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Breathing Room

by Lyn March 12, 2012

Lately, a bit more space has opened up in our lives. It took us a little while to notice, but it’s definitely there. Leigh started kindergarten in the fall, which increased the logistical hurdles in our week (double drop off and double pick up). As of September, my job up and moved a two hour [...]

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Donor conception — is everything changing?

by Gail July 4, 2011
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Donor conception has been a hot news item lately. First, in May, came the ruling in British Columbia that shut down the practice of anonymous sperm donation in BC (the equivalent of the ID release in the US system is still available there). This is obviously a controversial ruling. There is talk that it could [...]

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Talking to kids about reproduction

by Lyn June 2, 2011
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[NOTE: It was blogging for lgbt families day yesterday! Finally, after about three years, we actually managed a post on a day vaguely near the day itself and this seems like a worthy contribution so I'm going with it. Check out lots of other great posts here, and many thanks to Mombian for rounding everyone [...]

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“Two Ima”

by Lyn May 2, 2011

A few days ago, Ira (about to turn two) pointed at me, turned to his grandmother, and said “Two Ima! Two Ima!” as if he had just made a major discovery. Now, I’m not his Ima. That’s Gail, and she wasn’t in the house at the time. Grandma and I looked at each other a [...]

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Pre-kid relationship-protection reading list

by Lyn February 13, 2011

Ages ago, I posted a response to “She Looks Just Like You” by Aimee Klempnauer Miller, and like many readers, was struck by the extreme difficulties she and her partner had preserving their relationship during the early months and years of parenting. After that post, blog friend MamaDeux posted a response in which she, when [...]

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Welcome to our new home!

by Gail June 16, 2010

I’ve spent much of the past week getting us set up in this, our new home on the web. I hope you like it — feel free to make suggestions if you have them! If you subscribed to the feedburner feed, your feed should still work (if not, you should really subscribe), and any links [...]

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Rest for parents

by Gail December 27, 2009

For about six years now, Lyn and I have observed Shabbat in some form. We don’t work on Shabbat, we light candles and sing blessings in the evening, and we generally pray at our havurah on Saturday mornings. Since we began our Shabbat observance, it has changed and grown, generally moving toward increasing observance. It [...]

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“A good day in liver land”

by Lyn May 6, 2009

Two good things happened yesterday: 1) As Gail said, I got some labs back yesterday that indicate my liver could be a lot worse. We are nowhere near a level that would mean “get-the-baby-out-now,” though things can change quickly. That result was for blood drawn when my symptoms were much worse than they are currently [...]

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