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Getting Ready for Motherhood
Matt and I have talked about trying to start getting pregnant this summer. While I’m busy preparing my body for conception, I’m also trying to prepare my mind. I know I can’t fully understand how my life will change with a baby*, but I can try to imagine it, as a way of better preparing myself.
For example, when I pull myself out of bed at 5:30am (usually after 7 or 8 hours of sleep), I try to think about what it will be like to wake up through the night in order to satiate an infant’s needs. When I sleep in on Saturday morning, I think about what it … Read More
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Reducing Nasty Chemicals in My Life
Reading the recent New York Times article about working on marriage (well, I have to confess I’m only on page five), has reminded me that Matt and I want to solidify our marriage before we jump into the sea of parenthood.We started the process by taking a marriage class back in August, but we haven’t done much since then. We’ve been trying to enroll in therapy together for a while, but we haven’t gotten around to finding someone.
It’s so easy to skip straight to the baby stuff. I only meant to read a book or two about preparing one’s body for conception, but I quickly realized that pretty … Read More
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Preparing for Conception
I’ve been gobbling up the posts at Progressive Pioneer. When I saw a post about preparing for conception, I decided to dig into my pregnancy book basket and start sifting through all the information about pre-conception and how to prepare one’s body for conception.
According to our current sense of our life trajectory, Matt and I are thinking about trying to get pregnant next summer. Although I am a planner and like to prepare for things in advance, I promise I did not actually run out and purchase any of the books in my pregnancy book basket. Rather, Matt and I went to the public library book store a while … Read More
