Bridget's Pregnancy Blog

Chinese women follow a fairly strict food regimen when pregnant. While we westerners are informed to avoid deli meat, soft serve ice cream and sushi, our Chinese compatriots in pregnancy have a lot more food restrictions.
On the flip side, there are also a lot of pregnancy-recommended foods and meals in the Chinese diet, some of [...]

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 [...]