The road to grandparenthood does not begin when your child has a baby, but rather when you are pregnant with your first child. It is at that moment that the path is laid for becoming a grandparent. I must admit, as a young mom, I never thought about becoming a grandmother, with my own mom, and both of my grandmothers alive, it seemed like an insurmountable time away.

But from your first pregnancy test, to labor and delivery, you were collecting information that would make you a valuable resource as a grandmother.