Pregnancy > Concerns and Expectations
Early Pregnancy Signs and Symptoms
Think you might be in the early stages of pregnancy? Which of these signs and symptoms of early pregnancy are you experiencing?
The Six (unofficial) Stages of Pregnancy
This is a humerous but remarkably accurate description of the Six Unofficial Stages of Pregnancy. So what "stage" are you in now?
Pregnancy FAQs 2: Second and Third Trimester of Pregnancy
The second part of a two part FAQ on pregnancy covering common concerns of mothers-to-be in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
Pregnancy FAQs 1: Preception – Early Pregnancy
A rough guide from preception to early pregnancy in an easy to read FAQ format. Pregnancy FAQ Part 2 coming soon!
Restless Leg Syndrome in Pregnancy: A Little Thing We Like to Call “Runny Legs”
As much as I hate to admit it, if it had never happened to me I would think it was a hoax. I would write it off as a hypochondriac’s fabrication. I would look at the symptoms (“when you sit or lie down, do you have a strong desire to move your legs?”) and laugh mockingly. But, unfortunately, it has happened to me. My two last trimesters during my second pregnancy was riddled with night time angst—all because of RLS.
The Pregnancy Jitters
Having a child is a fantastic event. So why do so many women experience so much anxiety when they go through the process? They may have the support of family and friends and yet feel a sense of “aloneness.” What are some of the anxiety-arousing triggers that a woman experiences?
Mom Butts, Stretch Marks and Sagging, Oh My!
There are big secrets in woman/motherhood. Unfair secrets that someone should really tell a girl. Secrets about what pregnancy and childbirth and nursing your children will do to your body. Nobody tells you, in detail, about what is in store. Nobody wants to talk about it because, by talking about it, you might be admitting your own imperfections. Fair enough. But, I think that it is high time some one laid it out there. And after long and repeated conversations with my other friends who have kids about what an injustice it is that we had no idea what was in store for our bodies—I think it is high time we all joined in this unveiling of the true circumstances that your body has to face while becoming a mother.
Pregnancy: Intuition Does a Body (and your Baby) Good!
What happens when there is something that you just can’t live with—something that you feel is an indicator of complications—even though all your test results and ultrasounds are being noted as “normal”? And, what happens when our doctors look at us with a terrible chagrin of condescendence after we tell them we feel (both physically and emotionally) that something’s not quite right and reply “Aw honey, you’re just pregnant!”. Well, if you’re as foolish as I was, you believe the doctor over your own intuition and signals that your body is sending. Big mistake.