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Office Chair or Bouncy Ball?
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I’m seriously considering trading in my home office chair (and maybe my chair at school?) to sit on an exercise ball instead. What do you think?I definitely need to do something because our home office desk chair is giving me lower-back pain. I’ve read that exercise balls can be good for forcing you to sit with good posture. I do worry, however, that it might be too much ab exercise for my pregnant self. I’ll have to ask my midwife about it. It’s also not clear to me which size would allow me to reach my keyboard comfortably. I’ve read some reviews with conflicting opinions. Some say 65cm is
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Baby Book
I’ve written my second letter to our baby (you can read the first one here). I think we’re going to make a Baby Book the same way we make our own living, growing scrapbook. It’s so low-pressure, and it’s easy to keep up with. Our living, growing scrapbook was initially inspired by these words from Amy at Progressive Pioneer (talking about her own baby book):… Read MoreI’ve tried to be diligent about recording Sam’s life from the beginning. I decided early on that the most important thing was to simply record the important things, not to have a perfect, charming-looking album. I knew if there was too much pressure
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DIY: Maternity Skirts
I’m on a roll with these maternity skirts! Perhaps it’s because I live in Houston and it’s hot as anything here? (Although, I do have to say that I think I am one of the few people who prefers humid heat to dry heat. I couldn’t stand the heat in Las Vegas!)Also, my belly is expanding. I can’t really tell if I’m on track or if I might be growing twins (it runs in our family). The books seem to indicate that I shouldn’t really be showing yet, although searching google images for pictures of other 15-week pregnant people seems to show that I’m even smaller than average. Who… Read More
