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Pregnant Through the Holidays
Getting Ready for Your Holiday Baby
By Teri Brown
Moms have a hard enough time getting ready for the holidays or the birth of a child when they are two distinctly separate events. Together, these occurrences can be overwhelming!
Imagine trying to decorate and put together holiday celebrations while having Braxton Hicks contractions. Or visualize yourself wandering through the mall looking for that perfect gift with swollen ankles. This is the reality for many pregnant moms throughout the holidays.
But her due date came and went, and Henderson found herself preparing for the holidays still "large with child." "I was very big, having gained about 50 pounds, so shopping that year was not a pleasant experience," she says. "Plus, all the noise (music and wailing children) got on my nerves more than it might have otherwise, since my hormones were raging in every direction."
For the Hendersons, the only sanity-saving solution was to keep the holidays simple. "Because of my due date, we decided to do sort of a minimalist Christmas," Henderson says. "I put up a tree and a few basic, meaningful decorations but other than that, I didn't want much fuss."
She focused her energy on providing a nice Christmas for her daughter and shopped about a month ahead of time in preparation. For Henderson, a traditional last-minute shopper, this was a huge help.
Henderson was induced on December 26, which for Canadians is Boxing Day. "We call Zachary our 'Boxing Day Special' since all the stores have Boxing Day Sales on December 26," she says.
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