Category Archives: Pregnancy

Dear Non-Pregnant People; This is a letter on behalf of all pregnant women who would appreciate if you would pay attention to what I have to say. I’m sure all you big mouths out there mean well, but when you open your trap to a pregnant woman and get the look of daggers, don’t be surprised. There are just certain things that should not
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Everyone dreads making the ultra-embarrassing mistake of asking a non-pregnant woman when she is due. The easiest way to avoid that is to just keep your mouth shut unless she tells you she is pregnant. As obvious as it may seem that there’s a bun in the oven, often times that oven is empty. I swore that I would never ever make that mistake.
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While some doctors say drinking in moderation is OK during pregnancy, the majority of mamas-to-be agree to ‘just say no’ since most studies show that the two don’t mix. When I was pregnant, a friend gave me the book Margarita Mama – mocktails for moms to be. It has a ton of great recipes, but let’s be honest….you don’t always feel like taking out 27
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Here is a giant list of questions to ask your care provider during pregnancy. Questions to ask care provider(s) – About You and Your Pregnancy: What is my due date? What is the size of my uterus? Is the placement of the sac where it should be? Are the symptoms I’m experiencing normal? Are the lack of symptoms I’m not experiencing anything to be
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I think all moms that are pregnant with a second child fear the unknown. You wonder how you will love another baby as much as your first. I know this was a fear of mine. Everyone said that my heart would just expand, but just like before you have your first child, you can’t possibly imagine the feeling, it is the same way with
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One of my good online friends is having a baby on Monday and she is getting nervous about the adjustment from 1 to 2.  I am going to share some tips that apply to while you are in the hospital, in hopes that it well help her and anyone else in the same situation. At the hospital: I had DH spend as little time
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When you sign up for parenthood, by choice or by surprise, you also sign up for the Wrangling Mothers’ Family Circus. At some point in the course of child rearing, there will be at least one spectacle worthy of telling everybody you know (hopefully with photographic evidence to add realism). Pregnancy: Pregnancy alone is some sort of a sideshow act. A woman in the
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