Category: No-no’s
Posted on August 11, 2009
by Heather Laura Clarke
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First two weeks of July (when I could have been pregnant … but wasn’t): I cut waaaaay back on my beloved Caffeine-free Diet Coke. I went entire days without having any — don’t snicker, this is progress — and when I did have it,… Continue Reading “Good girl gone bad”
I have heard about “mother’s guilt.” But I thought that started when you actually were a mother. I always thought I would be one of those mothers who was vigilant about not doing anything bad during their pregnancy. I would not touch Diet Coke.… Continue Reading “Oh, the guilt … the guilt …”
Posted on February 24, 2009
by Heather Laura Clarke
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I am a total hypochondriac. Whenever I get any symptoms, my fingers are flying over the keyboard, trying to find an e-diagnosis. Darling Husband has gotten more than one tearful phone call as I sobbed, “I have a brain tumor!” Since there are so,… Continue Reading “The Big List of No-No’s”
So I stayed up late last night, reading my new fave book, What To Expect When You’re Expecting, and I was … well, surprised by some of the “advice.” Who was this book written for? Crack addicts??? I have went through page after page of… Continue Reading “Stating the obvious”
I have always been a pill-popper. Not in a druggie kind of way, but in a nice, appreciate, isn’t-Advil-great kind of way. As someone who will happily pop whatever I think I need, I never understand people who are against meds. Darling Husband, for instance,… Continue Reading “The pill factor”