Reddit mentions of Pregnancy Day By Day

I just read a couple days ago in my Pregnancy Day by Day book that movement in utero does not correlate with sleeping and waking time after they are born. Also your baby moves both while asleep and awake so just because it's moving doesn't mean it's awake and would be awake at that time after birth.

Pregnancy Day By Day is really cool because it shows you a picture for fetal growth every single day along with information about developments at each stage. It's thick like a textbook, but easy to read and you don't have to read it all. They have the new edition at Barnes and Noble for I think $40, but I just got the older version from Amazon for WAAAY cheaper.

I went to a local walk-in clinic after I got a couple of positive home pregnancy test results (I don't have a family doctor because they're so hard to find here), and then they referred me to a delivery practice. If you know you want to go with a midwife, you can look up practices in your area and contact them--you may have to get on a waiting list.

I'm almost 26 weeks along and some stuff that's really helped me so far, all on the advice from other women around me who are pregnant or have recently had babies:

• If you're not already, you'll probably be exhausted and/or nauseous soon. This will probably pass in a couple of months. My second trimester was awesome.
  
• Bella Bands are the best. They'll let you wear your pre-pregnancy jeans for a lot longer and they'll help you hold up your maternity pants if they're a little to big when you first start wearing them.
  
• Prenatal pilates and yoga are great for helping to stay in shape, curbing back pain and preparing for labor & delivery. I've been using Ana Garcia's pilates dvd and Shiva Rea's yoga dvd and they've both been a real lifesaver for me
  
• Pregnancy Day by Day is a great resource for keeping up with what's going on with the baby. It gives you lots of tips on what you should or shouldn't be doing based on where at with your pregnancy and also explains a lot of what you're going through.
  
• Your abdomen may itch like crazy when it starts stretching, and you'll just have to try different products to see what works for you. I finally came around to using a layer of Mama Bee's oil plus a thin layer of Glysomed hand cream in the morning, and then using the Mama Bee's Belly Balm at night before I went to bed.
  
  It's great that you've started on the prenatal vitamins and cutting out caffeine. Just try to eat as well as you can, exercise, and rest as much as you like. And I think the others are right--it won't be easy to tell your other half, but it's best to do it sooner than later so you can give him more time to deal with it. But definitely tell a couple of other people you're really close to, whether it's your best friend or parents or whatever. You'll want that support whether telling him goes well or not.