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A maternity photo shoot shows beauty

Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, August 29, 2010, In : Being Pregnant 
My dear husband asked me a few months ago if I would take pregnant belly photos. I immediately thought of the artistic and nude pregnancy photos I’ve seen. While I really think those are beautiful shots, and generally the private areas aren’t shown, I wasn’t sure I could pose like that.

Over the next weeks I kept looking at various galleries from various artists. I admired the women, in different states of dress, who embraced their bodies and pregnancy. Truly beautiful.

I thought of t...
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How life changes in less than two weeks

Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, June 6, 2010, In : Being Pregnant 
27 weeks and 4 days pregnant... with an entire hot summer to go until due date of September 1st.

  1. Maternity pants that didn't fit, now fit.  Last time I wore my maternity jean capris I continually had to pull them up because the safety pin I had been using to keep them in place broke.  This time they stayed in place just fine.  There's still plenty of room for me and Plurk to grow!  (This should make my doctor happy.  At 24 weeks I had only gained 8lbs the entire pregnancy.  I was encouraged to...

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From morning sickness to the first ultrasound and disbelief

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, In : Being Pregnant 
New Year's Eve and early January


I've now taken four pregnancy tests, two of them digital so there's no trick lines to play with me. All four positive. I am definitely pregnant; I think.

My stomach issues since early December when I was on antibiotics have only gotten worse and then out of nowhere actually getting out bed became very difficult. I figure this is morning sickness, maybe.

It's New Year's Eve. The boys were with their mother for the holiday this year. We've always celebrated big as...
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Tricks with wine to keep baby secret

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, In : Being Pregnant 
Dec. 24th

I'm wide awake again way earlier than normal. This time I forgo the internal argument and head straight to the bathroom to take test number two. This time I do it wide awake while never taking my eyes off the test. Sure enough the faint vertical line shows again making a positive sign, again.

I walk back into the bedroom holding the test and plop back down on the bed. "Well?" Shawn asks? "Positive. Again." I respond. I'm not as shocked yesterday but I still can't believe...
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Later the same day still in shock...

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, In : Being Pregnant 

Dec. 23… later in the day. (What happened earlier in the day.)

I’m walking in a haze.  My eyes aren’t truly focusing unless I’m concentrating on something.  The voices and sounds around me jumble all together.

An hour later I’m walking around like nothing in my world has changed.  There is no thought of pregnancy swishing around in my head.  I’m functioning as if that plus sign had never happened.

Thirty minutes later I‘m in a haze again.

Back and forth like that I go.

My mom c...


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The voice in my head knew I was pregnant

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, In : Being Pregnant 
I've written some blog entries since finding out I was pregnant, but haven't posted any until now. At first it was I simply couldn't post because we weren't telling anyone about baby until the end of the first trimester. Now I'm almost 15 weeks and everyone knows, but I've still been dealing with morning sickness, which has until recently been a 24-hour event for me. I've not had the brain power to post anything.  Then I had a medical issue (blog to come) and now currently a cold w/a...
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Embracing the female condition as I am pregnant!

Posted by Misty Montano on Thursday, February 11, 2010, In : Being Pregnant 

Today (Feb. 10) the Girl Scout Cookies I ordered were delivered. I look at the three boxes of goodness, one of which my all time favorite Thin Mints, and want to cry. No, I'm not on a diet or depressed. I'm PREGNANT! And I praise the heavens that Thin Mints freeze so nicely and will be waiting for me one day when I'm not sick.

As happy, excited, scared, anxious, exuberant, joyous, that I am, so far my first trimester - which is almost over as I'm 11 weeks - has been hard. I'm always naus...

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About Me: No I'm not a mystic


I answer to many names Misty Lou, Misty Jean, Mistycal and even Extrafancy are just a few of the nicknames to which I answer. The most important names though are Wife, StepMom and Mom. With all these names it's sometimes hard to know who I am! This blog started as a Nebraska girl learning, trying, succeeding and failing at gardening in Colorado. Along the way in growing my garden, I grew my family too as I married a wonderful man and became StepMom to two precious Boys. Now our family grows more as we have a Baby Girl. So here is all of me as I share my family, home and garden. BTW my middle name is Jennifer; my name is Misty Jennifer Montano.

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