You at 34 Weeks Pregnant: Your Body and Mind

Let's talk: visitors

If you already have visitors lined up to visit your new baby, here are a few ways we recommend preparing for them in advance:

🏡 Your Space: If they’ll be staying overnight and you don’t have an extra bed, consider one of these highly rated folding mattresses.

⏰ Their Expectations: We compiled answers to common questions for excited friends and family. (If they ask for lots of info, just send them the article.)

💆‍♀️ Your New Family’s Needs: We also asked a postpartum mother-baby nurse for her top postpartum hosting tips, which include “resist the urge to entertain” and “set clear limits.”

And with ~42 days until you're due, swelling might be on the rise, so stick around for our shoe recommendations below!

Your top questions, answered

🙅‍♀️ Boundaries: What’s some advice if I don’t want to allow visitors right away? Learn more→

🥬 Body Talk: Is pregnancy constipation common? Learn more→

❤️ Relatable: I’m having trouble bonding with baby. Is this normal? Learn more→

🧘‍♀️ Deep Breaths: What’s a good meditation for preparing for a C-section? Learn more→

In her words

“You never understand life until it grows inside of you.” — Sandra Chami Kassis

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Pregnancy shoes

Cushy, grippy, supportive and/or hands-free options that are all undeniably cute. See them all→

adidas 
Women's Cloudfoam Pure 2.0 Running Shoe

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BIRKENSTOCK 
Arizona Soft Footbed Sandal

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birkenstock.com$145.00

Crocs 
Classic Clog

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crocs.com$49.99