Author: Hannah Richards

Today baby Richards is 34 (gestational) weeks old. That means she's due to make her debut in just 6 weeks. SIX WEEKS! I'm not sure if it's because I'm starting to get uncomfortable, because the nesting instinct is in complete overdrive, or because we're just so excited - but Dan and I are in total [...]

So.....it was 104 degrees this weekend. For like 4 days in a row. I know all the california people are rolling their eyes but I didn't move to Maine to swelter in 104 degree heat in MAY. Speaking of May, it's now June - which means I'm having a baby next month. Still can't quite [...]

This week it rained every. single. day. Seriously. Every day. It really made the week fly by. NOT. The only good thing about days and days of rain is that it led up to a weekend with family - and even rain can't ruin that. My aunt Marybeth, my cousin Alex and my mom all [...]

It's now week number 31, and little baby Richards is feeling not so little anymore. She is definitely a mover and a shaker, and does not seem very happy with her close quarters. She wants more space, like, now. She shares this with me by pushing as hard as she can with her hands, feet, [...]

In 10 weeks (give or take a week) I'm going to have a baby. How crazy is that? Being 30 weeks pregnant feels crazy enough, but having only 10 weeks left until D-Day...now THAT feels really unbelievable. There are times (like today) when I get really worked up about it (how could this pregnancy already [...]

Today is the beginning of week 29 and I have officially gained 20 pounds since becoming pregnant. I'm not sure what to say or how to feel about this because it seems better to not think about it. Even though I gained less this month than last, 20 pounds just seems like a LOT. It [...]

So BY FAR the most exciting thing to happen this week is baby Charlotte (my friend Margie's little girl) was finally born. She was 5 days overdue but it felt like 500 days. And that's how it felt for me, I can't imagine how it felt for her. Charlotte REALLY did not want to come [...]

I seriously cannot believe that I am now in my third trimester. Actually, I can believe it - because literally the DAY I started the third trimester I went from feeling pretty much awesome and invincible to overwhelmingly tired, achy and emotional. How cliche. On Saturday I was still feeling really great. I went with [...]

This week the coolest thing happened. I got woken up one morning to baby kicking me really hard - and I looked down and I could actually see my stomach bouncing around. WHATTTT?! So of course, the first thing I do is grab my iphone and try to video tape it. At which point she [...]

Between 24 and 28 weeks, all pregnant women have to take something called the glucose test, to determine if they have gestational diabetes. Just mention the word glucose to anyone who's ever been pregnant, and 99% of them will give you the same disgusted, grossed out reaction. The other 1% threw up and passed out [...]