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 …
pregnant
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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 LisaAs 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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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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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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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 …