Pregnant With a Cat: The Litter Box and What's Safe
Can you clean the litter box while pregnant? Hand it off if you can; if not, use gloves, scoop daily and wash up. Plus keeping your cat and getting it ready.
The pregnancy experience site
Forty weeks of waiting, honestly.
What these weeks actually feel like and what's genuinely worth doing before the baby comes — from a second-time mom writing mid-bump, with a toddler underfoot and zero interest in scaring you. Can you dig it?
Start with the sleep plan
The 40-weeks arc
Four stops between the two lines and the hospital bag. Snap to yours.
Tri 1 weeks 4–13
The fog, the secrets, the crackers.
Tri 2 weeks 14–27
Showing, kicking, and the 2am questions.
Tri 3 weeks 28–40
Sleep, comfort, and the great shuffle.
Ready almost there
The sleep space, the pediatrician, the plan.
How far along are you?
Fresh from the bump
Mastitis While Breastfeeding: Getting Through the Nights
Mastitis while breastfeeding: keep feeding, use cold not heat, skip deep massage and extra pumping, and plan the nights. Plus exactly when to call a doctor.
Questions to Ask a Doula Before You Hire One
The questions to ask a doula at the interview: training, backup cover, fees, how they work with your OB and hospital, and the second-baby questions people skip.
The 36-Week Appointment: What Happens and What to Ask
What happens at the 36-week appointment: the group B strep swab, the baby's position check, the birth-preferences talk, and the questions worth bringing.
