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  • floating, flailing, floundering? maybe all 3

    The 5th Trimester continues. I’ve been at work for 1 month now.  It seems like longer, somehow.  It also feels like I will be pumping between patients forever.  And that I will never have…

    April 7, 2018
  • 6

    And just like that, she is 6. My first. The one I had to try the hardest for. The most dramatic delivery (by far). My only NC baby. The one who made me a…

    April 5, 2018
  • spring break

    This was a really nice weekend.  We had a TON of family time.   I also enjoyed my own break – from the pump.  My GOD it is so much easier for me to…

    April 2, 2018
  • well, hello!

    I didn’t mean for an entire week to go by between posts, but — well, here we are!  I survived my first week of call post-Genevieve.  Honestly, it was really rough.  The first three…

    March 28, 2018
  • 5th tri blues

    What can I say . . . the Fifth Trimester is kind of kicking my ass.  I honestly don’t remember feeling this emotionally or physically wrecked the past two times — or maybe it’s…

    March 20, 2018
  • adjusting

    Woah. I didn’t mean to disappear for a week, but I guess that’s what happens when you add a baby + pumping regimen to an already-full work life, or a nearly-full-time job to home life…

    March 15, 2018
  • Goals

    Goals Review! Quintile 1 (Jan 1 – Mar 4)

    Q1 Goals: 1) Focused time with A&C Daily: I tried to do this many days, but didn’t necessarily structure it as well as I could have.  I think they respond better when they are…

    March 9, 2018
  • pep talk + reminders

    1) I am not defined by the # of ounces I can pump.  I am not a lesser person because I find it challenging to feed my baby via the artificial means of a…

    March 8, 2018
  • back to work: Best of Both Worlds?

    Well, I made it! Monday was my first day back at work, and for the most part it went well.  I did have a very long commute home (70 minutes!) thanks to a jam…

    March 7, 2018
  • back to work: superficial things

    Monday = Launch Day. In addition to doing practical things (looking at my work inbox, patient schedule, moving a pump + extra parts + a mini-fridge to my office, bringing G to say hi) — I…

    March 2, 2018