7 Important Things My Pregnancy Has Taught Me

December 3, 2014

1. Never take your health for granted. When you get pregnant, there are things you’ll have to give up to be healthy and put your baby first, like wine-tasting and gymnastics, but you have no idea how many things you will begin to take on. First there’s the vitamins and doctor’s appointments, then the diet changes and eventually the day you become dependent on comfortable shoes.…

Leslie is a proudly feminist single mom, former entertainment writer, professional nanny, summer camp director, and playwright who moved from New York to her home town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to be near family and raise her daughter. She has produced plays and other comedy shows at the People's Improv Theater in New York, as well as covered a wide variety of entertainment events from New York Fashion Week to The Vulture Festival, NBCUniversal Upfronts, film premieres, album release parties, and much more. Don't miss her blog, The Way-At-Home Mom.