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All I can think about when writing the title of this post (Home Stretch) are the horrific stretch marks that have officially taken over my stomach. It's so heartbreaking to make it all the way to 9 months without any stretch marks - and then all of a sudden - BOOM - they're everywhere. This [...]

Well.....Im still pregnant. No 4th of July baby - sorry Dan. I know it's not even my due date yet so this shouldn't really come as a surprise, but once you get to the last month of pregnancy, every day without a baby feels like a year. A really tired, overweight, uncomfortable year. To pass the time [...]

Well, today makes 37 weeks, which means baby Richards is FULL TERM. It's also July, which means game on for her arrival. I even started having some painful contractions (not coming in a pattern yet) which my doctor says COULD mean she is ready to make her appearance a little bit early - but it [...]

This past weekend I became 9 months pregnant. Even though that's not technically full term (next week is full term) it sounds like it because people always think pregnancy lasts 9 months. All pregnant women, however, are keenly aware that pregnancy is actually 10 (long) months. Those last 4 weeks make a big difference. They [...]

I knew this day would come but a little part of me was holding out that maybe it wouldn't. Alas - it came anyway. I found a stretchmark on my stomach. I thought for sure I would get stretchmarks on my sides (maybe I still will, who knows), but instead they are cropping up underneath [...]

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 [...]