I always have a plan. I have ideas set in my head of how things will look and how things will go. And things always happen exactly how I imagine they will. Just kidding. But what a cool superpower that would be, right? When I got pregnant, I couldn’t wait for my big […]
To all the C-section mommas who didn’t want it… I see you. I hear you. I am you. A c-section delivery was never in my plans. But when my baby needed to be delivered 6 weeks early and his heart rate was dropping, a vaginal delivery wasn’t an option and a c-section became […]
Even before I was pregnant, I knew I was going to be a babywearing mama. It just made sense to me. I wanted to keep baby close, but I had things to do: a house to clean, a job to do, a husband and stepson to love on. Baby, for a while, was just going […]
Everyone has their must haves in life: must have snacks, must have outfits, must have sweets… Pregnancy is no different. As the weeks went on, my must haves for pregnancy made themselves clear… Full belly coverage pants/shorts – The majority of my big belly time was in the summer. I lived in full belly coverage […]
You can read part 1 here! Being told I was going to have my baby 8 weeks early were the most terrifying words spoken to me in my entire life. I wasn’t ready. Baby wasn’t ready. This wasn’t right. On the second day of my hospital stay, I cried to my husband that we hadn’t […]
I had the perfect pregnancy, right up until the moment I didn’t. When my husband, Josh, and I decided we were ready to start trying for our first baby, we expected it to take a few cycles. Little did we know, as we threw out my birth control pills on Christmas morning, I would get […]
When I found out I was pregnant, I already knew that “breast is best” when it came to feeding your baby. Even if I didn’t, they would have let me know at my first birthing class. I was so excited to experience the “golden hour” after my child’s birth bonding and experiencing that magical first […]