Pregnancy

Ahh, pregnancy. Such a magical, mystical, amazing time, right? Well, yes…and also a very emphatic NO. Some lucky women seem to channel Angelina Jolie and become life-giving, earth-mother goddesses, proclaiming their undying love for being pregnant. These are probably...

I have never had the best eating habits, but I wasn’t the worst. I attempted to integrate vegetables into my diet and succeeded maybe 50% of the time, I would say. Fruits were easier, although I am not a...

Chances are, if you’re pregnant, you are somewhat like me–worrying about the future and trying to plan ahead. As I get closer and closer to my due date, the one thing I constantly think of is my hospital bag....

As we grow older, our visions of the future change from careers to marriage and then family. I come from a family of four and am the younger of two girls. As the younger sibling, I always wanted my...

When we found out I was expecting again my husband and I began discussing whether or not we would find out the gender of our baby.  With our first baby we decided to be surprised and chose not to...

When I first found out I would be a contributor for Iowa City Moms Blog, I knew I wanted to write about our struggle with infertility at some point. It’s something that has made a big impact on both...

Being pregnant is such a special and short time, even though it can feel like a long time. There are so many amazing things happening that you think you'll always remember, but they do get lost if you don't capture them...

One in four women will experience miscarriage or stillbirth in her lifetime. It's a staggering statistic, and chances are good either you yourself have experienced one or you know someone personally who has. You've probably read a blog post or two...

In my last post, I told you all how I applied to two agencies and joined an online surrogate classified site, this helped me decide in the direction of my surrogate plan.  Just like anything else in life, you...

And that was the opening line to our invites.  Thrown a Star Wars baby shower, have we. Yes, hmmm. (in Yoda-speak) In a galaxy NOT so far away, my awesome brother-in-law and his beautifully pregnant wife are getting ready to welcome...