[blparent] Useful Appliances

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Useful Appliances


> Pippy.
> If you'll be formula-feeding your daughter, you can make the formula in
> bulk using a blender.
> We did this, and it's like making a milkshake, though you of course have
> to be very careful with the ratio of powder to water, the ratio is 1
> powder to 2 waters the size of the container doesn't matter, just be
> sure you use the same size container for both formula and water.
> I liked this method because I hated shaking bottles, always wondere d if
> I had it all shaken, and I was able to make several bottles at once
> meaning my daughter didn't have to wait.
> I just thought you'd be interested, and I am the only person I know who
> did this.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Pipi
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 1:41 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Useful Appliances
>
> a magic bullet is a glorified blender basically. i use it to make milk
> shakes and smoothies. but also to chop garlic, grate cheese, grind
> coffee
> beans, and so much more. it comes with a juicer, regular blender
> container,
> 4 cups that you can make frozen margarita type drinks in, and  a few
> other
> containers. you just screw which ever blade you want to use on it and
> put it
> in the bass and push down.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Useful Appliances
>
>
>> Hi,
>> What's a magic bullet?
>>
>> tammy
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 5:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Useful Appliances
>>
>>
>>>i love my magic bullet.
>>> i really want an electric tea kettle. i really enjoy drinking tea now
> and
>>> the kettle on the stove takes forever.
>>> i've heard of a pasta cooker and want one but have never actually
> seen
>>> one
>>> before.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:25 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Useful Appliances
>>>
>>>
>>>> That's a kool tip!
>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: Allie <alliemartins at gmail.com
>>>>>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>Date sent: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:42:34 -0700
>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Useful Appliances
>>>>
>>>>>Did you know you can use the Forman grill for grilled cheese,
>>>>>too? Just butter each side of the sandwich, and set it on the
>>>>>grill.  Close it and give it about three to four minutes before
>>>>>you slide the sandwich off on to a plate.
>>>>>Note: the better quality bread tends not to get squished like the
>>>>>cheaper stuff.  If you don't care about squished sandwiches, then
>>>>>it works just as well.
>>>>
>>>>>-- Allie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com
>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>Date sent: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:22:38 -0400
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>>>How so?
>>>>>>Couldn't you just use the microwave?
>>>>>>Not trying to sound like a jerk, just trying to find some new
>>>>>ways to
>>>>>>perform some somewhat new tasks, and am curious to know how this
>>>>>makes
>>>>>>people's lives easier.
>>>>>>And, how do you know when what you've made is done? Recepees I've
>>>>>found
>>>>>>all say "until it's golden brown".
>>>>>>So, yes, this does tie into blindparenting, as my daughter loves
>>>>>grilled
>>>>>>cheese, and if I can find a device that will make other meal prep
>>>>>>easier, I'm all ears.
>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>[mailto:blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>Behalf
>>>>>>Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:03 PM
>>>>>>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>>>Check Wallmart or Target or some other place  like that.  I love
>>>>>mine!
>>>>>>It
>>>>>>makes my life so much easier.
>>>>
>>>>>>Tammy
>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com
>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:41 AM
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> Tell me more.
>>>>>>> This sounds like what I neeed.
>>>>>>> Where do I get one? I've never even heard of this and have been
>>>>>trying
>>>>>>> to figure out a way to simplify the grilled cheese sandwich
>>>>>making
>>>>>>> process.
>>>>>>> Where can I find this? And does it only do grilled cheese?
>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>>Behalf
>>>>>>> Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:37 AM
>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> It's a small appliance that makes really good sandwitches.  It
>>>>>you
>>>>>>make
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> sandwitch like grilled cheese and then put it in the press  and
>>>>>turn
>>>>>>it
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> it will heat the sandwitch and six minutes later you'll have a
>>>>>really
>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>> sandwitch.  It's much better then using a frying pan, and the
>>>>>>> sandwitches
>>>>>>> come out better imo.  You can do two at a time so that makes my
>>>>>life
>>>>>>> easier
>>>>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com
>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:10 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>> What is a sandwich press?
>>>>>>>> Please share.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>>>> Of trishs
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:47 PM
>>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>>>>> When it gets low enough I twist the bag and fold it down over
>>>>>the
>>>>>>>> top.
>>>>>>>> I'm surprised at how many other uses those twisties have.  I use
>>>>>>>> them to keep my small appliance cords tidy, (such as) bean
>>>>>>>> grinder, sandwich press, crock-pot, and my George Forman grills.
>>>>>>>> I'm constantly in my flat-wear drawer looking for one for my
>>>>>>>> frozen vegies.  Can I have yours, if you're not using them?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>Date sent: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 20:31:03 -0600
>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thats what I do after I loose the tie in my pocket or on the
>>>>>>>> floor, I twist
>>>>>>>>>the end of the bag and then lay the rest of the bag under the
>>>>>>>> rest of the
>>>>>>>>>bread.  Smile.  V
>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:01 PM
>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do it the lazy way.  Just tuck the open end under the loaf on
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> refrigerator shelf.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself.
>>>>>>>> To take
>>>>>>>>>> advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work.
> Take
>>>>>>>> care of
>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>> you are doing.  Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:48 PM
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No not at all, I find when I tie it, I can't get it open
> without
>>>>>>>> tearing
>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>> Humf.  V
>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com
>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:39 PM
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Honestly, I never even thought of tying the bag.  Stupid
> huh?
>>>>>>>> lol
>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:18 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The darn ties always fall apart so we both tie the bag.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Barbara
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:53 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [blparent] Retying the Bread Bag
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I tend to tie it in a loose knot.  I always lose the darn
>>>>>>twisty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tie.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Allie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Date sent: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:53:37 -0600
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] marriage
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Lol.  My husband does that sometimes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:21 AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] marriage
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or, tying the bread bag in a knot isn't acceptable; you
> need
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> always retie it with the twisty tie! Darn me if I didn't
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strangle my ex for that one ...
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Allie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Date sent: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:51:19 -0600
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] marriage
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>If htere is one person who is not willing to help
> salvage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationship
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and grow, if addiction becomes a detriment to the
> family,
>>>>>>then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there really
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>is no other recourse.  In other words, if the addiciton
> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unaddressed by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the person addicted.  I have heard of a woman who stood
> by
>>>>>>her
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> husband who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>was severely addicted to pornography while he dealth
> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>it.
>>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> really is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a case by case basis, but no matter what the problem is,
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>even
>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>separation, both parties are still married and not free
> to
>>>>>>>> enter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> into
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>another relationship until the marriage is dissolved.
> And,
>>>>>>>> petty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> things like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>who does more around the house and which way the toilet
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>paper
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> goes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>deffinitely
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shouldn't be cause for divorce.  ----- Original Message
>>>>>>-----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:14 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] marriage
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I couldn't have said it better myself!
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Dena Wainwright" <autumnrose21 at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>><blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:42 AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [blparent] marriage
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wow...Only infidelity, huh? What about physical
> abuse,
>>>>>>>> criminal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> activities,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a partner who totally abandons the relationship and
> is
>>>>>>> never
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> available,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unaddressed addictions or psychological illnesses, a
>>>>>>> partner
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> refuses
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work on the relationship, etc.? it must be nice to
> have
>>>>>>> life
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> organized
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> into
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all these neat, little boxes.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Personally, I'd rather deal with a partner who was
>>>>>>>> unfaithful to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> me, then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> came clean about it, and actually expressed true
> remorse
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trying to heal the relationship, than many of the
> issues
>>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seen others
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> go
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> through.  I don't think we're setting a good example
> for
>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> children by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> raising them in homes filled with unhappiness and
>>>>>>conflict,
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> teaching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them that it's OK to let other people treat us like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trash,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simply because
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> refuse to admit we've made a mistake in choosing a
>>>>>>partner.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I totally agree that once kids are involved, we owe
> it to
>>>>>>>> them,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ourselves, to do everything possible to work things
> out.
>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> agree that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people divorce (and marry) too quickly.  I'm not
> saying
>>>>>>you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pack
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your bags after an argument about who does more
> around
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> house, or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whatever, but every relationship contains two people.
>>>>>>>> Unless
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *both*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are committed, and *both* people are willing to do
> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> takes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to help
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationship survive, it simply can't.  These
> definitive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> statements about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what constitutes an acceptable reason for divorce are
>>>>>>>> judgmental
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> naive.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's not our place to point fingers at other people's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationships and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> decide whether *we* think they are salvageable or
>>>>>>>> legitimate.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> why? it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our relationship.  we're not living their life every
> day.
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> most of us
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enough unresolved issues of our own to focus on.
> many
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationships are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> totally different when out of the public eye.  I've
> had
>>>>>>>> direct
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> experience
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with many people who appear (to outsiders) to be "the
>>>>>>>> perfect
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> partner,"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when no one is watching, the story is very different.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dena
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:56 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May (unmarried
>>>>>>> parents)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, people need to understand, and I mean
> continuously
>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about and consider what their vows say.  Too many
> people
>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's too easy to bail out during hard times, when it
>>>>>>isn't
>>>>>>>> fun
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and funny any more.  Hence better or worse (in my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interpretation.)  They don't understand or take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seriously
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fact that by entering into this institution, they do
> not
>>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> until death, no matter what accept infidelity.  You
> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> duration.  No matter how rich or poor you are or
> become,
>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> matter how ill one is or becomes, this includes all
>>>>>>>> illnesses,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all the while forsaking ALL others.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Date sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:12:46 -0600
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May (unmarried
>>>>>>>> parents)
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>What if both are not willing to work things out?
> What
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>if
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> major
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>disagreements come up after the couple is married
> and
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> children?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>There are a lot of "shoulds" that might be nice in
> an
>>>>>>> ideal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> world, but as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>far as I can see, the world we live in isn't ideal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Many
>>>>>>>> ideas
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that sound
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>good in theory get a little blurry in practice.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in
>>>>>>>> himself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's
>>>>>>work.
>>>>>>>> Take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care of what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>you are doing.  Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in
>>>>>>>> "Candide"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:05 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May (unmarried
>>>>>>>> parents)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Perhaps not, but in my opinion, only two things
> should
>>>>>>>> end a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mariage.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Infidelity, and abuse to spouse and children.
>>>>>>>> Communication
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problems can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worked out if both are willing.  If there are
> major
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> disagreements, such as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how to discipline children, the two should never
> get
>>>>>>>> maried,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> definitely not have children.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:13 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
> (unmarried
>>>>>>>> parents)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I suppose in a legal sense, the marriage license
> makes
>>>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> responsible
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for two families, or rather for his wife and
> their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> children.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> believe what truly makes him responsible is that
> he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> decent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> person.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't stay in a marriage that was no longer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> workable,
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> he'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> inclined to support his children from that
> marriage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> financially
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> divorce is filed as he is now.  He'll be just as
>>>>>>likely
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fix
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his wife's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> car or her kitchen sink when she is legally his
> ex
>>>>>>> wife.
>>>>>>>> A
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> marriage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> license
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in itself doesn't make a caring person, any more
> than
>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> divorce
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> decree
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> makes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a jerk.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith
> in
>>>>>>>> himself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> advantage of that to break a man's spirit is
> devil's
>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you are doing.  Take care.--George Bernard Shaw
> in
>>>>>>>> "Candide"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Elizabeth Cooks"
> <elizabethcooks at comcast.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:38 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
> (unmarried
>>>>>>>> parents)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But at the moment, he is technically still
> married,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> therefore
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> made
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> himself responsible for two families.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:08 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
> (unmarried
>>>>>>>> parents)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I got married when I was twenty years old.  At
> the
>>>>>>>> time,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>marriage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> meaningful to me on an emotional level.  I made
> a
>>>>>>>> lifetime
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> commitment
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationship that later ended.  It wasn't my
> choice
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> end
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> marriage,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I suppose after all these years, that's neither
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> here
>>>>>>>> nor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ended,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in any case.  I'm happy for anybody who truly
> sees
>>>>>>>> marriage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sacred
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> special part of life.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess at this point, I see commitment as
> sacred.
>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> married
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> again,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it will be primarily for legal reasons.  If he
> were
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> husband,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> visit me in the hospital as immediate family,
> like
>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> intensive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could make medical decisions for me if I
> couldn't
>>>>>>>> speak for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> myself.  He
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would be first in line with Sarah to inherit
> the
>>>>>>> house
>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> paying on,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything else I had that was worth money.
> Those
>>>>>>>> advantages
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> marriage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would be helpful, perhaps even in raising a
> child.
>>>>>>>> But the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> real
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> benefits
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a committed relationship, in my
> opinion--teamwork,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unconditional
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> love,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> support for each other, etc--aren't necessarily
>>>>>>>> present
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a marriage license.  And they aren't
> necessarily
>>>>>>>> absent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> isn't one.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just my take on things,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's
> faith
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> himself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> advantage of that to break a man's spirit is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> devil's
>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you are doing.  Take care.--George Bernard Shaw
> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Candide"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M."
>>>>>>> <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:30 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
> (unmarried
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parents)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This has always boggled my mind.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To me, marriage is " a piece of paper" the way
> a
>>>>>>>> birth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> certificate isa
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> piece of paper, or the deed to my house is a
> piece
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> paper,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my paycheck is a piece of paper.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure, you can accomplish the same things with
> many
>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pieces
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> paper, I've just never understood the thought
>>>>>>>> process.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can somebody explain?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A marriage can be disolved, alebeit painfully,
> but
>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationship as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parents cannot be.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't understand why people would choose to
> have
>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>> child
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> together
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> choose to coparent but not be married,
> assumming
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> marriage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> option.  It is not for homosexuals.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can anybody explain the logic behind your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> decition?
>>>>>>>> It's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> never "gotten".
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From:
>>>>>>>> blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of kate02 at bellsouth.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:38 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (unmarried
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parents)
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I just don't see the point of marriage.  It
> just
>>>>>>>> makes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sense
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people decide to have a relationship and
> children
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> result, its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the two people to decide if their going to
> raze
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> child
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> together
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not.  The thing is that I've never understood
> why
>>>>>>so
>>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> made of a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simple Pease of paper.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There are just so many combinations of how
>>>>>>> consenting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> adults
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> choose to have a relationship and the one size
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fits
>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> makes no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sense to me at all.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If it works for others and their happy then
> good,
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>> I do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> myself
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> having an issue when Marriage is placed on a
>>>>>>> pedestal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> above
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationships.  Its like when Clay and I go to
>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>> fore
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> daughter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and people ask if we're married and we say no.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You
>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thought
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> said some thing really bad.  Personally from
> what
>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> friends and other people around, it makes me
>>>>>>> question
>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Marriage will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even be around in the next 25 years.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kate
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -------------- Original message
>>>>>>>> ----------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: trishs <slosser at metrocast.net
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unfortunately for me, I'm feeling that
> marriage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> over
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rated.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe that's not the right phrase.  Perhaps
> it's
>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> under-respected?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto"
> <jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Date
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sent: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:03:34 -0600
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
>>>>>>(unmarried
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>parents)
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'm always happy for people whose lives
> follow a
>>>>>>>> fairly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> predictable
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pattern--you know, first comes love, then
> comes
>>>>>>>> marriage,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> comes mama
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with a baby carriage.  My life has never
> really
>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> call
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>predictable, though, and I guess it's made me
> who
>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>> am.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>There were a few things I had to consider
> when
>>>>>>>> giving
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>birth,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since I wasn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>married to the father of the baby.  The first
> was
>>>>>>>> that we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> asked to fill
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>out a form that declared Gerald as the
> father.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>He
>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with doing that.  I'm not sure it's
> absolutely
>>>>>>>> necessary,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> friend of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mine who didn't want to declare a father for
> her
>>>>>>>> baby was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that she
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wouldn't be eligible for certain government
>>>>>>> benefits
>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>she
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't list a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>father, or give possible names of people who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>could
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>tested
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> paternity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>It had to do with child support payments, I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>think,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>because
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> state will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>try to get money from fathers if their
> children
>>>>>>are
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> welfare system.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The other thing was, I stated in my birth
> plan
>>>>>>that
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wanted
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gerald to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>allowed to stay with me at all times,
> including
>>>>>>>> during
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>exams
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>operating room, if that became necessary,
> which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>it
>>>>>>>> did.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>made
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my wishes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>clear because I didn't want there to be any
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>doubt,
>>>>>>>> since
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't a husband
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>or family member under many hospital
> visitation
>>>>>>>> policies.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Most
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hospitals
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>are probably pretty used to unmarried parents
>>>>>>these
>>>>>>>> days,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> those are a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>few things to think about if you haven't done
>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>quite
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> old-fashioned
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>way.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's
> faith
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>himself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>advantage of that to break a man's spirit is
>>>>>>> devil's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care of what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>you are doing.  Take care.--George Bernard
> Shaw
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Candide"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn"
> <tcl189 at rogers.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:14 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess my definition of a committed
>>>>>>relationship
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people's definition.  I am also having a
> baby
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> soon-to-be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> husband
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the situation is similar to yours in that
> I've
>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> saving
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> money
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> divorce bit by bit.  I finally had enough
> to go
>>>>>>>> ahead
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and last
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> week
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I finally got my divorce order in the mail,
> so
>>>>>>>> we'll be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> married
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> before the baby comes in February.  But
> just
>>>>>>>> because we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aren't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> married
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't mean I'm any less committed to him.
> It
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> great
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jerald
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> took responsability for his child even
> though
>>>>>>you
>>>>>>>> guys
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> think you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could even get pregnant, and obviously
> you're
>>>>>>> both
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> committed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationhship and to raising your daughter
>>>>>>>> together.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are going well for all of you.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto"
> <jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:30 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The short version of the story is, I went
>>>>>>> through
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> infertility
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> treatments
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lost a baby with my ex husband, and we
> both
>>>>>>>> wanted to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parents
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> much.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> After we got divorced in 2002, I was out
> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> baby
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> market,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> looking for another relationship.  When
> Gerald
>>>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> went
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> further than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our friendship one day, I didn't worry
> about
>>>>>>>> taking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> precautions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> been told I couldn't have children, and I
> had
>>>>>>>> eight
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> years
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> failure to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prove it.  I got pregnant after just that
> one
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> encounter,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure I was ready for a committed
> relationship,
>>>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> moved
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> last
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> December.  We're happy now, and raising
> our
>>>>>>>> daughter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> together,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> along with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> having his son and occasionally his older
>>>>>>>> daughter at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> house.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We're
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> married because Gerald's divorce from his
> wife
>>>>>>>> hasn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> finalized yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> She was out of work for several months
> during
>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> separation,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wants
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to make sure she's well on her feet again
>>>>>>before
>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> papers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we're a couple, just not a married couple,
> and
>>>>>>>> Sarah
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> surprise baby
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more ways than one.  But I wouldn't have
> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everybody is getting adjusted.  My baby is
> a
>>>>>>> joy,
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thankful every
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> day
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to have had her after I'd put that dream
> aside
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> life.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a
> man's
>>>>>>> faith
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> himself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> advantage of that to break a man's spirit
> is
>>>>>>>> devil's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you are doing.  Take care.--George Bernard
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shaw
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Candide"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M."
>>>>>>>> <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:35 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi there.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth's post has got me curious.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth, I've gathered from this
> post
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not in a commited relationship.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So I'm wondering, why the fertility drugs
> as
>>>>>>>> opposed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> artificially inseminated?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can understand an oops pregnancy, and I
> can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> understand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wanting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to be a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> single mother, but why go to the trouble
> of
>>>>>>>> fertility
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> treatments
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you don't have a partner who wants to be
> ap
>>>>>>>> arent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I must confess to being very curious.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> With us, we concieved our daughter the
> old
>>>>>>>> fashioned
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pregnancy was confirmed via blood test.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces+rebecca.pickrell=ngc.com at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:48 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I got a positive home pregnancy
> test, I
>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> believe
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thought the person who told me it was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> positive
>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to read
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it right.  So I got another test, and it
> was
>>>>>>>> also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> positive.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was still
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> half convinced that the doctor's office
> would
>>>>>>>> tell me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pregnant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when I went for my first appointment, in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spite
>>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> morning
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sickness I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was having and the fact that I'd missed
> two
>>>>>>>> menstrual
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cycles.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Even when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was far enough along to be showing, I
> would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dreams that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it was all an illusion, and I wasn't
> really
>>>>>>>> pregnant.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> blessed.  Sarah is in her exersaucer next
> to
>>>>>>my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> computer,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> squealing as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> she bounces and plays with the toys on
> the
>>>>>>> tray,
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> having
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> those "I'm so amazed I actually gave
> birth to
>>>>>>>> her"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> moments.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They've
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happened periodically over the months.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a
> man's
>>>>>>>> faith in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> himself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> advantage of that to break a man's spirit
> is
>>>>>>>> devil's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what you are doing.  Take care.--George
>>>>>>Bernard
>>>>>>>> Shaw
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Candide"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Veronica Smith"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:57
> AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The disappointment each month was so
>>>>>>> consuming.
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hear
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And when
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Dr says, you're pregnant, you think
> he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> she
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> completely
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lost
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their mind.  I know I did.  It took us 9
>>>>>>years
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only to
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> miscarry at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 14 weeks and then another 7 years, which
>>>>>>>> included
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> several
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> months
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fertility drugs.  V
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto"
>>>>>><jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 11:27
> AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It could be.  The disappointment of
> trying
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> failing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> every
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> month
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was overwhelming.  It almost seemed
> like
>>>>>>> magic
>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> conceived
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> without having given it a thought at
> all,
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>> way
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> meant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to be.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a
> man's
>>>>>>>> faith
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> himself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To take
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> advantage of that to break a man's
> spirit
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> devil's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of what you are doing.  Take
> care.--George
>>>>>>>> Bernard
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shaw
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Candide"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008
> 10:49 AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in
> May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I wonder if "Giving up" helped, as you
> had
>>>>>>>> left the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>stress
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>conceiving behind you?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto"
>>>>>>>> <jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
> List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Date
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sent: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:38:47 -0600
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in
> May
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Struggling to have a baby makes a
> woman
>>>>>>tend
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>appreciate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>her
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pregnancy.  I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>went through eight years of
> unsuccessful
>>>>>>>> fertility
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>treatment
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lost one
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>baby, and I felt truly blessed when I
> was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>surprised
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pregnancy long
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>after I'd given up.  I felt like I was
> a
>>>>>>>> partner
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>God
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> miracle.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>man's
>>>>>>>> faith
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>himself.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>advantage of that to break a man's
> spirit
>>>>>>is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>devil's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> care of what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>you are doing.  Take care.--George
> Bernard
>>>>>>>> Shaw in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Candide"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Veronica Smith"
>>>>>>>> <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
> List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:34
> PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in
> May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I don't know about you all, but when
> I
>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>>> got
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pregnant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>i
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weighed about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 140 and when I delivered I weighed
> 205.
>>>>>>>> Ouch!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> know
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happened though, i was sick for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>>> few
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weeks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> toward
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the end i
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> craved peanut butter anything.
> (lol) No
>>>>>>>> wonder
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> word
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "huge." My
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> husband said i was the happiest
> pregnant
>>>>>>>> woman
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ever
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> saw.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> course, it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> took me 16 years to get pregnant and
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stay
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> smiled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even when it was darn hot riding in
> the
>>>>>>> bus
>>>>>>>> 22
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> miles
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> home.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> V
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jeri Milton"
> <jjmilton at cox.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> List'"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008
> 2:54 AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting in
> May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Tammy.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know exactly how you feel.  I
> shutter
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to weigh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the end of nine months.  It's all
> well
>>>>>>>> worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> husband though,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that I need him to help motivate me
>>>>>>after
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> baby,
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> butt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on the treadmill that is setting in
> my
>>>>>>>> living
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> room,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> currently
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> used as a hat rack.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeri
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> blparent-bounces+jjmilton=cox.net at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces+jjmilton=cox.net at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of Tammy,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paul and Colyn
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5:24
>>>>>>>> AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
> List
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting
> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> May
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't feel too bad about that.
> When I
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pregnant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Colyn I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to wear them before 20 weeks, but
> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> sure a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> comfortable then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trying to squeeze myself into
> clothes
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stretch to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anymore.  And when I say nothing
> fits,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> mean
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> absolutely
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nothing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fits.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the beginning of this month I am
> going
>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> myself
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bigger clothes.  I'm kind of mixed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prospect.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm finally showing, but I know I'm
>>>>>>going
>>>>>>>> to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> huge
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> end
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of it all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I'm not looking forward to
> trying
>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> failing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lose
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the weight
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've gained.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jeri Milton"
> <jjmilton at cox.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
>>>>>>List'"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1:00
>>>>>>>> AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting
> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Tammy.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm jealous because I had to wear
>>>>>>>> maturnity
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> clothes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> before
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 20 weeks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when I was pregnant with Dyl.
> Looks
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> again.  Oh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> well,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess it's part of the territory
>>>>>>> right?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeri
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> blparent-bounces+jjmilton=cox.net at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces+jjmilton=cox.net at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paul and Colyn
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
> 1:50
>>>>>>> PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
> List
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting
> in
>>>>>>May
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're jealous?  Why?  Nothing
> fits
>>>>>>>> anymore!
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jeri Milton"
> <jjmilton at cox.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
>>>>>>> List'"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
> 1:03
>>>>>>> PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting
> in
>>>>>>May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ok, I'm so jealous!
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeri
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> blparent-bounces+jjmilton=cox.net at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces+jjmilton=cox.net at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paul and Colyn
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008
> 7:17
>>>>>>> AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
> List
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting
> in
>>>>>>> May
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for telling me this.  It
> makes
>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>>> feel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> having
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buy new clothes.  smile
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Dena Wainwright"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <autumnrose21 at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing
>>>>>>List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008
> 5:48
>>>>>>> AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Expecting
> in
>>>>>>> May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I started having to wear the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>maternity
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>clothes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>time of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our 20
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>week
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ultrasound as well.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dena
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <tcl189 at rogers.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents
> Mailing
>>>>>>> List"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8:45
>>>>>>>> PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent]
> Expecting in
>>>>>>>> May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm feeling really good now,
>>>>>>although
>>>>>>>> I am
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> longer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fitting in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> clothes which is a bit sad and
>>>>>>>> exciting at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ultrasound next week and
> hopefully
>>>>>>>> we'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we're
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> having.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> both think it's a girl, but I
> guess
>>>>>>>> we'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> week.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jeri Milton"
>>>>>><jjmilton at cox.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents
> Mailing
>>>>>>>> List'"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 14,
> 2008
>>>>>>7:50
>>>>>>>> PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent]
> Expecting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Tammy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> By the way how are you
> feeling?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We saw my friend today who is
> due
>>>>>>>> with her
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> baby
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> boy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> six
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> days.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> felt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> her tummy, I started to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> excited
>>>>>>>> for us
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeri
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> blparent-bounces+jjmilton=cox.net at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces+jjmilton=cox.net at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Behalf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paul and Colyn
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 13,
> 2008
>>>>>>>> 11:19
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents
> Mailing
>>>>>>> List
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent]
> Expecting
>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>> May
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Congratulations Gerri!  That's
>>>>>>great
>>>>>>>> news!
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Jeri Milton"
>>>>>>> <jjmilton at cox.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents
> Mailing
>>>>>>>> List'"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 14,
> 2008
>>>>>>> 1:08
>>>>>>>> AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [blparent] Expecting
> in
>>>>>>May
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello List.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I feel it's time to let you
> all
>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are also pregnant!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seven weeks along now.  I
> wasn't
>>>>>>>> going to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> share
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> information until I am
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bit further along, but I
> couldn't
>>>>>>>> stand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anymore,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> had to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tell!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We're
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> excited, but I don't think it
> has
>>>>>>>> totally
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sunk
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> through the first three
> months
>>>>>>>> before I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> totally
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> excited.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though.  So far everything is
>>>>>>going
>>>>>>>> great
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our first ultrasound on
> October
>>>>>>> 8th.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> blparent mailing list
>>>>>>>> blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent
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> list
>>>>>>>> options
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> account
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> info
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> et
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