I originally created How To Be A Pregnant Lady to chronicle my own journey through pregnancy to motherhood. Unfortunately, the trip was cut short, and I miscarried. However, my brief experience with pregnancy and my ongoing experience with miscarriage made me realize just how woefully uninformed many people are about pregnancy and women's bodies.
I also noticed just how frequently pregnant women and mothers - in a society that pays plenty of lip service to them - are mistreated, condescended to, and essentially treated like children themselves rather than the bearers of children. The work that goes into a pregnancy has been trivialized and downplayed by those who don't understand it, and the women who do such work are not thanked nearly as often as they should, but are instead often publicly chastised for their imperfections.
I am trying to use this site to bring attention to the facts, issues, and myths surrounding reproduction, pregnancy, and women's sexuality. I believe that pregnancy deserves respect; and before respect, there has to be understanding. So I am doing my best to start the dialogue that may bring understanding.
I'm also going to continue to use this blog to document my own path to motherhood. My husband and I are currently trying to conceive, which is not as easy to do as they led you to believe in high school!
