At my 34-week prenatal appointment, I had a growth scan done just to make sure the baby was growing well. He was perfect but he was facing the wrong way. The little guy was head up in a complete breech position. At my 33-week appointment, my doctor and I had already agreed that given my…
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10 Items to Help Through Pregnancy
Making life is hard y’all and anyone that tells you any different is lying to you. There’s aches, pains, food aversions, wardrobe malfunctions, sleepless nights, and all manner of gastrointestinal distress. I wanted to share with y’all just some of the items that have helped me overcome some of the more common pregnancy woes. PharMeDoc…
Second Trimester Recap
Everyone talks about how great the second trimester is because your morning sickness goes away (hopefully) and you get your energy back. While that’s true I found the second trimester to be a time filled with anxiety. I was already nervous about everything given what had happened last summer but my doctor just kept finding…
Walmart Maternity Finds
If you’re on a budget and expecting, it can be really hard to justify spending over $50 on one maternity dress. At the same time, if you’re anything like me, the bigger you get the more you want to look cute to minimize any insecurities you might be feeling as your body rapidly changes. I’ve…
Amazon Maternity Finds
If you think shopping for clothes is hard, just wait until you get pregnant, then it really becomes a challenge! Your body is changing on a daily basis, you may be feeling the most self-concious you’ve ever felt, and what felt comfortable yesterday today feels like a vice. I always thought I’d look so cute…
Affordable Maternity Wear
You find out you’re pregnant and you’re sooo excited about this little person that’s growing inside of you. A few weeks go by and those favorite jeans of yours start getting tight. At first, you’re looking forward to finally buying some maternity clothes and then you see the price tag on them. “I’m supposed to…
I’m Pregnant! First Trimester Recap
After miscarrying in July, you can read more about that here, we decided that we would wait 3 months before trying again. I set about getting back in shape and went to the gym pretty much every day. My period returned like nothing had happened and I continued to track it to make sure we’d know…
So I’m Having a Miscarriage
We hadn’t been trying really. Sure I was tracking my cycles but I had been doing that since I went off the pill a year and a half ago. I wanted to make sure that I knew when my periods were happening and with what frequency because doctors tend to want to know those things….
Heart of Goldszer: Our Music Festival Wedding
The days leading up to our nuptials were hectic. Since we had decided to opt against a wedding planner we were putting this whole bash together ourselves. A bash that not only included a wedding, but a welcome luau for the out of town wedding guests, Isaac’s graduation from med school, and a send-off brunch. I…
The Wedding is Taking Over
I’m late on this post and I’ve been kicking myself about it. I wanted to post sooner but we’ve been working on one wedding project after the other. As of the date of this post it’s 17 days until the wedding. Right now it just feels like we’re trying to manage chaos. And I have…