This week we turned our bedroom into a photography studio. I only have a handful of “real” photographs from my pregnancies (beyond the disembodied self-portraits of my belly that I’ve…
Nesting Despite feeling whale-ish and slow and awkward, and despite not even remembering the last full night’s sleep you got, many pregnant women get a burst of nervous energy in…
So. 34 weeks. Five more weeks to go. A little over a month. I’ve always found that reaching weeks 35 and 36 is a big mental milestone, as (depending on…
So. Does everyone have their Birth Plan written up yet? Have you typed it? Double-spaced it? Printed up back-up copies and filed one with the county courthouse and gotten one…
Packing For The Hospital OKAY. FINE. HOSPITAL BAG PACKING TIME. People have been begging for this one, and while I intended to save it until the week that I, you…
So! We had our first emergency visit to Labor & Delivery this week! Hooray! So glad I was able to check that one off of my to-do list. I’m now…
Preparing For Maternity Leave So. Maternity leave. That. As a rule of thumb, if you’re working and pregnant and working while pregnant, it’s best NOT to make any promises to…
Dad AS, Mum AS. Let’s work it out A from Dad: A from Mom AA S from Mom AS S from Dad: A from Mom: AS S from Dad: SS…
I recently noticed something very odd, something very different about this pregnancy. Over 30 weeks in, and I’ve yet to receive a single solicitation from the cord blood banks. Last…
Here is how Pregnancy Calendar- Week 28 goes, So you know how almost EVERY movie about pregnancy and childbirth contains a “hilarious” scene where the knocked-up couple attempt to have…
So I was all set to include some excited-sounding instructions that y’all go squeeze your boobs this week, in order to witness the crazy whoa-ness that is leaking colostrum, but…
I had my glucose screening this week, and I am happy to report that 1) I passed, and 2) it was not as terrible as last time. Don’t quote me…
This past week I probably came as close to unabashedly loving pregnancy as I’ll ever get. I am obviously, prominently pregnant but not freakishly so. My skin and hair have…
I don’t really have a single, streamlined topic for this week, other than 24 WEEKS? WHAT? WHAAAAAT? I had my first Braxton-Hicks contractions over the weekend — a bit earlier…
Two or three weeks ago, after listening to me complain about yet another crappy night of sleep, my husband asked if I wanted one of those big full-body pregnancy pillows….
If there was one pregnancy symptom I hoped and prayed would skip over me this time — more than morning sickness, more than swollen ankles and sciatic nerve pain —…
First, I lectured a kindly and confused grandmother about BPA and why the Dr. Brown’s bottles are just like, the freaking greatest bottles ever, oh my God, while I frantically…
It was a big week over here with the revelation that we are having another little boy, and then deciding on said little boy’s name within about 12 hours of…
At some point between 18 and 20 weeks, you’ll probably have an ultrasound. While more and more of us are getting at least one first-trimester ultrasound these days, the big…
Ah, the double-edged sword of baby movement. On the one hand, it’s been a downright fabulous week, what with the regular sensations and acrobatics I’m feeling in my uterus. There…