Healthy + Hapai–29 Weeks
Where is the time going?? Sorry I’ve been missing in action for over a week… between finals, finishing up my practicum [woohoo!], helping out with our largest annual fundraiser, and one of my best...
View ArticleHealthy + Hapai–31 Weeks
The past few weeks have been intense, to say the least. Somehow, even with all the chaos of life, time keeps flying and the belly keeps getting bigger. I can barely believe that in less than a week...
View ArticleOn Being A Pregnant Fitness Instructor
Happy Monday friends! I apologize for the blogging hiatus for the past few weeks – life just got to be too busy and intense for a while – but I’m so excited to be back. I love being able to write and...
View ArticleWhat’s In A Name?
Back when Ben and I found out we were expecting, we were surprised to find that one of the first – and most common – questions people asked was, “Do you know what you’re going to name the baby yet?”....
View ArticleHealthy + Hapai–32 Weeks
I had to do one of those questionnaires before my prenatal massage the other day and I almost dropped my pen after scribbling the number “8” under Months Pregnant. Am I really eight months pregnant?...
View ArticleHealthy + Hapai–33 Weeks
Baby “This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark.” [Source.] “Your baby is still gaining weight (about half a pound a week), and she could grow...
View ArticleHealthy + Hapai–35 Weeks
[Alternate Title: My Poor Neglected Blog] I apologize. I literally haven’t had the motivation to get on and blog for two weeks. What the heck is happening to me?? Being on break from grad school and...
View ArticleHealthy + Hapai–36 Weeks
You do know what this means, right? I am now officially in my ninth month of pregnancy. [One of the biggest misconceptions is that pregnancy is only nine months when, in fact, it’s TEN.] It still...
View ArticleHealthy + Hapai–38 Weeks
Life has been cuh-razy lately between packing, moving, cleaning, and being nine and a half months hapai – hence the reason I haven’t written a blog post in weeks. The baby is fully developed now...
View ArticleIsaac’s Birth Story–Part II
In case you missed it, here’s Part I. — Although early labor took a few days for me, whenever people ask how long I consider my laboring process to be, I tell them about 6-8 hours or so. That’s...
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