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I’m a midwife who’s been up all night for most of the last 30 years. Before that, I was editor of a small town newspaper. I left that job swearing I’d never face another 3 am deadline. Now I’m thinking...
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Not what I thought it would be…
So I thought I’d be posting about midwife stuff. Instead, I’m bawling into a wad of Kleenex after the second of what’s going to be a whole series of breast biopsies. Not that this is anything new. I’ve...
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Hot diggity!
Wow. I didn’t expect to be giddy with relief after the surgeon’s appointment today. Like Cinderella at the ball. Or Dorothy home in Kansas. The three page birth plan is back in force. There will likely...
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Sh*t.
I hate having meltdowns. So I had two on Sunday. Sort of because my neck was killing me and Tylenol doesn’t cut it. And the chiropractor wasn’t in (lazy sod). Retaliated by eating three ice cream...
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It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to…
So I spent the last two days trying to take a friend’s advice. “Quit feeling sorry for yourself and write something interesting.” He was a little more tactful than that, but I got the message. I did...
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“They’re heeere…”
Foobs. Fake boobs. Rising out of nothingness…Suddenly. In Biblical fashion. The surgeons very kindly took me seriously when I said the prospect of traditional dual mastectomy horrified me. They...
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The Heartbreak of Phantom Bra Pain
One of the more irritating features of this breast-building business is the tissue expander stage. Folks who have augmentation without mastectomy will have smaller implants placed either behind the...
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Treat your children well…
I don’t know what I was expecting going into this Angelina Jolie-breast-preservation-mastectomy thing. Or maybe I do, if I get honest. I think I was expecting to look and feel pretty much like I did...
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I’m gonna live, so why am I crying…again?
So I’ve had this marvelous breast reconstruction thanks to a very skilled plastic surgeon (which means despite bruising and surgical tape and drain holes, I’m fine with what I see in the mirror), I...
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After the sky falls…
Sooo, after returning to work early-ish following the exchange from skin expanders to implants, I’ve had quite the eventful run of complications. That means I’m sitting here at home again, recovering....
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I’m gonna live, so why am I crying…again?
So I’ve had this marvelous breast reconstruction thanks to a very skilled plastic surgeon (which means despite bruising and surgical tape and drain holes, I’m fine with what I see in the mirror), I...
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