GaGA! Growing and Getting Awesome… the Official Loving the Pregnant You Blog

Can you create your own luck?

I co-facilitated a Tiara Teleconnect conference call the day after St. Patrick’s Day about how to create luck. (You can listen to the recorded call by going to the “Community – Listen in” section of the Tiara Coaching website www.tiaracoaching.com). It’s an interesting concept. Can you create your own luck? Well, we assumed that you…

The Choices We Make

Expect the Best while You’re Expecting is primarily about expectant mothers making choices that work really great for them. During this important and emotional time, I like to see women paying attention to their thoughts, feelings and energy to make choices that are fully aligned with who they are and the type of pregnancy they…

Is It Worth It?

Here’s the harsh truth. Before I became a mother, I wondered if it would be worth it. I was going to waddle around pregnant, painfully push them out of my body, and endure years when they will think I’m stupid and embarrassing. Who wants that? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

How much to share

Some women share everything about their pregnancy experience. They feel comfortable to tell all: how they’re feeling physically and emotionally, how many times a day the baby kicks, when and how their belly button popped, their new pant size, what commercials now make them cry, everything! I find myself having 2 immediate reactions to these…

When you’re pregnant you get to take your baby everywhere

So, I’m writing this the day before I get on a plane to spend 6 luxurious, fun, margarita-filled days with my sister in Mexico. I’m proud of us – my sister and me – for creating this. We both had babies last fall. She gave birth to twins in August and my Jake was born…

What we learn from the baby in the belly

There are reasons that pregnancy is nine months long (or ten months long, depending on how you count). Do you agree? There are things that I needed to learn before my baby came out of the womb. On a basic level, there were shifts occurring in my daily routine – drinking very little alcohol, not…

Celebrity Pregnancies

Many people are curious about how celebrities handle certain circumstances. What does it look like when they travel? How are the choices they make for their kids different? How do they handle pregnancy? I know I’m curious! And, I’m curious about some of the pettiest of details! Where will they give birth? Are they a…

We all know what happens when we assume!

We all know what happens when we assume, yet is it SO easy to do. I know I assume, especially when someone is experiencing something that I’ve already experienced. I know what she is feeling, right? I’ve been there. Well, I may not at all. There are things that I don’t know about her set…

Update from Christi

Christi writes, “I interviewed with you for the book in the early stages of my pregnancy (my second). Just wanted to let you know that my visualizations worked – on Sunday, I had a GLORIOUS, triumphant homebirth with my son, Henry! Exactly how I pictured it. It took a lot of work on my part…

When the going gets tough…

I’ve interviewed over 60 women about the choices they made during their pregnancies and about how they dealt with any challenging circumstances that came up. And, we women are amazing! I have been and continue to be so inspired by what women do. And, we all do it differently. We find our unique perspectives and…