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This is Offbeat Mama’s archive of posts written by offbeaterika.

A professional blogger and wannabe novelist, currently expecting a baby in February 2010 and doing my best to pace out the nesting so my husband doesn't leave me. I run the content for Offbeat Mama and enjoy steak, blogging, and nonsense.

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Wilson submitted her post in October (ACK!) and it's taken me this long to get it up because I suck. Sorry world. In the meantime, Wilson has had her baby. More about that later… -Ariel

Welcome to the third trimester, Wilson!

Our baby is due any day now, and Dr. Husband and I still don’t have any agreed-upon boy names for the wee one. I’m getting slightly panicky about it.

Yes, we could be having a girl, rendering the issue irrelevant, but the only thing getting me through this 5-week window of “any minute now you’re going to start the most excruciatingly painful/gloriously magical experience of your life” is by being prepared as a way of deluding myself into thinking I’m in control.

Baby clothes and blankets washed? Check. Burp cloths personalized with poorly executed DIY alterations? Check. Diaper delivery ordered? Check. Freezer stocked with labor-friendly popsicles? Check. Pediatrician met, interviewed, and approved? Check, check, check.

From the very start of my pregnancy, I knew that my little one would come before her due date, maybe a week or two early. Never in my wildest imaginings did I think she would be...

No such thing as a 100% diagnosis.From the age twelve years I have been told I would never carry a child to term. There were days of depression, fears of never having my own...

Thanks to BlondeShot Creative for submitting this photo to the Offbeat Mama Pool!The most frequent question I get about my pregnancy is whether I want a boy a girl. The second...

Four days before Jasper was born.Our baby, Jasper (Puna'ikaika Curtis Mayfield Kavanaugh-um yes, there are four middle names), was born on 27 March 2009 in Portland, Oregon. ...

July 18th, 2009 – the day I had guessed my baby would make her grand entrance, and by 5pm I was showing no signs of labor whatsoever and feeling pretty discouraged. I was only...

This is what happens when a flute player and a trombone player have a baby.This summer was the summer of love. Well, it was the summer we decided to make a baby. So it consisted...

Jasper Puna'ikaika Curtis Mayfield Kavanaugh KaloiOur son, Jasper, was born on March 27, 2009. Throughout our pregnancy, Jasper went by several names. We didn't find out the...