Category: The Pregnant Life

When I was pregnant with Sugarplum, I had another friend pregnant with her second as well.  Her eldest is now in middle school but I vividly remember my dear friend’s profile picture from that time …

The last time I saw my due date was with my firstborn.  She entered our world after an unwanted induction at 41 weeks, 2 days.  My last two were sweet enough to arrive before their …

It’s been a rough past few weeks.  Physically, every day gets tougher for me as baby gets bigger and my body gets more tired.  I’ve spent the past 24 hours with baby squashing every nerve …

While we STILL wait for baby to decide to join us on the outside, I’ve had lots of free time to look for signs that s/he may be coming (okay, maybe not lots since I do …

I had to run around a little bit this morning.  After a week of putting things off, there was just stuff to get done for a variety of reasons: 1) There is a tropical storm …

My body’s been giving me some pretty intense prodromal labor for a few nights after less intense for a few weeks (aka: lots of regular contractions that don’t give me a baby!)  So I decided to …

You know you’re ready for baby when… Even your maternity clothes no longer fit. You spend more time at night peeing than sleeping Your belly-button fully pops (for the first time in 4 full-term pregnancies) …

I’m definitely one of those mommies that gets over pregnancy at the end and will do (almost) ANYTHING to get baby out!  Part of my desire has to do with being huge and uncomfortable but …

There are about a thousand “what to pack in your hospital bag” lists out in the world and much like baby registry lists, they include things from the obvious necessities (car seat, clothes for the baby, camera, …

I wrote this about labor over two years ago during a full night of intense contractions with Doodle, contractions that ended up being nothing after I timed them, paced the floor for hours and finally …