I started a random list of pregnancy facts a while ago, and I just thought of another one:
It is much harder to lose the weight after the second baby than it was after the first (at least for me). Almost eight months past, and I am still not back down to pre-pregnancy size. Sigh. The worst part is that there are tons of super-fit new moms around here who run or work out on a regular schedule. I'd just like to be able to wear more of my old clothes at some point.

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I just updated my post about being pregnant during medical school with a list of things I learned or wish I had already known about pregnancy. Now that I am over 6 months out, it doesn't seem so bad anymore. But when I think a little bit more about it, I can totally remember the awful nausea and fatigue in early pregnancy and cringe at the thought of going through that again. But after visiting my friend L's new baby (I posted about her shower gift a few weeks ago), it made me feel like maybe it wasn't as bad as I thought. Funny how adorable babies can cause mommy amnesia so easily.

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I recently wrote a blurb in the med student handbook about having kids in medical school. I didn't really write much about pregnancy except that you have to think about the timing of that as well. Here's an expansion of what my pregnancy experience was like. Read more

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