Pregnancy

Good Morning Iowa City Moms! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Robin Boudreau…and I too am an Iowa City Mom. In addition to being a medical sales rep for Medtronic, a hobby photographer, and a...

"When are you due?" "Are you having a boy or a girl?" Awkward pause. Split-second decision. Do you answer: a.) Actually, I'm having twins! b.) I'm not pregnant. c.) I just had a baby a few months ago. And I still haven't lost all...

There is just something magical about a first pregnancy. You’re experiencing so many firsts and on the verge of life in a whole new world. You read all the books and spend hours upon hours daydreaming of what your...

I have joined many “clubs” related to having a baby that I’d rather not be in. But none have been extreme cases. My miscarriage was devastating…but I was still a few weeks away from my second trimester.  It took 13 months to...

“You have been pushing for over three hours.  We cannot get this baby out. I think we need to do a C-section.” These are words I always dreaded hearing. It felt like I had been punched in the gut....

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...

Our sweet baby girl entered the world four months ago. I have been getting so many questions about how she is doing, how her birth was, etc. When I tell people our birth story I always mention that we...

No two pregnancies are alike. I'm no stranger to that phrase. I've heard it a lot over the years, since having my first daughter. To me it always sounded like some kind of a warning. Maybe it wasn't intended that...

You know those perfect moments that are special at the time but they become even more precious because of what happens next? I experienced this earlier this pregnancy. At around 15 weeks, my husband’s hand lay on my small but growing...

When my youngest child was born, many people didn't know I was pregnant until after he arrived. We did our best to keep news of the pregnancy under wraps, even concealing the news from our children until 28 weeks. I...