Tag: lifestyle
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The Worst Girl Gang Ever: Book Review
I knew before we went in to have the D&C done that this pregnancy was different than the last. We didn’t get to see our last baby, and we had only just found out that we were pregnant. This time around, we knew about the baby for nearly 44 days, we had multiple ultrasounds, blood…
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Fighting Bedtime Anxiety
I don’t know about you, but my anxiety comes in full swing the minute I lay down for bed. I can go all day with no issues, but when my head hits the pillow it’s game over. What if I’m just not meant to be a mom? What if I can’t ever have a baby?…
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Self Care- it’s a requirement now.
I know we hear all the time how important self care is. You see the women on your Instagram feed and they look so happy. Maybe it’s because they’re more blessed and less stressed, or maybe it’s because they’re practicing self care on the regular. It’s hard to make time to put yourself first, whether…
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From us and ours to you and yours
Every year I stress myself out coming up with New Years Resolutions and an end of the year social media post about how amazing my year has been and how I’m looking forward to the adventures of next year. This year, the best I can come up with is, “I’m tired.” I sat in a…
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Symptom Spotting and why we’re not bringing it into 2022
All of the TTC community at one point has googled something along the lines of “8 dpo BFN but high temp,” or other symptoms they’re experiencing in hopes that someone somewhere has experienced the same thing and then ended up pregnant. We hold our breaths in hopes that we’ll get a hit on Google that…
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These are a few of my favorite things…
As most of you know now, we had a small wedding ceremony on November 14, 2020 and our reception on November 6, 2021. I want to share a few of my favorite moments with you as I welcome you all aboard my life journal. This is my mom and dad, they took this photo on…
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What no one told me about life after loss
When I came home from the emergency room, I had a packet from the hospital explaining the dos and do nots for the next few weeks, some medications, and a broken heart. This packet doesn’t explain how to call your mom to tell her you lost your baby. It doesn’t go over calling your husband,…
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Our Lives Redefined
Up until April 27, 2021, miscarriage was a dirty word in our house. A taboo word even. Infertility wasn’t discussed as a possibility, and kids weren’t quite on the table yet. With COVID, our plan for an extended European honeymoon got put on the back burner and we were content with waiting until after our…
Running After Rainbows 