My apologies... what has been going on? I realized it's been over a month since my last entry...

I got sucked into the void, veered off the path into the land mommydom. How does that happen? How does life be plodding along quite steadily in one direction and then all-of-a-sudden you realize that you are somewhere else entirely? My oldest started preschool (which required a mammoth shift in routine), we got sick (and when mom gets sick the household seems to shut down), then the in-laws came into town (another story), birthday parties and who knows what else.

Plus, I started a new department (postpartum) and I have to say that I haven't been as inspired to write as before. I've observed that we women are not at all prepared for the birth of the first child. We are so focused on the pregnancy and labor: what to pack for the hospital (tennis balls - has anyone EVER used one); how to breathe; what pain medications we will or won't take; what we need in our baby's room; what essential gadgets we MUST buy and; the fifty million other things we must think about before the baby comes. We have little idea what will actually happen, especially the DAYS AFTER. The incredible discomfort from our amazing bodies; the extreme and utter exhaustion; the new big, cracked and concrete blobs that were once our soft bosoms; the sheer love (or for some women indifference) we feel for our new babies; the enormous stomach we still have left after the baby is born; and, the feeling of being crazy for bursting into tears at a moment's notice. Then we must take care of these new little beings!!

Anyhow, that may be all I have to say about this rotation! More soon..

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