Top 50 Pregnancy Blogs
Pregnancy can be quite a trip. From the first fluttering in your belly to the endless parade of minor (and major) discomforts, your mind is opened to a whole new world of bodily functions. As your body changes, your brain tries to catch up. Is this normal? What will birth be like? What's a "boppy pillow"? And do I need one? Read More ↓
Perhaps more than at any other time in history, today's expecting couples have access to unlimited information about what they're going though. But one time-honored way to process what's happening right now is to go right to the source: other mothers. Or, in this case, other soon-to-be-mothers.
Enter the pregnancy blog.
We were blown away by the incredible depth and range of discussion going on out there in the pregnancy and birthosphere: Sure there's the odd flame war, but there are just as many exchanges between pregnant women trying to make sense of their choices and experiences. We can get real information from the bloggers out there writing on everything from surviving bedrest to preparing for a VBAC to struggling with infertility and miscarriage.
Reading a post that touches on your own personal experience can do a lot to keep from you from feeling like a lunatic, or at least remind you that there are others out there who are just as crazy as you. Plus, these bloggers can be so damn funny, they make it hard not to laugh at their sorry situations - and maybe your own.
It was really tough to trim our list to 50 out of the huge range of pregnancy blogs out there - and hey, some of them are only "pregnancy blogs" for 40 weeks so catch them while you can - but that's where you come in. Please nominate your favorite blog! Look for your nominations on our 2012 list next year and, in the meantime, read, write, and link up, mother-to-mother, blogger-to-blogger. - Ceridwen Morris
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Mary Catherine Hamelin
Scrolling through Mary Catherine Hamelin’s blog is like taking a walk in a sun-speckled forest just after a rainstorm. It’s a veritable garden of earthly delights: gorgeous photographs of budding window plants and her pregnant belly under cool blue water fill the screen.
Mary is a photographer, labor support doula, and childbirth educator. She’s also pregnant with her second child, due this summer. She recently relocated from Brooklyn to the Connecticut coast (she starts midwifery school this fall!) and has been documenting the transition. Mary’s blog is a place where the everyday things take on extraordinary beauty. Go ahead, have a look for yourself.
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