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So many feelings. Tomorrow I'm at 37 weeks, which means an end to bedrest after some alarming early labor symptoms. My due date is still three weeks away, but the little one could come any day now. I'm so incredibly excited to meet her, and so ready for an end to the hardest nine months of my life. Perhaps not wanting to seem ungrateful, or perhaps because there's such a vast range of pregnancy experiences, there are so few accounts out there of how challenging it is to go for the better part of the year with a body and emotions that are no longer your own. It's been nine months of feeling depressed, alone and without purpose, of painful rosacea and acne and stretch marks, of not being able to think clearly or feel rationally, of crying more days than not. At the same time I've been incredibly lucky - perfect health, an astoundingly loving and supportive husband and family, not a single moment of anything but utter joy at the prospect of actually having a child. So, this might be the last of the pregnancy pictures, untouched and definitely not perfect, but very much in love. . . . #37weekspregnant #pregnantthoughts #pregnancystretchmarks #36weekspregnant #pregnancyportrait Throwback to two Oxford kids taking a long evening stroll on Port Meadow. Now sitting in Texas, waiting for the little one to arrive in a week (or six - who knows!) this feels like an absolute lifetime ago. And a very happy lifetime it was, too. . . . #oxford #portmeadow #england #englishcountrywalks #oxforduniversity Hanging out in my very favorite Richard Serra sculpture, thinking about life transitions and trying to slow down and whatnot. I've been walking through these two metal walls since I was fourteen, and it feels quite special to visit them again on my very last pre-baby trip. #richardserra #nashersculpturecenter #35weekspregnant The dreamiest pumpkins A pumpkin among pumpkins. Autumn mood: Albrecht Dürer's self portrait . . . #selfportrait #dürer #albrechtdurer #fineart #fineartphotography #autumnmood #lifeimitatingart #myeverydaymagic #portrait #portraitphotography

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