Pregnancy — Jenny True: An Excruciatingly Personal Mommy Blog

I'm officially on maternity leave THANK THE FUCKING LORD, and just in time: I'm having all the symptoms of end-stage pregnancy.

PregnancyJenny TrueJuly 19, 2017Crumble, Dessert, Pregnancy, Third trimester Comments

Mom's white soup and the calm before the storm

Ever since I set a start date for maternity leave (two more weeks!), I've had a rush of energy.

PregnancyJenny TrueJune 29, 2017Pregnancy, Soup, Third trimester Comments

Anchovy salad and WTF I'm over this

I am officially over being pregnant. It happened almost overnight.

PregnancyJenny TrueJune 1, 2017Pregnancy, Salads Comments

Meaty pasta sauce and don't mind me, I'm just pregnant

Next week will mark one year together for me and SJ, my donor (by mutual agreement, he is no longer my "provider of intercourse," as he is not providing very much these days).

PregnancyJenny TrueMay 16, 2017Pasta, Pregnancy Comments

Saturday morning crepes and WTF second trimester

A couple Sundays ago, I lay on my back on SJ's bed (fully clothed -- it's not that kind of a transition) and pressed a stethoscope against my belly -- and the baby kicked the stethoscope!

PregnancyJenny TrueMarch 21, 2017Breakfast, Crepes, Pregnancy, Second trimester, WTF Comments

Pesto scrambled eggs, Whitney Houston, and life with SJ

All week I've felt like crying. It feels exactly like the low-grade nausea I had during my first trimester, without the nausea. There's no REASON for me to cry, and I DON'T cry, but I FEEL like crying.

PregnancyJenny TrueMarch 9, 2017Breakfast, Eggs, Pregnancy Comments

Linguine with clams and WTF PREGNANCY MARRIAGE MOVING

I am running on fumes. FUMES, I TELL YOU. In addition to having a full-time job, a part-time job, and a daily commute, this is what I've been doing instead of blogging about millennials, bonding with the heirloom tomato in my uterus, and getting my head around the fact that IN TWENTY-ONE WEEKS I WILL HAVE A SON.

Pregnancy, Most PopularJenny TrueMarch 2, 2017Dinner, Lists, Pasta, Pregnancy, WTF Comments

Perfect cup of tea and pregnancy weight gain as a former bulimic/anorexic

When you're pregnant, all the women who have gone before rally to tell you how their babies ripped apart their vaginas.

PregnancyJenny TrueJanuary 30, 2017Anorexia, Bulimia, Hot drinks, Pregnancy, Rose, Tea Comments

Sweet potato salad and WTF Week 13

And just like that, I'm in the last week of my first trimester.

No more nausea, no more exhaustion. And last week I got great news: The baby is at low risk for major chromosomal defects (which means the baby is at low risk for ABORTION -- lucky baby!), and ... it's a boy!

PregnancyJenny TrueJanuary 17, 2017Dinner, Pregnancy, Salads, WTF Comments

Honey rosemary walnuts and we need to talk about pregnancy sex

The first time I heard about pregnancy sex was in 2004 when writer friend Michelle Richmond published an article on Salon.com called "Oh baby!: Why didn't anyone tell me that pregnancy sex is amazing?"

PregnancyJenny TrueJanuary 2, 2017Nuts, Pregnancy, Sex Comments