Two years ago I was almost 7 months pregnant and I had just returned from Seattle, where my husband had done his internship. We were getting ready for a new quarter at school - not to mention a new quarter of our lives! I'd spent many weeks at my Uncles watering plants, cooking meals, watching A Baby Story and Food Network - not really enjoying Seattle due to my lack of funds. I was however spending plenty of time reading up on everything baby, especially at Parents.com, which I hadn't chosen for any reason accept it was the site for the only parenting magazines I currently received.
A few weeks into our return home, however, I found myself spending the weekend in the hospital trying to make sure that our baby did not arrive early. She didn't arrive that weekend and I got sent home on medication on bed rest. To say the least, I had a LOT of time on my hands. Even more then I had in Seattle - and nothing I could do with it. I could sit in my recliner, read, watch shows, walk to the bathroom, get some food, sit back down. Thinking back on it..yuck!
That is when I started blogging. At the time I was spending a good few minutes each day on My Space. I didn't have much else to do, so I started blogging there. But really I got the idea from the blogs I read on Parents.com. After Miriam was born I decided to start a blogspot so that I could share with more people. And now, I've been blogging for almost two years.
I bring this up because Parents.com is doing an overhaul of their community section of the website. The two gals I've spent the last two years reading from, who inspired me to write down what we were going through - one who I even wrote a post for when she was a few days postpartum, are now in their last few days of blogging at Parents.com.
I'll still get to follow them on their personal blogs. It just is a little sad not to have my inspiration give me my weekly (or tri-weekly) dose of blogging goodness. Thanks ladies, for helping me discover my inner writer.
*Keep in mind that the links will only be good through Monday!
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