tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post114167749728726982..comments2023-12-11T08:19:00.272-05:00Comments on DoctorMama: My Marathon, Part 1DoctorMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1141866858996328342006-03-08T20:14:00.000-05:002006-03-08T20:14:00.000-05:00Wow, ozma makes me look like a rank amateur in the...Wow, ozma makes me look like a rank amateur in the sugar-eating department. I bow in respect.<BR/><BR/>I can't do my birth story in a paragraph that short, because then I'd be forced to omit the part that explains why the nurse gave me a latex glove filled with ice to place on my crotch. And while that's not, in the grand scheme of things, an important part of the birth story, it's too good to Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1141796408480361802006-03-08T00:40:00.000-05:002006-03-08T00:40:00.000-05:00I like your super short birth story.I too am power...I like your super short birth story.<BR/><BR/>I too am powerless over candy. It causes me serious problems. The funny thing about your remark about smoking is that cigarettes are the only thing I like more than candy. But when I quit cigarettes, I need candy but when I quit candy, I need cigarettes. Etc. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, perhaps from a lifetime of half my calories coming from candy (and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1141754014685214922006-03-07T12:53:00.000-05:002006-03-07T12:53:00.000-05:00I ran my first marathon when I was a 1L at law sch...I ran my first marathon when I was a 1L at law school. It was a huge relief to have something that was NOT law school that was also important in my life. <BR/><BR/>During the next two years, I also competed in a triathlon and then busted my knee. Now I can hardly run, but I am trying every day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1141747901125085722006-03-07T11:11:00.000-05:002006-03-07T11:11:00.000-05:00Are you telling my birth story or yours? They're a...Are you telling my birth story or yours? They're almost identical. And why does it takes such a hella long time to sew up a cooter? I swear Dr.P was down there for so long he was sewing a quilt.<BR/><BR/>I can't wait for part deux!Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1141742479912010822006-03-07T09:41:00.000-05:002006-03-07T09:41:00.000-05:00finally, a physician confirms my opinion that choc...finally, a physician confirms my opinion that chocolate is indeed food. hooray!<BR/><BR/>when you get into serious training mode, remember that you can totally cave on the sugar cravings, and <I>eat it as you run.</I> i know this not from experience, but from the fact that my spouse has spent some serious cash on <A HREF="http://www.gusports.com/" REL="nofollow">Gu</A> during his training gingajoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356643079413822527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1141732759540707472006-03-07T06:59:00.000-05:002006-03-07T06:59:00.000-05:00Hee... as SOON as I realized my water had broken, ...Hee... as SOON as I realized my water had broken, I waddled off to the kitchen and ate a Clif Bar and a pear because I KNEW they wouldn't let me eat at the hospital.<BR/><BR/>I've always harbored a secret desire to be a runner. Maybe because I've watched too many action movies with Matt Damon racing sweatily around various foreign capitals... maybe because it just seems super-cool to have those thumbscre.wshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626759468694284273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1141713172231517972006-03-07T01:32:00.000-05:002006-03-07T01:32:00.000-05:00Part 2! Bring on Part 2!Part 2! Bring on Part 2!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1141708863900376942006-03-07T00:21:00.000-05:002006-03-07T00:21:00.000-05:00but think about it....that's 5lb 14oz is something...but think about it....that's 5lb 14oz is something that never came out of that opening before! I have4 attended way too many deliveries in my 16 years of practice and I never tire of the birth stories, the daddies in their excitement/terror/bravado/squeamishness. <BR/>Some are scary, some are traumatic, brutal, exciting, fun but all are VERY special to me and I go out of my way as the "love nurseLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868536354957624922noreply@blogger.com