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Rose Bianchini is pregnant with twins

It’s not easy being round.

Being pregnant with twins, and starting to show at10 weeks, gets me a lot of attention from the general public. Strangers often ask me when I am due and they’re eyes widen with surprise when I tell them some date that is not tomorrow, so I explain “I am having twins, that is why my belly is so big.” When I went to vote the gentleman registering me looked at my belly with concern and asked, “That isn’t going to happen now is it?”

Or, I am showered with lovely comments such as: ‘You are huge.’ or ‘Wow are you showing.’ Now this may be particularly hard to hear when I have spent the majority of my life as small/petite. But I am not huge I am pregnant, with twins! So lay off and let me waddle through the rest of my pregnancy.  Read more...

Rose Bianchini is pregnant with twins

I am in the home stretch of my pregnancy. Since twins come early I could graduate to the status of Mom in a few months. It feels like there is so much to do, books to read, people to see, crafts to make, pre-natal classes to take, baby showers to have, doctors appointments to go to etc. In this post I would like to talk about two things I am passionate about: crafts and food.

I love the homemade imperfections of crafts — envisioning something in my head, then making it happen. This week I made a string of cheery flags for the nursery. I started it months ago, and on Saturday night I sat down with my sewing machine, episodes of the old 90210 on Netflix, and finished it. When you’re preggers and work all week, nothing is more fun than staying in on a cold fall weekend evening and making stuff.  Read more...

Eden Hertzog is pregnant…and hungry

New Moon Kitchen is the brainchild of Eden Hertzog a.k.a. the Baker Babe, who offered to blog about being pregnant and the delightful cravings that can inspire. “Sure,” we said as we munched on her Oatmeal Goldies. The icing on the cake (cookie?) is that each of Eden’s posts will include a recipe. Now that’s sweet.

For a long time now, I have considered myself to be somewhat of a “queen” of multitasking: I run my own business, do yoga, study Shamanism, have recorded a CD, am writing a family memoir and also have a real hankering for travel. I have always thrived in the lovely chaos of busy-ness.  Read more...