For all my soon to be baby mamas i feel like this list would help you all out in some way. It would have helped/saved me a LOT of money if it existed during my pregnancy!

1. Avoid MATERNITY CLOTHES: Unless you are rich, stupid and have no care about how you look maternity clothes are pointless and just way too expensive. I purchased two maternity shirts (regretfully) and wore them ONCE my entire pregnancy...I only bought them because pregnancy took over my mind and i thought i needed something maternity even though i didn't at all. My entire pregnancy i have been really small, wearing medium sizes of shirts was good enough for me. Pants on the other hand i haven't worn jeans since i was like 25 weeks and all i wear now are yoga pants and leggings (LIFE SAVERS) Don't buy JEANS i avoid even looking at jeans until i have my baby. It is depressing and i assure you you will never wear the jeans you buy while your pregnant again if you buy them, it's a WASTE OF MONEY. They fit your stomach but then the legs are baggy and it's just a mess. STICK TO MEDIUMS/LARGE SHIRTS AND LEGGINGS/YOGA PANTS and you will be saving yourself a LOT of money and looking better than you ever would have if you bought hideous maternity clothes

2. Avoid THE BEACH: Being pregnant all summer is depressing enough, Consider yourself VERY LUCKY if you aren't pregnant in the summer. This summer was the worst summer of my life, it was 90 degrees every day and i looked like a whale in summer clothes, I have never been so happy to see WINTER! In the summer me and my boyfriend went to the beach a few times, i only liked going because i liked to walk during my pregnancy as much as possible, walking around presque isle was peaceful and fun but the BEACH was a wreck, For some reason we decided to go on what felt like the hottest day of summer, it was so HOT i literally almost died, it made me feel depressed and like i couldn't do ANYTHING. And being around thin girls when your growing a child and will keep gaining weight kind of sucks. The beach was just a NO for me unless it was 75 degrees and i was walking and not laying on the beach dead.

3. Avoid AMUSEMENT PARKS: We have a kind of crappy amusement park where i live anyways but being there when your pregnant has to be one of the most depressing situations ever. First of all you are surrounded by dirty kids who don't listen to their depressed parents all day long and even though you know you won't be, you sit there and think am i going to be one of those depressed looking parents with a bad kid running around the park being an asshole someday? The other depressing thing is you have to SIT THERE AND DO NOTHING because you can't go on anything unless you like riding the train over and over and over again.

4. Avoid IMMATURE PEOPLE WHO DON'T SUPPORT YOUR PREGNANCY: If you want to post how excited you are about your baby and your pregnancy DO IT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. If someone has a problem with it and has something rude to say just block them out of your life and move on. Immature people love to comment on your ultrasound pictures if you post them saying it looks like GRAVY or a picture of the inside of your purse when you forget to turn off your camera. People who never been through this don't understand our excitement for our new life. They don't realize how unnecessary and useless their opinion is to us they just make themselves look like assholes and honestly, what are they doing with their life? besides taking the time to comment on your shit and try to annoy you and be unsupportive as hell...nothin...

5. Avoid PHONIES: This one is hard to avoid because until your baby shower or before you need something you won't know whose an actual phony! I have had so many old "friends" new "friends" family and even people i barely know talk about how excited they are for me but then when the time comes and i invite them to MY BABY SHOWER they don't show up or even speak to you, they were so excited right? While your pregnant you will definitely find out who is really there for you and who is just a phony who never deserved your friendship in the first place. It's kind of awesome...


If this has helped in anyway, which i hope it does! maybe soon there will be a part 2 because i really could go on forever but for now I give you this and please take this advice from a mother to a mother! haha being pregnant is hard enough, i'm just trying to make it easier for the mommies of the world! <3


- Jenna