May 2009 Archives
9:47 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink
Stephanie Stricklen
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I made it: I'm 37 weeks. This baby is full-term.
True confession: I really didn't know what that meant up until I got pregnant. I always thought that your due date was your due date and if a baby came earlier than that, well, it meant you had a preemie.
I have two good friends who had their babies come earlier than 37 weeks, and both families are doing really, really well. But seeing it happen to people you ...
8:49 AM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink
Stephanie Stricklen
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Bed rest.
That's me right now.
Resting. As I'm I'm typing this, I'm rocking some super-sized pajamas, fuzzy slippers, and mini-wheats. My hair looks like I'm gearing up for an audition with a Flock of Seagulls cover band. I haven't brushed my teeth, and just might not until this afternoon.
Resting.
It looks like good ol' Type A, go-go-go Steph needs to take a dose of Chill Out and perhaps log a few...
1:29 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink
Stephanie Stricklen
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What a day I had yesterday.
Let me give you the cliff notes version. As you know if you've read my previous blogs, I'm gaining almost a pound a day right now. Normal weight gain is about a pound a week.
That's a problem.
I wake up about 4.5 pounds lighter than I end the day. That means, by the time I hit Live @ 7, I'm pushing some serious bloat. It makes my hands feel like tight water balloons, and I don't ...
12:52 PM Fri, May 15, 2009 | Permalink
Stephanie Stricklen
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I'd probably stare, too.
I look like a horde of angry bees punched me right in the face. My eyes are swollen, my cheeks are swollen, I AM SWOLLEN.
For those of you who emailed or sent me tweets asking where I've been, I wish I could tell you something exciting like, "I was in Maui"... or, "on my friends mega-yacht at a Regatta".
But I was at home pulling off Cirque du Soliel style gymnastics on the couch as I attempt...
1:27 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink
Stephanie Stricklen
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When you've been with someone for 14 years, you tend to know most everything about them.
So, imagine my surprise when I'm sitting there on the couch with the husband last night and he says to me, "Wait.. what's that?"
We sat down to relax and started flipping channels when he spied something on the channel guide that caught his eye.
"The Princess Bride? What is that?"
What's that? What's that?! It's ...
