The Pregnancy Diaries focuses on the pregnancy journey as experienced by many women in different situations. This edition focuses on a 34 year old first time mom who is 20 weeks pregnant and has a full time, demanding job. Any time she takes tine fir herself, she seems to be preoccupied with the pregnancy or pregnancy symptoms. Even worse, she is inundated with work emails when she’s supposed to be relaxing at home. You really get to understand her struggle from her perspective.

Key Takeaways:

• A few women recorded details relevant to their own pregnancy. That offers new insight in to the lives of these women.
• Few would guess that pregnant women lead busy lives every day. But their schedules show that they are strapped for time.
• A significant trend is that pregnant women rely on their doctors. They often schedule a doctor’s visit at some time during the week.

“In our new series Pregnancy Diaries, we ask expecting women to jot down every pregnancy-related detail of their lives for a week.”

Read more: http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1135060/the-first-time-mom-who-cant-get-a-day-off-from-work