Dealing With Morning Sickness and Dehydration
One of the hardest parts about pregnancy is dealing with all of the symptoms and side effects. One ways to deal is with hydration. But water isn’t enough. Here’s how I handled it and what worked for me.
My Short List of Must-Read Books on Pregnancy, Parenting, and Childbirth
Before pregnancy, I had no interest in reading about pregnancy or thinking about what was happening. And so I arrived at this period of my life, pregnant and ballooning outwards, bewildered about what was going on, and with (what felt like) no idea what do do about...
The Story Behind “Startup Pregnant”
When I contemplated getting pregnant, I thought that it was the right time. I had worked intensely in the corporate world and as an entrepreneur for over a decade, I was still sufficiently afraid of the proposition of becoming a parent (and unsure what it would look...
18 Weeks of Morning Sickness: Or, I Don’t Want To Be Good At This
Sometimes we get really good at things in life that we have no interest in being good at. Today began as some of the less fun pregnancy days have begun — I woke up at 3am, my stomach hurting, my mouth dry, thirsty, but scared to drink water — afraid that if I drank...
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...