an all-natural pregnancy

(vs. an 'unnatural' pregnancy ... ??) Well, Joey and I have always said that when the time comes, we would make the switch to all organic and natural products. To give the baby the best chance at a toxin-free existence, I suppose. So as soon as we got the little pink line, no more Safeway shopping for us - all overpriced hormone-free food! How exciting! At the same time, we got rid of as many toxins as possible - natural dish soap, shampoo, deodorant - you name it. And we are cutting out plastic too: I now have glass food storage containers to take with me to school, trendy metal water bottles, and featherweight titanium silverware to replace my trusty plastic set.

Of course, a plastic-free existence would be an all-day chore in this day and age, so no, we are not yet raising chickens or milking our own cows - we're just doing the best we can. And discovering organic restaurants for guilt-free eating out!

So what everyone wants to know is: how extreme are we going to be with the baby, once he arrives? Well that's still up in the air; stay tuned for more in the months to come :)
And in the meantime, you can laugh at me while I sell my half-empty, no-longer-acceptable box of Tide, while still purchasing pre-sliced mushrooms in an evil Styrofoam box, covered in cancer-causing cling-wrap! Oh, the hipocracy of being idealistic and too lazy to wash mushrooms.