the belly

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-10-25T06:59:54-05:00October 25th, 2012|Jonah, My Family, Uncategorized|

After only having one photo of me pregnant with Teagan Jude, I tried to do better this pregnancy. I didn’t break out the good camera to take belly pics, my iphone was just easier. They aren’t great pics, but they are good enough and document that I was in fact pregnant and growing! This pregnancy has been so different in so many ways. The biggest thing (outside of not being sick once instead of the entire 9 months) was not having a lot of weight gain. I gained 60 lbs with each of the other kids during pregnancy. This time, not even a quarter of that. That has made things so much easier. It’s been hard to watch my body […]

birth memory lane

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-10-20T17:32:40-05:00October 20th, 2012|Jonah, My Family|

I decided to sort through and search for some photos of my kids at their births today. Man, each feels like yesterday but it simply couldn’t have been.

I have limited photos of Ty thanks to hurricane katrina, but this has always been my favorite. Forgive the weird frame and text, this is the only digital version I have on my computer. His birth was amazing and SO much fun.

And Taryn, oh Ms. Taryn. She told us a lot about herself on the day she was born. Slow to warm and spunky….23.5 hours of labor. I remember Ty being so excited. He had waited 8 years for a sibling and it was […]

I’m not a fan of “due dates”.

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-10-19T12:41:42-05:00October 19th, 2012|Jonah, My Family|

I’m not a fan of “due dates”. I haven’t been since long before this pregnancy. Working in the birth industry, I feel they do more harm than good. I wish they passed out “due months” instead. Doesn’t that sound so much better? It’s really all just an estimate anyway. And picking one date, it seems silly to me. And it puts a lot of pressure on the mom. The medical community uses it as an end all way to often and it frustrates me. All moms and babies are different.

I’ve been apprehensive to share my due date publicly and cringe every time someone asks online or in person. I realize it’s a harmless question each and every time it is […]