2007 in a nutshell
Jan. 2nd, 2008 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpI had a crappy part-time job at UMass and I wanted to claw my eyes out every day from sheer boredom. However, I did manage to meet some cool college kids and they made it bearable. Also I met Peterson Toscano who is totally my Big Gay Crush and I wish I met him sooner because I would have begged him for his sperm. No, really.
I checked out of that job on June 29 - my temp contract ran out at the end of the fiscal year. Perfect timing, because I went into labor at 11pm on June 30 when my water broke.
Of course the biggest event of 2007 was birthing my daughter. Labor and delivery were amazing and intense events and I would not trade them for the world. I had the most amazing midwife, the most amazing doula, the most amazing labor nurse, and the most amazing partner. It was a wicked, wild ride and I can totally see why people become birth junkies. I am totally a birth junkie now and would love to be a doula.
The rest of the year was spent being a mama to a kick-ass, intense little person. She is also a high-needs baby and has had too many medical scares in her short life already: major weight loss and dehydration after birth due to lack of breastmilk; a fall from a bed with a resulting CT scan, ambulance ride, and PICU admittance; pretty severe reflux; a mystery rash that was believed to be petechia for no known reason; a lactose intolerance; weird hip/leg issues that are NOT hip dysplasia. We spent more on medical co-pays than probably anything else in 2007.
I spent more time crying in 2007 than any other year in my life. Except maybe when I was an infant. I don't remember. I also was depressed, really depressed, for the first time ever, largely resulting from my nursing issues. (Actually, I still can't think of nursing without getting sad. Two nursing mamas have been in my house this week and I realized that I can't even remember what nursing felt like, and I cried again. Augh.)
Pregnancy and mamahood has done a number on our marriage, but we are committed to coming out stronger on the other side and hope we are already on our way.
I checked out of that job on June 29 - my temp contract ran out at the end of the fiscal year. Perfect timing, because I went into labor at 11pm on June 30 when my water broke.
Of course the biggest event of 2007 was birthing my daughter. Labor and delivery were amazing and intense events and I would not trade them for the world. I had the most amazing midwife, the most amazing doula, the most amazing labor nurse, and the most amazing partner. It was a wicked, wild ride and I can totally see why people become birth junkies. I am totally a birth junkie now and would love to be a doula.
The rest of the year was spent being a mama to a kick-ass, intense little person. She is also a high-needs baby and has had too many medical scares in her short life already: major weight loss and dehydration after birth due to lack of breastmilk; a fall from a bed with a resulting CT scan, ambulance ride, and PICU admittance; pretty severe reflux; a mystery rash that was believed to be petechia for no known reason; a lactose intolerance; weird hip/leg issues that are NOT hip dysplasia. We spent more on medical co-pays than probably anything else in 2007.
I spent more time crying in 2007 than any other year in my life. Except maybe when I was an infant. I don't remember. I also was depressed, really depressed, for the first time ever, largely resulting from my nursing issues. (Actually, I still can't think of nursing without getting sad. Two nursing mamas have been in my house this week and I realized that I can't even remember what nursing felt like, and I cried again. Augh.)
Pregnancy and mamahood has done a number on our marriage, but we are committed to coming out stronger on the other side and hope we are already on our way.
