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Week 16: A wild ride so far
Hello there, readers! My name is Emily, and I am the newest Knocked Up blogger for P&N. Currently, I live in Denver, and I’m 16 weeks along with my second child. My husband Jeff, and I have a...
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Week 17: The gender question
If you are a parent or an expectant parent, you know there are definitely some topics that divide all of us passionately when it comes to pregnancy and babies. Just a few of these issues include...
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Week 18: CAUTION: Traveling while pregnant
After our long drive across three states, we stopped at my in-laws farm for a visit! Pregnancy changes a lot of things that normally you don’t give a second thought about: getting dressed every...
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Week 19: Maternity clothes and the growing bump
I have a love/hate relationship with maternity clothes. I LOVE that they are oh-so-roomy and non-constricting (Do tight clothes make anyone else feel sick to their stomachs when they are pregnant, or...
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Week 20: For the love of pulled pork
Enjoying a big juicy burger to satisfy my preggo craving! As I stand in front of the refrigerator, the coolness wafting out, I scan the shelves. I see tons of healthy snacks including big purple...
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Week 21: Too cool for (baby) school?
Recently, I was looking at a pregnancy calendar app that goes week-by-week detailing what a pregnant mom should be focused on each week. It could be anything from “start a registry” to “do some light...
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Week 22: Working on my fitness
Laced up and ready to exercise with the bump. I was reading online last week, and I came across an article about a pregnant woman who is nine months along and still running … 40 to 60 miles a week....
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Week 23: Living the good life of the second trimester
Oh, the second trimester. I’ve been cruising through it for the last several weeks, and all of the sudden it hit me: This is the sweet spot of pregnancy. We’ve long since left behind the days of the...
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Week 24: Thankfulness
Happy Thanksgiving, friends! This is the week for family gatherings, football games and lots of food. I know there are “thankful” lists all over the place this time of year, so I don’t want to sound...
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Week 25: The dreaded diabetes test
The funny thing about the pregnancy diabetes test is that I think for most people, the anticipation of the test is so much worse than the actual thing. I remember with my first pregnancy I was so...
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Week 26: The name game
I could never go by just “Emily” in school. I was always “Emily S.” growing up because so many other girls in my grade were also named Emily. I think for a while there was even another “Emily S.,” so...
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Week 27: The heart of the matter
Emily and her recent best friend, antacids! You know that old wives tale that says that if you have lots of heartburn during pregnancy, your baby will be born with a full head of hair? Well, I have no...
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Week 28: Merry pregnancy!
It’s the week of Christmas, and my pregnancy brain is filled with lots of Christmas-y things—so it is altogether amazing that we are all still functioning over here. As I’ve been cruising around town...
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Week 29: Happy New Year!
As 2014 comes to a close and we get ready to ring in the New Year, people all around the world start to set goals and create resolutions to guide them in the new year (or at least the first few days of...
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Week 30: Three-quarters pregnancy crisis
Anyone else feeling like they are sticking out (in more ways than one) quite a bit these days? Somewhere around a few weeks ago I started getting this weird feeling that I’m sticking out a bit more...
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Week 31: Progesterone ponderings
All the essentials for my weekly injections: medicine, syringes, needles and my trusty husband-nurse. I feel a bit like a ticking time bomb. I’m out of town visiting my family, and all I can think...
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Week 32: Picking a pediatrician
My pediatrician swag bag I received after my consultation. A month or so back my OB happened to ask me if I had decided on a pediatrician yet. Hmm … about that … no I hadn’t. “Well, it is best that you...
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Week 33: Getting schooled
As my husband and I walked into our labor and delivery course this past week, you could almost feel the air buzzing with excitement. Lots of couples with their notebooks and pens were sprinkled...
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Week 34: Unchartered territory
This is a monumental week in my pregnancy. For most ladies, being 34 weeks along in pregnancy comes and goes with no real fanfare or excitement. But for me, it is a point that I have waited patiently...
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Week 35: When is it best to nest?
Trying to get motivated to get my nesting on! The big belly makes it sort of difficult though. As I close out on week 35 of pregnancy, I keep waiting for my nesting phase to kick in. Come on...
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Week 36: Going from one to two
As the weeks tick down to the Robertson party of three becoming a party of four, I get more and more focused on my time left with my little 2-year-old tornado, sidekick and only child, Boone. Now,...
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Week 37: To epidural or not to epidural
On the left, Emily talks to her mom to tell her she’s in labor. On the right, she is heavily considering whether to have an epidural this time around. I know what you are thinking … Oh geez, a post...
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And then there were four: The birth of Grace Elizabeth
We have a fourth family member! It is always such a crazy thing to have a baby in your belly one day, and then cuddling her in your arms the next. The week before our little girl arrived, our town got...
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