
I'm a mother of three home birthed children. I LOVED being pregnant. Sure, I've experienced morning sickness, sciatic pain, heartburn and other common pregnancy discomforts but in spite of these things I loved it. Because of my outlook it was fairly easy for me, mentally ... but it was not so easy on my body. I walked away from each pregnancy with new “beauty marks”, and carrying each differed to some degree because of my fitness level.
And yep, I'm going to encourage you, dear reader, to refrain from throwing in the towel and letting yourself go during pregnancy. I know, believe me, I know, maintaining good health can be challenging even when we're not pregnant, but hear me out. After all, I got some cred since ...