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#Avocado in Pregnancy: Second Trimester
ladywellcare111 · 1 year
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Avocado in Pregnancy: Benefits and Side effects | Avocado During Pregnancy
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Avocado is a highly beneficial fruit for pregnant women due to its rich nutrient profile. Packed with essential vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, and dietary fiber, avocado in pregnancy provides numerous advantages. They are an excellent source of folate, a crucial nutrient that helps prevent congenital disabilities and supports the healthy development of the baby’s neural tube. Avocados are also…
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xstarsdiary · 7 months
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guys I haven’t even watched the fnaf movie yet cause I’ve been so busy but I’m already so obsessed with Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt 😫 I also have the worst case of baby fever so I knew that I had to write this straight away.
not avatar related but i seriously just needed to get this out my system.
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Imagine Mike having a pregnant s/o who is in the second trimester of pregnancy as is just so needy for him all the time..
𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 : pregnancy sex, pregnant reader, teasing, pet names, unprotected p in v, slight fingering, barely any foreplay, masturbation, breeding kink, light spanking, creampie, aftercare, kisses & cuddles at the end ☺️
𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 : mike schmidt x pregnant reader
𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 : 2.2k
𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 : bit rushed at the end, 𝐦𝐝𝐧𝐢 𝟏𝟖+
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You feel so deprived. Deprived of your husbands touch. Deprived of his praising words in your ear. It’s torture. Months and months without any release has left you stressed and touch starved, the need to be filled up and stuffed with cock worsens everyday.
For the first few months of your pregnancy you felt nothing but sickness and exhaustion, wanting nothing more than to lay down and sleep all day. Now that you’re in your fifth month of pregnancy and your morning sickness has stopped you’ve been a lot more productive, cleaning more, cooking more, you’ve even started to make your husband meals for when he has his night shifts.
The only downside now is your so fucking needy. All you need is to be filled, pumped full with your husbands seed all over again but you’ve just been to shy to ask, too shy to make any moves.
That was until tonight. Your husband had the night off work and so he had taken the opportunity to go late night grocery shopping. He made sure that you gave him a list so that he doesn’t forget anything, remembering the last time he had gone shopping for you and forgot to get three avocados instead of two. That day was an absolute shit show.
You had been pumping your fingers in and out of yourself, tears flowing down your cheeks and your body hurting as you struggled to even reach over your growing bump. You’re now desperately chasing your climax, your fingers not long enough to reach that spongey spot inside of you nor thick enough to pleasure you.
You huff as you change positions, now kneeling on the soft mattress with messed up blankets and pillows surrounding you as you mindlessly grind against your fingers, letting out a lewd moan and sigh of relief as you begin to feel that familiar knot tighten.
With tears building up in your eyes all over again and small whimpers leaving your lips, you hastily chase your sweet release. You feel so so close, inches away from pure ecstasy before-
“Fuck!” Your loud cry can be heard from the other side of the house as you hear the front door slam shut. You quickly get up from the bed, holding back sobs as you cry over your failed orgasm. You were so fucking close, so close to snapping before you heard your husband come home, ripping your orgasm away from you.
Footsteps get louder as your husband nears your shared bedroom, calling out your name with worry laced in his tone. He heard your shout.
Your still a crying mess, stood in nothing but a thin, loose blue tank top as you watch the door burst open, your husbands eyes widening with worry at the scene in front of him.
His eyes trail your body, taking in your naked bottom half as he sighs, noticing the shiny slick practically dripping down your plump thighs. He silently walks towards you, taking you into his arms as you let yourself cry.
“What is it? What do you need, pretty girl? Hm?” He knew exactly what you needed. You needed to be pumped so full of his seed until you become pregnant all over again.
Your a blabbering, hiccuping mess as you try to speak. “I need- huap! I need you s..so bad!” Your cries almost break his heart as he rubs small circles into the small of your back, pretending not to notice the wet patch on his clothed leg which in situated right in between your thighs.
Mike lets out a small “tsk”, gently tugging the hairs on the nape or your neck as he pulls your head away from his chest. Your face is a flushed red and all glossy with tears and for some reason the sight of you like this creates a funny feeling in his stomach as he feels himself begin to harden.
“Please Mike, please..” You plead, pulling at the hem of his shirt with one hand and feeling up his chest with the other. You’re no longer shy anymore. You just need his dick now. That’s all you can think about.
Mike makes no other movements, continuing to play with the hairs on the nape of your neck and gently rubbing circles on your bare hip with his thumb. “How long have you been like this?”
You let out a whine as you become impatient, tears still flowing out of your eyes and fogging up your vision. “Too long! Just please. I really need you!”
As soon as you say those words Mike decides that you’ve both waited long enough, practically ripping off his shirt as your dainty fingers unbutton his jeans. One of his hands move to wrap around you, supporting your weight as the other rests on your bump, slowly lowering you down and onto the bed.
Your light moan gets stuck in your throat when he moves back up to pull down his boxers, his hard cock springing out and slapping his lower stomach. A bead of pre-cum leaks out of his tip and drips down his length causing you to gulp and nearly drool at the sight.
Mikes hands move to your thighs, spreading your legs agonisingly slowly as you stare into each others eyes. The second his fingers touch your neglected, dripping cunt you let out a breathy moan, flinching at the contact as he rubs his index finger between your glossy folds. His touch feels like heaven. It feel so ethereal, like you’ve truly been blessed.
“So fuckin’ wet..” He’s now spreading your lower lips with his fingers, groaning at your pretty pussy on display all for him. He prods his middle finger at your hole as you mewl, slightly dipping the tip of his finger in before pulling it back out, a trail of your slick stringing in between you and his finger as he moves to rub small, gentle circles onto your clit.
“Ngh- fuck!..” your hips instinctively buck against his hand, relishing in the feeling of him finally pleasuring you after so long. He uses his free hand to push down your hips, making sure not to use to much force but also making sure you stay still.
His middle and ring fingers slide into your drenched cunt easily with a loud squelch, the sound of your own pussy driving you crazy. “Oh, Mike..” His fingers feel so fucking good, better than yours ever could as he scissors you open.
You know that you don’t need the foreplay, you’re already wet enough. Yet you let him continue for just a bit longer, letting out soft moans as you feel yourself getting even more aroused, your slick dripping down his fingers.
“Mike..” Whining, you squirm away from his fingers, tears brimming in your eyes at the empty feeling once he pulls them out. You inhale a deep breath as his raspy voice comes out, his breaths slightly shallow as his dick stands painfully hard against his pelvis.
“What is is, baby?” Fuck his voice is hot. His tone nearly makes you cum on the spot. “I don’t need- just fuck me now, Mike.”
His brows raise in surprise at your demand before a smirk appears on his face. In a heartbeat he has you on your hands and knees, now kneeling behind you on the bed as he rubs his pink tip between your folds, using your slick as lubricant before slowly sliding himself inside of you, making sure you feel every inch of him against your walls.
“Ahh~ fuuuuck..” Your voice quivers at the feeling of being so unbelievable full, getting even more stretched out by the girth of his cock. You can feel him rub and push against your sweet spot, emitting a loud pornographic moan out of you.
One of Mike’s hands rest against your plush hip, the other landing a light smack to your ass, a stinging pain shooting through you as you curse. “Shh.. i got you, i got you.” He assures you, a moan getting caught in his throat as you push yourself further against his pelvis, begging for him to go deeper.
He gently pulls your body up so that your back is against his chest, so that you’re now kneeling on top of him. One of his hands rests on your jaw, slightly tilting your head back as the other stays gripping your hip. Your hand moves behind you to grab a fistful of his hair, your mouth agape and breaths uneven as your other hand rubs small circles onto your bump.
His first few thrust are experimental, testing your reaction, making sure that your comfortable and happy sitting on his cock all pretty like this. This was your first pregnancy and so the pair of you had never had pregnant sex before, Mike made sure to be extra gentle and patient with you as you meet his thrusts, grinding down on him.
“Oh- shitt..” He grunts, his scalp burning as you tug harder on his hair, now bouncing on him to the best of your ability. He can already feel himself getting close, but I mean after months of of not being able to be inside of you he’s sensitive, almost like a virgin and has a big load waiting to be released so who could blame him for not lasting long.
He’s not mad at himself though, no. He can tell your the exact same, so close to already cumming all over his dick, he can tell by the way your walls are clenching around him and your bounces are getting sloppier and uneven.
“Mm.. Mike I- I’m gonna..” your a breathless, moaning mess at this point, the only thing keeping you upright was Mike’s hands holding you up.
“Gonna come?” He whispers, his breath tickling your neck, dragging you closer and closer to the edge. You vigorously nod, gathering up the strength to bounce faster and harder on his twitching cock, “mmmhhfff, ah-nngh” You can’t even form any words properly as you can feel yourself about to snap.
Your orgasm is like a wave at the beach, pulling back and forming before it crashes down, and when it crashes- it fucking crashes.
The second Mike’s fingers rub at your small bundle of nerves you snap. Your vision going white and mind foggy as you convulse around him, legs shaking and back arching against his stomach. “Mike- Mike- Mike- Mike- Mike!” You chant his name over and over again, unable to think of anything or feel anything but your stomach tightening and pussy clenching around him as he continues to drag his cock in and out of you, keeping your orgasm going for as long as possible as you cry out, tears flowing down your cheeks once again.
“Fuck! M-ikee!!” Your words are broken as you blabber, now overstimulated as he continues to rub your clit and pump inside of you, his thighs clapping against the back of yours and your slick making mess everywhere.
He’s so close. You can feel his dick twitching and throbbing inside of you, his load threatening to spill. “Hold on, baby.. you can take it a bit longer yeah princess?”
In all honesty, you don’t think you can. You can already feel another orgasm approaching you, this one bigger than the last. “Fuck! I’m gonna come all inside of you, hm? Fill you up with a whole ‘nother baby.” He manages to grunt out as his thrusts become sloppy and slower.
“Please! Please! Please! Please!!” You cry out once again as your second orgasm washes over you, your eyes foggy and pussy overstimulated.
Mike’s mind goes haywire as you clench around him, clenching so right that it finally tips him over the edge and into his own climax. “Shiiitt, fu-uuck…” You can feel his warm, sticky cum fill you up, your juices now mixed together as he slowly pumps into you a couple more times before gently pulling out, looking down over your shoulder and watching as his seed drips out of your used cunt.
The straps of your loose blue tank top have fallen down, revealing one of your breasts and peaky nipple to him as he gives it a gently squeeze, a sigh leaving your lips.
Mike lifts you to move you onto your back before laying you back down on the bed, crawling on top of you as your lips meet in a passionate kiss. You’re sore and dirty now, both of your liquids all over your cunt and thighs. You let out a soft whimper as Mike moves away from the kiss, silently putting fresh boxers on before walking into the bathroom, shortly coming back with a damp cloth and a new pair of underwear for you.
You smile at the sight, your husband was always so caring and attentive when it came to aftercare, always making sure you were clean and comfortable. You wince as the cloth meets your sensitive heat, Mike whispering soft praises that you can barely catch as he ever so gently cleans you up before sliding your panties onto you.
It wasn’t much longer until the pair of you were cuddled up in bed, wrapped in your warm grey blanket with the nightlight on as a random movie played on the television. You were pressed up against his side, your head resting on his bare chest as your baby bump pressed against his hip.
“I love you so fuckin’ much baby..” were the last words you heard before you drifted off into a peaceful slumber, the warm presence of your husband making you feel safe and secure.
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queryaid · 11 months
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Sure, here is a week-by-week fruit comparison of how big your baby is during pregnancy:
Week 4: Poppy seed Week 5: Sesame seed Week 6: Lentil Week 7: Blueberry Week 8: Kidney bean Week 9: Grape Week 10: Kumquat Week 11: Fig Week 12: Lime Week 13: Peapod Week 14: Lemon Week 15: Avocado Week 16: Peach Week 17: Pear Week 18: Ear of corn Week 19: Mango Week 20: Banana Week 21: Zucchini Week 22: Cantaloupe Week 23: Honeydew melon Week 24: Watermelon Week 25: Butternut squash Week 26: Acorn squash Week 27: Pumpkin Week 28: Head of lettuce Week 29: Turkey Week 30: Roast chicken Week 31: Salmon Week 32: Newborn baby
Please note that these are just approximations, and the actual size of your baby may vary. However, this can be a fun way to visualize how your baby is growing and developing.
Here are some additional things to keep in mind about your baby's size during pregnancy:
The size of your baby will depend on a number of factors, including your own height and weight, the number of babies you are carrying, and your baby's genetics.
Your baby's size will also fluctuate throughout your pregnancy. They will grow the fastest during the second trimester, and then their growth will slow down in the third trimester.
It is important to remember that your baby's size is not a predictor of their health. A small baby can be perfectly healthy, just as a large baby can be perfectly healthy. HOW BIG IS YOUR BABY? WEEK-BY-WEEK FRUIT COMPARISON
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cystercarepcos · 11 months
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PREGNANCY WITH PCOS
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a health problem that affects 1 in 10 women of childbearing age. Women with PCOS have hormonal imbalance and metabolism problems that may affect their overall health and appearance. PCOS is also a common and treatable cause of infertility.
Can you get pregnant with PCOS ?
Yes. In women with PCOS, the hormonal imbalance interferes with the growth and release of eggs from the ovaries (ovulation). If you don’t ovulate, you can’t get pregnant. Your doctor can talk with you about ways to help you ovulate and to raise your chance of getting pregnant.
Five Major complications of PCOS.
MISCARRIAGE: Women with PCOS are three times as likely to miscarry in the early months of pregnancy as are women without PCOS
PREECLAMPSIA: Preeclampsia usually begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy in women whose blood pressure has been normal. Women who have chronic hypertension can also get preeclampsia.
PRETERM BIRTH: Preterm birth is when a baby is born too early before 37 weeks of pregnancy have been completed. Having PCOS was associated with greater odds of having a singleton preterm delivery
CESAREAN :Pregnant women with PCOS are more likely to have C-sections because of the pregnancy complications associated with PCOS, such as pregnancy-induced high blood pressure. Because C-section delivery is a surgical procedure, recovery can take longer than recovery from vaginal birth and can carry risks for both the mother and infant.
GESTATIONAL DIABETES: It usually occurs during the second and third trimester. Gestational diabetes can cause problems for both mother and child, but the risks can be reduced if identified early.
What are the chances of getting Pregnant with PCOS?
Although it is not hard to get pregnant, 70% women with PCOS struggle to get pregnant. This is likely because they aren’t ovulating, are ovulating sporadically, or don’t have enough progesterone naturally to support pregnancy in its early stages. Getting pregnant with PCOS involves some of the same steps that women without PCOS should take for a healthy pregnancy.
Have your weight and body mass index (BMI): Your BMI shows whether you have a healthy body weight and how much of your body composition is fat. If you are carrying extra weight, talk to your doctor about how much weight you need to lose before you get pregnant.
Start a healthy diet and exercise plan: Get into the habit of choosing healthier food choices and being more active.
Track your periods.: This helps you make a better guess about which days of the month you are more likely to get pregnant.
Check your blood sugar levels: Your blood sugar levels are important in getting pregnant, having a healthy pregnancy, and even in your baby’s future health.
LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION:
Having a healthy lifestyle is of utmost priority to get regular periods and ovulation, that is helpful in getting pregnant.
When it comes to PCOS, having a healthy and balanced diet can only help to alleviate symptoms and prepare your body for a healthy pregnancy.
✓ Eggs with lentils, spinach, and avocado
✓ Foods that are high in fiber like apples, berries, and grapes
✓ Whole oats or oatmeal
✓ Fish with brown rice and green vegetables
Yoga for PCOS:
Yoga has been shown to be especially effective in improving fertility and PCOS. It helps restore hormone balance, and can even help increase blood circulation to the pelvic region.
Ovulation induction:
For those who after weight loss still are anovulatory or for anovulatory lean women, ovulation induction to reverse the anovulation is the principal treatment used to help infertility in PCOS. letrozole and clomiphene citrate is the first-line treatment in sub fertile anovulatory patients with PCOS.
In vitro fertilization:
If medications and Fitness don’t help you get pregnant, your doctor may recommend IVF treatments. Most women with PCOS have a 20 to 40% chance of getting pregnant with IVF treatment.
Metformin in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome:
The state of evidence on the efficacy of metformin, used either alone or in combination with clomiphene citrate in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, by examining three outcomes: ✓ovulation
✓pregnancy
✓live birth
Using all available evidence, this meta-analysis suggests that metformin increases the likelihood of ovulation and, in combination with clomiphene, increases the odds of both ovulation and pregnancy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
For more information, check out
How can CysterCare medical providers help you with fighting PCOS and Infertility?
Our diagnosis procedure (if requested) includes a thorough medical examination on the effects of PCOS on your ability to become pregnant. Our gynecologists along with our extremely skilled nutritionists, fitness trainers, psychologists will be able help you conceive, by beating the odds posed by PCOS and its associated symptoms. So what are you waiting for? Sign up for a free consultation and embark on the journey to reverse this PCOS and start your blissful pregnancy journey!
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stuckybarton · 3 years
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Dad!Loki with twins? (maybe a girl and a boy)
Ohhh, this will be fun, full of mischief (pun intended), and so much headache for Loki and for the mother of the twins! This will be my first HC so bear with me okay it's gonna be long? i don't know half of what I'm doing here. Hahhahaah. Thank you for the request! <3
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DAD!Loki Be Like:
Let's start when he found out you were pregnant
He was besides himself. Tears brimming his eyes as you showed him the positive pregnancy test. Several if we’re gonna be specific.
After so long, you can finally start a family together
Surprisingly, with Thor's help and even Bruce, that didn't know what was going on, found themselves in the bookstore, finding anything and everything there was book-related to pregnancy and expecting.
You'd be definitely sure he's gonna read every single book, down to the last page.
He would skip missions whenever an upcoming doctor's appointment was looming in the corner.
both of you decided not to find out the gender, one big surprise to say the least
Shopping for baby stuff
Everything in GREEN!! Army Green, Mint Green, Avocado Green, you name it, Loki thought it was a good color for the baby (*ehem* bias *ehem*)
Your doubts about your growing body becoming too ugly because of the stretchmarks? Boom. Loki is there to prove you otherwise in every way, shape, and form he could just to make you see how gorgeous you were in his eyes.
Your cravings, were always sated even in the dead of night. if it wasn’t Loki, it was FRIDAY helping you out in ordering
Loki tried his best to hide the disgust for your choice of food, Midgardian Food was already something he doesn’t enjoy, but to see even the rest of the team bewildered at you dipping pineapple in either mustard or mayo, it was a small price to pay to see the smile on your face as you enjoyed your meal.
On your second trimester, everyone was in disbelief for your far too large stomach. It wasn't much of an insult of you being larger, but rather, how rapid you stomach was becoming in what was supposed to be expected at the time.
Loki grows worried. His Frost Giant heritage coming back to haunt him
Both traditional doctors at the compound and Asgard healers had assured the two of you that it wasn't at all as bad as Loki believed it would be.
It was your time to assured your silly husband that everything was going to be alright throughout.
then the day finally came
like a ghoul in the middle of the night, as the two of you snuggled into the bed you shared, you felt something wet overflow between you legs.
ALL HEL BROKE LOOSE
While following the instructors' breathing technique throughout the contraction, it took you a whole minute to calm Loki down as he stumbled in finding your bag.
It took another for him to finally let FRIDAY know you were finally in labor.
One of the many perks of the Compound's State-of-the-art facilities and Tony Stark's money to be more specific, your doctor was on call and ready for you as Loki had carried you to the operating room.
For the next few hours it was screaming, begging the high heavens, and threatening to castrate a certain God for letting you endure all of this.
But at the sound of the lungful scream, you were placed at ease.
A daughter.
Frida Lokidottir. after his adoptive mother's name
You had thought everything was over as you watched your daughter get cleans and Loki finally letting go of both of your hands
BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER MORE PROMINENT CONTRACTION
"Oh, I see the head of the second one."
Second one?
A wide eyes look at Loki, both of you shared. You were having twins.
It wasn't as brutal or as long as the first one, but in another half an hour or so, another scream could be heard. A baby boy.
Thorsten Lokison, after his adoptive brother's name.
All the excitement Loki had had somehow magically vanished as the doubt planted their seeds in his head.
you were quick to assured him
with that little smile of yours that made him fall in love.
he was assured that he will mess up, but you were there to help him out in the long run.
Frida and Thorsten were the Apple of the Avengers Eye.
Tony and Clint were still questioning how it was possible for the twins to look so normal. Nat and Steve were quick to scold them for their words.
But they were not wrong after a few months.
Blue slowly started to tint their skin. You feared it was cold, but Thor and Loki had come to realize it was the Jotun blood finally showing.
Avatar Babies was what Tony had dubbed the twins. Much to Loki's annoyance and your amusement
Frida was was a menace when it comes to most of the Avengers. Always puking or pooping whenever any of the Avengers took hold of her.
Loki can't say he isn't proud of his baby girl.
Thorsten was more quiet and prefered to constantly be in the arms of four people only; his parents, Thor, and Bruce Banner.
This had both scared the Doctor and proud to be such an exception.
if it wasn't the four, well, let's just say it's best to make sure he doesn't learn how to wield a weapon in his growing years.
Loki was an attentive father; vowing not to make the same mistake as his father Odin had done during his childhood.
From changing the diapers to feeding them in the middle of the night, Loki had become an expert at being a father faster than would had mastered motherhood.
It took him six months, before the team had forcibly had him return to missions with the team.
Loki had almost developed separation anxiety because of it.
But you had constantly assured you could handle things back in the compound, it was either Valkyrie, Jane, or Darcy keeping you company. There was even a time when Doctor Strange had stopped by to check on the twins
He had become more careful during missions, something everyone in the team had noticed.
when questioned by one Clint Barton, what was going on with him Loki had one simple answer:
"I want to be able to get home to my wife and children, alive and in one piece"
It was then that everyone knew that Loki Laufeyson was truly a reformed God of Mischief.
All thanks to his wife, and his twins Frida and Thorsten.
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jostyriggslover96 · 3 years
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We’re really doing this? Pt. 3
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AN: Sorry for the delay between updates!! Between writer’s block, finishing my degree, and starting a new job its been a crazy few months. But now that I’ve settled into some sort of routine, I’m hoping to update this fic more regularly. I also have something planned for the lovely Tyson Jost! Thank you for all of the love and kind words about this story, I appreciate everyone’s patience as I take forever to update. If you want to be tagged in future parts, shoot me a message :)
Tagging: @laurenairay​ @heybarzy​ @honeybearbarzal​ @fiveholegoal​ @no-pucks-given @laurent-bross-whoa
Summary: Things are finally falling into place with your pregnancy as you move further into your second trimester. However, something might interrupt your bliss as you and Jamie prepare for the arrival of your little one.
Warnings: Swearing, mentions of pregnancy, smut/nsfw, mentions of hospitals. Smut and nsfw content are 18+, minors DNI
Word Count: 3.9k
Part 1   Part 2
We’re really doing this? Part 3
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*Fic inspo (Picture taken from pintrest, originally from Ashley Williams)*
“Jamie, just take the picture,” you giggled as Jamie was fussing over getting the right angle of your swollen belly. You rolled your eyes playfully as he backed up once again before crouching down to test the camera angle.
 “Well, I just need to get the right angle of our precious avocado,” he muttered as he stood back up and tilted his phone to change the angle. Time was flying by during this pregnancy, you were already 16 weeks along and your baby was now the size of an avocado. Jamie was being a fussy camera man while you were just trying to get your bump progression photo, he meant well though, Jamie just wanted everything to be perfect.
“Jamie, can we please hurry? I need to pee, our precious avocado is pushing on my bladder,” you squirmed as Jamie continued to shift around. Jamie chuckled softly as he watched you squirm and rub your growing belly, which had become a habit of yours as soon as your belly popped.
 “Okay, there we go, get ready babe,” Jamie announced as he finally found the angle he wanted for the photo. You couldn’t help but laugh softly as you turned your head towards the camera and smiled. Jamie took a couple photos of you smiling at the camera, and a few of you looking down at your growing belly. The urge to pee was growing stronger as you struggled to hold the pose much longer. “Alright, got em’,” Jamie announced proudly.
 “Thank goodness,” you let out an exasperated sigh as you quickly started to jog back into the house.
 “Sure, I’ll bring in your stuff,” Jamie chuckled as you quickly made your escape from the backyard and into the house. Just as you were shutting the door to the bathroom that was right off of the back patio, Jamie announced that he would be in the office putting together the desk that had just arrived. “Your drink is on the counter babe,” Jamie called as he passed by the bathroom.
 Jamie had been busy finishing putting together the last few pieces of furniture for your new home before you started work on the nursery. The two of you had finished the den yesterday, the office was the last room on the list before the nursery. Both of you were so excited to start on the nursery, but you knew if you didn’t finish the other rooms in the house before starting on the nursery, they would never get finished. Summer was passing by quickly, with Jamie returning to training camp in 4 weeks, the two of you knew all of this work around the house needed to be finished soon or else Baby Oleksiak wouldn’t have a nursery to come home to.
 Once you finished in the bathroom, you made your way over to the kitchen counter to your Starbucks drink and phone. At this point in your pregnancy you were limiting your caffeine intake more and more, so you had to get more creative with your drink choices from Starbucks. However, you quickly fell in love with the Passion Tea Lemonade, which was the only caffeine free iced tea the coffee chain offered. You took a large sip of your iced tea as you scrolled through your phone, your phone chimed as you got a notification from your pregnancy app. You clicked on the notification and waited as the app opened, before you were taken to the app’s top baby names of the week. As you scrolled through the list one of the names caught your eye, you knew you needed to tell Jamie about it before you forgot. The two of you had been bouncing around names very casually over the past two weeks, but nothing seemed to fit quite yet.
 You set off down the hall just past the living room towards the office searching for Jamie, you poked your head into the office expecting to find Jamie there, but you didn’t find your blonde blue-eyed giant in the office where he was supposed to be. You shrugged and checked the other rooms on the main floor before heading up the staircase to all the bedrooms.
 “Jamie!” you called out as you made your way into your bedroom, still not finding him. Making your way out of your bedroom, you heard rustling coming from the room right off of yours. That was odd, you weren’t sure why Jamie would be in the nursery, there wasn’t anything in there except some boxes of unassembled furniture. “Hey Jame, what do you think of the name Kambri?” you asked as you opened the door, coming face to face with the gorgeous blonde.
 He quickly stumbled around trying to block your view of something with his body. You raised an eyebrow at him as you tried to peak around him, only to have him step to the side to block your view again.
 “Jamie, what is that?” you squealed as you kept trying to peak around his shoulder. Ugh damn him and his large muscular frame, this one of one of those rare moments that you hated his height because you couldn’t peer over his shoulder.
 “It’s supposed to be a surprise,” he groaned lowly as you resorted to poking his sides until he gave in and let you see what he was hiding.
 “Well it’s safe to say the cat’s out of the bag now,” you joked as you continued to try to poke and tickle his sides, so he would give in.
 “Ugh, I guess so,” Jamie groaned as he stepped to the side, so you could see what he was hiding. You gasped as you saw what he had been hiding, tears instantly forming in your eyes.
 “Jame, is that what I think it is?” you asked as you took a small step forward to run your fingers across the wood.
 “It sure is, I convinced my mom to ship it to us, so I could surprise you with it,” he whispered gently as he wrapped his arms around your shoulders. You leaned back into his warm embrace as he pressed a soft kiss to the top of your head. “Do you like it?” he asked as his lips ghosted over your ear.
 “I love it, I can’t believe you got Mama Oleksiak to give up your childhood crib,” your voice was soft as a tear rolled down your cheek.
 “Don’t cry babe,” Jamie said softly as he wiped the tears from your eyes. You smiled, wiping the remaining tears from your eyes as Jamie circled the crib. “I figure it might need a fresh coat of paint and a nice new mattress but otherwise it’s in great shape,” he said as he ran his hands over the intricately carved wood.
 “I’m just so happy, I can’t believe our baby is going to sleep in this,” you said with a smile. Jamie was telling you how he convinced his mom to send the crib to you, making you laugh as he told you that he had promised to let her come down to stay once everything was finished in the house. As you were listening to Jamie you felt a wave of nausea or something…maybe dizziness hit you. You reached out for the crib to stabilize yourself, while taking a few deep breathes. Jamie noticed how your face paled and rushed to your side.
 “Babe, are you feeling okay?” he asked as he wrapped an arm around your waist to steady you. You nodded quietly as you gripped the crib tightly, trying to calm your breathing; this wasn’t something you’d felt before…it felt different from your morning sickness. Jamie wasn’t convinced you were okay, “Why don’t we go sit you down on our bed and I’ll get you a glass of water,” Jamie said as he slowly led you from the nursery to your bedroom.
 “Yeah, that’s a good idea,” you muttered as he led you over to the bed. Jamie helped you sit down on the edge of the bed before rushing out of the room, promising he would be right back. You ran a hand through your hair, not realizing you had been sweating before. True to his word, Jamie was back by your side within a minute. You accepted the glass of ice cold water and started taking big gulps of the liquid as Jamie watched you with concern. The water was helping you feel much better as it entered your system. You smiled up at Jamie as his brow furrowed, “I feel much better Jame, it’s okay.”
 “Are you sure? Maybe we should call the doctor, you looked so pale for a minute there,” he rambled as you finished your glass of water. You were truly feeling better, unsure of what hit you for a minute there, but it had now passed so you brushed it off.
 “Baby, I swear, I feel so much better. Thank you for taking care of me,” you smiled as he took the empty glass and set it on your bedside table.
 “Do you need anything else?” he asked as he crouched down in front of you, his eyes meeting yours. His piercing gaze sent sparks through your body, giving you another idea of how you could spend the rest of your afternoon.
 “Well…,” you smirked as your wrapped your arms around his neck, pulling him closer as you did so. “You know what else would help me feel better?”
 “What pretty girl?” Jamie asked as he brushed some hair out of your eyes.
 “You,” you said before leaning forward, capturing his lips with your own.
 “Really?” Jamie questioned, his lips still against yours. Your nodded your head as you pulled your bottom lip between your teeth. Jamie’s eyes gazed into yours for a moment, “Well, whatever helps you feel better,” he said before pressing his lips to yours once more. You melted into the kiss as Jamie pushed you back on the bed, settling in-between your thighs as you continue the heated make out session. Jamie grinds his hips down into yours, making you whimper against his lips as you arch your back to meet his hips.
 “Jame, I need you,” you whine as his lips start to nip and suck on your neck and collarbone. Jamie sucks on your neck harshly, making you moan loudly, nails digging into his muscular shoulders.
 “Patience babe,” Jamie whispers into your ear, sending chills through your spine. You whine beneath Jamie, squirming as he stares down at you. You reach down and tug at Jamie’s shirt, he shifts back on his knees while pulling his shirt over his head. You take the opportunity to shed your dress, leaving you in your bra and lace underwear. “Fuck,” Jamie mutters under his breath as he watches you reach behind your back to unclasp your bra. Shrugging the material off your shoulders, you playfully toss the discarded bra at Jamie. Jamie chuckles while tossing your bra to the side. Craving his warmth once more, you reach out him, pulling his chest flush against yours by his belt loops.
 “Jame, I don’t want to be patient today, I need you to fuck me,” you whine against his lips, gently tugging on his bottom lip with your teeth. Jamie groans against your lips as he starts to fiddle with the button on his shorts.
 “Let me make you feel good babe, I want to taste you,” Jamie mutters as he throws his shorts into the pile beside your bed. As much as you love when Jamie eats you out, with all of the pregnancy hormones rushing through you, you need him inside you now. As Jamie starts kissing down your neck again you take this opportunity to hook your leg around his waist and flip the two of you over. You smile as you straddle Jamie, running your nails down his chest as you rock your hips against his once more.
 “Baby, I need you now, no time for teasing today,” you state firmly as your fingers toy with the waistband of his boxers. He nods his head silently, licking his lips as you pull his hard cock out of his boxers. You pump him slowly while you lean down to capture his lips once again. Jamie groans into your mouth as you twist your wrist around his cock. Jamie’s hands started palming your ass as you continued to stroke him slowly. You gasped against his lips when his hand came down hard against your ass cheek., you slowed your movements as he spanked you again, your gasps quickly turning into moaning.
 “You ready babe?” he asked as his hand came down hard against your red skin again. You whimpered against his lips and nodded your head. “Okay, underwear off babe,” he said as he shifted you out of his lap. You quickly kicked off the lacy material as Jamie shed his boxers along with you. You licked your lips as you watched him stroke himself a few times, thumb collecting the precum dripping from his cock. You crawled over to him, grabbing his hand and bring his thumb to your mouth, swirling your tongue around his thumb as you cleaned his precum off.
 Releasing his thumb with a pop, “How do you want me Jame?” you asked as you trailed your hands down his chest.
 “On your hands and knees baby,” his voice was low and commanding, his eyes piercing into your soul. You eagerly scrambled to your hands and knees, wiggling your ass at him as he roughly gripped your hip. He parted your legs slightly as he ran two fingers over your dripping slit. “So wet for me already baby,” he teased as you pushed back against his fingers.
 “Just fuck me already Jame,” you whined as you glanced over your shoulder at him. The blonde smirked back at you as he took his cock in his hands, teasing your entrance as he slid his cock through your wet folds, you whimpered, feeling your muscles spasm as he teased you.
 “Okay babe?” he asked as you felt him position the tip of his cock at your entrance.
 “Yes baby, please,” you moaned as you pressed your hips back. Without another word Jamie slid into your dripping entrance, rocking your hips forward as he started pounding into you.
 “Mmm,” was the only response you could muster as his hips met yours over and over. One of his hands was tightly gripping your hip while the other came down roughly against your ass cheek as he pounded into you. “Oh Jamie,” you cried out as his hips meant yours, your thighs began to shake as your elbows gave out causing you to jerk forward.
 “You like that baby? Does my cock make you feel good?” Jamie asked as he pounded into you relentlessly.
 “Oh god Jamie, don’t…don’t…stop…please,” you begged as you rocked your hips back to meet his. Suddenly Jamie’s thrusts slowed to a halt, you whimpered and attempted to rock yourself back against him. Jamie fisted a hand into your hair, pulling you back against his chest, making you moan as you switched positions.
 “Babe, I want you to ride me,” he whispered into your ear as you ground your hips against his. You nodded silently as his lips ghosted against the skin on your neck. Jamie pulled you off of him while he propped himself up against all of the pillows on your bed. You crawled over to him, swinging your leg over his hips as you settled in his lap once again. Jamie held his cock at your entrance while you slid down onto him, feeling full once again. You started rocking your hips against his, unsure of how much longer you could hold on.
 “Jamie, I’m so close,” you whimpered as you rocked back and forth on his cock. Jamie dug his heels into the mattress as he lifted his hips up to start pounding into you once against. You felt your pussy start to flutter around him as your threw your head back while crying out. Reaching between your bodies your fingers quickly found your clit and started rubbing fast circles around your sensitive bud. “Just..like…that, oh god,” you moaned as your felt yourself squeeze around Jamie’s cock.
 “Cum for me Y/N,” Jamie moaned out as he felt your pussy flutter more and more. You shuttered at his words as you felt the pit in your stomach burst as you came apart above him. Jamie’s fingers replaced yours on your clit as he rubbed figure eight motions to prolong your pleasure. You slammed your hips against Jamie’s as you felt him spill his seed inside you, his warm cum coating your walls.
 “Fuck babe,” he groaned as you settled in his lap again, arms wrapping around his neck while you tried to catch your breath. You both stayed like this for a moment, chests heaving as you came down from your highs. Jamie pressed his lips to your temple gently, “Feel better babe?”
 “Much,” you said through a smile.
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 You yawned as you settled into your desk chair at work, feeling exhausted from the night before. After your little afternoon delight yesterday, Jamie and you cooked homemade pizzas for dinner before spending the entire night shopping for baby furniture online.
 “Late night?” your co-worker Sophie asked as she passed by your desk.
 “Online shopping,” you responded with a smile that turned into another yawn. You leaned back in your desk chair, you felt absolutely exhausted. You knew you had a busy day yesterday, but you felt more tired than usual. You almost felt as if you were floating, your whole body felt tingly.
 “What were you buying?” Sophie asked as she sat in the chair by your desk.
 “Furniture for the nursery,” you said through another yawn.
 “Girl, get yourself a coffee. They just refilled those k-cups you like,” Sophie said as she took a sip out of her full coffee mug.
 You nodded as you tried to stifle another yawn, “I think I will.” You pushed back in your desk chair and stood up, but your legs felt weak and wobbly as you took a few steps from your desk.
 “Y/N are you okay?” you heard Sophie ask as you stumbled a bit. Sophie was only a few feet from you, but her voice felt so far away. You turned over your shoulder to look at her, but felt yourself trip over your own feet as you fell to the floor. Distantly you heard Sophie gasp as everything went black.
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 “Y/N, babe,” you heard Jamie’s voice coaxing you awake as you felt his warm hand stroking your cheek. You opened your eyes, blinking as you were met with bright white lights. “You’re awake,” Jamie said with a smile, his blue eyes twinkling as he leaned down to press a kiss to your forehead. You looked around, realizing you weren’t in your bed, but in what you assumed was some hospital.
 “What happened?,” you asked, your throat raspy and dry.
 “Here, let me get you some water,” Jamie said as he left your side to get some water from the jug on the table in the room you were in. Jamie handed you the water as you shifted in the bed so you could drink it. You took big gulps of water as Jamie sat in the chair beside your bed, taking one of your hands in his own. “You collapsed at work,” Jamie explained as he gently squeezed your hand. “Sophie said you were getting up to get a coffee, then you stumbled and suddenly you were down.”
 “Oh my gosh,” you gasped. “I was feeling weird this morning, but I just thought I was tired.”
 “The doctor said you had low blood pressure when you came in, which is apparently happens to some women during their second trimester. He’s sending us home with some medication, and well….” Jamie trailed off, giving your hand another squeeze.
 “What Jamie?” you were so nervous that something else was wrong. “Did something happen to the baby?” you asked as the tears started prickling in the corners of your eyes.
 “No! No, our precious avocado is just fine, but you’re going to have to be on bedrest for a while,” Jamie grimaced as he broke the news to you, but you felt relief wash over your body knowing that your baby was alright.
 “How long?”
 “At least 3 weeks, or however long it takes for your blood pressure to stabilize,” Jamie pressed his lips to your hand as you let out a deep sigh.
 “That’s so long,” you whined quietly. You both sat in silence for a moment before you let out a deep sigh. “Guess you’ll just have to keep me company while I rest and take care of our precious avocado,” you said as a smile broke out on your lips. Jamie couldn’t help but mirror your smile as you started listing all of the shows you were going to get him to watch with you on Netflix over the next few weeks.
 A short while later a nurse came into your room with discharge papers, and medication for you. The nurse explained that you should see your obstetrician in the next few days, and went over what bed rest entailed. Not long after that you were changing into the comfy clothes Jamie had brought for you, shorts and one of his sweaters, before you settled into the wheelchair and Jamie led you to the vehicle.
 The car ride was quiet, you absentmindedly rubbed your belly as you watched the city rush by outside the car window. Before you knew it, you were pulling up outside your house. Jamie helped you out of the vehicle and into the house. Jamie paused at the bottom of the stairs, walking beside you so you could use him for balance. You felt much better from all of the fluids they gave you at the hospital, but you were still a bit wobbly.
 “I have a surprise waiting for you in the bedroom,” Jamie said softly as you slowly made your way up the stairs. You glanced over at him with your eyebrows raised, what could he have arranged from your hospital bed? Jamie just chuckled and shook his head as you reached the top of the stairs. You stopped in front of your bedroom as Jamie pushed the door open, you were shocked as you took in the surprise he had waiting for you.
 “Jamie, how did you do all of this?” you asked in disbelief as you took in the sight before you. There were board games, movies, snacks, fuzzy blankets, pillows, and so much more waiting for you in the room.
 “I may have gotten Tyler and John to pick up some things while we were waiting at the hospital,” Jamie said as he led you to the bed. You stopped once you reached the bed, turning around in his arms and taking his face in your hands.
 “Thank you, this is truly amazing. You always take such good care of me,” you said as you pressed your lips to his gently.
 “Anything for you and our precious avocado,” Jamie smiled against your lips. “Now lets get you comfy, we can watch a movie and eat your favorite ice cream,” Jamie said while helping you get comfortable on the bed. Although being on bedrest wasn’t ideal, it was so much better with Jamie by your side.
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Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, I’m bringing some more fluff, but specifically daddy Spencer. This was requested by @one-sweet-gubler. I had so much fun writing this one and got a bit carried away as I ended writing about the whole pregnancy instead of just the labor part, so it may be a little long. I hope you enjoy all the Daddy Spencer feels. :)
Spencer Reid/Reader
Rating: G (fluff)
Word Count: 4,278
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Spencer was over the moon when you finally fell pregnant.
The two of you had been trying for a baby for a year, with many difficulties. After a plethora of negative tests and even a false positive, you were over the moon when you found out this positive test was the real thing.
You’d taken 6 tests to be sure.
After a visit to the doctor confirmed it, you were determined to make the surprise something special for Spencer.
He had been dreaming about having kids almost all of his life. He was so good with children and the children he encountered at his job, an FBI profiler for the Behavioral Analysis Unit. It was usually scary situations when he encountered kids , but he was always there with soothing words and gentle hugs.
You, with the help of his work family, surprised him at work one day. You were so close to his teammates yourself, you knew you wanted them to be a part of the surprise as well.
You showed up at the BAU under the pretense that he’d forgotten something at home. 
The team had just gathered around the round table to brief about a new case when you walked in. Of course, Spencer was the only one truly surprised one to see you.
You’d apologized for interrupting and said that he’d left something at home that you needed to bring to him. You held up a paper bag, which only confused him, knowing he’d been sure to grab his lunch.
Everyone had watched in anticipation when he pulled a gift box out of the bag.
He’d opened it to a white onesie that when unfolded said Hi Daddy, I can’t wait to meet you. Underneath it was the first ultrasound picture of tiny baby Reid.
He was so shocked that at first he didn’t know what to do. His gaze moved around all the smiling faces at the table, then landed on you, his face breaking into a huge smile.
“Really?” he asked.
“Really.” Your own smile was as big as his.
He’d rushed towards you, hugging you tight and spinning you around in his excitement before the entire team surrounded you both giving hugs and their congratulations.
You were officially going to be parents.
Pregnancy wasn’t exactly a breeze for you, yet it wasn’t as bad as some women’s.
The first trimester was filled with lots of nausea, vomiting and exhaustion.
Spencer assured you that it would normally pass by the end of the first trimester. Thankfully it did, but until that point you felt like you lived off of crackers and ginger ale.
He was always the sweetest with you, making sure your supply of both never ran out. When he was home on cases, he’d cuddle with you on the couch letting you have pick of whatever show you wanted to watch—which of course you’d let him end up picking, no matter what. You would lay with your head in his lap and he’d mindlessly play with your hair. Those were some of the best days of your early pregnancy.
By your second trimester, new symptoms arrived, as did the appearance of baby Reid. By 15 weeks, you’d started to show just enough to look pregnant and not actually bloated. 
Spencer would always rub the tiny bump and talk to the baby, things that made your heart soar. It was little gestures like that that made you fall more in love with him each day.
Not only had your belly grown, but so had your appetite. You had started craving things with a vengeance, something that would often mix horribly with your unbalanced pregnancy emotions. It would be like the two wires would accidentally cross in your pregnancy brain, leading to a meltdown.
One night you’d been craving avocados so badly, you’d gone downstairs to eat the last one that you’d been saving. You found it gone, not even remembering you had already eaten it.
Spencer found you on the kitchen floor sobbing over the fact there were no avocados. He’d ended up running to the store at 9 o’clock at night to buy at least two dozen of them. You’d felt so bad afterwards, but he’d only kissed you and assured you that it was only the pregnancy hormones.
“You’re growing a little human, you’re allowed to be a little crazy sometimes,” he comforted you.
Besides the mood swings, cravings and even heartburn, you were most surprised at the changes in your libido. 
You could attest that your sex life with Spencer had never been more steamy than it was then; you were sure he could agree.
20 weeks came and you’d both agreed to find out the sex.
Instead of finding out at the doctor’s, the team had gotten together to throw a gender reveal party—mainly Penelope Garcia’s idea as she was stoked to have another BAU baby around, so who could refuse her?
Obviously it was a small get together with just the BAU team, Spencer and yourself. JJ had been in charge of getting the results, Garcia had baked the cake with the color reveal in it and of course Rossi had supplied his house as the location, as per usual.
You and Spencer both cut into the cake simultaneously and pulled out the first piece, revealing a pink hued cake.
You were thrilled, but you think it was safe to say that Spencer was ecstatic.
Baby names were tough.
You’d yet to start talking about names because Spencer wanted to wait until you’d found out the sex before picking a name.
“I want it to be special,” he whined a little, his bottom lip jutting out, “She deserves a good name.”
“I’m still not naming my child Aphrodite, Spencer.”
You had left it to him to research a name; he was so passionate about it, you couldn’t say no. After all, you wanted him involved in every way possible since he couldn’t technically carry the baby.
“Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty,” Spencer retorted, still flipping through books.
He was on the floor surrounded by text books, baby name books, pregnancy guide books, you couldn’t even figure out what else. He’d always been a big reader, but he made sure thus far to have as much knowledge as he could on pregnancy, childbirth and parenting.
“After all, her mommy is a goddess,” he smirked as he flipped a page.
“Why Spencer Reid, that was actually quite smooth of you.”
You ruffled his hair before leaning down and kissing him on the lips. His hands cupped your belly and he gave it a kiss too.
“Well she wouldn’t exist if I wasn’t.”
You laughed and playfully shoved him, leaving him to his reading.
Around 22 weeks, you felt her first movements. At first it felt like a small gurgle from your stomach and you’d stopped what you were doing, waiting to see if you’d feel it again.
When the sensation happened, it was like the soft wings of a butterfly brushing the inside of your belly. You’d ran to Spencer, thrilled that you’d finally felt her move. He pouted when he realized it wasn’t yet strong enough for him to feel from the outside.
“Keep on growing, little one,” he’d whispered to your belly, “Daddy wants to feel your kicks too.”
When she started kicking, she kicked hard.
Spencer’s reaction to feeling her kick for the first time was amazing. You could see all the love in his eyes for the little baby girl you’d both created, growing and getting stronger every day.
“I feel you baby girl,” he smiled at your belly, rubbing the spot she’d just kicked, kissing it gently.
Then he took your face in his hands and kissed you so lovingly it left you breathless.
“Thank you for being amazing,” he’d murmured against your lips before kissing you again.
5 months had become 6 months. Six nearly had nearly become seven.
You were almost 7 months and at your third trimester and you still hadn’t picked a name for baby girl.
Although one day, it just seemed to click into place.
“I got it!” he’d declared, looking up from a baby book.
“Okay, let’s hear it,” you said, intrigued.
“How about Arabella? It’s a Dutch name for beautiful.”
“Arabella,” you let the name roll off your tongue and you smiled, “It’s perfect for her. Now what about a middle name?”
He was already flipping through pages again, reading fast as lightning.
“I haven’t gotten that far. I’ve only gotten the first name down.”
You chuckled, “At this rate we might name her by the time she graduates from high school.”
He didn’t reply, his tongue poking out of the corner of his mouth as he concentrated. It was then that a thought occurred to you, or rather a name.
“How about Joy?”
“Hmm?” he asked, still distracted by the text.
“Joy. For her middle name. Because we’re so overjoyed about her.”
He looked up, thinking.
“Arabella Joy Reid,” he said, trying it out, then looking back at you. 
“It’s perfect.”
The final trimester was the real challenge.
Your body was swollen and sore, you felt huge and you were constantly exhausted. Spencer was the best at spoiling you and Arabella though. Between the cute baby things he bought—one being an onesie that said Daddy’s Little Genius—he would fix meals when he was home, run a bath for you and cuddle you afterwards.
You would often make remarks about how big you felt but he would immediately squash your insecurities saying you looked even more beautiful while pregnant.
When he left for work or for a case, he’d always make sure to kiss your bump as well as kissing you before he left, his way of saying goodbye to his girls.
As the time crept closer to her being born, his excitement grew. He couldn’t wait for your family to expand. It was so endearing to see him so happy and excited. You knew he didn’t get to have the same experience as you did currently, so you understood that he was more than eager to have her here and bond with her.
He was going to make an amazing dad.
As much as you wanted to meet your little bundle of joy, the impending approach of labor made you nervous. Obviously being a first time mom, you only knew what you’d heard and read, not what the actual experience would be like.
“Some studies have said that childbirth actually hurts more than broken bones,” Spencer had told you.
“Not helping!” you groaned.
He winced, quickly realizing his mistake.
“Well at least there’s medication now for labor pains unlike in old days when they used to—”
You stopped him in the middle of his sentence.
“Please don’t finish that sentence,” you said, “You better believe the moment I can get an epidural, I’m going to get it.”
“Whatever you’re most comfortable with is fine by me.”
He squeezed your hand, showing you that you truly did have his support. He hated to see you in pain and he knew labor was going to be strenuous, but you knew he’d be there with you every step of the way.
“Just think in two weeks we’re going to be able to finally meet her,” Spencer beamed, stroking your stomach where one of her feet had just pushed hard enough to show an imprint through your belly.
“It’s about time you carried her for once,” you teased, resting your head on his shoulder.
“Oh believe me, you’ll have to fight me before I give up holding her.”
You had zero doubts about that.
Your due date was right around the corner when Spencer had to fly to Colorado for a case. 
“You’re sure you’ll call me if anything happens, right?” Spencer asked for the third time.
“Spence, I’m sure,” you answered, “Besides my due date isn’t for 5 more days and my doctor said there’s a chance she might be a tad bit overdue.”
“Tell her daddy says to stay in there until I get back.”
“I will. But keep in mind, she’s as stubborn as you are.”
“Hey!” he exclaimed, feigning offense.
You laughed, “Go save a life. I’ll call you later. Love you.”
After you’d said your goodbyes, you resumed the cleaning you’d needed to finish up before baby got here.
You’d successfully washed and put away all her clothes, washed all the bottles and stored them in the cabinet along with the canisters of formula and set up her changing table with wipes and diapers.
Your hospital bag had been packed weeks ago and sat next to the door. 
Now you just finished small things like washing dishes, folding laundry and vacuuming. Sweeping was definitely not an option since you couldn’t bend down for the dustpan. Oh, how you missed being able to bend down like a normal person.
It was around one in the afternoon when you decided to lay down because you had become exhausted and your back had begun to ache. 
With a quick text to Spencer, you let him know you were napping in case you didn’t answer and he reminded you Garcia was on speed dial if you needed anything.
You fell into a restless sleep, waking about an hour later drenched in sweat, the ache now have migrated to the front of your body. You sat up to retrieve your phone so you could time the contractions, just to ensure they weren’t Braxton Hicks. That’s when you felt a gush of liquid between your legs, soaking your pants and the bed sheets.
Your thumb immediately hit the 1 on screen, dialing Penelope Garcia.
Spencer was standing in front of the geo map he’d been working on, studying it when his phone rang. He reached into his pocket, seeing it was Garcia and none the wiser thought she would be reporting more info on the current case.
“Hey Garcia.”
“Don’t freak out.”
His brows crinkled.
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“Y/N’s in labor.”
“What?!” His answer was so loud, it startled some officers nearby, “She’s not due for at least a week more!”
“Don’t tell me, tell your offspring,” Penelope retorted, “Cause she’s on her way.”
“Has her water broke? Are they sure it’s not just false labor?”
“Half an hour ago, they’re checking her now. I’m staying here until you get here obviously, but I’d hurry cause I feel like she’s gonna want you here to wring your neck when labor really starts.”
 “Okay, I’ll catch the first flight I can and call you back when I get the flight info.”
He said a quick goodbye and rushed to Emily.
“Y/N’s gone into labor and I need to get the next flight out,” he told her, simultaneously looking up flight information out of Colorado on his phone.
“Spence.”
He was too busy searching to catch the worried tone in her voice. It wasn’t until he saw the numerous amounts of cancelled next to all flights that he looked up at her.
“Normally, I’d say go ahead and go. But I don’t think you’re going to get a flight anywhere in this weather.” She pointed to the window behind him.
He turned to see it snowing so hard he couldn’t see anything else but white.
“All flights have been grounded until the storm is over. We’re stuck here.”
“No,” Spencer muttered, starting to panic.
He paced back and forth, his frustration mounting. In one motion he swiped all of the papers off the desk in his irritation, his frustration and anger at the situation bubbling to the surface.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he muttered, sinking down in the chair at the table, his hands covering his face.
His hands pushed through his hair in exasperation, his curls falling back into place moments later.
He wasn’t going to make it there in time. He was going to miss it all.
The love of his life and the mother of his child was going to have to go through labor without him.
“What do you mean you’re not going to make it?!” Penelope shrieked.
“All flights are grounded for the next 48 hours until this damn snow storm is over,” Spencer said. 
“And there’s no way you can make it back?”
“I’ve tried everything,” he said, sounding resigned.
“What am I supposed to tell her?”
“The truth. Garcia, you’re going to have to stay with her.”
“Me? I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birthin’ no babies!”
“Garcia this is no time to be quoting Gone With The Wind!” Spencer exclaimed, exasperated.
“Sorry, it’s just, Spencer I don’t know what to do and she wants you!”
“Just be there, hold her hand, give her ice chips, encourage her. I’m not letting her be alone. Garcia, please,” he practically begged.
“Alright, alright. I’ll keep you updated. Garcia tech-analyst-turned-midwife out.”
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You were laying in bed, covered in sweat from just making it through another contraction.
At your last check, you were only 4 centimeters dilated. You still had one more to go before you could get the epidural.
“This suuuuucks,” you moaned.
Your contractions were still at least 5 minutes apart, signaling you were still in the last stages of early labor, if not in early stages of active. All of that to mean the pain medication wasn’t coming until they got stronger and more frequent.
“And they said these are only the mild ones,” you groaned, looking over at Garcia who was grabbing your cup of ice.
She gave you another spoonful and put the cup back.
“You’re doing great though and the doctor said the epidural will help with most of the real intense contractions.”
“Maybe it’s a good thing Spencer isn’t here right now cause I feel like I could kill him,” you muttered.
You were devastated when Penelope told you he was stuck in Colorado. You hated that he was going to miss Arabella’s birth and you needed him here. But at the moment, you were exhausted, sweaty, in pain and very angry that Spencer had gotten you pregnant.
Of course, that was just the pain talking.
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“I’m so sorry you got stuck with me,” you later panted, having worked your way through the previous contraction.
“Oh, sweetheart, no. I’m honored. You’ve been doing great,” she smiled, wiping your forehead, “Besides I’m thrilled to meet my goddaughter.”
You smiled weakly.
You were currently waiting for the anesthesiologist to set up the epidural. Your contractions had started amping up big time and were coming closer together. It had been several hours since you’d first been admitted to the hospital, the nightfall just outside your window indicating the late hour.
After being propped up against Penelope and neither of you looking at the needle that was inserted into your spine, the epidural was finally taking affect. The sweet sensation of numbness was a relief. You had gone from being in excruciating pain to feeling absolutely nothing and it allowed you to get some rest while your labor advanced.
A few cat naps later, Penelope had sent a selfie of the two of you to Spencer to let him know that you both were still alive and well; things were going smoothly. 
You passed the time by watching tv, talking to Garcia and napping. It took hours for you to progress, but slowly, you did. It was nearing dawn the next morning when it was reported that you were 9 centimeters dilated. It was getting closer to time to meet yours and Spencer’s baby and you found yourself wishing again that he was here with you.
Things progressed fast and by 7 am you were pushing your baby girl out into the world. Penelope was holding your hand as you squeezed it, pushing with all your strength. 
She, the nurses and the doctor kept hollering their encouragement as they told you to push and finally you heard the wonderful first cries of your baby.
You fell back against your pillow, exhausted, overwhelmed, but happy as she was placed on your chest. She was still covered in all the normal birthing elements, but she was beautiful, just like her name implied.
“Oh Y/N she’s beautiful,” Penelope gasped, in awe.
She’d followed the nurses when they’d taken Arabella to clean her off and measure her. 
“Nice and healthy too. Almost nine pounds,” she smiled, “She’s going to be tall like her daddy.”
You smiled and watched as she took pictures of her to send to Spencer.
You reached your arms out and took her from the nurse once they’d swaddled her.
“Hello angel,” you whispered, “You just couldn’t wait until daddy got home, now could you?”
It had officially been almost an entire day since you’d had Arabella. 
You’d just gotten her to sleep when you heard a commotion just outside of your hospital room. You heard a mixture of voices, but your heart leaped when you heard your boyfriend’s in the mix. 
Footsteps got closer and you looked up as Spencer practically bounded in, a huge smile on his face. He dropped his go bag and satchel on the floor next to the door and walked over to your side.
“There’s my angel,” he said.
“Which one? Her or me?” you teased.
“Both of you.”
Spencer smiled running a hand over your still mess of hair and kissed your forehead.
“Look at her. You did amazing, Y/N.”
“Well you did kind of help,” you smirked.
“Okay, we did amazing.”
“Yes, we did,” you agreed, handing her to Spencer.
“Hi beautiful,” he crooned, stroking her cheek with his finger, “Daddy’s been waiting a long time to meet you.”
He sat in the chair beside you and snuggled her close. Arabella stretched a little in her sleep, opening her eyes when she heard his voice.
“Someone recognizes daddy’s voice,” you smiled.
“Well hello there Arabella. I heard you had quite the dramatic entrance.”
She cooed, eyes never leaving his face.
You watched the two of them, especially Spencer. He was so in love with her and you were so in love with him.
She yawned and gripped onto his finger. 
“How are you feeling?” he asked, looking up at you now that she was contently cuddled in his arms.
“Tired and sore,” you chuckled, “But she was definitely worth it.”
“I’ll say, I mean look how cute our baby is.”
Spencer held one of her feet that had come out of the swaddle.
“Look at those tiny feet,” he baby-talked to Arabella, before kissing the bottom of it.
She pulled her foot away, beginning to get fussy.
“What’s the matter, Princess?” he frowned, covering her foot back up with the blanket.
“She’s tired and probably hungry. She’d barely gone to sleep before you got here.”
His eyes lit up.
“Can I feed her?”
“Go ahead,” you smiled.
You rang for the nurse and while she fetched a bottle, Arabella began to cry.
“I know, I know,” Spencer pouted, rocking her slightly, “A bottle’s coming, baby girl.”
The nurse returned with the bottle and Spencer took it, placing it gently in Arabella’s mouth. She started sucking greedily, her cries vanished.
You watched them with sleepy eyes, a smile on your face. Spencer looked up, noticing you drifting off.
“Hey, why don’t you rest and take a nap? I’ve got this.”
“You sure?”
He leaned over, kissing you gently.
“Yes, I’m sure,” he looked down at Arabella, “Tell mommy we got this.”
She made small grunting noises as she ate and he chuckled.
“See? We’re good on our own.”
You didn’t argue. You knew you’d need your rest and better take it when you had the chance. You’d began drifting off when you heard Spencer’s words to Arabella.
“I love your mommy so much. Besides you, she’s the best thing to ever happen to me.”
Spencer watched his daughter eat all of her bottle while he talked to her. She seemed to listen too, watching him the entire time.
“Just wait until auntie JJ meets you,” he said, “She might ever want to give you back. She’s never had a baby girl.”
He told her all about the rest of his teammates, talked to her about how he waited so long to meet her, he even told her how he and Y/N had met. He set the bottle aside when she was finished, laying her against his chest and on his shoulder to burp her, like he’d read about.
When she was settled, he laid her against his chest, rocking her just a bit. It wasn’t long until he fell asleep along with her.
He wasn’t sure how long he’d been asleep when a nurse had woken him.
“I’m sorry Dr. Reid,” she apologized, “I was just making rounds and was checking in on the baby. Do you want me to take her and put her back in the bassinet to sleep?”
“No, I think I want to hold her a little while longer.”
She smiled and nodded before she left the room. He looked down to Arabella sleeping peacefully on his chest. 
His mind couldn’t wrap around the fact that this tiny, perfect little human was his. He was filled with such love for her and Y/N.
He kissed her head gently.
“Not even a day old and you have me wrapped around your little finger.”
He got comfortable in the chair once again, falling back asleep with her in his arms.
Despite all the bad things he saw in his day to day work, good moments like this truly outweighed all the bad.
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docholligay · 4 years
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what have your pregnancy cravings been like & how much longer do we have to try and send you things to satisfy them?
You know what’s been the weirdest thing for me? 
I actually want carbs and sweets in the way people normally do. I am not really a sugar person, or a carbs person. I love savory things! I love sour things! I love spicy things! I love meat and cheese and tacos and pickles and mushrooms and avocado and soups and all of that stuff, but I don’t tend to crave fries and chips and cake and bread and cookies and shit. I find them, generally, pretty one note. In the second trimester, I’ve been craving that stuff a LOT more. It’s so bizarre for me! I ate an entire bag of pretzels and was like, “what the--” 
As far as how far along am I, I’m now 24 weeks! Which is nuts to me, it doesn’t seem like it should be happening so fast but here we are! I’m just now starting to show, really, so by the end of the month I imagine I’ll look like I swallowed a basketball ahah
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jaerie · 5 years
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no one tagged me in anything, i’ve just been writing up a storm and no one is around to talk to me about it!! so i’m slapping this snip onto my dash.  
Things started to fall into a routine and sometimes they even texted throughout the day about things not related to the pregnancy.  It was easy to have a conversation with the omega and it was nice to feel like he had a new friend even if the circumstances were strange.  
They had yet to talk on the phone which was why Louis was sent straight into a panic when his phone started ringing at three in the morning, startling him out of a deep sleep.  His stomach dropped when he saw Harry’s number and answered it even though his voice was rough and he could barely form words.  
“I know it’s the middle of the night but I’m so miserable,” Harry groaned over the line, “The air conditioning went out in my building and they can’t get anyone here until Thursday.  I’ve been up all night sweating and puking and I just want to be cold and not sticky and asleep.” 
Louis took a second to calm his racing heart from all the worst case scenarios his mind had conjured up before he answered.  
“Did you try bagging up some ice or taking a cool shower?” 
“That’s so much work,” Harry whined, “I know I shouldn’t ask, but can I please come over?  Even just for a couple hours?  I’ll crash on the couch and I promise I won’t bother you.”  
“Don’t be ridiculous, I have several guest rooms,” Louis laughed and rubbed the sleep from his eyes.  “You okay to drive or should I send over a car?” 
“You’re a saint,” Harry moaned like he’d just come and it went straight to Louis’ dick.  He barely filtered out his own moan in his groggy state.  “I’ve been wide awake all night so I’m fine to drive.  I’ll be over in twenty.”  
Louis forced himself out of bed and down the hall to make sure one of the guest rooms was made up.  He added a few extra towels to the bathroom and stacked some extra pillows and blankets on the dresser.  He also knocked the temperature down a few degrees on the thermostat. 
After disengaging the alarm for Harry’s arrival, he wrapped himself up in his fuzzy bathrobe and dozed off in his recliner while he waited.  
He awoke to a clatter and a few whispered swears followed by the sound of footsteps across the wood flooring in the foyer.  He rose and found Harry trying to tiptoe into the dim house with his arms full of things like he was moving in for a month.  Louis rushed to his side to help.  
“Didn’t know you were such a light traveler,” Louis joked as he took the large pillow thing from Harry’s arms before taking the bag off his shoulder.  
Harry pouted and hugged his normal pillow to his chest.  “Shut up, I’m cranky and I like being comfortable when I sleep.”  
Harry was already well into the second trimester of the pregnancy and sported a healthy basketball beneath his shirt.  It made juggling so many things more difficult for him and Louis would have laughed under different circumstances.  His awkwardness was adorable.    
“It’s okay, I’m just joking.  I’ll help you get your stuff upstairs.”  
Harry still looked sweaty and disheveled, exhaustion showing on his face and in the way his body wilted into a slouch when Louis took everything from his arms.  He was always so put together when Louis saw him, even when he was in heat he had looked perfectly tousled while Louis had looked a mess.  Louis knew he must have really been uncomfortable to rush over in such a state.     
“Thank you for letting me come over.  I felt like I was going to drown in sweat or die of a heat stroke.” 
“It’s not a problem, really.  It’s just me in this big house.  I’m glad you called.”  
Louis led him to the closest guest room and made him sit on the edge of the bed while he set up the pillows and moved his bags so he wouldn’t have to bend over to reach them.  Louis also plugged in his phone charger so he wouldn’t have to crawl to reach the plug.  
Harry’s eyes were already drooping when Louis stood up, his hands moving over his belly in soothing patterns on top of his shirt.  
“Bathroom is right there and you know where my room is.  Just knock or yell if you need anything else.  Make yourself at home.  Thermostat is on the wall if you’re too hot or too cold.” 
“It’s about perfect in here, thanks.”  
Harry gave him a sleepy smile and then started to make himself comfortable.  Louis wanted to stay just to watch how he lovingly cradled his belly as he moved and how he rearranged himself with all of those pillows, but he knew that was weird.  Instead he backed out of the room with a small goodnight and shut the door behind him.  
He turned to head back to his room but then stopped short.  The doorway across the hall was open and Louis wondered if he should pull it closed.  He bit his lip as he stepped in, moonlight through the large windows making it just bright enough to see.  
The little cans of paint were still arranged on the floor from where he had left them a day or two before, ruined brushes he’d forgotten to wash resting across the top.  It was going to be the baby’s room and Louis had been spending a lot of his time trying to paint a mural that wrapped around the room.  Art had never been a talent of his, but he could follow a stencil if he focused hard enough.  He hadn’t been confident at first and he was glad he hadn’t given up.  It was starting to look like an actual nursery.  
He imagined stepping into the room just like this to check on his sleeping son or daughter, watching them just long enough to make sure they were peaceful and breathing.  It took his own breath away to realize that those moments were so close to becoming reality.  That baby was growing just a room away and Louis felt like his chest might explode from the love he already had for the little avocado.  
He sat down in the rocking chair that had been in his house growing up and was glad he’d had it shipped with the rest of his things when he’d officially moved.  It was perfect for his body and still rocked nicely on the carpeted floor.  It wasn’t hard for him to imagine rocking his baby right there while he fed them a bottle or attempted to soothe them back to sleep. 
The nursery was something he wasn’t sure he should share with Harry.  It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, he just wasn’t sure how Harry would feel about it.  Unlike his other surrogacy experiences, the child he’d be turning over to Louis was technically his own as well.  If he’d cried over seeing one of the kids on tv, would it be difficult to see the nursery his baby would be living in without him?  Was it insensitive to put that in front of him?
In the end, Louis decided it would be best to keep the door closed while Harry was visiting and pulled it closed when he finally grew tired enough to drag himself back to bed. 
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danceswithcybermen · 6 years
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Summary: Scully is in the second trimester of her second pregnancy, and Mulder decides to take her on a “Babymoon” in the Nation’s Summer Capital, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Written as part of the “50 States of Sex: A Map of Us” challenge, so definitely NC-17 and NSFW.
This is set in the same “universe” as my Next Files series, but it’s not necessary to have read that to understand this story. If you are reading it, this will tide you over until the next installment.
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“I look like a beached whale, Mulder!”
Scully sat back in the passenger seat of their SUV, looking forlornly at her pregnant belly. She was 21 weeks along, and the pregnancy website said that her baby was as big as an endive now.
That website. The same blasted website that gave Mulder the bright idea for this whole “Babymoon” thing. Every Wednesday, he checked that damn website, told her what kind of fruit or vegetable Lily was, and rattled off all of the advice he found there as if it were Gospel Truth handed down on stone tablets:
“Come on, Scully,” he pleaded. “The website says that the second trimester is the best time to take a babymoon because you’ll be feeling at your best then.”
 Scully rolled her eyes at the word. “That’s a marketing term coined by the travel industry, Mulder.”
 “But Jackson found us some great Airbnb’s in Rehoboth!” he pointed at his computer screen. “Look!”
 Scully sighed. Whenever Mulder wanted her to agree to something she was skeptical about, he’d get their son involved, and it was two against one. She looked forward to having a daughter in the house, if for no other reason than to balance out the “teams.” She loved her boys, but living with two Mulder men could be trying. “Jackson just wants the house to himself.”
 Mulder laughed. “I know better than that, Scully. Remember, I WAS a 17-year-old boy. Anything he’s thinking of doing, I already did it and bought the tee-shirt. He’s going to be staying with John and Monica.”
 “What about the dog? I don’t feel comfortable boarding him.”
 “They said they can watch him, too.”
 “What about the class you’re teaching?”
 “We’ll only be gone for a few days. I can get someone to cover it.”
 Dammit, he’d covered all the bases. “But why does it have to be the beach? I got huge with Jackson, and I think I’m going to be bigger this time. I’m already bigger now at this stage than I was with him. Can’t we go to the mountains or someplace else that doesn’t involve swimwear?”
 “But Sculleeeeeee. Summer is for the beach. Look at this house here.” He pointed to a particular listing. “It’s three blocks from the beach and has a nice yard with a privacy fence, WiFi, and cable. I think you’re beautiful, but if you’re really that self-conscious about putting on a bathing suit, you don’t have to.”
 “Mmmffh.” Scully looked at the listing. They hadn’t taken a vacation in years, not since before their separation. The rental did look quite nice, a brightly painted cottage with a beautifully landscaped yard, a back deck with a grill area, and a rather large clawfoot tub in the bathroom. She couldn’t quite contain her delight when she saw the tub, and Mulder beamed at her. “Okay, well, so long as you don’t insist that I put on a bathing suit if I don’t want to…”
 “Great! I’ve booked it for the third week of June!”
 Scully raised an eyebrow at him. “Really, Mulder? Fine. Since you decided to play it that way, you’re taking me to the outlet mall for some tax-free shopping.”
 And that’s how she ended up in an SUV speeding its way to the Nation’s Summer Capital. When Mulder booked the trip, she’d been 14 weeks. She felt like she’d grown twice as big in the interim. She’d steeled herself and bought a maternity swimsuit and a coverup, but she wasn’t sure she’d feel comfortable wearing it on a crowded public beach.
 Mulder spat a sunflower seed husk out the window. “I think you’re getting more beautiful every day, honey.” He reached over the center console and squeezed his wife’s hand. They’d been married for just over two months. “Hey, I just realized. This is our first vacation as a married couple.”
 Scully smiled. She was happy with their lives and their household, and she’d even embraced her late-life pregnancy, as had Mulder. She knew he couldn’t wait to be a dad again, and to be around this time. “I just don’t know if I want to wear the swimsuit.”
 “Don’t you have a cover thingie for it? Put that over it.”
 “I’m just worried about people looking at me on the beach. People look at me weird in stores sometimes.”
 “Fuck people. In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve never cared about what other people think of me, and I’m sure as hell not starting now. You are not spending your pregnancy sequestered in our house because of the ignorant opinions of asshole strangers.”
 He’d promised her that they weren’t going to jet around the country doing field work anymore, and he’d kept that promise. They ran their own consulting firm now, taking the cases they wanted, providing expert advice, and letting other people chase human and supernatural perps around. Mulder also taught a couple of days a week at Quantico, but Scully’s doctor had relegated her to desk work for the duration of her pregnancy. She had nearly exclusively been working from home, on the computer. It kept her mind active and engaged, but she wasn’t going out very much, and Mulder feared the isolation was making her apprehensive when she did have to venture out in public. He, of all people, understood the dangers of too much isolation. This had been one of the reasons he’d booked the vacation. She needed to get out of that house more often.
 Traffic was steady on Route 1 in Delaware as they approached Rehoboth, but it wasn’t gridlocked. While the beach town attracted tourists year-round, it wasn’t as crowded in June as it would be in July and August. They stopped at a grocery store to buy some essentials, then headed for their rental.
 Scully looked around as Mulder texted their host, letting her know they’d arrived, and unloaded the car. The canary yellow cottage was small but had more than enough space for only two people, with two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a full kitchen. The house had central air and ceiling fans throughout, and the host had provided everything except sheets and towels. The backyard was enclosed by a privacy fence and had a deck, an outdoor table and chair set, and a large charcoal grill. Next to the gate that provided access from the driveway was an outdoor shower with a sign reading, “Please rinse off sand after returning from beach.”
 She closed her eyes and breathed in deeply, listening to the seagulls and smelling the slight tinge of salt in the air. She felt Mulder’s arms encircle her from behind. “Getting your zen on, Scully?”
 She leaned back into him. “You were right. This is nice.”
 He kissed the top of her head. “We have a couple of hours before dinner. Why don’t we go sit on the beach for a while?”
 Scully was nervous about putting on a bathing suit, but she reminded herself that it would be silly to come to a beach town and not go to the beach. “Okay, let’s give it a shot.”
 She had purchased a simple black one-piece swimsuit paired with a colorful, mosaic-patterned cover-up that tied in the front and was long enough on her to pass as a mini-dress. She knew Mulder had bought a new pair of swim trunks for the trip, but he hadn’t let her see them. When he pulled them out of his suitcase, she understood why: They were patterned with alternating green alien heads and avocado halves set against a space-sky background. Her eyes grew wide, and she burst into laughter. “Oh my GOD, Mulder! You are not seriously intending to wear those, are you?”
 “It’s either these, or this pair. Which one do you prefer?” He grinned as he yanked out another pair of trunks featuring a pair of aliens entangled in various sexual positions.
 She erupted into a fit of giggles. “You are BAD.”
 “And you are beautiful.” He pulled her into a kiss.
 “I’m fat.”
 “You’re PREGNANT.” He lifted up her shirt and stooped down to give her growing belly a kiss. “You have no idea how sexy I find you right now.”
 She looked down, saw the love in his eyes, and felt a stirring between her legs. Despite her misgivings about the changes in her body, her libido had been in full swing courtesy of her second-trimester hormones. Lately, a mere glance from her husband had been enough to turn her on, and they’d been having sex every day, often more than once.
 Mulder saw the look in her face and stood back up. “Later,” he whispered in her ear. “I want to take you to the beach first.”
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 While the cars crowding Rehoboth Avenue made it obvious that the summer tourist season had arrived, the beach itself wasn’t terribly crowded. They easily found a nice spot, and Mulder set up their beach gear: chairs, beach towels, and an umbrella. Scully made herself comfortable with a book as he removed his plain black tee-shirt – she was surprised he hadn’t chosen something obnoxious to wear on top – to go in the water.
 He held out his hand to her. “Let’s go in the water, Scully.”
 She looked up at him and gestured to her book. “You go ahead. Maybe later.”
 She still had her cover-up on. Mulder decided not to pressure her and made his way to the ocean himself. She watched him as he walked away, admiring his form. Not only had he continued his exercise regimen, but he’d amped it up and was tracking his protein consumption to add size. The result was a hard, muscled body that many men half his age envied. His arms, back, and chest had grown absolutely huge. Scully noticed more than a few women (some of them half his age as well) looking in his direction and smiled. She wasn’t jealous; she knew he paid them no mind. Her weird, wonderful husband was all hers. She shifted her attention to her book.
 After sitting for a while, she felt hot in her cover-up but was still timid about removing it. She looked around at the other people on the beach and reasoned with herself. Mulder was by far the most fit person there right now; most of the other beachgoers looked like anyone else on the street, imperfect bodies and all, and many of them had on swimwear that was far more revealing than her own. No one is even looking at you, she told herself as she removed her cover-up, then sat back down and returned to her reading.
 After a few minutes, Mulder padded back to their area, pushing water off himself. “My beautiful beach bunny,” he said as he bent down to kiss her. He tasted like saltwater and sunflower seeds. “Come in the water with me; it’s great.” She hesitated, and he nuzzled her neck. “I’ll give you a prize if you do.”
 She giggled, but his hot breath on her neck was sending tingles through her body. “Okay, but not for too long.”
 He grinned and helped her up. Scully felt the little girl in her come out as he held her hand and they walked towards the water. She remembered holding her mother’s hand and being led to play in the ocean, and she remembered getting old enough to go in the water by herself. She remembered sand castles, ice cream, sunblock, and the smell of Noxzema when she didn’t put enough sunblock on. It occurred to her that she would soon be taking her own daughter to the beach and making the same memories.
 The water was a bit cool, albeit refreshing after sitting on the beach. They went in deeper and joined hands so they could jump waves together. She shrieked when he put his muscular arms under her back and legs, picked her up, and held her as the waves rolled past them. “Lucky me; I caught a mermaid!” They kissed again, and he put her back down. They spent some time playing in the water, splashing and chasing each other and jumping waves. Scully enjoyed the buoyancy; she’d been feeling a bit unsteady on her feet due to her center of gravity having moved, and being in the water let her move smoothly and freely, without fear of falling.
 He lifted her back up again to kiss her, then looked into her eyes. “I remember the first time I saw you laugh like that, in the rain in Oregon. I had this – feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. It was like I knew you’d be by my side forever.”
 She blushed. “I thought you were crazy, but there was something about you. I didn’t know what it was, but I was drawn to you.”
 He grinned. “You couldn’t help yourself. I’m irresistible. It’s only natural that you’d throw yourself at me.” She rolled her eyes, and he pulled her into another kiss. Their kisses deepened as a few more waves washed over them, and Mulder put her back down when he felt himself getting hard despite the cool water. “Let’s go dry off for a while.”
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 They spent about an hour enjoying the beach before heading back to the house. On the way, they stopped to buy fudge and salt water taffy from a boardwalk shop. Scully had been having cravings for junk food, and Mulder indulged her. He enjoyed her uninhibited pregnancy appetites.
 Yes, plural, he thought. Once she relaxed, she’d begun making suggestive comments to him about the things they could do in the water if there weren’t so many people around.
 They entered through the yard so they could use the outdoor shower. Mulder took a good look around at the privacy fence. It was a tall, solid vinyl fence with no gaps, and the homes that abutted the yard were all small one-story cottages. The shower itself was also partially enclosed. By the time he placed their things on the deck, Scully was already rinsing herself off, her bathing suit still on and her back to him. Mulder took off his shirt and swim trunks and took a moment to enjoy the view before he joined her, putting his arms around her and pressing his center into her backside.
 Scully turned around to face him and gasped. He was already half-hard and growing fast. “Mulder! What if someone sees?”
 “I already scoped it out,” he assured her, tugging at her swimsuit straps. “It’s completely fenced. If someone wants to see in here, they’re going to need to climb a tree. If they want to watch us that bad, let them have at it.” He took one finger and traced her neckline down to the side of one breast.
 She looked around. He was right, and dammit, he was so fucking hot, leering at her like that, water dripping down his solid, muscular body. The cashier at the grocery store had asked him if he was a fitness trainer, and it hadn’t been the first time that had happened. She let him divest her of her swimsuit, and ran her arms up and down his body as he kissed her under the cool water, his hands resting gently on the sides of her growing belly. He slowly moved them up her body to her breasts, which had always been quite sensitive and were even more so thanks to her pregnancy. She stifled a cry as he kneaded and pinched both nipples, then moved down to lick and suck on them as he slinked one hand between her legs to pump her pussy with two fingers, brushing her clit with each in and out stroke.
 It didn’t take long. She’d been hot for him since they’d made out in the water at the beach. She whimpered and thrust against him as he felt her convulse around his hand. He put both arms back around her and planted light, loving kisses all over her face as she came down and caught her breath.
 “I want you inside me,” she finally said, turning off the water. “But not in here.”
 Mulder nodded. She had gotten big enough that certain sex positions – like him lifting her off the ground and fucking her against the wall – weren’t possible anymore, and the ground was concrete. They pushed the excess water off themselves and entered the house through the back. Scully led Mulder into the bedroom, threw a couple of towels down on the bed, then got up on all fours and seductively wiggled her ass at him, looking over her shoulder seductively.
 “Oh fuck yes,” he growled, his dick throbbing as he looked at her glistening, pink pussy just begging to be filled up. He joined her on the bed, grasped her hips and slowly entered her, enjoying the tight warm wetness as it enveloped him inch by inch. After they found their rhythm, him plunging in and out of her as she met him thrust for thrust, he reached around to play with her tits and tweak her nipples, making her squeal.
 “God, Mulder, HARDER!” she thrust back against him with all she had, and he knew that meant she wanted to have the daylights fucked out of her.
 He was more than willing to oblige, putting all of the core work he’d been doing in the gym to good use as he pounded her, their bodies making a lewd wet slapping sound on each inward thrust. He knew from the sounds she was making when she was close; she wasn’t afraid to be loud now that they were indoors. He gritted his teeth to maintain control until she finally arched her back and ground her backside against him, emitting a strangled cry that sounded somewhat like his name. He threw his head back and let out a primal yell as he felt himself empty inside her.
 His legs felt like Jell-O. He collapsed to one side, pulling her with him and holding her as they gasped for air and felt the warm afterglow embrace them. He put one hand on her belly and propped himself up when he felt movement.
 “Hey, she’s moving,” he said, a look of wonder on his face.
 “Yeah, I can feel her. She’s been getting more active.” They’d gotten the ultrasound two weeks before, which confirmed what they already knew; they were having a little girl, and so far, everything was fine. Both she and their baby were perfectly healthy.
 “I read that when you have an orgasm, the baby gets a massage.”
 Scully rolled her eyes. “That website again.”
 “One of them. I’m not sure if it was the vegetable and fruit one.”
 She turned over to face him. “I want to take a shower and have some fudge. Then maybe a hot dog later.” She ran one finger up and down the length of his cock, which had softened but was still wet and sticky from their sex.
 “So, I take it this means you’ve warmed up to this whole Babymoon thing?”
 “Sure, if it means a full week of you feeding me and fucking me.”
 “Jesus, woman.” Mulder decided to go have another protein shake while his insatiable wife showered.
Those swim trunks? They’re real:
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avocadomonthly · 3 years
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7 Reasons Why Pregnant Women Should Add Organic Avocados To Their Diet
Organic California avocados are undoubtedly the king of multi-nutrient fruits. They are delicious and good for the skin, but do you know that they are advised during pregnancy too? 
In our recent interview with the USA based dietitian and food nutritionist, we discussed the right food guide for an expectant mother and gathered the reasons to add organic avocados. 
Do online avocado shopping during pregnancy. 
1 Improves digestion: Constipation, loose stool, or frequent stomach aches are common during pregnancy's second and third trimesters. Since organic avocados are enriched with fibre and magnesium, hence their regular consumption can aid digestion. You can buy a variety of avocado so that you relish varying tastes each time. 
2 High in folate or folic acid: Folic acid is extremely important for the growth and development of the foetus. Its deficiency can cause detrimental effects in the newborn. In the worst cases, it can also lead to spine, skull and brain abnormalities. If you are an expectant mother, then always buy organic avocados only as they are infused with a sufficient proportion of your daily folic acid intake. 
3. Helps in fighting morning sickness: During our conversation, we learned that as many as 70% of pregnant women get morning sickness in the first trimester. Also, 1 out of 10 women undergoes severe nausea and vomiting. Organic avocados being bounteous in vitamin C helps combat these grinding mornings. 
4. Helps in maintaining weight: Going fat is one of the worst nightmares that women can imagine, but unfortunately, giving birth to a new life comes up with a big tag of “WEIGHT GAIN”. However, thankfully enough, now you can buy a variety of avocados and save your body from going blubbery 
5. Organic source of choline: Choline is another micronutrient that is essential for the cardiovascular and brain health of the unborn as well as the mother. A single serving of organic California avocados is infused with approximately 22 mg of choline; this is sufficient to dose you with the required amount. 
6 Soothes and alleviates leg cramps: Do you know organic avocados have more potassium than a banana? A banana has 422 mg of potassium, whereas a medium-sized avocado has 800-900 mg. Deficiency of potassium and calcium is common during pregnancy, and therefore you can do avocado online shopping so that you are never out of stock.  
7 Source of healthy calories: During the pregnancy phase, it is most vital than ever that the expectant mother eats extra calories for the foetus; however people often misinterpret this notion and indulge in fat-inducing junks. The best way to ensure that you have consumed sufficient healthy calories is by buying a variety of avocado and eating it the right way.  
Takeaway
After reading a bunch of benefits, you must be thinking of avocado online shopping. In that case, Avocado Monthly can be your spot. Here you can pick from 16 different varieties of organic avocados and get them delivered to your doorstep.
Fresh, organic farm products, affordable price range, and free home delivery make Avocado Monthly the best pick for you.
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ruiyuki · 7 years
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Todomomo Sensory Soulmate AU: Family Fluff
On their wedding day both Todo and Momo shared visions of each other.
Momo saw from Todoroki's perspective, herself walking down the aisle in her wedding dress; while Todo saw from Momo's perspective, himself standing at the altar as she got closer and closer. They both shed tears at the same time.
Sensory sharing during pregnancy becomes another whole new experience for both of them.
Momo's sense of smell is heighted during her first trimester so when Todoroki goes for sushi with the boys for lunch, tuna causes her despair.
Todoroki tastes Momo's weird craving choices during pregnancy --- avocadoes and red bean paste?! He's not even gonna question it.
There have been horror stories of husbands sharing the labour pain that their wives experience during childbirth. A stinging, gut wrenching pain that suddenly runs through the husband when their wife is at the peak of child labour. Its so shocking, many husbands drop to their knees clutching their gut in the hospital room beside their wives...
It happened to Tokoyami,,, it happened to Iida,,, it even happened to Bakugou,,,, and Todoroki is no exception. It happened to him too. For all his kids.
Its really weird for Todo to recieve a connection for the sense of touch when Momo's breastfeeding...... Another thing he's not gonna question.
It always brightens their day when Todo or Momo sees a vision of their baby smiling or hears them giggling through the other's perspective.
One of Momo's favourite sensory sharing experiences is when she hears Todo in her head, humming or singing a gentle lullaby while he puts their kids to bed.
"Ba-.. pa-.. Papa!"
Todoroki hears a voice in his head at work. He gets a text seconds later from Momo.
"SHOUTO!! OUR BABY JUST SAID PAPA!! HIS FIRST WORDS WERE PAPA!!!!"
He texts back, "Yes I know. I heard it too :)"
> original AU post here
> prev hcs here
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PBF Baby #2: Pregnancy Weeks 32-34
Hello!! As I near the end of my pregnancy (I hit 35 weeks on Monday!), I wanted to switch things up on the blog a bit and dive into a little more detail in my pregnancy recaps because I feel like so much is happening and changing and I don’t want to forget it. Also, I’ve been referencing my weekly pregnancy recaps from my pregnancy with Chase like crazy lately and am beginning to miss sharing so much about this exciting time, especially now that we’re so close to our due date and everything is starting to hit me and feel so real. Our baby is due in just over 30 days and it feels like the clock is really ticking! Rather than the monthly pregnancy recaps I’ve been sharing, I’m planning to share bi-weekly updates up until delivery.
Here are my past updates from this pregnancy if you’re just catching up:
A Miracle On The Way
The First and Second Trimester (So Far)
PBF Baby #2: Pregnancy Weeks 20-23
PBF Baby #2: Pregnancy Weeks 24-27
PBF Baby #2: Pregnancy Weeks 28-31
What I’m Going To Pack In My Hospital Bag
And you may also check out all of my weekly pregnancy updates from my first pregnancy on the Pregnancy page of this blog.
Also, I know I’ve said this time and time again on this blog, but if you are not in a place where reading about pregnancy is good for your heart, I get it and I am sending you so much love. I don’t want to be the source of heartache for any of you and encourage you to please skip the blog posts you need to skip, take a break from this blog if you need a break and take care of yourself.
Baby Updates
  (34 Week Baby Bump)
At 34 weeks, baby is the size of a butternut squash and typically weighs in at around 4 pounds 7 ounces.
At my 32-week prenatal appointment with a maternal and fetal medicine specialist, the doctor estimated our little one is already up to 4 pounds 12 ounces and I’m measuring a bit ahead. I am so curious about the size of our baby right now because my belly growth, belly shape and weight gain all vary quite a bit from my pregnancy with Chase. I’m definitely bigger all around and my belly shape is more of a high basketball as opposed to a long, low belly.  
Weight Gained
Currently hovering around 27-30 pounds which is 5-8 pounds more than I weighed at this point with Chase.   
Workouts
  (33 Week Bump!)
Workouts are a bit all over the place right now as I am just really trying to listen to my body. On days when I feel tired or more nauseated than usual in the mornings, I’ll take a rest day or just go for a walk. This seems to happen three or four days a week right now so I’m making it to the gym or doing a workout at home the other three or four days. You may see what a full week of workouts looked like for me at 33 weeks pregnant in this post: Weekly Workouts: 33 Weeks Pregnant. Favorite workouts continue to include modified Burn Boot Camp workouts (I am skipping most cardio and plyometric days) and circuit-style strength training. I’ve also found a handful of YouTube workout videos that range anywhere from 10-20 minutes that I am loving lately for my random at home workouts! The Tone It Up Bikini Arms Workout is one of my favs for a quick arm burner.
Symptoms
Nausea. Ooph! It’s back with a vengeance right now and I find myself feeling nauseated more often than not in the mornings. Most times I’m able to get ahead of it by eating something immediately upon waking, but 3-4 days a week it will linger through the early afternoon no matter what or how often I eat.
I’ve also noticed that as my belly gets bigger, the shortness of breath I began experiencing a few weeks ago is increasing like crazy! The smallest things will leave me feeling ridiculously winded right now like walking up a very small hill or a flight of stairs… or even simply bending over to pick something up! The belly is a force – I still remember thinking it should be way squishier and more malleable during my first pregnancy – and it definitely fights back when I bend over or squat down these days.
I feel like every day I don’t experience severe sacroiliac or sciatic joint pain, I count my blessings because that was, without a doubt, the most frustrating and painful symptom I experienced in my first pregnancy. I am so grateful it happened before I had a toddler to chase around because I’m not sure what I would do if I couldn’t walk without feeling a stabbing pain in my butt and lower back. I am experiencing minor lower back pain on my right side – more like a quick stab of pain if I stand up after I’ve been sitting or laying down for an extended period of time – but it usually happens at the end of the day and stretching and massaging the spot helps a lot.
I’m also still experiencing occasional calf and foot cramps but introducing Natural Calm into my nightly routine seems to have made a difference and helped decrease their frequency.
Food Aversions
Nothing is really too off-putting to me at the moment, but sometimes when I eat a lot of vegetables or a salad, I’ll feel almost repulsed after the meal is over. I can eat it and it tastes good while I eat, but thinking back about what I ate will occasionally make me feel pukey. So strange! I also tend to be much hungrier in the mornings and afternoons and feel almost indifferent toward food around dinnertime. Smaller evening meals are my friend.
Food Cravings
(34-Week Belly Bump Snack Shelf!)
Fruit, especially watermelon, bananas and citrus, chocolate (<—this often feels like a NEED more than a want) and cereal. I’m also eating a lot of oatmeal, random slices of bread, avocado, yogurt and cottage cheese.
Sleep
Oh sleep, you are a tricky beast. Sleep is on and off and extremely unpredictable around here. I’ve struggled with pregnancy-related insomnia a lot this time around and sometimes it totally kicks my butt (I cannot fall asleep until 3 a.m.) and other nights I’ll fall asleep quickly but wake up for hours and hours in the middle of the night. And then, inevitably, I’ll be blessed with a night or two of decent sleep and it will be AMAZINGGG and I want to wake up high-fiving everyone around me. I also wake up constantly in the night to pee (we’re talking five times at least) but I’ve been that way for months.
I am still 100 percent in love with my Snoogle and don’t know what I’d do without it from a comfort standpoint. I am hugged up on that monstrosity ALL night long!
Any Baby/Pregnancy Related Purchases?
I still haven’t bought much of anything this pregnancy! I am grateful for the sprinkles my aunt and my friends hosted for our little one so I feel pretty good to go on the diaper and wipes front but I need to take some time to stock up on post-delivery self care essentials (Tucks Witch Hazel Pads, Perineal Irrigation Bottle, Dermoplast Pain Relieving Spray, Extra Heavy Pads, etc.).
I’d love to get a jump start on setting up our baby’s nursery but know that our baby will be sleeping in our room with us for months so I’m having a hard time feeling particularly motivated. Ryan moved all of our home gym stuff out of the room that will be our baby’s nursery and into the garage so now that the room is an empty space/diaper staging area, I am feeling the itch to begin decorating but want to know our baby’s sex before going all out!
And these aren’t necessarily brand new purchases, but I’ve been getting a lot of wear out of the following bump-friendly clothing over the course of the past few weeks:
Flounce Sleeve Wrap Dress (I have this in pink and a dusty blue color and wore it to my baby sprinkle and on a date night with Ryan! It’s not maternity but accommodates the bump well. I ordered a size up from my pre-pregnancy size.)
Lululemon Align Pant (I will sing the praises of these pants for eternity! I now have two pairs and wash them immediately after wearing because I don’t want to ever be without a clean pair right now. I have them in my pre-pregnancy size and they are stretchy enough to work well over my belly!)
ASOS Maternity Romper (I wasn’t sure this purchase would be a hit but I love it! Great for dressing up with a funky bralette – you can see it here on a recent date night – or throwing on over a bathing suit for a comfy cover-up.)
Victoria’s Secret V-Neck Tee (A pregnancy fav from my first pregnancy! I have this tee in FIVE colors. I just sized up two sizes from my pre-pregnancy size and it works great with the belly and postpartum for a relaxed fit v-neck tee!)
ASOS Maternity Cold Shoulder Top (Love the feminine look of this top that doesn’t scream “maaaternity!!!”)
Belly Button In or Out?
My  belly button is definitely out right now but not overly noticeable through clothing.
Boy or Girl Thoughts and Name Ideas
We’re all beginning to get hone in on whether we think we’re having a boy or a girl right now and it’s SO much fun! I am seriously loving every second of not knowing and this truly shocks me because I never thought I’d want to be surprised in a million years. Right now, Chase and I are pretty much the only two people who think I’m having a boy. Ryan, the vast majority of our friends and our families are all convinced we’re having a girl. I will just have to laugh if we end up having a girl and Chase and I are the only two people who thought boy. And no, Chase hasn’t wavered on his thoughts on the baby’s sex even one time. He tells everyone I’m having a boy with such certainty and I’m pretty sure that if we end up having a girl we’ll just tell him “the baby is here!” and break the news that it’s a girl slooowly… Haha!
As far as names go, we’re still pretty clueless. Ah! There is one boy name Ryan and I both love and agree on but there are a few things holding us back from committing to it, namely because it makes us think of a certain television show character. (I’ll definitely fill you in on the name later whether we use it or not!) When it comes to a girl name, we have a couple we like but nothing finite just yet. And, truthfully, I could see us veering from our current list of frontrunners completely… Clearly we are ALL over the place with names right now.
Feeling…
I’m beginning to find myself spending more and more time thinking about birth. I was almost always measuring behind with Chase and he was such a little peanut when he was born, so I’m curious what it will be like to birth a bigger baby since my labor with Chase was so fast and relatively easy. I’m hoping the fact that this will be my second delivery will work in my favor and really hope my body remembers what to do because the whole childbirth part of having a baby still admittedly freaks me out a bit! I’m 10,000 times better with needles and medical things than I was before I became pregnant with Chase but I still get queasy relatively easy and feel like a bit of a baby myself about the whole thing. Thankfully there’s no better motivation going into labor than knowing I’ll finally be able to meet the baby I already love so much! I am SO ridiculously excited for that moment!!   
Another thing I’m feeling is a lot of mixed emotions surrounding my final few weeks of one-on-one time with Chase.
I wrote a lot more about these feelings on this Instagram post and it was so, so helpful to hear from so many of you who have been there and experienced the same rollercoaster of emotions before welcoming your second baby into the world. I’m hoping to plan a few special Mom and Chase dates where we do something unique and fun together before our baby arrives and hope to continue to really focus on soaking up every moment of special time with my firstborn before it becomes more challenging to give him undivided attention.  
Also, I cannot help but wonder how my relationship with Ryan will change once a second child enters the picture.
With Chase, it was relatively easy for both of us to hang out with our tiny baby and spend time together when Chase was sleeping on the weekends but I know that won’t be possible when when we have a baby and an energetic toddler in the mix who needs attention and activity. I LOVE our family time and know things will evolve naturally but it’s hard not to picture chaotic bed times and one of us handling one child while the other handles the other child and limited time to really be together in an intentional way. I’d absolutely LOVE to hear thoughts from those of you who have been through this before… How did your relationship change with two kids in the mix? Was there anything you did to make the transition easier? I remember communication becoming even more pivotal after Chase was born and telling Ryan what I need from him rather than just hoping he’ll know or figure it out was crucial.
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10 Highly Nutritious Foods to Eat When You're Pregnant
Maintaining a healthy diet during pregnancy is very important. During this time, your body needs additional nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. In fact, you may need 350–500 extra calories each day during the second and third trimesters
1. Dairy Products 2. Legumes (lentils, peas, beans, chickpeas, soybeans, and peanuts) 3. Sweet Potatoes 4. Salmon 5. Eggs 6. Broccoli and Dark, Leafy Greens 7. Berries 8. Whole Grains 9. Avocados 10.Dried fruit
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shelleyseale · 5 years
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How to Eat for a Healthy Pregnancy
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Eating healthy foods has always been a priority of mine. Mainly because I love food and cooking, and I love a variety when I cook - a lot of veggies, grains, meats, fruits…anything I’ll try! When I became pregnant, I know I needed to pay attention to everything I ate and take certain things in moderation.
I want to make sure I get a variety of foods for optimal nutrients for my growing babe! Thankfully, I have a great midwife who provided me with necessary food options, and I found a lot of pregnancy books which include healthy eating and recipes, and are more on the “green living” side of things. I have listed some of what I have found to be the best during pregnancy to keep my health and energy up.  A great diet during pregnancy should be filled with proteins, vitamin rich vegetables and fruits, healthy fats and complex carbohydrates and of course, lots of H2O. There are many healthy ways to eat no matter what your agenda is! A lot of OB’s and midwives will also recommend a prenatal vitamin for you to take daily or a few times a week. I personally have been using a vegan plant based prenatal vitamin with plenty of folate. I chose this because it has the most simple ingredients I can understand without fillers and at a decent price. Folate is a B-vitamin that is naturally found in a variety of foods, mostly dark, leafy vegetables, oranges, and nuts and beans, and has been recommended for pregnant women to get plenty of. Folic acid is a synthetic form of folate, that is not naturally found in food, but used in supplements. 
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Sliced beef tenderloin, garlic mashed potatoes with gravy, roasted green beans, and a spring mix salad with tomatoes, cheese, walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette.
Protein
Here are some protein rich foods I have enjoyed a lot this pregnancy -  Wild caught salmon - which also has great healthy omega fats, Beef sirloin steaks - cubed and seared with potatoes/rice and veggies. Or whole sirloin steaks sliced. I use grass fed beef. Pork tenderloin, Raw nuts and trail mixes, Fruit and nut energy chews with protein, Kefir drink and honey greek yogurt, sometimes with fruit and granola. Beans and lentils- making meat, rice, bean and veggie stews or dishes. I love great northern beans, black beans and any kind of lentil.
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Sauteed shrimp with garlic, lemon and parsley, & orzo stuffed red bell peppers with tomatoes, goat cheese and parsley.
Vegetables 
I love veggies of all kinds, these are my personal favorites that I have been craving and cooking a lot this pregnancy -  Beets - I love to cube red and golden beats, drizzle with olive oil, sea salt and fresh rosemary, and roast in the oven. I eat them as a side dish or even drop in my salads. Spinach - fresh in a salad, or sautéed with mushrooms, garlic and onions has been a favorite. Basil (making a lot of pesto!) Sweet bell peppers - raw in my salads, or with my favorite ginger soy stir fry with chicken, or in homemade coconut curry, Arugula and spring mix salads with dried fruits, raw chopped veggies, walnuts, goat cheese and either homemade lemon or Italian vinaigrette, Broccoli - steamed or sautéed with other veggies, it’s limitless! Cilantro and parsley for sauces, tacos, pastas. Lightly sautéed kale with parmesan & garlic or a sweet cranberry sauce has been my go-to. Spaghetti squash, roasted with just parmesan and garlic, or tossed with gouda, tomatoes, garlic, spinach and mushrooms.  Avocados - I enjoy some good mashed avocado with lemon on toast, sliced on a sandwich, or guacamole. Avocado is a great way to get healthy fats.
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Homemade pesto - tons of basil, pine nuts, lemon juice, sea salt, and olive oil.  
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Veggie loaded rice! Turmeric garlic rice, with roasted beets, carrots, asparagus, sweet onions and tomatoes with herbs.
Fruits
I have craved fruits non-stop for both of my pregnancies, 8 years apart. I think I am mainly craving sugar in any form, and also being pregnant in the heat of the Texas summer, there is nothing better than snacking on my favorites - juicy cantaloupe, mangoes, watermelons, apples, oranges and raspberries!  I started juicing watermelons after always having too much left over, and after a little research, I have found watermelon to be especially beneficial for pregnant women. Eating or juicing watermelon has helped me with my nausea in the beginning of pregnancy, and then my acid reflux and heartburn later on into my second and third trimester. And of course, we know watermelon has a high water content, which can help with any swelling and muscle cramps that happens to most all of us pregnant women, especially at the end. I have been experiencing so much muscle cramping this time around and healthy fluids and water has been a staple for easing that pain. 
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Honey greek yogurt with granola, apples, blueberries, grapes and kiwi.
Grains
Complex carbohydrates are important as well, they contain essential vitamins, minerals and fiber your body needs and your developing baby needs. Sticking with 100% whole grains is best to get the most nutrition from grains. I’ve been choosing whole honey wheat bread, quinoa, brown rice, steel cut oats, and whole wheat pasta as much as I can. Adding different grains to your diet can create so many different recipes. I got sick of oatmeal, so I made some oat bars with leftover steel cut oats I had sitting in my kitchen. You can mix bananas, blueberries, honey, and tons of other ingredients with oats and bake on a flat pan, and then cut into squares to make bars. Super easy and great for snacking or when I’ve been super tired in the morning and need to eat right away. 
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Balancing your cravings
I guess you could call me more of a “crunchy” mom. Especially when I’ve been pregnant and when my son was a baby and toddler, I was always reading ingredients, watching what I would feed him and allow him to have. But, I will say that I do love to indulge and think moderation is key for anything. Sometimes succumbing to a guilty pleasure will make you feel a little better and that is perfectly okay. If you are eating healthy and sticking to primarily eating foods like I’ve listed above, then I say cave in to your cravings of ice cream, a cup of coffee, or your favorite candy every once in awhile. I certainly have several times during my pregnancy! Of course, always advise your OB or midwife if you have certain precautions for your pregnancy. Overall, eating colorful, vitamin rich foods has helped me keep up with energy over the summer and I believe has been a huge part of having a balanced, healthy pregnancy.  Read the full article
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ohsobetsy · 7 years
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Pregnancy favourites
Here I am 1-2 weeks pregnant, without a clue on what I need or should be having. I spent hours upon hours googling pregnancy must haves and watching new mums or mums to be on their personal YouTube blogs (I will attach links on an additional post of all of my favourite blogger mommas out there!).
So yeah, first baby and as you can imagine I was thrown in at the deep end just like every other FTM. I googled all sorts and realised from googling that you pretty much can't have ANYTHING whilst pregnant.
I had this super strong head ache, I don't know if I mentioned in an earlier post but I had swollen glands ALL OVER and it was giving me such bad migraines but because I was pregnant I couldn't have anything decent to take the pain away. Paracetamol just didn't cut it.
All I read about was folic acid, pregnacare & the to do was to eat nothing but healthy foods. See this is where I became a bit sceptical, I didn't take my folic acid simply because I forgot more than I remembered. I googled if I was a bad mum because I didn't and I found out that SO MANY other mums to be didn't take folic acid, nor did they take pregnacare. I did however take a full packet of pregnacare but my god did it taste disgusting, I took pregnacare up until 8 weeks pregnant as I couldn't stomach it any longer.
Anyway, months on I'm still eating rubbish - you may have read that my cravings were burgers & haribo. I absolutely adore McDonald's breakfasts too, which is something I'd have now and then but feel terrible afterwards. I did however constantly snack on cucumber, fruit juices, strawberries and grapes - so although a high sugar content, there was some healthy things there! 🙄
I didn't really need much in the first trimester, just strong pain killers and a better memory.
So now my second and third trimester must haves...
My ultimate must have for second and third trimester is COMFORTABLE CLOTHES. I cannot stress enough how much it hurt to wear my usual Topshop Joni jean, my lord it felt like I was wearing a size 4 and trust me I am NOT a size 4, if I ate out I couldn't even fasten them. I live in leggings, they are so comfortable and I've found that yoga pants are wayyyy more comfortable than leggings.
My second must have would be a long, warm soak in the bath tub, loads of bubbles and some relaxing music. Since being pregnant I have literally bathed so much, sometimes three times a day just to put off back aches and pains. It is so nice to get into a really hot bath and just lay down. (May actually go run another)
HELP, help from others during pregnancy is such a must. If I didn't have such a supportive partner, family and best friend I would have really, really struggled. It's crazy the amount of things that change, how long it takes you to do things, like omg even walking upstairs is effort.
A pregnancy pillow, I say this lightly as I have recently taken mine to the tip because it was just SO bulky but what I've figured is a basic pillow does the exact same job and takes up less room. I mean, we do have a king size bed but there's Jake who sneaks into the middle, me who is the size of a whale plus a pregnancy pillow and throw Winston our selfish kitten in with all that and believe me there is no room at all. So I'd advise anyone getting a pregnancy pillow or even thinking about getting one, save your money (and bed space) and use a normal pillow.
Fake tan! I've always been a girl who loves the finer things in life and tanning is one of them. I feel so nice tanned and outfits just look SO much better whilst tanned and pregnant. Definite must. Please note that you CAN use fake tan whilst pregnant but spray tans are NOT advised during pregnancy.
There are some of my pregnancy must haves, they may have been what you were expecting but they may not have been. I am not Mother Earth, I am still Chloe, I am not prepared to eat avocados whilst in a yoga position, just because I am pregnant and google says to do so. I'm going to eat my burgers, wear my heeled boots and lather on the fake tan.
My lord I miss good strong pain killers, prosecco and being able to run up the stairs but becoming a mum is amazing, the whole process is overwhelming yet empowering and if I can do it, anyone can. I can't wait until our bundle of joy (possibly not joy if she's like me) but I can't wait until she's here, our little diva in the making.
My next blog post will be Betsy's nursery. What's going in there, what bargains we've come across and what products we are going to be using. Check back in a day or two for an update.
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