After my last post, I’ve been thinking about food and I’ve determined what it is that I miss the most. I miss my soft serve ice cream.
When I first got pregnant and started learning about all the things I couldn’t eat, most of the restrictions seemed fairly easy to live with. I’d expected alcohol to [...]
Since I’ve gotten pregnant, I’ve been crazy about cheese. Not that I wasn’t a big fan of cheese before this- I’ve always liked it. But now, I like it on everything!
I noticed some changes in my food desires pretty early in my pregnancy. Aside from my constant desire for cheese and my suddenly thinking that [...]
The other morning, I woke up to Justin leaning his head on my belly and trying to hear any thumps. Sweet. It’s been a rough road to get to this place.
From the beginning, I’ve tried to convey that this is our baby, not just mine. I thought it was important to get Justin involved and [...]
I can’t stand maternity clothes. Love being pregnant, but maternity clothes are the height of awfulness, in my opinion. Which means I’m down to about three outfits for the next two months.
One of my problems is that I’m not a fan of pants to begin with- I don’t think I’ve owned any jeans since the [...]
Ok, somebody messed up on the name. Morning sickness should have been called “All- Day Sickness” or “Sickness that Hits When You Really Don’t Want It To”, or maybe “Get That Smell Away From Me Sickness.” Whatever the name, for me it was first trimester stomach hell.
I’d love for this to have been an exaggeration, [...]
Among the many things I’ve learned during this pregnancy, one thing is certain- prenatal checkups involve an awful lot of blood draws! I feel like I’ve been pricked and poked with about a thousand needles by now.
For those just starting on this pregnancy journey who are afraid of needles, don’t worry too much about it. [...]
So, I’m trying to decide what to go as for Halloween this year, since I’m sporting a big belly that begs to be incorporated into a costume.
The way I figure it, I’ll probably never again have this opportunity. Even if Justin and I end up having more kids later, chances are I won’t be in [...]
I’d heard of the idea of baby brain before getting pregnant, but I wasn’t quite sure what that experience was like. Well, I’ve become one of the afflicted, developing the classic Baby Brain symptoms of forgetting absolutely everything, living on a hormonal overdrive and becoming embarrassingly scatterbrained.
One symptom of Baby Brain is the cry-inducing [...]
In some ways, it is very strange being pregnant in a foreign country. There are things that are universal, of course. Women get pregnant everywhere and carry their babies for somewhere around 38-40 weeks. We go through most of the same experiences- from morning sickness to feeling the baby’s movements- in a similar way, with [...]
I get asked this question quite a lot lately. And though I know it is different for all mothers, and indeed for all pregnancies, I thought I would share my own experiences thus far.
I felt my first baby flutters at about 16 or 17 weeks pregnant. Many women don’t feel it quite this early, and [...]
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