Enabling Your Passion For Healthy Living
They say pregnancy is 40 weeks which in fact is 10 months, not 9. Technically the trimesters should then be after 13.33 weeks, 26.67 weeks and then 40 of course. However, if you google it, you’ll find people who say the third trimester begins after 28 weeks. Mentally I feel like I’ve just turned a corner so for me, I… Read More
The time has come to put on my maternity jeans and dance. While I’m still wearing most of my regular clothes, I am not wearing my regular jeans – that is for sure! I have bought a few tops and bottoms but went on a mini spree during week 24 at Destination Maternity in Braintree for pants, bras and tops…. Read More
During my first trimester, breakfast was the most important meal of my day. I needed to eat something right away or face nausea well into the night. The foods I craved were things I loved to eat growing up and in college which included scrambled eggs, bagels with cream cheese, Greek yogurt with granola and English muffins with peanut butter… Read More
It’s funny how when you get pregnant, there are some things you never forget to do, like taking a vitamin every morning, yet you forget other things that used to cause severe anxiety like moving your car for street cleaning. I’ve been pretty religious about tracking my weight since the second trimester. I haven’t weighed myself on a regular basis… Read More
I didn’t do a pregnancy update last week because I honestly felt very similar to week 23. I decided to combine the two weeks to hopefully have more insight. Baby Update This week, the baby is the size of a cauliflower or baseball glove, weighing between 1.5-2.5 lbs and about 13 inches long! If I were to go into labor,… Read More
From the moment I learned I was pregnant, I wanted to know what the sex of my baby was going to be. I knew I was not going to be able to wait. Luckily, Nick wanted to know too. At first, I thought we might be able to find out at 10 weeks. There are blood tests like MaterniT21 that… Read More
