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Articles in Zygote’s Guide

My Tired Butt Can’t Keep Up
January 29, 2004 – 9:42 am | No Comment

I know you all are way beyond “winners” and “losers” in the baby roulette, but I figure that I’m a person that finishes things, so here goes.
Special, extra warm thanks to for compiling the …

Well.
January 14, 2004 – 10:10 am | No Comment

It seems that many of you, while taking my call to arms seriously, haven’t been going the extra mile with that “Look at me, I’m running through the streets naked so that Readymade can have …

Today is “Bring the Bun” day!
January 13, 2004 – 9:44 am | No Comment

All of you viewers out there in TV Land, this is where you really count. Whether it’s by lighting a bonfire in your neighbor’s backyard (why risk your own?), or Googling for “Baby Out Dances” …

Nope
January 12, 2004 – 9:34 am | No Comment

Not yet.

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Happy birthday, Pop!
January 9, 2004 – 5:51 am | No Comment

We’re trying to give you a really nice present, but he seems to have other ideas. Just as well since it’s still an ice rink outside. Have a lovely day!
Love, me

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The Cosmos Are Witty
January 8, 2004 – 10:17 am | No Comment

So this inclement weather that we’re having, right when I’m supposed to drop a baby? They keep saying it’s going to get better…tomorrow. They’ve said this for three days now, and each day the roads …

I figured out what’s wrong
January 7, 2004 – 12:07 pm | No Comment

I’m going completely stir crazy.

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Radio silence not due to baby but exhaustion
January 7, 2004 – 9:55 am | No Comment

So tired. Can’t keep eyes open. Slept twelve hours last night, and took a two hour nap yesterday. I’ve heard that you get this burst of wild energy before you drop; if that’s the case, …

Hanging onto the package
January 5, 2004 – 10:59 am | No Comment

The weather is downright ominous. It’s been a winter in Portland unlike any I have seen in the Northwest, and today is a perfect example. The first flakes of snow are those tiny light ones …

Nothing says “I love you…”
January 4, 2004 – 11:52 am | No Comment

When I was about 12 or 13, my stepmother bought my father a paper slicer for his birthday or Christmas (he’s an artist, and would actually use it quite a lot). It was one of …

No baby yet.
January 4, 2004 – 11:30 am | No Comment

Nope.

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Betting pool
January 3, 2004 – 11:21 am | No Comment

Here are the ranges so far:
Dates: between January 7 and January 28 (!!!) *shakes fist at Karl*\
None of you seem to think that tonight is the night. *cries*
Weight: between 5 lbs, 8 oz and 10 …

And the jokes just keep on comin’
January 2, 2004 – 5:00 pm | No Comment

Yep. Can’t fit into the maternity overalls anymore. THEY WON’T GO OVER MY GUT.
For those not in the know, the maternity overalls are the last clothes you resort to when everything else has been outgrown.
Except …

Pregnancy by the numbers
January 1, 2004 – 11:55 am | No Comment

This pregnancy is comprised of:
40 weeks (give or take)
280 days
3 Trimesters
6 weeks of morning sickness
450+ Tums
1000+ prenatal vitamins
450+ midnight pees (a VERY conservative estimate. Dammit.)
4 ultrasounds
6+ baby/pregnancy books
8+ trips to Babies R Terrifying
10+ maternity shirts, …