pregnancy
Growing your family, one baby bump at a time. All about the ups and downs of nature's 9 month miracle.
My Childbirth Experience
For me, labour and childbirth wasn't as so straight forward as many other mothers out there. Mine was kind of planned, in the sense of I had a date in which I had to go in and be induced. I was having low movements from the baby so I told the hospital and they told me to come in to monitor him. They did say everything was fine and normal but to be on the safe side that I should be induced. There have been some cases in which this has happened to women, where the baby has moved less in the belly and then suddenly the baby has sadly passed away, so they just wanted to reduce the risk of that.
By Chloe Johnson8 years ago in Families
Moving Houses While Pregnant
Moving is stressful no matter where you are in life. There is the packing and the cleaning and the organizing. Then there is the loading everything in a truck, driving it to your new destination, unpacking, cleaning, and organizing. It is a trying time for most people. It is a hard time for most people.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
The Last Month
Being pregnant is a bit of a roller coaster for most women. You have morning sickness and hormone changes and body changes. You have new homicidal tendencies towards anyone who irritates you. You aren't sleeping. You aren't eating and then you're eating too much. You're out of breath, you're tired, and you're uncomfortable.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
Teen Pregnancy
In April of 2017 I found out I was 4 weeks pregnant. At 17 years old I was terrified. After weeks of my friends telling my to do a pregnancy test because my period was late I finally I gave in and bought one. When I found out I was shocked and scared; I didn’t think I was ready to be a mum (especially because I was sitting in the school toilets crying). The rest of the day I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I thought becoming a parent would be difficult but the thing I didn’t realise would be so hard was other people.
By Rebecca Hailes8 years ago in Families
Wanting a Baby at 19?!
What is wrong with me? Is it natural to have this need to have a child this young? I am aware that I am not financially ready to afford one, nor ready to sacrifice my body for a little bundle of joy. But I am so impatient to experience being pregnant and motherhood. I have to admit, my generation isn't helping my case. At least 1/2 of my friends are currently pregnant or already have their little ones. I am aware that they were NOT planned and they might not be as happy as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter might make them seem, but following their pregnancies throughout social media makes me envy them. Also, since I work in the early childhood education field, most of my co-workers already have children or are pregnant and are gloating in my face.
By Bella Poirier8 years ago in Families
First-Time Mom Overload
The minute you announce that you are pregnant everyone seems super eager to get you things. This is a wonderful thing. People love to buy baby stuff, for some reason. And people love to buy baby stuff for babies that they don't have to look after. So, naturally, you can get a little overwhelmed as a first-time mom.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
Get a C-Section...
If I hear or read this stupid fucking shit one more time I'm going to throw an adult temper tantrum. Because the reality of a c- section is that it's major surgery, and it was the worst and most painful thing I have ever experienced in my life. And I say this having had both types of deliveries. An emergency c-section and a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarian), in case you didn't know what it stood for.
By Shana Nizeul8 years ago in Families
Mom at Fifteen
I grew up in the 80s and 90s in a very dysfunctional kind of way. People just didn't discuss things about your home life or what went on behind closed doors. My folks had quite the hatred towards one another and inevitably it ended the marriage. Not without casualties, unfortunately. My siblings and I had the worst time trying to cope.
By Joanne Hawkins8 years ago in Families
Wait, Worry, Repeat
Technology these days is quite incredible, especially when it comes to pregnancy, infertility and prenatal testing. However, living in a time where this technology can comb through every blood cell and chromosome, can be a blessing and a curse. My husband and I decided that our two rambunctious boys needed some company and opted to try for baby number three. I'm the type of person who can sneeze and get pregnant so this was the easiest part of our journey. That all being said, after having two healthy, fairly easy pregnancies and deliveries this time has been different from the beginning. Now that I'm 35 years old I'm considered a "geriatric pregnancy"... sounds nice doesn't it? Due to this situation, even though I'm a healthy, active, vegetarian mom, I needed a slew of tests to make sure my "high risk pregnancy" was healthy and normal. At 14 weeks along, my high risk OB calls and says that they noticed "a micro deletion on a chromosomal test" and I needed to come in to speak with a genetic counselor. My husband and I were a little worried but not overly concerned. After speaking with the genetic counselor we found out that this "micro deletion" could cause two different serious syndromes in our unborn child. This news was devastating. Not only because the unknown is so scary, but because we had to then wait two long weeks until I could take a more invasive test for 100% accurate results. After the pain and stress of the amniocentesis test, now we are in the other two week waiting period for the results.
By Stephanie Heisler8 years ago in Families
