An interview with a mom!

I wanted to reach out to more of my readers and to try and make more post relate to all the moms out there. But since I am not a mom yet, I am not the one to give advise. So I have deiced to start interviews, I will be interviewing a mom every so often, to make it more ratable to everyone. Today's interview is from Mimi a mom of two adorable kids, Daniel who's 4, and her 9 month baby girl Shira.

CH: Pregnancy has alot of exciting moments, what was thee most memorable moment in your pregnancy?

MS: I was pregnant with my second child and woke up in the middle of the night and felt my baby move for the first time. And I heard my son who was 3 at the time, laughing in his sleep in the next room!
CH: That's so cute! does he always laugh in his sleep?

MS: Never!!

CH: Not all pregnancies are the same, What was the biggest difference between your two pregnancy?

MS: My weight in my first and my knowledge with my second.

CH: After your second pregnancy, if you could have done something different in your first what would it have been?

MS: I would not have watched so much TV and eaten so many tubs of ice cream!

CH: I can relate to that! Was there something useful that you found out about in your second pregnancy that you wish you could have done/known in your first?

MS: That just because you are pregnant, it does not mean you are handicapped. your allowed to excessive, run around and do errands. And your allowed to get yourself a drink without having someone else get it for you. People tend to treat pregnant women as if they cant do anything for themselves anymore, and it rubs off but you need to remember you are capable, to a certain extent, in moderation and do what you can handle.

CH: Very well said! The transition into motherhood can be a very hard time, how was it for you?

MS: Hard, hard and really really hard! But with time it was all worth it!

CH: With all the changes, what was the hardest thing to get use to?

MS: That you will never be number 1 again. Its always the kids, your husband and then you.

CH: Wow that is something to think about! Being a mother of two kids, what are some day to day challenges that you'd think are common?

MS: Juggling it all, I always tell everyone having one kid is playing house, having two kids the game is over! You are officially a mom!

CH: Do you have any useful tips on how you manage to juggle it all?

MS: I try to remember that I do not have to be supermom, its OK to buy takeout and for the house to not be spotless at all times. As long as the kids are dressed, feed and alive at the end of the day, you did your job and you deserve credit for that.

CH: What about if your dressed and feed, does that count for something?

MS: Your lucky if that gets done, so you definitely deserve credit!

CH: What does motherhood mean to you?

MS: EVERYTHING! and an endless love that i never thought even existed.

CH: Kids have a mind of there own, is there something funny you can think of your son told you?

MS: My Daniel who is 4 asked me the other day, if god has a computer in the sky that he keeps in his study.

CH: That's adorable! Motherhood as many amazing moments whats your pride moment?

MS: When my son protects me from the fears he knows I have, like fish and insects. I know i did the right thing by showing him its OK to be scared and it is OK to rely and lean on people when in need.

CH: AW that's amazing! can you give an example on he he would protect you

MS: He is my professional insect killer since I have a major phobia, he would say "Mommy don't come here, ill kill it so your not scared." If he smells fish he would say "Mommy don't come here you will be sad, because you don't like it." Even if i would to say I am scared he would tell me "Mommy don't worry ill save you."

CH: Your son sounds like a great kid!

MS: He is, he is so yummy and loving he has the boggiest heart!

CH: Any helpful tips you have for mothers other moms?

MS: Try to enjoy your kids and to listen to what they want and need from you, and shower them with love and hugs and kisses!

CH: On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the worst) how would you rate your pregnancies?

MS: My first an 8, my second a 4, it was really good compared to my first.

CH: Was the second easier because you knew what to expect?

MS: Yes. It was probably a mixture of knowing and just feeling more comfortable with the whole title of being pregnant.

CH: We all have that someone we go to for advise, who did you go to?

MS: My older sister Leah and my friend Rochel.

CH: What was the best advise they have given you?

MS: My sister Leah is my inspiration! She told me, your kids feel and know when you are sad, happy, angry and annoyed, so always try to keep cool and stay as positive as possible, since you never know how it will affect them.

CH: Wise words!

CH: I have one more question for you. Do you think my blog can help moms and moms to be?

MS: Of course! It is just nice to know that others people are out there going through the same emotions and difficulties as you are, on a day to day basis. I hope your blog reaches all moms and moms to be. And inspire them all to be as strong, healthy and gorgeous like you are xoxo

Thank you Mimi for your time and thoughts.

I hope that you moms out there benefited and are able to relate!

Here's what to look for in up coming posts!!

First doctors appointment!

Babies heart beat!

My no show baby bump!

Memory loss?

Interviews!

Product reviews!

The advantage of exercise!

and much much more!

Happy Motherhood!!

Truth about your pregnancy glory!

Many women look forward to finding out what their pregnancy will be like, I know I tried imagining it so many times. Even at a young age, we would put pillow or a ball in our shirt and say "this is what I will look like when I'm pregnant". But pregnancy is not anything you can imagine until you've gone or your going through it. I have imagine my big round belly, my pregnancy glow, even my pregnancy swag also known as your waddle. I imagined it would be a beautiful time. And was looking forward to that bond between just you and your baby, that everyone talks about. All this is true, it is beautiful and an amazing time and I wouldn't change it for the world. But I want to put a different prospective on it all, the one where most pregnant women feel at some point of there pregnancy.

We've all heard the term pregnancy glow, and we all dream of having it. But when someone tells me I have a glow this is more what I'm thinking.
I hope they mean that glow and not my face is oil again, because my hormones are making me extra greasy.
oh gosh my skin was so dry this morning, did I put on to much cream?
Can they tell I just huffed and puffed up the stairs, am I sweating or something?

When I was in my first trimester and people told me not to worry it will get better in your second, I sometimes wanted to slap them! (hormones much?) My thoughts that ran through my mind were, you think I care about what it will be like in 6 weeks from now? All I want is it for it to be better now!
Is that what you told yourself, and did that help you get through your first trimester?
As soon as my second trimester hit, my expectation were so high, that I was so disappointed. My morning sickness did not get better, I did not get that boost of energy I did not get less tired. If anything it was worst or harder from the expectations I had that your second trimester is easier. (It finally got better at 41/2 months)

The guess what I'm having game that everyone loves to play seem strange, boy or girl? There's really not that many options, I'm not going to deny that I play it as well. But unless my baby is being some kind of alien, when I give birth someone outs there's ganna say I TOLD YOU SO! So everyone can guess all they want, change your mind ten times if you'd like, but I won't change the odds of it being one or the other!
Who loves that feeling when your baby's moves around? I know I do! But how about feeling it for the first time? For me it was freaky.... There a baby/human an alive thing moving inside of me that I can feel! FREAKY!
I do love the feeling and I even eat green apples (it has a lot of sugar) when I want to feel it get really hyper. But no one enjoys when it starts hitting you in ribs or kicked you in the bladder, or my personal favorite, my spin!
You can't forget about, that satisfied feeling when you finally are able to sit up in bed after trying three different ways.
How about that satisfying feeling when you finally made it to the bathroom to pee for the 5th time in the hour?.... Oh wait there is no satisfying feeling!
You drop something on the floor and try to reach it but something/someone's in your way!
Can you tie/zip your shoe or boots? Iv actually been thankful, I found some flexible gymnastic style way of reaching me shoes.
When people ask "does your husband love feeling the baby move"? I replay nicely saying yes, when in reality it took days for him to get it the first time, and well be lucky to do it again. Every time he tried the baby stopped, we always try but it's not as easy as it seems, I think we have to wait till it's gets bigger, to really feel it move.
I kept this one for last who loves the saying "Your bump is adorable, you didn't get fat at all, you look so cute"? Let's break down the sentence
A: My bump is adorable ... I tried so hard hiding it and took hours to find an outfit that wouldn't make it so noticeable, thanx for noticing it.
B: I didn't get fat... Really because the scale says so and I clearly have a belly and I feel huge so... Thanx?
C: Cute ... I look cute? I just spent hours trying to do my hair and make up to be pretty, but I look cute?

Yes pregnancy is a beautiful time, but not always is it so beautiful. And it's ok to feel that way, our body goes through crazy changes and some of us experience some interesting symptoms. Instead of hiding behind your so called 'glory of pregnancy' embrace your not such glorious moment by telling it as a funny story everyone has these moments!

P.s how's your memory?

Tomorrow post will be an interviewing from a mom of two adorable children!

Here's what to look for in up coming posts!!

First doctors appointment!

Babies heart beat!

My no show baby bump!

Memory loss?

Product reviews!

The advantage of exercise!

and much much more!

Happy Motherhood!!

These photos are not my own!

Product review!

Sitting eating lunch I suddenly heard a big bang on my glass sliding door, I thought It was my husband as it's sometimes his way of telling me he's home. But the sound of the keys fidgeting at the lock never came. I started getting a little nervous, so I peeked through all my windows but didn't see anyone there. I called my husband in a little bit of a panic asking if it was him, he had no idea what I was talking about so he stayed on the phone as I checked around. I checked the porch door and found a bunch a little feathers stuck to the glass. Laughing to my husband how a bird have flown into the window!  I suddenly noticed this poor little bird laying there on the ground! I thought it was dead, But as I moved the leaves the bird and I both jump up, but it wasn't flying away. That's when my maternal instincts started  to kick in, I felt so helpless how am I supposed to help a bird? So i made a few phone calls and they helped me out. They told me the birds was just in shock and it should fly away when it feels ready! And that's exactly what it did! :)

The product I want to talk to you about is a maternity belly support belt. I have very bad back pain due to the way I'm carrying, and I have been trying everything to ease the pain. At the big city moms shower, there was this support belt that I tried on, and fell in love right away. I didn't want to take it off, so I bought it. I'm not usually a big believer on thing like this, but this really works wonders! I find that it makes me stand straighter, and back pain during pregnancy has a lot to do with posture. Another reason why it helps for me is because when ever my back hurts it almost feels like I need to push it back Inwards so the belt provides that by its tightness. The belt I bought is a fit splint, it's great, it's thin so you can wear it under clothing and it's not so noticeable. For those of you with back pain I say to invest in one, it works better then my body pillow (which I love as well.)

Other tips for back pain!
Ask a friends, husband or anyone available to massage/rub your back.

Alternate between hot pads and ice packs every 15 minutes.

Do the basic stretching and exercise found in the book 'Wat to expect when your expecting'!

Bend down and lift thing with your feet NOT YOUR BACK (I need to work on this)!

Last but not least:
Take it easy, Shabbas is coming!

Here's what to look for in up coming posts!!

First doctors appointment!

Truth about the glory of pregnancy

Babies heart beat!

My no show baby bump!

Product reviews!

The advantage of exercise!

and much much more!

Happy Motherhood!!

BABY SHOWER!!

Yesterday started out to a great day, I got myself a little makeover from style wigs by Shira https://m.facebook.com/Style.SheitalsandMore?__user=100006992143361 

They did an amazing job dying my wig to the right color for me. I truly recommend them for any of your needs; they were so nice and friendly. I also even enjoyed my time just hanging out there they made me feel very welcomed! Checked them out, give them a try, buy that new wig for yourself that you know you are over due on getting. Tell them I sent you :) 

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I was attending the Big City Moms “Biggest Baby Shower” and how excited I was, I waited anxiously all day for it to finally be the right time to head to city for the 'shower' (the whole name is just too long and a tongue twister). The shower was called for 5:30pm or 6:30pm depending on what ticket you had, my entrance was at 6:30pm. As it got closer to 5pm, I was filled with joy and started counting down the minutes for my friend to get home from work so we could make our way over there. It was 5:20 and we were finally leaving; it was little later than planned but there was enough time to get to the city. But about 15 miles away we suddenly hit traffic, and that 15 mile stretch took us over a half hour to get through! My hormones and my pregnancy anxiousness didn't do well with the traffic, but my friend is pregnant as well and we worked it out quite calmly! 7:20 we finally pull up to our parking spot. We actually got very lucky and were able to park on the street, it was a 20 second walk away from the front door.

Yay, we were finally in! So exited we got to work right away. Running around collecting sample, coupons and entering in to any contest we possibly can. Talking to as many vendors as we can, most of them were supper nice and were thrilled to talk for as long as you'd like about their products, your pregnancy or anything else you had to say. 

I haven't mentioned in my previous posts how I'm carrying pretty small. I have a lot of funny stories and eventually I'll dedicate a post to all of them. But for now just keep it in your mind. As I made my way around, some of the representatives from different vendors weren't sure if I was even pregnant. They couldn't just assume and say something so they casually asked a question, for example if there product was to help back pain they asked do you or did you have back pain during your pregnancy? Very nonchalantly they all came up with creative ways of getting it out of me. And my replay was, "I'm 27 weeks pregnant" (depending how you count that's 7 months already) I intentionally said it because people's reactions are priceless and it never gets old hearing different reactions. 

These are some reactions I have gotten last night:

1: No, you’re 27weeks! I thought you were maybe only 4 months.

2: There's a baby instead of you? But, where?

3: I didn't wanna be rude and talk about you being pregnant because I wasn't sure if you were

4: You sure you’re 27 weeks?

To be honest I actually enjoy the attention! 

The night was coming to an end, as we waiting online to receive our gift bags as we exit. (as if we didn't get enough cool things just walking around collecting samples) we also each got a candy with a number on it that will determine what kind of awesome prize well be leaving with. I got a cute noise maker and my lucky friend received a car seat! I'm not ganna lie, I was a little jealous! But we still each got an awesome massive gift bag filled with really cool things!  Check out the photos on Facebook of the shower and the gift bags here https://m.facebook.com/send_page_invite/?pageid=178498315685928&reference=admin&_rdr#!/profile.php?id=178498315685928&__user=100006992143361

Because people had so many things to carry to their cars, they had a few men to help you bring it out. As two pregnant women, we weren't about to start carrying all of it ourselves, so we took the offer for someone to help. We made sure to ask if we would have any trouble getting back in to use the restroom and we were told we wouldn't have any trouble running back in. But, we did as we made our way back in we were asked where we were headed, so we said the restroom. We weren't in a rush to leave, so we strolled our way there and started to head over to some of the Big City Mom volunteers working the event when we were stopped and harshly told the restroom was “that way” and halfway escorted (almost pushed!) there. I don't think this nasty woman had anything to do with Big City Moms. I think she was more an event planner because she was very concerned about getting everybody out for her next event. Feeling a little bit annoyed we decided to be the bigger person and not mention anything. So was we were exiting we headed over again to talk with Big City Moms when they same women stopped us and said very rudely "Ladies, I was kind enough to let you use the bathroom, you need to leave ...NOW!" Ok, maybe it was my hormones, but I left with tears in my eyes. I would have started to cry but I was too embarrassed! That was the only downside to my night. But, when I got home and opened my gift bag, it made me feel happier!! :)

Here's what to look for in up comming posts!!

First doctors appointment!

Truth about the glory of pregnancy!

Babies heart beat!

My no show baby bump!

Product reviews!

The advantage of exercise!

and much much more!

Happy Motherhood

Glucose test! :s

Guess what exciting thing I got to do yesterday?... I bet all of you were thinking the glucose test right? For all you moms or 24-28 weeks pregnant already you know what this test is. But for those of  you nonpregnant or not 24-28 weeks pregnant yet may not be aware of what it is. The glucose test is performed by drinking this YUMMY orange drink followed by a blood test an hour later. The test is to make sure you haven't developed gestational diabetes during your pregnancy. Although the blood test may not be 100% accurate, so if the blood test reveals any sign of gestational diabetes your doctor will do further testing. 

As I've gotten many different reviews from my fellow pregnant friends about this drink, I didn't know who to believe. Will it really taste like orange soda or will it tastes like some bad orange citrix flavored water. Not knowing what to expect I went all prepared. I brought with me a snack, a straw and I made sure my Iphone was charged for my hour wait. But little did I know that once you drink it there was no eating until the blood test was performed. :( But my straw was very useful/helpful. I recommend to all of you who have to take it in the near future to bring one with you. Instead of trying to gulp down that orange looking thing, I found it was easier to take a few big gulps from the straw. I didn't find the test all that bad, but it wasn't orange soda. And heads up it can make your throat burn and a little nauseous after, or maybe that was just me? But I was very very grateful that I didn't have to perform this earlier on in my pregnancy...... Can you imagine women in the first trimester trying to do this... That wouldnt work out so well!! :s

As I spent my hour waiting I enjoyed it on Facebook, Instagram and texting. But you can be more creative and bring a book, magazine or whatever will help you with past the time. Some doctors may even give you the drink at your previous appointment, so you can spend your hour in the comfort of your home. But set a timer to make sure you're at the doctor by an hour because the blood test is time sensitive. 

Good luck to those of you will be performing the test in the near future! 

This what the drink looks like! check out my pretty straw :) 

I will be heading to the Big City Moms biggest baby shower tonight and can not wait to share with you my experience!! http://babyshower.bigcitymoms.com/BCMBabyShowerDetails.html

Here's what to look for in up comming posts!!

First doctors appointment!

Truth about the glory of prenancy!

Babies heart beat!

My no show baby bump!

Product reviews!

The advantage of exercise!

and much much more!

Happy Motherhood

What happened to summer?

When I woke up for my third wake up call in the middle of my sleep it was around 5:45 am. I looked out the window and thought I was still sleeping the white things falling from the sky couldn't have been snow?! As I was trying to fall back to sleep all I can think of is how time had flown and where has summer gone? Trying to remember what I did this summer I suddenly remembered how I did absolutely nothing.... depressing huh?
My spring ended with exciting news that I was pregnant. But the exciting news turned very quickly into weeks and weeks laying in bed waiting for the first trimester to be over. As I was waiting for my morning sickness to pass, I was also sleeping away those good summer days!
I don't know if I can say I had it worse then most people but from my own point of view I had it pretty bad. I literally slept every day, all day! Refusing to leave my bedroom because that oh so awful smell my kitchen had, no matter how many times the cleaning lady cleaned it, it just had a food smell that just didn't work well with me! I have no idea what my husband ate or did for that matter this summer. I didn't let anything be cook, fried or baked in my kitchen. Anything he wanted to eat he had to get else where. My diet didn't consist of anything my kitchen was needed for. All I ate was watermelon and gluten free pretzels and occasional toast (I have an allergy to gluten) watermelon was to keep me hydrated and pretzels was to try and help me get those few minutes of nausea free moments. As you can tell from the amount of food I ate the pounds started to come off (I lost 12 pounds!) But don't worry my doctor told me it was all normal and my baby was fine going through this with me! So I guess the way I handled moring sickness was by sleeping, crying, gagging and many other unpleasnt thing and just waited and waited for it to have past and it finally did at 4 1/2 months!
My summer came and went and now its almost winter. Or can we call it winter since the weather seems to have decided it is already? So bundle up and lets hope the cold winter will come and go as fast as it can!

Here's what to look for in up comming post!!
First doctors appoinyment!
Truth about the glory of pregancy!
Babies heart beat!
My no show baby bump!
Product reviews!
Advantage of exercise!
And much much more!

Happy motherhood!!

I am so excited!!

I'm so excited to be starting this blog and to share with you my journey 2 motherhood!

Let me start off by telling you a little about myself and why I started this blog!

For staters my name is Chumy Herman and I'm pregnant with my first! :)

I am 26 weeks pregnant and I can not wait to meet my little one! :)

I am one of 12 siblings and me and my twin sister are the babies of the family! We are 8 girls and 4 boys!

My sisters have made it so much easier and so much more fun to go through this journey. And I have lots of stories to tell. I'll probably mention my sisters a lot in my posts, so this a a fair warning to my loving sisters :)

xoxo love you all

I started this blog because ever since I became pregnant my world has completely turned upside down! In SOO many ways for the good. But for those of you who experienced pregancy before knows its not all that glorious at times. So what I would like out of my blog is to tell the truth, the good and the not all that good about the pregancy journey! I found some great ways for me to cope with all that pregancy has to offer! One way was by talking about it, so I'm hear to express with you all my lovely emotions my pregnancy has given me.

Another way I found helpful was reading/researching about pregnancy and what I should expect from it. So me, Google and my book 'what to expect when your expecting' have been really tight friends through this journey! I cant wait for all of you to continue on this journey with me!!

Here's what to look for in up coming post!!

How I dealt with morning sickness!

Me being over dramatic!

First doctors appointment!

Truth about the glory of pregnancy!

Babies heart beat!

My no show baby bump!

Product reviews!

And much much more!!

Happy motherhood!!!