Tag: baby
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Having A Baby At 50 – An Act Of Selfishness Or Love?
English: A picture of a young child (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Personally I can’t imagine anything worse than having a baby at this time in my life, and if I could find a way to blackmail my doctor to rip out my ovaries at my next pap test, I would. But each to their own. I’m…
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Being Clucky, Parenting Newborns and Coveting Their Toys
No, I wasn’t breastfeeding my niece! It was strange to travel back to the newborn stage when I visited my sister and her 8-week old baby for the first time last weekend. I could cluck on an on about the complete gorgeousness and super-intelligence of my niece – understandable really considering her gene pool –…
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Feeling Clucky In Middle Age
My sister is pregnant at the moment. Mother’s Love (Photo credit: Fabio Trifoni) When I first received the news and the very special photo of ‘the bump’ that arrived in my inbox, and is soon to evolve into a new niece or nephew, they had a peculiar effect on me. One that I wasn’t expecting.…
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Giving Birth To Your First Literary Baby
Newborn child, seconds after birth. The umbilical cord has not yet been cut. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) She’s been in the womb for a while now, this gestating book of mine. Its been a long pregnancy this one, which is why her current working name is The Fucker. But I think that (FINALLY) her due date…
LOUISA SIMMONDS 