My appetite isn’t great, and the nausea continues. Oh well! Nothing like a friendly reminder that baby is still there, growing away. The nausea is usually okay in the morning. I have some water or tea, then maybe toast or cereal or french toast (please, no eggs in any other form!!!). By nibbling all morning …
Apparently, skin stretches when you’re pregnant – particularly around the belly. I’ve been using grapeseed oil for a while as a moisturizer and it works well: no additives, absorbs well, and cheap. My sister recently suggested another natural moisturizer that she’s using: coconut oil. I love it! It’s solid (though it melts in your hands) …
I realized that the last few posts may have sounded like I was complaining and miserable. In fact, lately, I’ve been really happy. I enjoy my work, my family is great, spring is coming. And most importantly, I have a new baby on the way, and a completely amazing husband to share it all with. …
Being pregnant is no joke. I’m happy and excited and having a bit of a hard time. It’s been almost 3 weeks of being sick and I still have a bad cough. Shakes my body, hurts my lungs, roughs up my voice. And still tired. Haven’t seen my in-laws for almost 2 months. And today, …
These have been major themes of my life for the past few weeks. Sure enough, shortly on the heels of 6 weeks’ pregnancy, nausea started up – not really in the morning, but hitting me throughout the day, unsettling me and leaving me feeling BLEH. Eating and drinking help, but not too much or then …
Baby sure likes to eat! But only the right food, at the right time. When my stomach gets used to a certain taste it usually wants it to continue. Switching between different cuisines or even dishes, even meal to meal, can be hard. The other night I had a sushi craving and left work with …
After the initial excitement of finding out we’re pregnant I’ve been accompanied by a constant stream of worry. I thought I’d be more concerned about things like giving birth, the difficult first few months or keeping my work and career going. Instead, the worry focuses on one theme: is baby okay? I struggle to free …
I’ve had a bad cold since last Thursday. I slept a lot of Friday – minus a couple of hours at work that I couldn’t miss – and almost all of Saturday and Sunday. The weekend was a blur: wake up, drink, eat, read, sleep. Wake up again, repeat. I put in a few hours …
Before we got married we became friends with a woman in the community who is a midwife. She met with us before the wedding to talk about natural family planning, and has been great to go to with questions. Having someone we both know and trust was a natural fit when it came to deciding …
I’ve always had dreams about food. I remember one particularly horrible dream when I was a teenager, eating chocolate and chicken-flavoured chocolate chips. And often, when my body seems to be low on energy, I’ll dream about salmon or something sugary. But since getting pregnant the cravings have been increasingly vivid and frequent. Last night …