Hi, everyone! Since we are always sharing glimpses into my life and home here at ABM, I wanted to also let you in on an exciting new development—my eggo is preggo, i.e. I’m pregnant!!! I’m actually in my 13th week now, and our Gummerbaby is due in early May. So it’s possible we will have a full house of May birthdays (both Todd and I have birthdays in May as well). The biggest question that pregnant gals get is, “How are you feeling?”, and while it’s been a much tougher process than I ever imagined so far (helloooo extreme nausea!!), I’m overall feeling grateful and excited. Second biggest question might be, “Do you have any food cravings?”, and while my list of food aversions is waaaay longer than any cravings list, my top guilty pleasure is a soft pretzel with nacho cheese for dipping—YUM!! Although to be totally fair, I’ve been talking about fulfilling that food wish for a few weeks before I got pregnant, so that may just be a general craving that tastes extra good at the moment!
I’m definitely one of those people that falls into the “knows absolutely nothing about babies” category, so this will be a big learning experience, but thankfully May is still quite a ways off. We still have time to learn and prepare as much as we can for all that next year will bring. Oh, and if you have any thoughts on how to best introduce cats to a new baby, let me know!! Thanks for being excited with us!! xo. Laura
Congrats!
I recommend hiring a postpartum doula. It will be a game changer! They teach baby care and help out around the house… and more!
Congratulations Laura! All the very best. I would actually like to get in touch with you regarding the amazing Palm Springs Gingerbread house you made a few years ago. I’m wanting to create a similar edible diorama and would like to review your creation in more detail. If you have more information to provide, that would be much appreciated 🙂
Thanks!
I’m due in early May too! Congrats!
Congrats! I was so nervous with my first (I am a natural worrywart) but once my daughter arrived I was just calm and did what I needed to do, you’ll be great. Also, stay far away from the kitty litter while you are pregnant!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
Cannot wait to see what your wardrobe and nursery will look like!
You should be feeling better soon. The second trimester is so much easier!
Very excited for you!
Congrats! That’s so awesome.
Sidenote: I love your gray dress in the photo! Where is it from?
Congratulations!
I’m at almost 17 weeks now so it’ll be fun to see you go through this kind of “with” me!
XO, Jaclyn
Yay! On just the slightly selfish and non personal note as a reader, I’m excited for some of the ABM girls to move into this stage of life so I can see cute baby and kid DIYS etc? which is probably crazy cuz i don’t even have kids of my own, just want to see what you all can do with that! I’m a “birth junkie” or “birth nerd”, it’s a thing. I am a doula and hope to be a midwife some day, and I spend all of my time, FOR FUN, listening to podcasts and reading books and interacting with accounts about pregnancy, birth, babies, breastfeeding, postpartum…may I recommend, if you read one book, that it be Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth. It’s considered the gold standard and it’s wonderful for dispelling fears. There’s also great podcasts, accounts and an app for pregnancy meditations to calm and prepare for birth that are great for third trimester especially. Of course everyone will tell you what to do right now and you have to just do what makes you comfortable. Look into getting a doula to help you transition in those first few weeks and get some sleep. Tennessee is the premier place in the country for modern midwifery and woman based care, so you will be in good hands, I’m sure. Very excited for you??
Congratulations to both of you. It’s the start of a big adventure! 🙂
Yay yay! Congratulations! As others have said, truly, even knowing nothing about babies now you will be totes fine. I was the same. You start with a baby who just needs to eat, poop and sleep, and once you get the hang of that, slow changes start creeping in at a pace you can kind of deal with. Not that I’m saying parenting is a breeze (ha!) but it’s not as overwhelming once you get there 🙂 good luck!
That last sentence made me chuckle. In my experience… cats don’t need to be “introduced” to a new baby. They’ll either love baby or be indifferent. They’ll probably be curious and will be very gentle. And if anything, they get procreation as much as any mammal would. Walking around with a baby in your belly is preparation enough for them. They’ll know it’s coming! It’s not something I would worry about at all.
Congrats beautiful lady! You’ll be a wonderful mama!
Congratulations Laura! That’s fantastic news! Roll on May 2017!! Xxxx
Congrats! I have an 8 month old and I also knew nothing about babies but it’s awesome and easy and really fun to be a mom.
My (unsolicited) advice is
1.Don’t listen to people and their crazy labor horror stories. It is not even close to as bad as everyone will want to tell you it is. NOT EVEN CLOSE
2.Put a Rock and Play on your registry
This is exciting news, congratulations!
https://www.makeandmess.com/
Such wonderful news Laura! This is the best feeling and experience for any woman.
Enjoy your pregnancy xxx
We were really nervous about our cat because she hisses at all small children but she has been great! Things we did- hung out in the babies room and let her explore, let her smell one of the hospital baby blankets while we were still recuperating, played a baby crying every once in a while on a video or you tube. Happiest baby on the block and baby wise were my saving graces. There’s also a great blog -chronicles of a baby wise mom.
Huge congrats, that’s wonderful news!!! xxoo
Congrats! Such happy news!
Congrats! I was in the “I Know a Little, but Not That Much” category, and that still felt terrifying.
I’d definitely recommend checking out Lucie’s List- on fb, they have a website, and definitely worth subscribing to emails. Total sanity saver for me with my first! She’s got a tried and true list of registry basics & some really great essays on the postpartum period/baby care/etc. It’s the only resource that I hands down recommend. I’m 17 weeks with my second and still referencing her stuff!