I don\u2019t know anything about parenting. Yet. <\/p>\n
So what am I doing as a guest blogger on a families and parenting blog? That\u2019s easy. Just five weeks ago, I got some information that told me I had better learn\u2014quickly! <\/p>\n
The very same day I found out I was pregnant, Julie Fletcher invited me to be a guest blogger on Family Resource. I couldn\u2019t pass up the opportunity to learn more about pregnancy, childbirth and parenting\u2014and pass my knowledge on to Family Resource\u2019s faithful readers. <\/p>\n
Lest you think I\u2019m some bachelorette noob who knows nothing about running a household, parties every weekend and lives on pizza (you\u2019d be right about the last part), I\u2019ve been married for five years. My husband and I have been living successfully as a couple (and raising four cats) for the past decade. For almost exactly a year, I\u2019ve been a full-time, work-at-home freelance writer or, as Julie calls me, a Future WAHM. <\/p>\n
Stacey Graham left some big shoes to fill as a guest blogger. But I\u2019d like to think, over the past decade or so, I\u2019ve accumulated some advice and knowledge to share on the topics of cleaning; cooking quick, healthy meals; organizing a home office; green living; saving money; and of course, most recently, conception and pregnancy. <\/p>\n
Who knows? I may even post some interviews with real-live Moms here in this space. <\/p>\n
Right now, I\u2019d like to share a few of my favorite places on the Internet for moms-to-be.<\/p>\n
Babies Online<\/a> \u2013 This is one of my first stops when I want to track the stages of my pregnancy, find out odd facts or research the latest myth. Today, I discovered that, at 5 weeks into the pregnancy, the baby\u2019s major organs are starting to develop, but the little one is only the size of a grain of rice! That\u2019s simply mind-boggling to me, that something so small can have a heart, lungs, and even a little-bitty hand! <\/p>\n FitPregnancy<\/a> \u2013 This sleek Web site, companion to the print publication, features great breaking news articles. Planning a move and wondering what the best city is to have a baby? Portland, Oregon, ranks number one on FitPregnancy\u2019s list. Click here<\/a> to find out why. <\/p>\n ePregnancy.com<\/a> \u2013 I know a number of freelance writers who got their start here, so, of course, I had to check it out when we first started trying to conceive. The articles are well-researched and fun-to-read, and the site features a lot of great videos, too. If you\u2019re pregnant and debating between a hospital, home birth or midwife in a birthing center, check out this video. <\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019m still surfing around for smaller, personal pregnancy blogs. Feel free to share the links if you know of any good blogs written by pregnant women, who are letting us share their journey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don\u2019t know anything about parenting. Yet. So what am I doing as a guest blogger on a families and parenting blog? That\u2019s easy. Just five weeks ago, I got some information that told…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,2,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-blogger","category-uncategorized","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}