"So now that I'm pregnant, what do I do?"
Lots!
- Make an appointment with you OB/GYN (go to all your appointments)
- Take daily prenatal vitamins
- Eat healthy
- Read up on the pregnancy and parenting books
- Shopping for maternity clothes
- Start thinking about baby names
- Plan a baby shower (and in general share the news with people you like)
- Get your home ready to house a baby or as some people call it "nesting"
- Consider stretch mark creams (It feels amazing to rub it on, like aloe on a sunburn)
- Make a birth-plan (your doctor can help you with this)
- Put in writing who you will allow to be at your birth and who you will not
- Choose where you want to give birth (some facilities do tours)
- Zero heavy lifting is allowed (time to delegate)
- And stay hydrated (I don't care how often you need to pee drink more water)
Realize that every pregnancy is different. Not just from mom to mom but each time you become pregnant it will be different. Some women are filled with energy while others are completely depleted. It's an emotional time, you may experience highs and lows without external provocation. Foods may be amazing one moment and repellent the next. Your sense of smell will temporarily improve. You're not going crazy you are having a baby.
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