Pregnancy Archives - Mommy Shorts

11/22/22

The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide With Ideas for Everyone You Know in 2022!

Whatever holiday you celebrate and whoever you are shopping for, you are guaranteed to find a great gift idea in this crazy extensive guide!

10/09/18

51 Ways Pregnancy Changes Your Body that Nobody Warned You About

I asked my readers to describe any unexpected changes that happened to their body from pregnancy. Like peeing when you sneeze or stretch marks in strange places.

04/17/18

For Every Brilliant Gender Reveal, One Gets Ruined

When you mix a pregnant mom, two young kids, and one very important oversized confetti-filled balloon, it’s not hard to guess what happens next.

02/12/18

Hunting for a Unique Gender Reveal

This video combines deer hunting with a gender reveal, which are two things I previously thought would never go together in one sentence. Well, it’s 2018 and I was wrong!

07/19/17

Dad’s Dramatic Reaction to Gender Reveal of Fifth Daughter

I don’t want to make assumptions, especially when unborn children are involved, but I’m guessing Dad probably had his heart set on a boy.

07/13/17

Bouncing Back after Pregnancy

Nobody points out just how unrealistic our post-baby body expectations are quite like Tova Leigh.

07/11/17

Couples Struggling to Conceive are Not Alone

I think every woman struggling to get pregnant can relate to trying to force a smile at someone else’s baby shower.

10/31/16

14 Things Parents Need to Survive their Second Baby

This month’s swag bag doubles as a “Second Baby Survival Kit” with lots of creative gift ideas for moms and dads about to have Baby #2.

09/25/16

You Are Only Allowed to Say One Thing to a Pregnant Stranger

I’ll give you a hint. It’s not, “Are you sure you aren’t having twins?”

05/03/16

All the Hilarious Things Nobody Tells You About Giving Birth

What is with soon-to-be dads and their incessant need for sandwiches???? Even his wife in labor can’t distract a man from his stomach.

04/11/16

This Pregnancy Photo Series is Both Honest and Hilarious

Danielle Guenther isn’t taking pregnancy photos of moms-to-be silhouetted in their bedroom windows. She’s taking them of women barfing in their purse.

04/08/16

A Nervous Mom’s Guide to Surviving Childbirth

None of the books ever actually address the one question every pregnant woman truly wants the answer to: Exactly how terrified should I be about labor and delivery?

03/17/16

Great Grandma Is Already a Great Grandma

This family wanted to surprise Grandma with some big news. She was becoming a Great Grandma! Except Grandma thought she was already a great grandma and missed the message completely.

02/16/16

Pregnancy Needs to be Part of the “Working Parent” Conversation

The second I announced my pregnancy at the office, people started wondering if I would return to work or not. Nobody ever thinks this about soon-to-be dads.

01/15/16

7 Baby Shower Games that Would Really Prepare the Mom-to-Be

Guessing the contents of a baby food jar is good clean fun, but wouldn’t it be nice if baby shower games actually prepared the mom-to-be for what lies ahead? Even if she wishes none of it were true.