Pregnancy is So Short, So Fleeting (I Promise)!

Pregnancy is So Short, So Fleeting (I Promise)!

Even though dragging myself out of bed and dealing with morning sickness does not make it fun to keep up with my writing habit, I also know that these feelings are fleeting. They won’t last forever, and I want to capture them while they’re here, so I can...
Should You Call a Pregnant Woman Fat?

Should You Call a Pregnant Woman Fat?

I snorted when a book I was reading admonished against telling a pregnant woman she was “fat.” Yes, of course. That’s probably a bad call. Instead, however, it recommended that rather than the word “fat,” you kindly refer to the additional weight...
Little Quips on This Not-So-Little Pregnancy

Little Quips on This Not-So-Little Pregnancy

I find pregnancy to be quite weird. My body has taken over. It’s running a long-embedded script I didn’t know I had inside of me. I’ve taken to writing short bits on twitter under the hashtag #pregrealities. Something about Twitter makes me feel like I actually...