–Me at 37 weeks– (And yes, I have indeed heard all of these over the course of the last 8+ months): 1. “My daughter’s due at the same time as you, and she’s already gained THIRTY-TWO pounds this pregnancy!” (said incredulously, as if she’s never heard of any woman gaining such a massive amount of …
Ever since I found out about gestational diabetes, I’ve been worried that I’d have it when I got pregnant. I don’t know if it’s because I know how much I love chocolate and fruit and feared the worst (that I’d have to go off of them for months), or if my rational self knew I …
One thing I quickly realized about being pregnant is that I can basically use it as an excuse for everything– I forgot we had that meeting today? Blame it on pregnancy brain. I was late for work yesterday morning? Blame it on morning fatigue and my struggle to move quickly. I almost started crying over …
Today, my first day back at the school in two and a half weeks, brought comments like the following: “I probably shouldn’t say this, but over the break, you got REALLY pregnant.” (from a fellow teacher) or “Mrs. Meidell, you came back! I thought you would have gone and had your baby!” (from a …
Even though I’ve kept myself reasonably well-informed this pregnancy (by regularly reading books like What to Expect When You’re Expecting and frequently doing Google searches on questions I have), there have still been several things that have totally surprised me about pregnancy. In no particular order, here are 11 things that I DIDN’T exactly …
Note: I found this post filed under “drafts” and realized I’d never published it (because when I wrote it, no one knew our happy news). Even though I’m now more than 2/3 of the way through my second trimester (and this post deals with all the not-fun symptoms of my first trimester), I …
Matt and I went in for my 20-week ultrasound this week, fully expecting that our hunch would be confirmed and that we would be told by the tech that it was a boy kicking around in there. Guess we’ll never be trusting our hunches again! Baby girl wasn’t exactly being cooperative though, so it …
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll look back at the last four and a half months of my life and wonder what in the world I was up to. I had relied on blogging as my personal journal for so long that now, looking back at the scarcity of posts, I’m wondering how I let so …
