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The Ultrasound

As soon as our third prenatal came to a close, we were on our way to the ultrasound clinic where we were meeting our midwife. We had been excitedly awaiting our ultrasound date for three weeks (what a great birthday present for my husband; to see his unborn child via ultrasound!)! Upon arrival we quickly filled out the required paperwork and waited for our midwife to arrive and for the ultrasound technician to get the room prepared for our ultrasound. In a matter minutes we were ushered into the ultrasound room. Both my husband and I noticed right away the … Continue reading →

Eighteen Weeks

As I enter my eighteenth week of pregnancy, there are a lot of things on my mind as well as events that are getting closer and closer (more quickly than I anticipated). I remember the eighteenth week of my first pregnancy very well because my husband and I used our spring break to travel back to our home town for a little vacation. That was the week that I chopped off my long curly locks. I also bought my first pair of maternity jeans at gap maternity during my eighteenth week (we did not have a gap maternity in our … Continue reading →

Measuring the Fundal Height

At each prenatal visit, your doctor will take a measurement that is also known as the fundal height. This is the distance between the pubic bone and the top of the uterus. A steady increase in the fundal height at each prenatal visit is an indication that the baby is growing normally. The fundal height is used to estimate the size of the fetus. This is used to estimate the age of the baby. About mid pregnancy, the measurement of the fundal height corresponds to the number of weeks of the pregnancy. For example, at 28 weeks of pregnancy, the … Continue reading →

What is a Single Umbilical Artery?

In a normal umbilical cord, the cord has three vessels. Two of the vessels are arteries and one is a vein. In some cases, only one artery develops in the cord. This is known as a single umbilical artery. This is actually the most common irregularity of the umbilical cord. A single umbilical artery is present in about one in one hundred births. For some reason, it is most common in white women than in other ethnic groups. It is also more common in multiple pregnancies. A single artery is more likely to occur if the mother is over the … Continue reading →

Should I be Teaching My Baby?

A recent question in the forums addressed the idea of prenatal education. This would be teaching your baby while still in the womb in the hope that one day her I.Q. will be higher. The poster wanted to know if this is true, so I decided to look into it a bit. The idea isn’t entirely new. When I was pregnant with my first baby, mothers to be were being encouraged to read to the baby. We actually did do that, but not with the idea of making her smarter. After all, she was OUR baby. She would already be … Continue reading →

The Pregnancy Blog Week in Review May 14-21

A variety of interesting topics have been covered in the pregnancy blog this week. If you’ve missed the blogs, or want to catch up with all the blogs in one place, check out our week in review. How Many Children Will You Have? This is a question that a pregnant woman will hear from the beginning of her first pregnancy to the end of her last. Learn how to handle comments and changing expectations in this blog. The second question after “When are you due?” is “What are you having?” More and more couples are learning the answer to that … Continue reading →

Ultrasound: Your First Peek at Your New Baby

About 70% of all pregnant women have an ultrasound during their pregnancies. The technology is considered to be safe and many doctors do one routine ultrasound at about eighteen or twenty weeks of pregnancy. The test may be done at other times, if a complication arises. Although most consider the test safe, some are not convinced. I will address this side of the issue in a separate blog early next week. Your doctor can gain a surprising amount of information from the ultrasound. In early pregnancy, it can be used to diagnose problems with vaginal bleeding, confirm pregnancy and detect … Continue reading →

Reasons to Find Out Baby’s Gender

Seventy percent of pregnant women have an ultrasound during their pregnancies. The ultrasound is a good diagnostic tool for certain problems in pregnancy. It also has an added benefit, you may get a peek at your baby. If you choose to have an ultrasound, the technician may ask if you want to know the gender. Some couples choose to find out and others prefer to be surprised. I like to know what I am having. I mean, the information is RIGHT THERE! It’s just too tempting for me. For us and many other couples, there are many benefits to learning … Continue reading →

ABC Scrapbooks – Three Fabulous ABC Lists

Creating an ABC album is so much fun, but trying to think up ABC lists can be exhausting. I took some of the dirty work out of it for you, by including five ABC lists for different topics. I hope you enjoy and can find them useful for your own scrapbook albums and layouts. Animal ABC’s A – Aardvark, Alligator, Anaconda, Ant, Anteater, Antelope, Arctic Fox, Armadillo, B – Baboon, Badger, Bald Eagle, Bat, Bear, beaver, Bee, Bighorn Sheep, Bird, Bison, Black Widow Spider, Boa Constrictor, Bobcat, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Buzzard C – Camel, Canary, Cardinal, Cat, Catfish, Centipede, Chameleon, Cheetah, … Continue reading →