thoughts on organ making
Sometimes I think about the girls' organs. About how I made them and grew them. I haven't thought about this in a long time. Not since I was still making them and growing them. I remember thinking early on in pregnancy, are their organs done yet? I remember how happy I was when I knew that they were indeed done and the girls just needed to grow from then on.
Rachel has some trouble breathing at night, so she sleeps in her car seat on the bed between us. I think it is mostly congestion because of her cold, but I worry it might be more. Perhaps she is allergic to Archie? I don;t know. She woke me up in the middle of the night, coughing a little. I held her close to me until she settled back to sleep. Then I dreamt that I travelled in through her white terry cloth pajamas into her lungs. And there I was, looking around at my finished product's insides. It was a comforting dream. Not at all gross like it sounds.
Anya laughed in her sleep at about 4 this morning. I wonder what she was dreaming of. I reached over to see if she would hold my finger and she did. And I feel back to sleep, dreaming again of terry cloth pajamas. But this time, I got to wear some. I also dreamt of boy twins. Adults. Sandy-haired and thin. They were fighting in a super hero-y way. Then one jumped from a window and parachuted onto me. This is my fear of getting pregnant with twins again.
I am thinking of organs again. And about how I can make them. I can't wait to toss that one at a girl when she is 7 and being a pain and hating mom for some silly injustice. "I made your organs! Be good!"


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FYI, if you are still breastfeeding, the girls have your antibodies and such, meaning, unless you are allergic to your dog, they won't have any allergies to him until their immune systems finish developing. It's probably just a cold, meaning that they are developing a way to fight colds later on.
Posted by: monica | November 17, 2005 11:48 AM
i am so using that one with my boys. ive started using their latest actually, and its working. eli ran off crying the other day because i must have hurt his feelings so badly.
my secret weapon?
'well, you're not coming to my birthday'
Posted by: carly | November 17, 2005 4:22 PM
Love the organ theme-seriously i actually think it's pretty sweet and not at all gross. Its such a deep thought
Posted by: emily | November 17, 2005 6:31 PM
I had a friend in college that had two uteri. Do you think her mother loved her more than my mother loved me, because she made her two? Or maybe she loved her less, come to think of it.
Posted by: eileen | November 18, 2005 12:27 PM
That so beat the I made you... my mom always used to say. I will be using that with my daughter, that's is if you don't mind sharing.
Just last night I was thinking about my pregnancy and how she was being build in my body. I am amazed everyday that she came from me. Of course all I did was eat and eat, my inards were doing all the work without much help from me. :0)
Posted by: Nedra Zeall | November 18, 2005 3:59 PM
eileen.. oh my... uteri. does she have two periods? oh my. if so, her mother didn't love her at all.
yes, if i do say so myself, i made your lungs and colon are much better than the old 'i made you'. please, take it!
Posted by: tina | November 19, 2005 10:20 PM
Tina, my mom had half a uterus. No joke. The dr. told her she couldn't get pregnant but she did, twice. And Nedra, she just got one period (per cycle).
Posted by: Sarah | November 30, 2005 1:19 PM