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Minimizing Sugar During Pregnancy
My midwife is kind of strict on the nutrition front. When I was preparing for conception, I looked at the sugar content of my food and tried to keep it below 20 grams for a particular item (since that’s the number I had in my head from my friend’s birth with my midwife a few years ago).… Read MoreWhen I started going to my midwife, I realized the limit was not 20 grams but, instead, 3-6 grams. Gulp! What that means is that I cannot eat things like dried fruit or any type of flavored yogurt or juice. There’s simply too much sugar in pretty much everything.
For the first trimester,
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Halloween Costume
Last year I got terribly behind with my holidays. The fall holidays seem to come so fast. First it’s Halloween and then there’s Matt’s birthday to prepare for and then Thanksgiving is here and once Thanksgiving has passed, there’s no time to prepare for a handmade Christmas. This year, I want to slow down, undertake fun projects, and fully savor each holiday.… Read MoreSo, I hope you can understand why it’s August and I’m already talking about Halloween. Plus, I need your creative help!
Since this will be my first (and perhaps only) Halloween as a round, pregnant person (I’ll be
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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
