Educated Pregnancy

Don't tell me I look good for having 2 babies!

That's just as bad as telling me I look good for my age. So before you even think of letting those words slip past your lips, let me reassure you...do not tell me that I look good for my age.

And while I’m on my soap box, don’t you dare ever tell a woman that she lost her pregnancy weight only because she breast fed her baby. Only because she breast fed? Do you have a clue how amazing a woman’s body is to first produce a beautiful baby in only 280 days and then continue for weeks, months, even years if she so desires, to provide nourishment for that baby?

Can you remember your baby's first words? Do you remember when she took her first steps? Or when he learned to crawl? There are many milestones, and there are many more "smilestones" - those little moments that make you smile anytime you think back on them. 


Whether it's a word they say, a song they sing, or something they do, our babies have their own special way of making us smile. Treasure these moments by recording them for later.

 So at 29 months old, my son started asking for “color bars”. Now he’s been calling crayons “my colors” since he was about 21 months, so at first I was confused. I finally realized he was asking for granola bars. But it ‘s so cute that I haven’t corrected him.

Beautiful women not only look good, they feel great and their bodies perform well. By that definition, I am more beautiful now at 39 than I’ve ever been.

In my teens, beauty was all about looks. My girlfriends and I wore the latest fashions and styled our hair to look like everyone else. Because I associated beauty with being fit, I immersed myself in the newly emerging exercise world…think Jane Fonda, Jazzercise, high heels and leg warmers. I realized that you could design and sculpt your body through exercise to attain your desired look. I devoted time every day toward the pursuit of physical fitness. I became certified as a personal trainer and an aerobics instructor.

Is there anything sweeter than being snuggled up with your babies? Feeling their little bodies wiggle around in their sleep, listening to their every breath? It’s such a beautiful experience that I almost missed out on.

I had every intention of sharing our bedroom with our baby when our first baby was due in 2008. We had no plans to set up a nursery; I constantly joked that the newborn could sleep in a dresser drawer in our room - after all – it was bigger than my womb.