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Craft Date
My dear friend, Katie, and I got together for our monthly crafting date this past Saturday. I spent most of my time quilting a mat that my students can use for the Montessori math materials. However, at the very end of our time, I whipped together a maternity skirt.… Read MoreHere’s what I did:
- I folded one yard of a stretchy knit in half (with right side matched to right side).
- I laid one of my stretchy skirts on top of it to use as a makeshift pattern.
- I cut around the edges and the bottom of the skirt (I forgot to leave a seam allowance–oops!).
- Then I sewed up the
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Relaxation Ritual and Other Routines
When I was preparing my body for conception, I did a lot of work around de-stressing my life. I worked on eliminating commitments from my life that drained rather than nourished me. I tried to get into a consistent exercise schedule. I analyzed the link between nutrition and stress and tried to reduce my refined sugar and flour intake. I also cultivated the habit of breathing all the way into my belly on nearly every inhale.… Read MoreFor a month, I also instituted a nightly Relaxation Ritual. At 8:15 every night, I would stop whatever I was doing (I would even leave night meetings early to honor this sacred time in
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Green Smoothie Recipe
At my last visit with my midwife, she said I should work on increasing my iron. I’d really rather not have to take an additional iron supplement (my prenatal already has 167% of the recommended amount). Too much iron can lead to constipation, which is already something that pregnant people have been known to struggle with.… Read MoreInstead, I’m going to try and incorporate more iron-from-food into my diet and see if that brings me up to adequate levels for birth. As a vegetarian, I think the easiest way for me to do this is through spinach.
Now that I’m sailing into the second trimester (I’m due in mid-February), I think
