bed rest – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:39:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.17 39181224 The Day A Baby Accidentally Fell Out Of My Vajayjay. https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:38:29 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=3596 Spoiler alert:  Meyer is almost 4 now.  But our story is pretty crazy and I’ll never forget the preemie journey.  Nothing can prepare you for it and nothing can get you through it except great medical technology and professionals, prayers, luck and love. Here’s my crazy preemie birth story. This time last year, I was in […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-day-a-baby-accidentally-fell-out-of-my-vagina/feed/ 25 3596 Bed Rest, Episode 5: Spiderman Saves The Day https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:15:47 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2360 Bed Rest, Day 12 Baby’s Gestational Age: 29 weeks Reading: Steve Jobs biography; assorted magazines; progress limited by constant “knock, knock” from hospital personnel Watching: Arrested Development, Season 1; The Big C, Season 1; see above. Bed Rest. Mom guilt. Internet shopping. It’s a lethal combination. A coupe of days ago, a product of this […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/feed/ 3 2360 Top 10 Things Not To Say To Someone On Bed Rest https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-ten-things-not-to-say-to-a-person-on-hospital-bed-rest/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-ten-things-not-to-say-to-a-person-on-hospital-bed-rest/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:09:40 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2321 Bed Rest, Day 10 Baby’s Gestational Age: 28 weeks, 5 days Since there seem to be so many people out there who are clearly devoid of a filter and/or who have no idea when to shut their pie-holes, here is a (noncomprehensive) list of things not to say to a person who’s been confined to […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-ten-things-not-to-say-to-a-person-on-hospital-bed-rest/feed/ 32 2321 Bed Rest: A Day In The Life. https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-3-groundhog-day/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-3-groundhog-day/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:43:34 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2269 Bed Rest, Day 8 Baby’s Gestational Age: 28 weeks, 3 days Somewhere between 7:30 and 8am: Knock, knock. A nurse comes in to take my blood pressure, pulse and temperature, scanning my bracelet like a bag of sugar at the grocery store. She gets me a new pitcher of water and reminds me to drink […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-3-groundhog-day/feed/ 10 2269 Bed Rest, Episode 2: So This Is Bed Rest. https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-2-so-this-is-bed-rest/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-2-so-this-is-bed-rest/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:13:13 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2242 Bed rest: Day 5. It’s a mind game. If you think beyond the day ahead, you will lose your shit. Sometimes my mind starts to drift towards the day after tomorrow, or next week, or next month. Or March. And I feel panic rising rapidly. Much like the water in a clogged toilet. Exactly like […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-2-so-this-is-bed-rest/feed/ 4 2242 Bed Rest. The Pilot Episode. https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-the-pilot-episode/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-the-pilot-episode/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:59:54 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2210 This past Sunday, something really, really, very unexpected happened. My water broke. At only 27 weeks. When I realized something was going on, there was the rush to the emergency room and pretty quickly the realization that I was not going back home any time soon. Then the focus became just making sure the baby […]

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