10 Pregnancy Facts No One Tells You
Advice on what to expect and what to avoid
Over the weekend we took a little mini-vacation away to a huge indoor water park. Well, it occurred to me, as I was sitting in the wave pool, waves crashing on my bump + all — crap, how do I know if my water breaks in here? Of course, I am way to0 early for my water to [...]
Whew. Today was one doctors appointment where I had to take notes. This is the first pregnancy that isn’t feeling like it’s flying by + I think that’s probably because I found out when I was 2 weeks pregnant. And well, I am already counting down the days until October. The next weeks are going [...]
This is my final run. I decided we were done at 4 so I wasn’t exactly prepared when I found out about number 5! However, it is now coming to me that this will be my very last pregnancy, ever. While I don’t always have the best pregnancies in the world thanks to pre-term labor [...]
I really don’t complain about pregnancy that often. After all, this is my fifth pregnancy. Gosh, sometimes it is crazy to even type fifth pregnancy. But, anyway – I’ve been dragging. Sure, it could have been my recent hospital stay or the fact that I am still battling a kidney infection but I just keeping [...]
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to see my favorite sonogram tech who was ready to take a peek for me. She rocks! One of the, I guess you can say perks of the hospital stay is that I got extra ultrasounds and well, this one showed a little something exciting! It looks as if I [...]
So, here I sit slash lay during an unexpected visit to the hospital. 13 weeks pregnant just needed to be welcomed I guess. Yesterday, around noon, I suddenly became very sick – fever, chills, throwing up and some seriously major pain. I called my OBGYN and they insisted it didn’t have to do with baby [...]
As I enter Week 13 one of the things I crossed off my BabyCenter app check-list on my iPhone was “Eat Healthy Snacks”. Always feels great to check something off your list right? Well, with worrying over high-blood pressure and watching my salt intake, I’ve got a new approach to what I shove my face [...]