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Checklist for Preparing Our Relationship for Pregnancy
A kindred spirit left a thought-provoking comment on this post last week. I realized that Matt and I need to write “An Action Plan for Maintaining Our Marriage Through the Difficult Years of Raising a Child.”But before we do that, I feel like we need a “Checklist for Preparing Our Relationship for Pregnancy.”
Hmm…this is a daunting task!
Let me take a stab at it…
- Equally distribute household responsibilities: Matt and I are doing well with this one. Because we both work full-time, we pretty much divide chores evenly. We made a list of everything that has to get done on a weekly basis and split it into two
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The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Matt and I started watching Pregnant in America last night. I’m not a huge fan of the movie (I much prefer The Business of Being Born). However, I do agree with the concepts. I love analyzing the ways in which profit-making affects what becomes culturally acceptable in our society (obviously, this relates to weddings, too!).As much as I’m leaning toward the birthing center or home birth option because I don’t think it’s necessary to pathologize or overly medicalize the birthing experience, I do want to get my hands on unbiased information that compares home birth to hospital birth. I know home birth advocates argue that it’s safer, … Read More
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Breakfast Options
I’m getting ready to make my first green smoothie (in my regular ol’ junky blender). I’m just waiting for the pears to ripen, so I can make rainbow chard + pears + water + ice smoothie. One of my student’s moms said that was a good combination to start with. I’m excited. I can’t, for the life of me, ever remember eating rainbow chard (and I didn’t realize it was pronounced with an “sh” rather than the common “ch” sound). I guess that’s what happens when you grow up in a pork chop + ice burg lettuce salad + mashed potatoes kind of family (no offense, Mom).In the meantime, … Read More
