A year ago today I found out I was pregnant with Evan! Friday the 13th! :P

When I found out I was pregnant last June I weighed 129 lbs. Right before I gave birth at the end of January I weighed 148 lbs. 10 days postpartum I was back down to 131 lbs. (Thank you breastfeeding!) I went to the doctor yesterday to have my IUD put in... I'm back up to 141 lbs. (No longer breastfeeding, back to work sitting all day, eating ( Read more... )

Evan Alan Krueger was born at 10:38am. He was 7 lb. 7 oz. and 20 inches long ( Read more... )

Your baby's weight and height have probably increased only a little from last week (and your overstretched skin is probably grateful for that). But his or her brain is still developing rapidly (a pace that continues during the first three years of life), with changes you'll be able to recognize firsthand as your baby's skill-packed bag of tricks ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my 38 week checkup. I am still 2cm dialated and 60% effaced like I was last week. Evan's heartbeat was 156 and somehow I lost 1 lb. so I am back to 19 lb. total weight gain. *shrugs ( Read more... )

While watching the inauguration I heard them refer to Joe Biden's wife as Dr. Jill Biden--so I was curious what she was a doctor of...

Courtesy of Obama's website:

"While working full-time and raising a family, Jill earned two masters degrees: a Master's degree in English from Villanova University (1987) and a Master's degree in reading from ( Read more... )

Only two more weeks (or plus two more, max) before your baby makes his or her appearance. And what an adorable appearance that will be! Your little one isn't so little anymore - weighing in at close to seven pounds and hitting the height charts at the 21-inch mark (or less ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my 37 week checkup. Evan's heartbeat was 150. I am 2cm dialated and 60% effaced. I have also finally hit the 20 lb. mark for total weight gain ( Read more... )

We have the bassinet set up, the hospital bags packed and all the baby stuff washed and put away.

With just three more weeks to go and at about six and a half pounds (though weight and height vary from fetus to fetus), your baby is doing just fine. You can expect weight gain to be about half an ounce per day. (Boys, though, are likely to be heavier at birth than girls. And here's a bit of boy baby trivia to back that one up: Moms carrying boys ( Read more... )