pregnant

Ingrid & Isabel Women's Maternity Everyday BellaBand, Black, Size One
$26.00
I love my BellaBand. Well into my second semester, I am still able to wear my old pants.

Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth
$12.95
Just as the week by week pregnancy guides have us first time mothers-to-be sleepless with worry about everything that can go wrong, Jenny McCarthy provided some comic relief. I was very isolated from friends and had no mother or sister figures during my pregnancies, so needless to say this book balanced my experience. I found myself laughing out loud while reading, which is rare in the absence of a David Sedaris book.
She pretty much covers the sequence of events and the pros and cons in a conversational tone. I think the experiences and perspective she shares had me looking forward to the inevitable more because I knew I wasn't going it alone.
Now, I buy a copy for every first time mother I know as a gift.
Even though this is an easy, fast read, it's fun and offsets the logical and traditional(boring) girlfriends' guide. Many other books are full of dogma. This resonated more with my personality and honestly-while it's not meant to be your survival guide-it carries its weight in laughs that most of us will share.

ProudBody Pregnancy Belly Painting Kit
$19.99
The paint looks great, until it dries. It chips and looks horrible. It takes forever to apply as well because the paint doesn't want to stay on the skin. I tried painting a pumpkin for halloween. After 4 hours of painting, it looked great, until it dried and began flaking...

Leachco All Nighter - Total Body Pillow - Ivory
$75.00
I bought this pillow around 19 weeks right before I was supposed to stop sleeping on my back. I had been using a body pillow and another pillow behind my back. This worked so much better! It keeps me on my side and I am comfortable. The only reason I am not giving this pillow 5 stars is because the material of the pillow case is a little rough if you are used to sleeping on soft sheets and is a pain to take off of the pillow. Still, a great buy, considering I am usually a stomach sleeper. Oh, and it works fine in a queen bed. I bought this instead of some of the others because I thought they might be too big for a queen.