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Blogging the Baby
Keeping an Online Journal during Pregnancy and Beyond
By Kelly Burgess
are merely writers of blogs that are supported by a particular Web site.
Venting and Kvetching
And most blogs do come off more diary-like than anything. McCall's is filled with the minutiae of life as a pregnant woman, from the funny (her son's reaction to finding out he was having a little sister) to the mundane (her blood pressure after each appointment). But while McCall sticks primarily to the subject of her pregnancy, others, like Anita Blanchard of Charlotte, N.C., use their blogs for a variety of subjects and often include information that has value to the readers, such as her reviews of birthing books and a treatise on the squash vine borer, a garden pest.
Blanchard, 39, started her journal, And Baby Makes Seven
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