It all started with a fire. A flood followed, perhaps foreshadowing a rush of water of a very different kind. Over and over again, I found myself telling the story of the birth of my daughter. The story flows out, in drips and dribbles at first: a pause, a sigh, and a hint at a…
Category: Pregnancy
Everything I Learned about PPROM (Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes)
“I think my water broke.” I told my husband one chilly morning early in my third trimester. I knew the signs because I had grown up hearing stories about how my mother’s water broke a few weeks early when she had me. Baby Me made a dramatic entry in to the world, and everyone was…
How Much Sleep We Got with a Newborn
Many parents describe the newborn phase as “a blur.” The round-the-clock feedings. The lack of sleep. The terrifying new reality of caring for a helpless, tiny human. When you are in the middle of it, it feels never-ending. You hear that “it gets better,” and you wonder, but when?! Because I love data, I would…
NYT: Inside the Dance Baby Boom
The New York Times published a fascinating article about the pandemic-fueled baby boom in the ballet world. Whatever qualms or anxieties I had about balancing my legal career and my family really paled in comparison to the dilemmas these professional ballet dancers face: A dance career is relatively short, and so is the window for…
What It’s Like Being Pregnant in a Pandemic
When I got pregnant, I asked my partner to read the most-recommended pregnancy books out there and summarize the key takeaways for me in a memo (hey, I wanted both of us to be involved in the research, even when it concerned my body!). The data-driven pregnancy guides we perused were clear about what foods…