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The Manic Miracle

Posted on August 14, 2017
by dinabutti

How many times have we heard parents gush about nothing being as miraculous as the first time they held their baby in their arms?   I waited for that moment so anxiously I was starving for it. As soon as the doctor got sight of my little man during delivery, I reached down and stroked his hair to let him know mama was there and waiting to get her hands on him.   I was, of course, as high as a kite, having proudly taken so much gas and air and then an epidural, that I could snap away selfies and crack jokes between pushes. We cheered when our doc announced my munchkin had arrived looking healthy. We counted ten fingers and ten toes and my hubby cut the cord just like we had practiced…  Then the BIG moment arrived!   They placed my son on my chest and I looked down to find a grayish...

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Welcome To My Messy Motherhood

Posted on August 7, 2017
by dinabutti

I always wondered why so many new mamas take up ‘the art of blogging’… and then I became pregnant.   I vomited 15 times a day for months and became so good at it, I did it while driving, one handed and without even wincing. I lost control of my body – so much so, it eventually became normal when I tinkled on my way to the bathroom. I gave birth while taking selfies and stroking my son’s hair as he entered the world. I cried so much during that ‘fourth trimester’ – half the time because I wasn’t sure if I’d made a mistake and half the time because I loved my son so much, it actually pained me. I got crapped on AND tasted someone else’s vomit for the first time after my baby puked right into my mouth… I loved him so much, it didn’t even taste that bad....

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