Author: Ruby Sinreich

• Watching Carolina play in the NCAA Championship and hanging out with my son. (Don’t worry, he’s not allowed to watch TV yet.) #win #
• Ahem: w00t. Go heels! #

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• Started to check e-mail, saw “N. Korea has launched…” Closed e-mail. Something about being a parent has killed my tolerance of bad news. #
• I can hardly express the amt of gratitude I am feeling for all the people who helped and supported me (us) in the past week. Love to all! #
• @dcm And as a *breastfeeding* mother, of course I find the nip-slip hysteria so wrong on so many levels. #

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• Good news: UNC hosp’s Newborn Critical Care Unit is really nice. Bad news: my son has to stay there for 6 days (just to get an antibiotic). #
• Baby being in the hospital instead of at home is the absolute pits, but we are going to stay there with him. #

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• Guess what? IT’S A BOY! 🙂
  I still can’t believe I did it, and with no drugs or intervention! Midwives rule. #
• Googling “tachypnea.” And the parenting worries begin! #

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• Midwife tied a sheet around my belly – tight! – and said it’s time to buy some castor oil. Holding off the other midwives who want to induce #
• Thanks @noneck! I doubt I’ll be tweeting when active labor starts, but while I’m in marathon early labor there’s not much else to do. #
• @nlargent Thanks, Nancy and right back atcha! Hope pregnancy is treating you well. in reply to nlargent #
• Note to people who don’t want to hear me grunting during a contraction: stop calling every day to see if I’m still pregnant. Thx. #
• Also: cats make decent little mini-doulas, for the money. #
• @ludovicspeaks Yes, pestering by Twitter is preferable. Plus if you read it, you’ll already KNOW whether I’m still pregnant. 😉 in reply to ludovicspeaks #

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• Getting ready for the most awful and wonderful experience of my life. It’s getting closer. #chilbirth #

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• Sorry to disappoint, but I’m not tweeting a play-by-play of labor & delivery. I promise to let you know when it starts & ends, maybe more. #
• @davidb Depends on who’s calling, natch. I hardly ever answer any of my phones, anyway. in reply to davidb #
• @craignewmark Congrats on joining the board of @IAVA. Way to put your “money” where your mouth is. #veterans in reply to craignewmark #
• This is cracking me up a little: http://www.linkedin.com/in/barackobama #

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• So many things to worry about, so little time… #
• In limbo, not in labor. (But getting there, really.) #

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• Sometimes there is a fine line between feeling like superwoman and feeling like a doormat. Feminists, discuss. #
• Rtwt @Jerimee: 60% of black wmn with mortgages have predatory loans. Data fr United for a Fair Economy, Community Labor United. RT @ericagee #
• Rtwt @amazonmp3: 10 free sampler albums from top-tier indie labels like Sub Pop, ANTI-, Secretly Canadian, and more. http://snurl.com/esq4f #
• Congrats Michigan State, you’re going to the final four! Good luck with UConn. #NCAA #basketball #
• Enjoying popcorn & contractions as the Carolina vs. OK game gets underway. #NCAA #baasketball #
• (Before ppl get excited, I’m not in labor. Just warm-up contractions.) #
• So so sad that Woody Durham is so far off from Time-Warner video. #CBS talking heads are idjits. #UNC #radio #basketball #
• @dweinberger Really? I’ve watched 2 eps of Dollhouse and found no there there. Really disappointed with Whedon. in reply to dweinberger #
• @dmargoliss2 Whedon still rocks out w/ stuff like @DrHorrible. If Dollhouse was supposed to be abt degrading women, he’s doing it well. 😛 in reply to dmargoliss2 #
• #UNC leading OK by abt 10 pts since the beginning of the game. Now 45-33 w/ 26 min remaining in 2nd half http://rubyurl.com/xURF #NCAA #
• Is Clark Kellogg hungry? #CBS #NCAA #
• Rtwt: @theACC: Heels up 19 with 8 left. #
• That guitar Hero commercial just scarred my psyche. #
• ThatRT: @UNCStats: Game Update: Oklahoma 60, North Carolina 72 (0:00 2nd half) http://tinyurl.com/de58v7 #
• That’s all, folks. #UNC #NCAA #final4 #basketball Rtwt: @UNCStats: Game Update: Oklahoma 60, North Carolina 72 http://tinyurl.com/de58v7 #

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• 3-track Chess Records Black History Month sampler – FREE on Amazon! http://tinyurl.com/czw4ue #
• Re-reading my favorite book on labor & delivery (“The Birth Partner”) to convince el jefe that I really & truly am ready. #pregnancy #

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