, the nurse explained, … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged blood test, c section, chinese friend, chromosomal abnormalities, confinement, confinement nanny, craziness, egg, friend of a friend, gynea, heartbeat, hk passport, hkd, hkid, last time, mainland, nanny, nurse, private hospitals, queen mary, vacancy
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Significant Conversation #95 aka You Can’t Touch This
Rockstar: Can touch here? Me: No, not there either Rockstar: What is it? Me: Breasts This has been a repetitive conversation. With no easy location to express milk in the office, I started each hectic work day 90 minutes earlier … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml
Tagged breastfeeding, breasts, gynea, hospital costs, significant conversation
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