the great boob squeeze of 2012.

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purple nurple? titty twister? or, maybe it's more like getting the awkward second base grope. nah. as my sweet friend, sarah, so eloquently put it, it's like being in a panini press. a few years ago, i wrote about needing to get a baseline mammogram.  well, as of yesterday {you know, three years & four months AFTER seeing a genetic counselor}, i can finally check baseline mammogram off of my seemingly never-ending "to do" list. as a 35th birthday present to myself & with a referral in my hand from my OB/GYN, i had my little girls photographed. i'll admit...i was nervous.  it wasn't the "oh, crap, i'm going to the gyno for a yearly" kind of nervous.  don't get me wrong, i still showered, scrubbed & prepped {my skin was sanitized, yo}.  and, i still had the … [Read more...]