I made the mistake of taking my prenatal vitamins before finishing my breakfast this morning. Ugh. Cue nausea all morning. I know better than to take anything that has B vitamins in it if I don’t have a full stomach, but somehow I got distracted. Then I went and brushed my teeth. I’ll leave the [...]
Today I’m grateful for the baby. Every day I’m grateful for the baby, but today I’m focusing on it. I’m grateful that conceiving went fairly easy–it only took us two months of trying. I’m grateful that my age and weight don’t seem to be creating any huge problems. (Fingers crossed that I didn’t just jinx [...]
You know, being a mom-to-be at 37 comes with a few worries. The doctor seemed to enjoy giving me statistics like “your baby has a 1 in 456 chance of being green and purple” and other info that was clearly not designed to make me relax. But you know what I was actually worrying about [...]
You know the story: Mom comes home from work after a long day, or maybe her long day was chasing the kids around the house. Either way, she’s tired and doesn’t really want to cook dinner. But she does, because <strike>she’s the only one who knows how to cook</strike> <strike>she’s the only one who will [...]