Welcome...

I am creating this blog for my pregnant, younger sister. Being the older, wiser, mother-of-two-boys sister I feel it my duty to lay out all the info here. Using this format, the younger sister can feel free to give me the finger, roll her eyes, scream, yell, hit, etc, and I will be oblivious. No nicey-nice like on phone calls and face-to-face meetings. If you have a topic of particular need (sometimes doctors don't give us the answers we want) ask away! Take it with a grain of salt. And do I need to say to all the letigious folks who might stumble upon this blog....THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL ADVICE! I'M A TEACHER...NOT A DOCTOR. CALL YOU OBGYN. Geeze!

Dear sister of mine...you must know that this advice is honest but also tongue-in-cheek. If I piss you off too much (or at all) let me know, and I'll start telling lies. :-)

And with that...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! The see-saw emotional rollercoaster of the "getting pregnant" stage of your journey is over. Whew!

Advice number one: Be nice to your husband. He is going to have a bird's eye view of you in your MOST unflattering pose. Yah, yah, miracle of birth and all that...it is still kinda gross. You want him to remember how nice you were during your pregnancy...not that you were a sluggish, emotional, hormonal wench. It is easy to fall into the , "hey I'm pregnant with your baby" excuse trap. Use it sparingly. I'm sure if he could switch places with you, he would. HA! Only kidding, we all know that guys are too whimpy for this stuff.