When my husband and I started getting serious about considering when/if we were going to have kids, I started looking at what was holding me back. I got straight with myself: I wanted to have kids and I was terrified of being pregnant. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for Enjoying your pregnant status
It Starts with a Commitment
October 14, 2009 at 8:42 pm · Filed under Enjoying your pregnant status, Transforming the conversation ·Tagged anticipation, choice, commitment, getting pregnant, mindset, perspective, pregnancy, pregnant, transforming
I’m Attached to the Name!
August 13, 2009 at 9:43 pm · Filed under Enjoying your pregnant status, Honoring each others' choices, Transforming the conversation, Uncategorized ·Tagged baby, baby names, choice, Transforming the conversation
What is in a name? Why do I get so attached?
As I’ve talked with pregnant women lately about their name selection process, I’ve gotten present to how much I like McKenzie’s and Jake’s names. I think the names fit them so well. Really, I was puffing myself up about what a great job we did in the name selection process! And that begs some questions: Do the names fit them or are they fitting their names to some degree? Is there something to the idea that people will relate to a “McKenzie” in a certain way? Would you be surprised to learn that McKenzie is an energetic girl that loves dancing, listening to music and expressing her opinions? Read the rest of this entry »
Feeling revered
July 13, 2009 at 11:41 pm · Filed under Enjoying your pregnant status ·Tagged Feeling great, pregnancy, pregnant, sharing your experience
Molly shared with me how she felt revered as a pregnant woman. I love how she remembers and appreciates that feeling. Molly says that she could feel people sending her, sharing with her, positive energy. People offered her a seat on the bus, helped with her groceries – she didn’t always accept, and she felt blessed by the generous kindness of those around her.
There’s something about a pregnant woman that causes people to connect with her as a human. Women tell me how amazed they are about how strangers will launch a conversation with them, ask about the due date, tell them about how many kids they have or how their daughter is currently expecting. Or you’re walking down the street and the young couple carrying a baby who passes you just grins at you like a couple of goof balls. It’s a nice divergence from the way we people are often with each other: treating each other as objects – someone who’s going to get to your train seat before you do! There are many people out there who feel drawn to pregnant women and the miracle that is growing inside them.
Please join the conversation: How were you revered during your pregnancies? How did people relate to you differently as a pregnant person?
What’s in a Name?
July 1, 2009 at 3:48 am · Filed under Enjoying your pregnant status, Honoring each others' choices, Transforming the conversation ·Tagged baby, baby names, choice, popular baby names
When you’re pregnant one of the things you get to do is pick a name for your child! This has always occurred as an exciting, creative process for me: throwing out options, narrowing it down with your partner. I think of it as fun, fun, fun! I was almost disappointed in both of our pregnancies when we had decided on names for both genders because now the naming task was over! Darn. Read the rest of this entry »
Looking and feeling better pregnant than not pregnant
May 19, 2009 at 2:49 pm · Filed under Enjoying your pregnant status, Looking and feeling hot ·Tagged Feeling great, pregnancy, pregnant, Transforming the conversation
Did you know that you can look and feel great during pregnancy? Did you know that it’s possible to look and feel even better pregnant than not pregnant? It tends to be a common belief that women are going to feel bad, feel worse, look worse, or struggle to continue to look thin in the face and hips during pregnancy. Right? That’s how it seems. Read the rest of this entry »
How much to share
February 24, 2009 at 3:55 am · Filed under Enjoying your pregnant status ·Tagged Feeling great, Honoring each others' choices, pregnancy, pregnant, sharing your experience, Transforming the conversation
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 “open book” women. Read the rest of this entry »
Celebrity Pregnancies
February 6, 2009 at 4:06 am · Filed under Enjoying your pregnant status, Honoring each others' choices ·Tagged baby, birth, celebrity pregnancies, Honoring each others' choices, pregnancy, pregnant, pregnant celebrities
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 wimp about labor pains? How much weight will they gain? Read the rest of this entry »
I’m overdue!
November 5, 2008 at 7:03 pm · Filed under Enjoying your pregnant status, Uncategorized ·Tagged anticipation, birth, delivery, delivery date, due date, overdue, pregnancy, pregnant
Jake was “due” 3 days ago. It’s only 3 days and it feels like so much longer.
Right now – and I don’t want to admit it – I feel sadness. I feel so many other emotions – overwhelm about the unknown of have 2 kids outside the womb, anxiety about how the birth process will go, fearfulness about whether Jake is perfectly healthy and whether I’ll come out of this perfectly healthy, anxiety about my ability to deal with the uncomfortableness/pain, annoyance that I’ve got to rely on others to watch McKenzie while we go to the hospital, a sense of failure (and I get that this is not rational) that I haven’t had the baby yet, frustration that Read the rest of this entry »
