Healthy Pregnancy

Last week I had an ultrasound (because of MTHFR I am more at risk for IUGR among other things, so ultrasounds help catch problems earlier) and everything looked great! Biggest …

Did You Know? Dilation is not spelled or pronounced “dial-ation.” It’s actually, pronounced, “dye-lation.”As one nears the last six weeks of pregnancy, I often have moms ask me “At what point will …

Last weekend my husband and I went away for a weekend. By ourselves. Without our son. For three days. I planned this weekend, or “baby moon” as some people call …

Here’s the story of how and why I used a pregnancy glucose screening alternative. The story actually starts with my mom. My Mom’s Gestational Diabetes My mom had gestational diabetes …

This is my second post about nesting. The second can be found here. When it comes to pregnant nesting people fall into two groups. Group One 1)  The first group is …

24 weeks Pregnant Photos I was so busy this last week! And now I’m super tired. So, in lieu of a normal weekly pregnancy post here are some 24 weeks pregnant photos …

Yesterday, a glorious thing happened. I had my first appointment at my home with my homebirth midwife. I made the switch from my OBGYN CPM to my homebirth midwife. Truly, …

Other than having a stupid anterior placenta ;), another piece of information I learned at my 20 weeks pregnant ultrasound was that my baby was breech at 20 weeks. Baby Breech …

Well folks, I’m 21 weeks pregnant. The weeks are starting to fly by. Picture one of those day calendars you keep on your desk that have fun cartoons on them …

Gender Reveal Photos from a Gender Reveal Photoshoot!! The pictures speak for themselves. 🙂 A special thanks to Mesa, of Mesa Cole Photography, for arranging these gender reveal photos where I …

I have great news! My bleeding and spotting has completely disappeared and have had none since my last pregnancy update. I’m convinced that the cause was my backwards uterus. Weird, …

Let me just preface this post by saying it is difficult taking semi-descent second trimester pregnancy photos alone! My husband and son left the house for about an hour so …