ANOTHER PREGNANCY BLOG???

I'm a thirty-four year old analytical genius who works for a fortune 500 company in St. Louis, Missouri.  I play softball, volleyball, shoot on a trap league, and have had a standing Card Night for over 6 years.  The outdoors, sans the severe allergy issues that I have been treating for years, is a good friend of mine.  You can often find me camping, fishing, hunting and hiking. 

I met a great guy in 2007, shortly after my father passed, and we married in 2009.  Now, a couple years later, I find myself in uncharted (is this MARS?!?!) territory.  I'm pregnant.  And a Tomboy. 

So, like any expectant chick, I hurried to the bookstore to gather a few materials. . .

 For the Hub, I found some amazing stuff:  "Dude, You're Gonna Be a Dad!  How to Get (Both of You) Through the Next 9 Months" by John Pfeiffer and "The Caveman's Pregnancy Compaion:  A Survival Guide for Expectant Fathers" by David Port and John Ralston   These two gems are chock full of nibbly bits which help point men to cater to their womenfolk during this especially trying time in their lives.  And, they're amusing!

BUT. . . when I started to look for books for expectant mothers, I was very disappointed.  I found the standard "What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel.  I even talked myself into "Your Pregnancy:  week by week" by Glade B. Curtis, MD, MPH and Judith Schuler, MS.  Sadly, I couldn't find a book for ME.  I want a cool preganant mother book! 

That brings us here.  This blog will track my progress and I will record all of my experiences.

Welcome to a Spitfire's Guide to Pregnancy!