Pregnancy

You know what’s not enough? Carrying a child in your womb for 9 months at the age of 36. Just to add to the joy, being 35 years of age and older gives you a whole new label: Geriatric. No, seriously. There’s been another shift to move from the term “Advanced Maternal Age” (which isn’t…

Move on over, Pregnancy Glow! For all of the glorious and beautiful parts of pregnancy, there seems to be some side effects that are less than.. ladylike? We’re looking at you, flatulence. Have you noticed the increase in bloating, burping, belching and farting during pregnancy? It can be a little intense and maybe a tad…

Dear friends and family and neighbors and Facebook acquaintances… and random strangers, Yes, I am most definitely pregnant and a tad extra hormonal. And hungry. And swollen. And tired.  I have noticed that my pregnancy has opened the door for statements and conversations that I had hoped others were exaggerating about. But they weren’t. People…

Dear Overdue Mom, Remember when you tried to picture yourself at your due date? The times you pinned those adorable maternity photos on Pinterest? When you put a pillow under your shirt to try and imagine your stomach getting THAT big? And then came your due date. Let’s be honest. This isn’t at all how…

We say it every year. A prank about pregnancy isn’t funny. And every year, someone comments that this concept is “entitled.” Can we be real for a minute? No, this type of joke may not hurt everyone. But isn’t one person enough? Pregnancy loss impacts 1 in 4 women. Add the infertility statistics to that…

Looking pregnant after birth? Normal. Looking pregnant when your baby is 9 months old? That could be a concern. Whether or not you’ve ever had a ‘6 pack’ – you have the muscles that create the 6 pack. These muscles are long, flat muscles that run vertically down each side of your abdomen. They help…

True story: Half of all pregnant women experience constipation. Because growing a baby isn’t enough, you get the joys of struggling to poop, too! Constipation occurs when there is abdominal discomfort or pain, passing of hard stools, and difficulty/infrequency of bowel movements.In other words- it’s a miserable pain in the butt. (literally) Some of the…

Remember those first little movements you felt? A little flutter that may have been a gas bubble. A little twitch that caught your attention. And then those movements got bigger. Your partner was able to feel them from the outside. You got video of something that may have been a tiny foot moving across your…

“I used to laugh at hemorrhoids, and talk of them in funBut that all ended yesterday, when I developed oneMy disposition is no longer sunnyAnd I think I walk a little funnyIt burns, it itches, it needs attentionBut you dare not scratch, what you dare not mentionHoping to stave off a doctors appointmentI bought me…