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{ 2006 03 09 }

Conditions

“When are you going to post about your Con­di­tion” Tim keeps ask­ing (we agreed I could post about it first). The word “Con­di­tion” has under­tones of Vic­torian Eng­lish euphem­isms to me, even without the adject­ives “del­ic­ate” or “inter­est­ing”. But I digress…

Our daugh­ter is due in June, although say­ing “due” some­how neg­lects the fact that she reminds me sev­eral times a day that she’s already present. And act­ive. The now-obvious bump (pre­vi­ously winter sweat­ers and jack­ets did dis­guise it, but not for the last few weeks) is lop­sided, depend­ing on which side she’s push­ing. Waves of move­ment travel across the bump, par­tic­u­larly after I’ve had cof­fee or chocol­ate; our son finds this all fascinating.

In the FAQ cat­egory: We will not be pub­lish­ing belly shots; the web does not need pic­tures of me to add to the large num­ber of preg­nant womens’ bumps that are already on dis­play. I’ll take some time off start­ing prob­ably in May for mater­nity leave, and Tim will be trav­el­ling a lot less than usual around that time. Pre­cise details will depend on the baby, my health, and all those other unknown factors.

And no, we haven’t decided on the name yet. We still have time for that.

Posted by Lauren Wood on Thursday, March 9, 2006, at 5:23 pm. Filed under General. You can post a comment, but trackbacks are closed.

{ 26 } Comments

  1. David Singer | Mar 09, 2006 at 6:03 pm | Permalink

    That’s a quandry Diane and I didn’t have to face: whose blog to use for the announcement.

    Con­grat­u­la­tions to all four of you!

    – David

  2. Roland Tanglao | Mar 10, 2006 at 12:21 am | Permalink

    wow!
    herz­lichen glückwunsch!

  3. Giacomo | Mar 10, 2006 at 2:56 am | Permalink

    Con­grat­u­la­tions! Congratulazioni!

  4. Francis Barton | Mar 10, 2006 at 6:29 am | Permalink

    Con­grat­u­la­tions Lauren and Tim!

    (Came here from ongoing…)

    We’re a month ahead of you — “Fred” (our first) is due in May. We don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet. All very exciting.

    The mov­ing bump thing is great, my wife Jenny keps get­ting kicked and tickled all the time. He/she, as you say, is very much present.

    With best wishes for the next few months…

    Fran­cis

  5. Emily and Markus | Mar 10, 2006 at 9:19 am | Permalink

    Con­grat­u­la­tions to all three of you! What excit­ing news! We wish you great joy, and an easy birth.
    –Emily & Markus

  6. Edd Dumbill | Mar 10, 2006 at 11:53 am | Permalink

    That’s won­der­ful news! And it sounds like she’s a true techie already, powered by cof­fee and chocolate.

    – Edd

  7. Bob Sutor | Mar 10, 2006 at 11:53 am | Permalink

    What won­der­ful news! Congratulations!

    Bob

  8. Derek K. Miller | Mar 10, 2006 at 12:26 pm | Permalink

    Wow! Such great news. I guess Tim will be busy in the North­ern Voice kids’ room next year.

  9. Dethe Elza | Mar 10, 2006 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

    Con­grat­u­la­tions! That’s great news.

    –Dethe & Daniela & Mina & Azlen

  10. Zarella Rendon | Mar 13, 2006 at 1:50 pm | Permalink

    Whooo­hooo! Congrats!

  11. Paul Hoffman | Mar 13, 2006 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

    To hell with giv­ing her a name; just tag her.

  12. Anjan Bacchu | Mar 14, 2006 at 11:45 am | Permalink

    hi tim and lauren,

    I’m an ongo­ing vis­itor — congrats!!!

    when I saw “bet­ter things to do” — I thought Tim was strangely being kinda rude — but now, I can per­fectly understand.

    Is tim gonna be post­ing about this as well ?

    BR,
    ~A

  13. d.w. | Mar 14, 2006 at 1:33 pm | Permalink

    Con­grat­u­la­tions Lauren and Tim!
    (I fol­lowed the link from ongoing…)

  14. Stuart Williams | Mar 15, 2006 at 1:49 am | Permalink

    Great news and many con­grat­u­la­tions.
    Stuart

  15. Dan Connolly | Mar 15, 2006 at 6:53 pm | Permalink

    wow. con­grats! Whee!

  16. Liora | Mar 16, 2006 at 5:42 pm | Permalink

    How nice! There’s been so much bad news fly­ing around this winter, never had such an onslaught in my fam­ily and a friend passed away yes­ter­day, that I saw “con­di­tion” and froze. Good thing I kept going, needed the won­der­ful cheery news of a new Bray Wood! Best to all!

  17. Ian Jacobs | Mar 20, 2006 at 10:00 am | Permalink

    Great news! Con­grats to the fam­ily.
    — Ian

  18. emma | Mar 23, 2006 at 4:22 am | Permalink

    Hey that’s great!!!!!!!!!!!

    con­grat­u­la­tions and celebrations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Wow! How good you would be feel­ing? Is that so? I never heard of mov­ing bump. Uuuuuuuu how it would feel?

    Con­grats again!

    Take care of your­self. May God bless you aand your child hey your fam­ily toooooooo.

    Con­grats :smile:

  19. Matthew Poer | Mar 28, 2006 at 7:52 am | Permalink

    Wow, con­grat­u­la­tions. I just stumbled on your blog and it looks like we have some­thing in com­mon here, other than being techy. My wife and I had our daugh­ter seven months ago.

    I’ll point out that the child’s response to chocol­ate and cof­fee is a response to the caf­feine, and it’s not really a good thing for him/her. You may want to talk to your doc­tor about it.

    Con­grat­u­la­tions, again!

  20. Lauren | Mar 28, 2006 at 8:22 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the con­grats, everyone!

    Mat­thew, my daugh­ter is very act­ive, a little more so after the caf­feine (which I sel­dom imbibe any­way), but not dan­ger­ously so. My doc­tor isn’t wor­ried about it (I asked).

  21. Matthew Poer | Mar 29, 2006 at 9:17 pm | Permalink

    Good to hear. I was just being cau­tious. I’ve seen people do.. let’s call it “silly” things. Con­grat­u­la­tions again.

  22. Terri Molini | Apr 06, 2006 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

    Con­grat­u­la­tions! I am very happy for the three of you. Enjoy your vacation.

  23. James | Apr 14, 2006 at 3:09 am | Permalink

    That sounds good as i really need some cheer­ful news to brighten up my day. Well, being in the same situ­ation as i am expect­ing my first child some­time dur­ing next month. So all the best to me as well!

    Cheers and take care all!

  24. Health | Dec 12, 2006 at 7:53 pm | Permalink

    I love to read your blog.

    believe me the best part of doing this community/support site is to get to know people like you and many other mem­bers from all around the world and to see their views and learn from them.

    Alex

  25. Gadget man | Mar 28, 2007 at 5:41 am | Permalink

    Five years ago I had a 5-year plan to have a kid by the age of 30. Well that’s how old i am now and hasn’t quite worked out that. I have a new 5-year plan… So far though, other people’s chil­dren are great but very tir­ing non­ethe­less (2 neph­ews, 1 niece). I guess they are a good thing in the long run.

  26. Amanda Dylan | May 31, 2007 at 5:55 pm | Permalink

    Hi– I am 30 yrs old. Clock is tick­ing. I have neph­ews and nieces and love them to death. Hope­fully I will find the right guy… Con­grat­u­la­tions on your moth­er­hood!
    Trendy Amanda

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