31 Weeks with Emelia: Chugging along. Not sleeping. Still peeing.

I can’t tell if weekly doctor visits makes time go faster or slower. I officially start NSTs next week at 32 weeks, but once again, Queso passed her BPP quickly and looks great. We’ll measure her next week to see how much she’s grown! Her HR was 146 and she…

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30 weeks with Emelia: I trained the toddler to give me foot rubs

This is 30 weeks: It’s the kid offering to rub your feet and then feeling like “Seriously Mom, stop with the photo documenting.” For real, 30 weeks is amazing and incredible and holy mother it hurts to walk! I’ve started using my pregnancy belly support tank top at times because…

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29 weeks with Emelia: Queso goes to the North Shore

This post coming to you from family vacation. Can I just say a family vacation is a lot harder when you’re rotund with child? Whew. Plus, I’m trying to eat better on this trip because I’m really starting to wonder if this pregnancy has made me glucose intolerant. We had…

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Why can’t you just be grateful for what you have?

I’m always hesitant to read the public comments on my articles, especially the vulnerable ones — the ones where it could have an unpopular opinion — because while I’ve grown thicker skin through the years of writing publically, it can still be a jab to read something where you’ve just…

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28 weeks with Emelia: Oh, hai third trimester! You snuck up on me.

The third trimester? Seriously? It seems like yesterday I was just trying not to hurl and eating an embarrassing amount of chips. Since I’ve failed at taking more candid everyday photos of me pregnant once again (I told myself I was going to take All Of The Pictures if I…

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