MoxiLady has passed the two-year mark now, so I probably should stop claiming “postpartum” status soon. In a way, having a two year old makes it easier to work out. My body feels more normal than in the months after birth. She can play for longer stretches of time. In other ways, though, it is [...]
Nesting. Sleeping. Crying. Urgency. Anxiousness. Peace. Excitement. Anticipation. Preparation. Busy. Accomplished. Tired. Tired. Awake. Full. Complete. The third trimester of pregnancy is intense and magical all at once. Your baby has grown to fill you up, and just when you think they can’t grow any more, they do. A big stretch reaches from ribs to [...]
Historically, the second trimester for me means early summer. I’m feeling good, the weather isn’t too miserable yet, the belly is rounding out from early pregnancy bloat, and by the middle to end of it people are already asking if I’m due any day. The upside to that is a great big pregnant belly can [...]
Confession: I only take care of myself when I have to. Better said, I only take care of myself when someone else is at stake. If I have to be functional, or if I am carrying around a mini me, or if I’m currently a 24-hour diner. Even when I have a nurseling still but [...]
My personal experiences have had me rather large and advanced in the pregnancy by the time summer is in full swing, so I haven’t actually had full blown morning sickness in the dead of heat. The third trimester can offer nausea as well, though, so no matter what stage of pregnancy you are in over [...]
Having had two September babies in the Southern US, I can truly empathize with all of your pregnant mamas right now. That’s kindof a big deal, considering empathy is not my strong suite- as evidenced when I regularly state, “Welp, you shouldn’t have been _______” in response to big dramatic tears over bizarre toddler-owies. If [...]
We’ve all heard that birth is a marathon and you have to prepare for it throughout the pregnancy. That’s nice, but when it’s triple digits outside and the A/C has to run nonstop for you to be as close to not-miserable as possible, training for a marathon is pretty much at the bottom of the [...]
Note: I want to broach this subject very cautiously, as I know there are many women out there who desperately ache to be pregnant. That may make this subject sensitive, and I want you to be aware before you choose to read on. My heart aches for you on your journey, and you are in [...]
Time is a strange thing. Sometimes life feels so weird. Things like…chewing food to a mush and swallowing it…laying horizontally and “powering down” every night…growing a person in a fluid filled chamber inside of you…they just feel foreign and bizarre sometimes. I hope I didn’t just scare half of you off. Surely I’m not so [...]
The boys were so ridiculously excited to play in last week’s crazy snow. I know I’ve called it that a few times. I’ve not forgotten where my thesaurus is; that is just its name. In 24 hours, an area that usually gets 3-6 inches of snow per year got 18-24, depending on where you were. [...]
