Babies gradually grow from taking breast milk or/and baby formulas, to lighter meals and then to solid healthy baby food. However, the search for the right and healthy food for…
Pregnancy
Babies gradually grow from taking breast milk or/and baby formulas, to lighter meals and then to solid healthy baby food. However, the search for the right and healthy food for…
Babies; tender, delicate and loving creatures, really do need so much care, particularly when it comes to the kinds of baby food they consume. Little wonder why mothers and fathers…
When you are pregnant, you are not just “eating for two.” You also breathe and drink for two. If you smoke, use alcohol or take illegal drugs, so does your…
Walking is safe if you are healthy and have a normal pregnancy. A moderate amount of walking does not cause early delivery, low birth weight, or miscarriage, as is commonly…
A growing number of new parents are turning to midwives and doulas to handle their delivery needs. This old-fashioned type of care has the appeal of being more natural and could allow a woman to have her child at home.
Are you wondering if you are pregnant? Missing your period doesn’t always mean you are. There are more serious and obvious signs you should watch out for if you want…
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…