Exploiting My Baby : A Blog by Teresa Strasser

Who is this dude, Frank Breech? Well, it looks like my baby is what they call frank breech. Like three to four percent of all babies, he is bottom down, head up. A C-section is already on the books for eight days from today. However, experts say one way to coax the baby’s head down [...]

Here’s what you need to know about exclusively breast fed babies: they can levitate. That’s what I learned last night during a three-hour breast-feeding class. They also have x-ray vision, are immune to disease, are more likely to win Nobel Prizes, recycle, live meaningful lives, understand James Joyce, love fully, donate to NPR pledge drives, [...]

The Mr. and I head down to the mall to get my ring removed after my hands swelled to corpse-like proportions. Perhaps my wussy attitude toward ring removal does not bode well for childbirth. I always thought I had a high pain tolerance, but this is not a rugged display. Preggisode Week 35: Lordy, These [...]

Hey other pregnant ladies, quit avoiding my gaze. All I want to do is chat you up, and find out how many weeks pregnant you are and maybe talk some shop – you know, where you’re delivering, what you take for heartburn, what you think of cord blood banking and the new iPhone app that [...]