There can feel like an overwhelming number of choices to make during pregnancy. How do you weed through ALL the available data and arrive at the end with YOUR best choice? You make your choices as best you can at any given moment with the data you have. And, remember that there are different kinds…
We're moving into the holiday season. It's a time of year when many of us feel we have to follow a prescribed program of holiday preparations, traditions, and end-of-year rushes and projects. It's easy to go on "autopilot" and not even consider whether we have to or want to do the things that are showing up…
In many cultures around the world, the pregnant mother is revered and her pregnant condition is celebrated. The kinds of celebration and ritual are as varied as the cultures in which they reside. They range from reserving the best foods for the pregnant mom and having extended family assist with housework to decorating an expectant…
Jennifer was 44 years old when, in her words, she “finally had the husband and circumstances in which she wanted to have a child.” She immediately saw her doctor, whom she’d been seeing for years and trusted completely. She did what her doctor told her to do throughout the process of both getting pregnant and…
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Billions of women have given birth to billions of babies. That could lead one to think that pregnancy is a fully understood and predictable journey to experience. I don’t think that’s the case. Pregnancy is commonplace, yes. Yet, it is also highly personal and unique for each woman and for each pregnancy. You, as a…
When you shift what you want, it doesn’t have to invalidate what you wanted. What?! I know, that’s a bit convoluted. Stay with me… Let me explain with an example, because this is one that I think we can get tripped up on in a BIG way. I recently did (okay, maybe I’m still a little…
I encourage pregnant women to tune into their thoughts and feelings and use these as a guide to determine what choices and approaches best resonate with them. It’s a success formula for finding your way to best enjoy your pregnancy. This is, of course, an approach that you can use at any time during your life….
To enjoy your pregnancy you’ve got to trust yourself. You make your choices as best you can at any given moment with the data you have. And, note that there are different kinds of data. One kind of “data†is the information you can get from books, magazines, and websites; it’s what you know is possible from what you’ve…
As LuAnn moved into her second trimester, her body changed quickly and she suddenly felt sloppy and fat. To her it seemed that from her boobs to her belly she was just a series of fat rolls. She’d never been a thin girl. She’d always been more curvy and voluptuous, but this was just too…