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Real Life: News

So, hi, y'all. I'm pregnant. (Twelve weeks, due at the beginning of June, we don't know the sex yet. Judging from the ultrasound, I would say it is an alien implanted in my uterus by devious means. However, unless we make some major, speedy advances in space travel, it will probably be born on this planet, so I choose to think of it as a future earthling. Crazy optimism, I know.) This could occasion some posting on real-life topics from me, which I know is not what most of you are here for. So, I will be creating a filter. It's opt-in; you don't have to say anything if you don't want on.

Posts to the filter could be frequent. They could be short. They could be unfunny. They could be extremely boring. They could be non-existent. They could be excessively personal or contain mention of bodily fluids. I have no way to tell, because this is new territory for me.

So, keeping that in mind, do you want on the filter? A handy poll is provided for your clicking convenience!

[Poll #1097994]

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Mazel tov!

Toda raba!

Cool! :)

Yup, it is. Thanks!

Congratulations!

I'm not on your flist, but I'd love to hear some baby news. So... Maybe, an occasion public post? That would be awesome. :)

Thank you!

Oh, I've been adding everyone who wants to be on the filter who I don't already have friended. (Or trying. LJ is being obstructive.) So if you want to be on the filter, just let me know. (I don't want to post in public because some people have issues with this topic, and I'm trying not to be, you know, triggery for them.)

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loriel-eris.livejournal.com - 2007-12-02 17:35 (UTC) - Expand

Yaaaaaay BABY! (The... fifth vine?)

You made BB and me both giggle with the fifth vine. Thank you!

Congratulations!

This is so weird, I have another friend who just announced her pregnancy (though I've know about it for a month), please tell me you are not her. That would freak me out far too much.

Raising kids can be fun, exciting, joyous, frustrating and a pain in the tokus; welcome to the club.

Thank you!

And I'm pretty sure I'm not her. Although the real life and fannish announcements did coincide pretty closely. But, still - that would be a truly massive coincidence. Does your friend live in Los Angeles?

Coming out of Lurkdom to say Congratulations.

Thank you! (And a second thanks for coming out of Lurkdom!)

oh my GOD, dude, CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm so excited for you guys!! also, if you ever want to just BITCH to someone or something, PLEASE let me know. I literally found CHILDBIRTH less traumatic than pregnancy, so I'm here to moan with you if you ever want!

*hugs hugs HUGS*

Thank you! We're excited, too, although I am still all hunched and waiting for disaster to strike. (I cannot help it. Optimism is not in my genes.) And, um, yeah, I expect there will be all kinds of bitching to come; I'm just waiting for the Pregnancy Monster to eat me. (Actually, it kind of already is eating my brain. I can't remember anything or get anything done. Arg.)

*hugs hugs hugs back*

yay! congratulations on your future little earthling! :)

Thank you!

Congratulations! I can't think of anyone whose genes need to be passed on more. :D

*blushes* Thank you!

This is apparently the post of Paul Gross arms, so here's my contribution!

\o/

Congratulations! ♥

Thank you!

And it's always lovely to see Paul Gross arms (I learned from this post that

giddygeek has an icon of her cat doing Paul Gross arms without human assistance, which I did not know cats could do), but I find myself more entranced by your icon. ...Yum.

cONGRATULATIONS!

(eR, EXCEPT WITHOUT THE CAPS LOCK ON)

Thank you! (The capslock comment with the lower case first letters makes me oddly nostalgic. A couple years ago I finally persuaded my mother to let me set up her computer so she could, you know, actually see the screen, and she stopped sending me emails written in capslock. This comment reminds me of the old days!)

Congratulations!

Thank you! (Your icon fascinates me. Is that a dog? Because, wow, that's a lot of hair.)

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ngaio - 2007-12-02 15:27 (UTC) - Expand

Mazel tov!

Toda raba!

Congrats!

Thank you!

Ach--been there, done that *g*.

It'll be fun to hear someone kvetching several months behind me.

Mazel Tov!

Toda raba!

It's neat to have someone who's ahead of me, too; I've been reading your posts in fascinating, wondering if that's what's coming for me. (We get the Down Syndrome odds back soon, and I'm really really hoping, after your experience, that I do not need amniocentesis.)

Congratulations! That's wonderful news.

Thank you!

CONGRATULATIONS! Also, please see icon. :)

Thank you! And OMG, that icon is the most adorable thing EVER. *admires it for a while*

Yay, new mommy!

Well, not yet, but I hope to be (relatively) soon!

OMG YAY! Congratulations!

Thank you!

Mmm, I am strangely interested in strangers interesting situations. (there's also the whole I've been thinking about becoming/what it would be like if I were pregnant) So, if you don't mind sharing.... *grin*

[eta: my god, that made no sense... *stares* *fixes* thank you for adding me, though!]

I don't mind sharing at all! (And, hey, here's the best advice I've ever gotten on the getting-pregnant topic: there's never a right time and you'll never be totally confident that it's a good idea, so if you think you want to, there's no point in waiting for either the perfect moment or total surety. Good luck deciding!)

Congratulations and good wishes to you and your Best Beloved!

Thank you! (Also, are things okay with you? You haven't posted in a while, and I worry.)

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marycrawford.livejournal.com - 2007-12-02 12:59 (UTC) - Expand

Crap! Now I'm going to have to learn how to knit.

(By which I mean, BABY! YAY!)

Thank you! And, for the record, I totally encourage all knitting endeavors, although I myself never have managed to finish ANYTHING except sample squares. But if you ever want sample squares, I'm your woman.

Congratulations! :)

Thank you! (OMG, is that Sally in your icon doing Paul Gross arms WITHOUT HUMAN ASSISTANCE? She is truly an heir to Macavity.)

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giddygeek.livejournal.com - 2007-12-02 02:28 (UTC) - Expand

COngratulations, dear. A teeny li'l fourthvine spawn! EEEEEE!

Thank you! (And EEEEE right back at you! *eeeees*)

whoohoo!! Congratulations!!

(if you live near San Francisco I can pretty much promise you a free pregancy massage in the first week of April, if you want one.)

yrs, spike.

Thank you!

(And ever since you posted about your course - which sounds SO COOL - I've been wondering if I could be in San Francisco in the first week of April. I live in LA and I have loads of friends in the Bay Area and it is VERY TEMPTING, the opportunity to get a massage from a person who will not be all intimidatingly judgmental of my body.)

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