new reading...

As you all know, I am an avid reader.  So, it is probably not surprising that I have been getting my hands on everything I can get to read about pregnancy including apps for my phone, books, websites, and blogs.  I wanted to share a few of my favorites with you!


The first thing I downloaded was What to Expect When You're Expecting.  I have always looked at this book and thought that this is the bible of pregnancy.  As I have gotten further into this book, it truly has an abundance of information.  

Another book I recently downloaded is Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul.  I was getting a little tired of reading only books with facts and needed to read more about feelings that we would go through.  This book has been great so far and the waterworks have flowed multiple times as I read people's wonderful stories.  

I also found that I needed to laugh and I needed the whole truth.  So many times I feel like women hold back all of the information because it may be embarrassing or seem like it is inappropriate to tell someone.  But, I like to do my research and I would rather know everything than be surprised because someone wanted to be polite about what actually happens during pregnancy or birth.  So that is how this book came to be on my Nook.  

I absolutely love these apps.  I read them both every day and even downloaded one of them for Andy.  It gives you just enough new information each day to not be overwhelming, but to also fill the craving to know what is happening.  The Baby Center also gives you a checklist each week so that you know what the heck you are supposed to be doing!

Here are some blogs that I was introduced to from one of my bloggiest friends, Hannah.  It has been nice to read real stories of woman going  through pregnancy and having a newborn. 

Words of Williams

Cultivate

e.piph.a.ny

rockstar diaries

The Wiegand's

You should check them out too!

I have definitely needed this new reading and it has been the little thing that gets me through each hiccup or milestone and tells me that everything is normal.  But, one can't bog themselves down with too much reading on one topic, so I am shifting gears a bit to dive into this...