April 1965, pregnant with twins.
I can still picture the yellow fabric for this dress spread over our kitchen table as she was making it. She did not know she was carrying twins until she was in the hospital and in labor. A nurse finally picked up 2 heart beats.
Such a contrast from Amy's twins...her twins were discovered through ultrasound when she was less than a month pregnant!
Also the dress, notice it is not form fitting. No, not at all back then.
So here we are in June 1956...she is 6 months pregnant with my brother John.
Mom looks like she needs a nap.
This probably looks very normal but it's not. I don't think anyone else would wear a pullover sweater while pregnant back then. I remember even in 1977 when I was pregnant with my first...I wore a pull over sweater, and I was not that far along, but still, people made comments, or they would look at me funny. Like I shouldn't be wearing "regular" clothes while pregnant!The sweater in this picture probably belonged to my Dad. She was practical, always.
Oh, and that's my Aunt Hegge on the blanket with us. She always dressed and looked like a movie star to me.
here she is pregnant for the first time.