Dear Wendy
Dear Wendy

Pregnancy

I’m 37 weeks pregnant today — considered full-term (or early-term, depending on whom you ask; either way, doctors agree this is considered a safe zone for delivery) — and this will probably be my last pregnancy update. Ever! I saw my OB yesterday and she said she wouldn’t be surprised if I deliver in the… Read more

33 Weeks!

I hope you don’t mind these pregnancy updates, but, if you do, the good news is there won’t be too many more. Today I’m 33 weeks pregnant and looking forward to being full-term in just four weeks and maybe having this baby not too long after that (Jackson was born at 37 weeks and I… Read more

29 Weeks

29 weeks pregnant today. Things I can’t wait for: * kissing her little cheeks * finding out what color her hair is * all the margaritas * looking like myself again and wearing regular clothes * never ever being pregnant again * seeing her first smiles and hearing her first giggles * eating her toes… Read more

24 Down

This week marks my 25th week of pregnancy — I’m just about six months along, and I’m starting to see the finish line faintly in the distance. The last couple of weeks I’ve really started to feel pregnant: I’m short of breath and get crampy sometimes when I walk a lot or walk too fast… Read more

17-Week Check-in

I’m 17 weeks pregnant today and, if you’d have asked me a few days ago how I was feeling, I would have said “not very pregnant.” I guess I’m still not feeling very pregnant, save for the relentless fatigue that hasn’t let up in the second trimester like I’d hoped it would, BUT I felt… Read more