Month: March 2013

What Is A Birth Doula?

Birth is the most simple and, yet, complicated ordeal a woman can endure. Egg is inseminated with sperm, baby grows, and the kid comes out. Easy, right? Wrong. There is so much that goes on with being pregnant. Leaving what happens to our bodies during pregnancy aside, all the choices, baby crap to buy, and more »

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Maternity Support Belt {review}

This tiny baby doesn’t feel so tiny anymore. He feels ginormous! Well, at least my uterus feels that big. The only time I don’t feel huge is when I am in the water. I’ve caught myself several times actually using my hands to prop up my belly, trying to relieve some of the weight. It’s more »

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Weight Gain During Pregnancy

“Please step in the scale.” The aforementioned words terrify me. God, I actually can’t wait to not hear those words once month/twice a month/and soon to be once a week. For when I do hear them, fear rushes through me as if I were back at Weight Watchers meetings. Those WW receptionists, oh those WW more »

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