Week 39 Day 3 - Teenage Pregnancy

8:08pm



My wife stayed home from work today. She didn't get much sleep last night due to what we think is Braxton-Hicks contractions. She was up quite a bit, in pain. She was very uncomfortable. I'm glad I was born a male.


Her work is very understanding, which helps.


I think we have our bags pretty much packed, and ready. One for her, one for the baby's stuff, and one for me, since I will be staying at the hospital as well. My work is already prepared for "the call", if I am at work when she goes into labor. They know that I will be needing a few days off.

I am going to try my hardest to do a sort-of streaming update when she is in labor. Kind of a play-by-play of what's going on. No gross pictures, or little details, but sort of like Facebook "status updates". So make sure you are watching closely for when she goes into labor. I will notify over all my social network pages. Twitter is probably your best bet, because it is easiest to update quickly.


One thing I have been overwhelmed by lately is the amount of teenage girls having babies. I have quite a few followers on Twitter, and Instagram, and most of them are young single mothers. I cannot believe how many 16, 17, 18 year old girls there are out there with children. I just feel bad for them. I know it takes two people to create a baby, but maybe it's the parenting to blame. How are all of these kids having kids?

I also think that society is putting a lot of pressure on young girls to be "hot". More depression, suicide, drug use, than ever, and a lot of it is caused by peer pressure. Peer pressure can also be linked to teen pregnancy. Lyrics of songs are becoming more and more about sex, and degrading of women. Boys listen to this and think that it is normal to be sleeping with girls, with that being the only intention, especially after puberty, which is in the teenage years. These kids are still in high school. They aren't using protection. Their parents have probably never talked to them about the dangers and outcomes of their actions. The saddest part is all of the single young teenage mothers that are left to take care of these innocent babies. Oh, and the mother's families. Because we all know that a 16 year old girl is not working to support that child on her own. I just never knew the extent, and now I have seen it personally. Something that I am going to have to worry about in 15 years when I have a teenage daughter.

 

I am 26, and my wife is 23. I cannot even imagine how my life would be right now if I had a child at 16. They would be 10 years old! I still feel like a kid sometimes....





How would you feel if your child told you they were pregnant in their high school years? What were your parenting techniques that allowed your children to NOT make these mistakes?

 

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Week 34 Day 2 - Twitter Parties

4:31pm


Ok, if you follow me on Twitter, I apologize for being extremely annoying. I have recently found this new phenomenon called a Twitter Party.

Hosts from all over, usually Bloggers, create this sponsored parties, where you talk about a certain brand, or product, and answer questions that they ask. Usually amongst hundreds of other people also following the party. But they giveaway prizes throughout. Many giftcards, trips, even an Electrolux refridgerator. Pretty cool, but an easy way to waste away your whole day. They last an hour, and have about 5 giveaways throughout, on average.

I made sure to clean the whole house before jumping in today. That was everything is done, before I get sucked in. But I didn't win anything :(


It's a great tool to get your name out there, and gain new followers. So if you are a blogger, or just like free things, I suggest looking into these Twitter parties. A good website to find them is @ http://www.mommyblogexpert.com

Got some good videos of the baby moving yesterday. Check this out.

Week 26 Day 2 - Stretch Mark Remedies

9:51am


Baby was really moving around yesterday. It's cool to watch because you can clearly see her moving around in my wife's belly. She said that baby had been sitting at an awkward position for a few days and it was bothering her, and uncomfortable. But yesterday she must have moved around, because she felt better. Whenever I talk to her belly, the baby always moves around, she wants her dad already!!




Yesterday I asked my Twitter followers what they used for stretch marks, because my wife is very afraid of getting them. She has been using the Burt's Bees Belly Butter. I told her she will still be beautiful, whether she gets them or not, and that it wouldn't bother me one bit. Here are some of the responses that I recieved:

• @pregoformenblog all about the Bio Oil :)- at this rate I have been pretty much spared!
  — kristalsmile (@kristalsmile) June 10, 2013

  
  

• @pregoformenblog Palmers "massage lotion" and "tummy butter, intensif treatmen". I use both of them where I have stretch marks. It works!
  — Pregnant Problems ⚓ (@Preg_Problems) June 10, 2013

  
  

• @pregoformenblog I just used vaseline with cocoa butter. No stretch marks for me!
  — Solo Mommy (@_NoDadNecessary) June 10, 2013

  
  

• “@pregoformenblog: Anybody have luck with any stretch mark creams?”Stretch marks are usually based on genetics. If her mom had them she may
  — MILF Paparazzi (@MILFpaparazzi) June 10, 2013

  
  

• @pregoformenblog I soaked in baths filled with vitamin E and coconut oil. Worked for me!
  — TN MILF (@TNMILFxoxo) June 11, 2013

  
  

Thank you Twitter friends!

My wife currently uses this for stretch marks. She doesn't have any yet, could this be the reason?

Alright I have to go drop a contact lens off to my wife at work. Hers ripped or something on her way there this morning. Since I am the best husband there is, I will bring her a new one. (actually it's beautiful outside, and it's a good reason to take out the motorcycle).

Week 25 Day 4 - 5 Motivational Quotes To Live By, 10k Milestone

11:51am


If you look to the right of my page, you should see the "Dad Bloggers" icon. Yesterday I was honored to be added to the group of hand-selected members. Maybe this blog isn't wasting my time after all. I like to think that there is purpose to it, though my wife doesn't see one... Or I should say, DIDN'T.

If you don't already know, she was never interested in this blog, or what I was writing. She read a few posts at first, then told me I was talking too much about myself, and wasn't enough content related to being pregnant. I told her that it was fine(because I am a guy, and I know everything) and that she was wrong. Well, it wasn't really taking off, and people would view it, but wouldn't return for more. Recently, I have started to realize that my readers might want to hear more about our pregnancy rather than what I ate for lunch that day. So I have changed my writing habits, and surprise, surprise; even my wife now reads the blog daily. She said she is impressed by what I say, and that I am going to make a great dad. She is happy to see me so involved. I am not very emotional in person, but I feel like writing lets me say what I wouldn't say out loud. I believe that this is also why today, I hit over 10,000 pageviews. To many, that may seem like nothing. But to me, that's a huge milestone. Especially coming from someone who was always quiet, shy, soft-spoken, and not much of a go-getter. So a big Thank You to everyone who has stopped-by!

My Favorite Motivational Quotes -

• "A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
  -Ayn Rand
• "Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later."
  -Og Mandino  
• "Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward."
  -Victor Kiam  
• "Either you run the day or the day runs you."
  -Jim Rohn 
• "The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
  -Mark Twain

"The Tallest Oak in the Forest, was once just a Little Nut that held it's ground."

Now that you are too motivated to sit home and read blogs all day, follow me on -

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(Did you notice, that I totally contradicted my whole post, by not writing anything about pregnancy? Way to be observant!)

 9:59pm

Just got home from shopping for maternity clothes. Not for me obviously, even though my belly is growing as well.... She got a lot of good deals, but maternity clothes aren't cheap. I recommend a second hand store, you wear the stuff for a couple months, why spend full price? Some people are weirded out about lightly used clothes, but once you wear a new pair of jeans, guess what, it's slightly used now. 

Watching the end of the Blackhawks game, they are up 3-2. They got this.