Pregnancy & Birth
Raising Baby
Recommended
Get a Free Natural Baby Resource Kit!
Today is Galen’s 1st birthday. It seems like just yesterday that I posted announcing he was (finally) here. And now he’s a year old! Galen was chronicled on Natural Birth and Baby Care from start to finish (in fact, I started this blog because we were TTC him!) I thought I’d share some highlights: We’re [...]
More on eating well! During pregnancy (and lactation and preconception) you need to be eating a really nutrient-dense diet. Children also need lots of nutrition packed into all their meals – in fact, there’s not much room for empty calories. So even if you’re not dieting (don’t diet when you’re pregnant or nursing an infant!) [...]
Yes, yes I know I didn’t post yesterday and what a crummy place to leave things hanging :p I went out and got a First Response Early Result 2-pack of tests the day before yesterday then we walked to pick Scott up from work. It’s really nice that most things are in walking distance. I [...]
Butttttt I got what appears to be a faint positive this morning – 10 days post ovulation!! I was so nervous taking the test my hands were shaking!! But I’ve asked the ladies on my message boards and the consensus is that it’s a positive. I’m still cautiously optimistic though, as I don’t want to [...]
I am still down today. My temp went down more. I keep telling myself it doesn’t mean anything and honestly it doesn’t. It’s too early for my temp to go down and mean my period is coming. It’s just down. I just don’t know what to think. I felt so sure about being pregnant and [...]
Yesterday I was feeling queasily confident that I’m pregnant. My temp went up quite a bit, I felt queasy and exhausted, and I was just pretty sure overall. Today my temp went down, I’m feeling crampy, and just feel negative overall It’s a hard roller coaster to be on sometimes, trying to conceive. I’m [...]
I always have so much going on. In a way I’m glad for that, especially right now. It makes the waiting go a little faster. I’ve gotten quite a bit done in the past couple of days which is pleasing. I got Cassidy’s clothes unpacked and her dresser pretty much done. Today I got papers [...]
I feel awful. Maybe I’m going to get my just desserts for not getting sick with Scott and the kids and get the flu. I’m exhausted. I tried to nap today but noisy kids kept me from actually falling asleep today. I feel really, really nauseous too. It hit me mildly this morning at library [...]
Wow, all this unpacking is catching up to me. Last week after working so hard to get the house ready for the moving truck to arrive both Scott and I were exhausted at night and went to bed really early. But this week it’s hitting me in the afternoon. I took a nap again this [...]
This morning was tough. Really tough. The kids were all over and into everything. The boys were ruining things (of the irreplaceable variety – vacation recordings on video tape). I was having a hard time dealing with it. I was exhausted and cranky. I decided to have another quiet time this afternoon. I put the [...]
