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Danielle Bean

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Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is editor-in-chief of Catholic Digest and Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com and the author of A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms and The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also enjoys speaking around the country, is employed as webmaster for her parish web sites and spends time on various …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their 4-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son, and twin boys born May 2011. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is a 30-something, single lady, living in Connecticut in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law and six kids ... and two doors down are her parents. She received her undergraduate degree from …
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DariaSockey

DariaSockey
Daria Sockey is a freelance writer and veteran of the large family/homeschooling scene. She recently returned home from a three-year experiment in full time outside employment. (Hallelujah!) Daria authored several of the original Faith&Life Catechetical Series student texts (Ignatius Press), and is currently a Senior Writer for Faith&Family magazine. A latecomer …
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Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Lynn Wehner

Lynn Wehner
As a wife and mother, writer and speaker, Lynn Wehner challenges others to see the blessings that flow when we struggle to say "Yes" to God’s call. Control freak extraordinaire, she is adept at informing God of her brilliant plans and then wondering why the heck they never turn out that …
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Bella Bands and Babies

Fashion Friday vol. 10

Hello ladies! I’ve missed y’all!

Danielle was kind enough to offer me a bit of time off as I adjusted to some new circumstances in my life. Well, just one new circumstance, actually ...

A beautiful, tiny new circumstance who should be making his or her arrival late this coming summer.

We are all overjoyed, but this Mama’s been suffering from that yucky 1st trimester tummy that I know most of you are very familiar with. I’m afraid that I’m not quite as much of a rock star as our own Rachel Balducci who managed to blog her way straight through her own 1st trimester nausea and fatigue. I’m in awe, Rachel! I do believe you need this shirt.

Now that the 1st trimester is mercifully drawing to a close I find myself in that perplexing stage of pregnancy when my pre-pregnancy clothes are becoming uncomfortably tight but my maternity clothes are still too big. You know that one where people aren’t sure whether you’re expecting or just recovering from Christmas? Yup. That’s me. What’s a girl to do?

Invest in a Bella Band, apparently! They are truly amazing. Just slip one over your too snug pre-pregnancy skirts and pants and no one will ever suspect that you’re (gasp!) unbuttoned under there. You can also slip the band over your maternity wardrobe to snug it up a bit.

I didn’t own a Bella Band during my last pregnancies but the creators promise that the Bella Band comes in quite handy “in late pregnancy as an extra-hold accessory for under-the-belly styles that fall down around the hips when the belly pushes them down, and after pregnancy when maternity becomes big and pre-pregnancy is bit snug.”

I really can’t recommend the Bella Band highly enough. It’s a bit pricey but well worth the investment, in my humble opinion. I imagine you might even be able to whip one up at home for next to nothing if you happen to be of the crafty persuasion.

I hope you all have a very lovely weekend! I’d love to hear any maternity fashion tips and tricks you might have up your sleeve! Take care, girls!


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