Pregnancy | Geek in Heels

I feel bad that I haven't been blogging about this pregnancy. I guess I've fallen victim to the typical parent trap of documenting every step of the first kid and not doing much for the second. And for that, I apologize, BebeDeux. There are three things I want to say with this update: (1) I had my first OB appointment last week. Because I was only 5 weeks along at the time all we could see were a gestational sac. That being said, the doctor told me that the sac is measuring right on schedule, and that I should return in a couple of weeks. Due to scheduling conflicts, the next appointment isn't until next Friday — when I will be 8...

Aerin, Personal, Pregnancy

An Unexpected Surprise

Feb 24. 2011

I have been especially exhausted and cranky as of late. I just chalked it off to the side effects of sleep-training Claire — I was stressed out and mentally drained. Then last week, I felt it. Nausea. Once again I brushed it off as a consequence of exhaustion. But it didn't go away. And on Friday, I realized when I had felt this way before: the first few months of being pregnant with Claire. Uh-oh. I peed on a stick. I waited 2 minutes, then examined the window. "Do you see something? Am I going crazy? I can swear that this area over here is SLIGHTLY darker. Do you see it?" J took a look at the test and declared that I must be seeing...

Art/Design, Beauty, Blogging, Geek, Personal, Pregnancy, WordPress

Post-Partum Hair Loss

Jan 29. 2011

A couple of weeks ago I noticed an unusual amount of hair lying around the house. Note that I am always "shedding" a lot of hair — one of my ex-boyfriends used to say that he could always tell which rooms I have been in just by looking at the hair on the ground — so imagine just how much more hair there must be for me to become concerned. My post-partum hair loss had started. I had read that some women's hair can fall out in clumps, and that's exactly what has been happening to me. Chunks of matted hair on my pillow. A mangled mess in the bathroom drain. And hair everywhere on the floor. I keep my hair up in a...

Claire, Personal, Pregnancy

Conception Date

Jan 19. 2011

Last week I was talking to a friend about her efforts to get pregnant. When she mentioned that she might start taking her basal body temperature, I strongly urged her to sign up for a Fertility Friend account. After all, I myself had gotten pregnant with the help of Fertility Friend (and got to know my body much better in the process). Fertility Friend popped into my head again last night as I was battling insomnia. I hadn't logged on since my first trimester of pregnancy with Claire — and I have no reason to log in at the moment as trying to get pregnant is the last thing on my mind — but I felt a strong urge to go...