Quaisior's 2015 ROOTs

Like last year, I plan to read 50 books from my collection, plus I will be keeping track of my DNFs.

Read:
1. Reap the Wild Wind- Julie E. Czerneda
2. The House on Parchment Street- Patricia A. McKillip
3. Undercity- Catherine Asaro
4. The Ring of Allaire- Susan Dexter
5. Your Pregnancy After 35- Glade B. Curtis & Judith Schuler
6. Song for the Basilisk- Patricia A. McKillip
7. Free Amazons of Darkover- edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
8. The Kingdom of Gods- N. K. Jemisin
9. Riders of the Storm- Julie E. Czerneda
10. Your Pregnancy & Birth
11. Ombria in Shadow- Patricia A. McKillip
12. Baby Bargains- Denise & Alan Fields
13. Renunciates of Darkover- edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
14. The Sword of Calandra- Susan Dexter
15. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth- Boston Women's Health Book Collective
16. Rift in the Sky- Julie E. Czerneda
17. The Mountains of Channadran- Susan Dexter
18. Alphabet of Thorn- Patricia A. McKillip
19. Magic Steps- Tamora Pierce
20. Song in the Silence- Elizabeth Kerner
21. Survival- Julie E. Czerneda
22. The Prince of Ill Luck- Susan Dexter
23. Street Magic- Tamora Pierce
24. The Tower at Stony Wood- Patricia A. McKillip
25. The Lesser Kindred- Elizabeth Kerner
26. Migration- Julie E. Czerneda
27. To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
28. In the Forests of Serre- Patricia A. McKillip
29. Werehunter- Mercedes Lackey
30. The Wind-Witch- Susan Dexter
31. What to Expect When You're Expecting- Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
32. Regeneration- Julie E. Czerneda
33. The Bards of Bone Plain- Patricia A. McKillip
34. Your Pregnancy Week by Week- Glade B. Curtis & Judith Schuler
35. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth- Henci Goer
36. In the Company of Others- Julie E. Czerneda
37. Od Magic- Patricia A. McKillip
38. Harrowing the Dragon- Patricia A. McKillip
39. Unlikely Friendships- Jennifer S. Holland
plus a ton of board books that I read to my baby

DNF:
1. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover
2. The Outstretched Shadow- Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory
3. Horse Fantastic- edited by Martin H. & Rosalind M. Greenberg
4. Firebird- Mercedes Lackey
5. The Black Swan- Mercedes Lackey
6. Flights of Fantasy- edited by Mercedes Lackey
7. Freedom Flight- Mercedes Lackey & Ellen Guon
8. Tiger Burning Bright- Marion Zimmer Bradley, Andre Norton, and Mercedes Lackey
9. Daggerspell- Katharine Kerr
10. Not of Woman Born- edited by Constance Ash
11. Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex- edited by Ellen Datlow
12. Cold Fire- Tamora Pierce
13. Shatterglass- Tamora Pierce
14. A Dirge for Sabis- Leslie Fish & C. J. Cherryh

Welcome back and good luck!

Welcome back and Happy ROOTing!

Happy to see you back!

Happy rooting!

Thanks everyone! So far, I'm reading very fast, but I'm trying to cram as much reading into the first half of the year because I have a huge life change coming up in early summer. ;-)

>6 Quaisior: a mate or a baby ?

>7 Tess_W:, Tess, I'm having a baby in July. I was afraid to say anything until I got past the first trimester and had all of the tests since I'm well over 35. The baby looks healthy from all the tests we've had and is currently kicking me. ;-)

Ahh, congrats! A little one!

Connie, thank you so much. My spouse and I are so excited, especially since this was such a surprise.

Congratulations! :)

Congratulations!

Congrats!

Many congratulations Quaisior! And good luck - I had my little girl just over a year ago, at the age of 44 (me, not her, obviously!!!), and apart from the docs treating me like I was a walking health and safety disaster-just-waiting-to-happen it all ended up well and she is now a healthy happy nearly-16 month old.

> 11, 12, and 13: Thank you all.

> 14, That is so reassuring and congratulations! I go to a group midwife practice and they have been wonderful, but I've seen a maternal fetal medicine specialist too because of my age and because I have Crohn's disease (in remission). I also have a gastro doctor keeping an eye on me throughout the last few months of my pregnancy. I feel like it's all a bit of overkill since everything is going so well, honestly. The only issue either the baby or I have is a bit more fluid in the baby's right kidney than they would like to see, but it could resolve itself before the baby is born. I'm having another ultrasound next month to follow up and see how the kidney is doing. One thing both the MFM and the midwives stressed is that this kidney issue is very common and normally isn't a problem once the baby is born. There are no other markers for any birth defects, so we decided against amniocentesis, especially since there's a small risk of miscarriage from amnio and I lost a baby in 2013, so I don't want to take that risk.

>15 Quaisior: I was in the same position re amnio - I never intended to have it anyway, because of the miscarriage risk, but luckily the non-(or rather less-)invasive tests (bloods/nuchal scan) showed nothing scary so I didn't feel like I was missing out not having the amnio (especially as even after it the results seem pretty vague still). I'm glad that your docs and midwives are good - sometimes it really does feel like overkill, but I had to remind myself when I was getting fed up with it that I was so lucky to be living somewhere where those services were available and that there were all these people looking out for me (which is just as well, as I ended up with horrific hypertension and ended up having to be induced early). I could have been living in Syria, or Palestine, or who knows where where this level of observation and treatment just wouldn't have been available even if I had needed it.

I hope that the reading you have chosen is proving reassuring and not the opposite! :)

>8 Quaisior: Congratulations!! So exciting!
>14 Jackie_K: love hearing stories like those :)

>17 avanders: Thank you. I had my baby on July 10th (she was actually born on her due date!). I had gestational diabetes, but it didn't lead to any complications, although I did need to have a C-section because of my baby's heart rate, but my midwife was able to stay with me and assist with the surgery. Everything worked out well though and I have a healthy baby girl. Recovery from the C-section has been much easier than when I had a bowel obstruction, but it made things like picking my baby up and feeding her complicated and painful for the first few weeks.

Great news! And excellent, a punctual baby! ;)

Congratulations!

>18 Quaisior: many congratulations! I am so glad that she is healthy, and that you are recovering well. I hope that you are really enjoying each other! :)

>18 Quaisior: yay congratulations on your new baby girl!!

Congrats! A baby girl!

Congrats!

Congratulations on your baby girl!

Thank you all so much and I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner. I never realized until I had a baby how much time I would spend nursing her. Also, she is an extreme night owl, so we are up all night and sleep half the day most of the time. But she's doing very well, growing so fast, and she's almost crawling now. She loves books, which makes me so happy and proud. Her favorites so far are Winnie the Pooh: Pooh Can Can You? and Moo, Baa, La La La!.

I finally updated my lists and will do a post for the new year next.

Enjoy, they grow up so fast!

>26 Quaisior: So sweet, a little one! I will be a grandmother in a few weeks time. And a babygirl that loves books is what I hope for too.