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    Ten things that have surprised me about pregnancy (#1-4)

    by Lisa April 18, 2011
    April 18, 2011

    It’s a slow, sultry Sunday afternoon here in Laos and I’ve just finished unpacking after my week working with journalists in Bangkok discussing issues of trauma and resilience. It was …

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    Marital Misunderstandings and Utopia

    by Lisa April 4, 2011
    April 4, 2011

    Successfully navigating that “getting started on Monday morning after a lovely weekend” speed bump is a lot easier when you have an office to go to, I’ve decided. Oh, and …

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  • Pregnancy

    Ten good things about boys: Attaining synthetic happiness one gender stereotype at a time

    by Lisa March 18, 2011
    March 18, 2011

    As we’ve been mulling over the fact that we’re having a boy this week, Mike and I have been talking about all things little boy and little girl. It started …

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  • Pregnancy

    It’s a…

    by Lisa March 14, 2011
    March 14, 2011

    All the women at Mike’s office want it to be a girl. Our landlady wants it to be a girl. Mike’s mother, after having two boys of her own, wants …

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  • Pregnancy

    Life lessons on pregnancy and breastfeeding from cows

    by Lisa March 10, 2011
    March 10, 2011

    I still remember the moment, about two months after we were married, when the cows made their first appearance in the discourse of our relationship. I can’t remember what we …

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    Finding out you are pregnant, in slow motion

    by Lisa February 16, 2011
    February 16, 2011

    I’d always thought that you would find out you were pregnant for the first time in this sudden, formative, instant. Here’s how I imagined it went: You show outstanding restraint …

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