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Jesus and the Post-Baby Body

By Sharon at She Worships I still remember sitting in that tiny room at the OB’s office, waiting to hear the results of my glucose test. I was at the stage in my pregnancy when I couldn’t get comfortable in…
I Wonder If Mary Had Morning Sickness

By Sharon at She Worships Exactly a year ago today, I received the best news of my entire life. I came home from a dinner out with friends, felt a little funny, and decided to take a pregnancy test. Ike didn’t wan…
Struggling with Contraceptives

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog When I was in high school I was a teen peer educator for 2 years on the issues of safe sex, HIV, AIDS, STDs, date rape, and more through a program called R.E.A.L. (Reaching Educ…
Pregnant Pause: Thoughts on Waiting

By Sharon at SheWorships Today I am 41 weeks pregnant. I took this photo a couple days ago because my belly has gotten so big that I feel just plain silly. To pass the time, I enjoy walking through shopping malls and gi…
Wanna Know What Women Want? Here’s One Answer.

By Sharon at She Worships Shortly after I found out I was pregnant, I joined a website designed to educate and accompany me through the pregnancy process. Like many of these sites, it sends me a weekly e-mail about my b…
Growing Pains are a Happy Pain

By Sharon at She Worships Last week I had a pregnancy scare following our doctor’s appointment. The appointment itself went perfectly fine since everything is as it should be–healthy weight gain, healthy bell…
Are You Ever Afraid of God?

By Sharon at She Worships This week I faced my first real speed bump as a mother-to-be. I failed my glucose test, which means I might have gestational diabetes. For some reason I took the news REALLY hard. Part of the re…
On Adoption and Losing One’s Self During Pregnancy

By Sharon at SheWorships As I have shared in previous posts, I am thrilled to be pregnant and granted the blessing of creating new life, but this journey has also presented me with unexpected challenges. Although I&rsqu…
Skinny Pregnancy: Body Image Issues with a Baby on the Way

By Sharon at SheWorships Now that I am well into my second trimester, I am loving life! No more nausea, no more fatigue, and I am reveling in the euphoria of post-sickness health–you know that feeling when you&rsq…
Prioritizing Marriage and Motherhood

By Sharon at SheWorships I’m not gonna lie, until recently I thought the phenomenon called “pregnancy brain” was a myth. Then I got pregnant, and now I just can’t use my brain the way I did befor…