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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 [...]

This week I am 6 months pregnant. Let me repeat that - 6 months pregnant. For some reason this seems infinitely more absurd than 24 weeks. 24 weeks (out of 40) seems like not that many. 6 months out of 9.5 seems like there is barely any time left. This feels absurd because honestly I [...]

So last weekend I stayed up until midnight. I realize how absurd this sounds but that is actually the latest I've stayed up in at least 6 months. I am a pathetic loser. Even more pathetic is the fact that I legit felt hungover the next day due to being tired and drinking too many [...]

Finally (well, it's only 22 weeks but it feels like finally) Dan got to feel baby kick! I've been feeling kicks for a couple weeks now - and despite my MANY efforts to get Dan to feel them, he hadn't been able to (a combination of the kicks being small, Dan being impatient, and baby [...]

We started off this week with our 21 week doctor's appointment and ultrasound - which was a blast. Up until now I both longed for and dreaded doctor's appointments because while I love getting to hear the heartbeat, I worked myself up for each appointment, convincing myself something would be wrong. At my 16 week [...]

Well folks - this week is 20 weeks - and you know what that means? It means it's baby Richards' half birthday! She will (hopefully) be making her way into the world in just 20 more weeks. We're halfway home! Being half way done with this pregnancy makes me both really really excited and also [...]