pregnancy

Growing your family, one baby bump at a time. All about the ups and downs of nature's 9 month miracle.

Samuel's Birth Story
Honestly, it was the longest summer… I remember enjoying pregnancy. I felt beautiful. I loved feeling those little feet kicking me in the ribs.
By Britta Roberts8 years ago in Families
It Is Your Right to Be Birth Informed
British Columbia. Canada. On November 9, 2017, I found out that we were expecting our first little bean. While our journey to become parents has not been long, my career of choice has always been motherhood, ever since I was a little girl. While up until this point I have had minimal involvement in birth advocacy, I have taken it upon myself to spend the last few years educating myself in preparation.
By Deidre Rawlings8 years ago in Families
The First Trimester Is NO Fun. Top Story - December 2017.
Just a quick pre-warning, this post will be honestly detailing what it has been like for me being pregnant in the first trimester.
By Alyssa Miller8 years ago in Families
Tips and Ways to Save on Baby Items
👶Ways to save on baby items👶 As a mom on a budget I made it my mission to seek coupons and samples for baby products my child uses on a regular basis mainly to save money and not having to penny pinch as much. I searched online and signed up for many and many sites promising to send samples out and never received a single item! So I took it upon myself to personally call companies and ask for any samples and coupons they may have and researching and sign up for many baby registries. In this article I will list tips and ways to get valuable coupons and samples on baby products such as baby formula, baby bottles, diapers and much more.
By Tiffany Howard8 years ago in Families
7 Gross Things No One Tells You About Pregnancy
As a trained childbirth coach/pregnancy/birth/baby enthusiast, I thought I knew everything about what it would be like to be pregnant. Sickness? Crackers. Contractions? Bath. Pain? Breathe!
By Nicole Lunt8 years ago in Families
Giving Birth for the First Time
I started thinking about labor the day I found out I was pregnant, November 20th, 2016. Thinking? More like worrying! You don't realize you're going to be delivering a little human until you know you have no other choice. Don't get me wrong, I was extremely happy and excited; it was starting a new chapter in my life. But I've always been a crybaby when it came to pain, so of course, the panic of labor started. I started watching videos of women giving labor, and honestly, it scared me even more, so I decided to not look at those and not let my anxiety get to me until I was at least half way or more through my pregnancy, because I obviously still had a long way to go.
By Florencia Marquez8 years ago in Families
So... You're Pregnant
I've always been one of those people who was certain that I would know if I got pregnant. I was confident that I would recognize the signs and be able to handle it from there. But I was so wrong about that fact.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
The Beginning
I found out we were expecting our second child on the first one's third birthday. I awoke that morning with tingling breasts and a sense of dread. Rolling over to my husband, I told him then even though it was 6 AM on a Sunday he needed to find a pregnancy test. So on a cold January morning, he drove to the nearest BP garage and asked the bored, gum chewing assistant to pass him a Clearblue from behind the counter. She must have thought him odd; a tattooed, long haired surfer-esque guy in tracksuit pants and a green t-shirt with holes in the sides (which I keep telling him to throw out) grinning from ear to ear as he thanks her and drives home with the precious cargo.
By Pillsandtea X8 years ago in Families
Pregnancy is 'Beautiful'
As a recently pregnant woman, I'm here to tell you the ten truths about being pregnant. Because once you've made that big announcement to friends and family, they will all tell you how great it all is. Well, I'm here to tell you a few truths about being pregnant.
By Faith Porter8 years ago in Families
The Life of A Teen Mother
Hey, guys! My name is Alysha. This is my story... I was 19 when I had my son and my son's father was 18. We found out we were expecting in October of 2016. I was hysterical because I was so nervous. So many questions were running through my head. My son's father wasn't too thrilled about the pregnancy. He was working at McDonald's and I wasn't working at all. I continued to worry about how we would afford this baby. We didn't tell anyone until about a month or two after we had found out. I immediately applied for health insurance and made my first OBGYN appointment.
By Alysha8 years ago in Families
"The Burn"
When I was around 19 years of age, I was told that I would find it difficult to conceive naturally and that I would need help from the hospital once I was ready. I was told that I had a very common condition called PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). Over here in the UK I think the statistics are 1 in every 5 women, so quite a number! A whole 20%, in fact! I'd always imagined being a mom, right from being a little girl so this news was not something I had ever wanted to hear. As I grew older I had decided that, once I met my soul mate, I'd like to adopt as I wouldn't want to put my body and my mental state through all of the heartache that comes with disappointing IVF results or the negative pregnancy tests month after month so I had mentally prepared myself to never have to give birth! I met my soul mate and we discussed it. He was happy so long as I was in any way we decided to be parents, we would be parent nevertheless. Well, in the October of 2016, me and my partner found out we were pregnant! Naturally! No help, no doctors, no pills, and no IVF! My partner was over the moon, almost passing out all whilst I sat on the toilet repeating "shit, shit, shit." After all, I had never mentally prepared to grow a human, to give birth to am entire human! I was, well and truly, PETRIFIED!!
By Hannah Schofield8 years ago in Families
Teenage Mom?
I’m new to this. Voicing how I feel in a public setting. I usually keep what I think a secret. But I eventually have to let it out. Have to take the weight off my shoulders. When you’re with someone for a long period of time you think you know them. Until you don’t. Until they become the polar opposite of who you fell for 3 years 4 months and 5 days ago. You love them. They love you. Everything is GREAT! You meet online as most couples do this day in age. You meet. Go on a whimsical 12 hour date. Just spend the day together. It was almost too good to be true... and it is... only much later. 10 months and 1 week into the relationship you find out you’re pregnant. You’re 16 he’s 19 and you think you can take on the world. I cried. Over and over again. My life is over. I’m only 16, a sophomore in high school. I have a life to live, I have to graduate, go to college, make a life for myself. Not create one when I’m a child myself. What will your best friend think? What will their parents think? What will YOUR parents think? What is your life going to be now? Caring for a child while going to school. Going to have to get a job... diapers are expensive. Are you going to breastfeed... bottle feed? What kind of formula will they eat if I can’t breastfeed? How much clothes do they need? How much are cribs? Where will they sleep? Do I co sleep?
By Briana D8 years ago in Families