Today, I’d have been 37 weeks pregnant if I didn’t give birth 3 weeks ago. I’m so glad that my baby is now with me, but at the same time, I still have those big fears. What if — you know — having a kid 6 weeks early is scary. And I’m still supposed to […]
With a 20-day-old baby, you’re still caught doing those late-night feedings. In fact, it’s 3:20AM. About 30 minutes ago, I was jolted awake by the sound of my baby’s cries for one of his two (or three?) nightly feedings. Then, I realized that it wasn’t just an old quiet night; a severe thunderstorm had been
Everyone’s pregnancy is different. I, unlike 75% of women, experienced little to no morning sickness, for example. But while I was pregnant, I wanted to chronicle my pregnancy journey too — except I admitted previously that I was in denial about carrying a real baby inside of me and kept it mum. Now that the
In The Beginning I’ve always heard of these “mommy blogger” types and never thought I’d be a mommy. Sure, I’d been a blogger since um, 2001 (and publicly since 2006), but I never thought that mommyhood was something that would begin to define me. Throughout my pregnancy, I’d kept pregnancy a secret for the most