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Also Known As...the Wife

 Jennifer ― http://akathewife.com

Adventures in marriage, the military, South Jersey and now parenthood.

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Listed: Dec 27, 2011

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I Worried About the Wrong Thing

Also Known As...the Wife ― When I found out I was pregnant with Jack, I had a lot of concerns: added expenses, how this would affect my new job, would I be able to lose the baby weight again, and how would I manage two kids. With Tim in the Army, he’s guaranteed to be...

Tags: Parenthood, Flying Solo, Toddlerhood Is Grand

Jennifer ― 11 hr ago

Getting to Know You

Also Known As...the Wife ― My biggest concern with adding a new member to our family wasn’t how I was going to manage two kids but how those two kids were going to interact with one another. I was really worried that Sophia would become jealous and resentful once we...

Tags: Parenthood, Jack, Siblings, Sophia

Jennifer ― 5 days ago

State of the Weight Wednesday: Week 1

Also Known As...the Wife ― It took me about six months after Sophia was born to realize breastfeeding was not going to take me all the way back to my pre-pregnancy weight and shape like I had hoped it would. I came to the sad realization I was going to have to put actual...

Tags: Uncategorized, Exercise, State Of The Weight Wednesday

Jennifer ― 6 days ago

Recovery

Also Known As...the Wife ― Do you know what happens when you deliver a ten pound baby in under fifteen minutes? Your tailbone suffers the consequences. Seriously. I haven’t been able to sit down correctly in two weeks. When I woke up the morning after delivering and...

Tags: Jack, Parenthood, Postpartum Recovery

Jennifer ― 1 week 4 days ago

Here’s Jack!

Also Known As...the Wife ― I almost can’t believe it’s taken me ten days to write this post but then I remind myself I have two kids now and that actually keeps one pretty busy. When I last left posted I was completely flabbergasted that I was 5 centimeters ...

Tags: Jack, Parenthood, Birth Story, Labor And Delivery

Jennifer ― 2 weeks 2 days ago

Oh For F*ck’s Sake!

Also Known As...the Wife ― So yesterday I was all “woe’s is me I’m still pregnant and I’ll have to have the induction talk with the OB tomorrow”. Sure enough I woke up pregnant again this morning and headed out for my appointment. I’ll ...

Tags: Baby 2.0, Pregnancy, Induction, Over This

Jennifer ― 3 weeks 6 days ago

Defeated

Also Known As...the Wife ― So this is still going on. And I feel like I’m repeating history all over again; a history that I would really like to avoid. Last time I took it all in stride and tried to laugh about it but when I woke up this morning still hugely pregnant ...

Tags: Baby 2.0, Pregnancy, 40 Weeks, Feeling Sorry For Myself, Induction

Jennifer ― 4 weeks ago

39 Weeks

Also Known As...the Wife ― Any day now. At least that’s what the OB’s office has been telling me since last week and my OB’s shock was apparent when she saw that I was even there for my appointment today; she had assumed with the progress I had made I ...

Tags: Baby 2.0, 39 Weeks, Baby 2.0, Jack

Jennifer ― 4 weeks 6 days ago

Crunching the Numbers on Nursery #2

Also Known As...the Wife ― Like I said in my last post about the nursery, I had a really difficult time coming up with inspiration for Jack’s room. You would think with the gift of Pinterest I would have been drowning in ideas and I think that was just it…there...

Tags: Pregnancy, Jack, Nursery

Jennifer ― 5 weeks 4 days ago

Kid-less and Fancy Free

Also Known As...the Wife ― Wheee!!! Today is Wednesday #3 that I have been kid-free for the entire day. It has also been by far the best of those three Wednesdays. I’m thoroughly enjoying my time off and getting to spend it with Sophia every day. We’ve fallen ...

Tags: Parenthood, Kid-free, No Guilt, Pregnancy, Sophia

Jennifer ― 5 weeks 6 days ago

A Baby Boy’s Nursery

Also Known As...the Wife ― I’m not going to lie…I had a very difficult time decorating this room. As soon as the ultrasound tech confirmed he was in fact a he my brain just went blank. I grew up with a little sister and even though we were tomboys and played ...

Tags: Pregnancy, Baby 2.0, Nursery

Jennifer ― 6 weeks 2 days ago

My Minimalist Hospital Bag

Also Known As...the Wife ― Last pregnancy, I think I had my hospital bag packed by thirty-six weeks…and it just sat there for five more weeks thanks to someone who didn’t take the eviction notice seriously enough. In those five weeks that I just stared at my...

Tags: Pregnancy, Baby 2.0, Hospital Bag Packing List

Jennifer ― 6 weeks 5 days ago

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