The Busy Mommy Media Week by Week Pregnancy Guide is a chance for you to track your pregnancy as it happens. Each week will have a main piece of advice regarding what you will mostly be experiencing that week or in the next few weeks, as well as a “word of the week” which will define a word that you will hear a lot but might not fully understand and a buying guide with pregnancy and baby musthaves. This guide is going to focus more on life while pregnant rather than the pregnancy itself. Do not fret, there will be plenty of explanations as to what is going on in your pregnancy, specifically, but remember this is Busy Mommy Media – so this is the Busy Mommy’s Guide to Pregnancy! I plan to fill this guide with all the stuff that I wish I had know my first time around. There are so many topics that no one thinks to tell you about until you are smack in the middle of them. Many of the topics that will be discussed will be easier to take on if you have a chance to plan for them. Also be ready for some humor – because everything is easier with a little laughter. So hold on to your prenatal woes and get ready for the wild ride known as pregnancy!

Please be advised that although I have an extensive background in biology and anatomy (I have a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Sciences from CSU, Fresno), I am not a doctor, OB/GYN or otherwise. I will assure you that I have experienced four pregnancies of my own, been very close to my sister’s three pregnancies, not to mention all of the friends who have been pregnant over the years.  And as I write this I am in the midst of my fourth pregnancy so all topics are fresh in my mind. Your doctor knows what is best for you and your personal situation. It is important that you only use this guide as just that – a guide to help you along the path of a healthy pregnancy.

I also want to point out that whenever OB/GYN is mentioned this is meant to include Obstetricians, Midwives, Gynecologist, Nurse Practitioners and other pregnancy related medical specialists, it is just easier to use this one term.

Week by Week

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7
• Week 8
• Week 9
• Week 10
• Week 11
• Week 12
• Week 13
• Week 14
• Week 15
• Week 16
• Week 17
• Week 18
• Week 19
• Week 20
• Week 21
• Week 22
• Week 23
• Week 24
• Week 25
• Week 26
• Week 27
• Week 28
• Week 29
• Week 30
• Week 31
• Week 32
• Week 33
• Week 34
• Week 35
• Week 36
• Week 37
• Week 38
• Week 39
• Week 40

Please note that each post will be published in order, one per day starting on October 22 and ending November 30. So please check back soon if your week of pregnancy is not published yet.