Hello from South Beach! (Since so many people have asked… yes! I’m staying Naked Faced on the beach. 100% all in!) Our vacation is going very well so far, despite rainy and windy weather in Miami. I think we’re both just so pleased to be here and away from the grind that we just [...]
Pregnancy
One of the strangest aspects of pregnancy has been how much my body has changed but how little I notice the different on a day-to-day basis. I guess the growth happens so slowly that I haven’t really noticed it… until I look at the belly shots, of course. Whoa, momma! Week 25, and I [...]
My, my. What a difference 10 weeks makes. Happy 24 weeks, BabyHTP! This week, we’re working on brain and lung development. Baby is also gaining more body fat and is now 11.81 inches long and weighs 1.32 pounds. And – best of all – BabyHTP is now considered “legally viable†by my sources and [...]
You know, I thought my bump wasn’t growing… but it appears that it is, in fact, expanding. Happy 23 Weeks, BabyHTP! Here’s what the baby is up to this week: “Your baby is practicing her "breathing" on the amniotic fluid—sucking it in and out of her lungs. Fat production is in overdrive at this [...]
Many of you have asked how the creepy baby doll experiment is going. You see, Maggie is used to spending approximately 10 hours a day in my lap. It’s been like this every single day since I started to work from home at my old job nearly four and a half years ago. In case [...]
Baby continues to grow, and the bump continues to change shape. I was so round a few weeks ago, now I feel pointer. I’m carrying all in front, right around my belly button, which is getting flatter and flatter and feels so strange now! There’s all sorts of Old Wives Tales about how you [...]
My – what a difference 10 weeks makes! BabyHTP and I are finally in the 20s! Here’s what’s going on this week: “Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel. If you're having a girl, [...]
Two days ago, I thought it was Thursday. But today actually is Thursday, which is a wonderful thing! We have the day off from work – today was all about our anatomy ultrasound. I can’t even believe they have the technology to do this, but around 20 weeks, the doctor can check out the growing [...]
Around 4 AM, I was woken up by the baby – the first time this has happened! And then she/he proceeded to thump me 12 times in a row, even kicking back when I poked the foot with my finger. We went from a maximum of 4 thumps in a row to 12, right in [...]
One of my really good friends is also pregnant with her first child, and this weekend, she called me to rant about the insensitive things that people say to you when you’re pregnant. Her rant was about how a family member told her that she was going to gain all this extra weight, her breasts [...]
Pop! Goes the belly. Getting bigger every single day. Most baby websites compare the size of the baby to a fruit, which can be fun but also a bit silly – baby is currently a sweet potato but sweet potatoes can be small or big! So I like to look at this fetal weight [...]
Time seems to be flying by. Week 17 already! Here’s what BabyHTP is up to this week. “Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — her lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now, and she's around 5 inches [...]
Whoa, baby! I cannot even believe we’re at 16 weeks. Here’s what BabyHTP is up to this week (source): “Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches [...]
Want to know something crazy? This week, BabyHTP is longer than an iPhone, if you include the little legs! WHERE IS BABY HIDING? An iPhone seems ginormous. I have this weird theory about my insides… I don’t like to think of myself as having organs. I prefer to think of myself as a steak. No [...]