Marissa Vicario

Recent Blog Posts

My Pregnancy Fitness Routine

I'm not going to sugarcoat it - my pregnancy fitness routine isn't what I expected it to be. Before pregnancy, knowing that exercise was healthy during pregnancy - it helps reduce swelling, reduces your chances of gestational diabetes, improves sleep, increases energy and lots more - I thought I would do everything I had done before. That turned out not to be the case. Although early on, I was … [Read more...]

My Pregnancy Must-Haves for All Trimesters

When I first found out I was pregnant, I'll admit I was completely lost and oblivious to all the pregnancy must-haves available. Instead of jumping right in and buying everything in sight, I took it slowly and observed my own changing body and what it needed and asked for. I'm still learning as I go, but I'm proud to report I've found many pregnancy must-haves that have helped me find comfort and … [Read more...]

My Second Trimester

If you missed my previous updates, you can catch up here:  Gender Reveal: It's a ...  Our Big Island Babymoon  My First Trimester Our Infertility Journey: We're Having a Baby!  Our Infertility Journey: The IVF Decision Our Struggle with Infertility  My first trimester update was all doom and gloom, but I'm happy to report that in my second trimester I turned a … [Read more...]

Gender Reveal: It’s a ….

Last weekend we had a gender reveal in Louisville, Ky. If you missed my previous updates, you can catch up here:  Our Big Island Babymoon  My First Trimester Our Infertility Journey: We're Having a Baby!  Our Infertility Journey: The IVF Decision Our Struggle with Infertility  IT's A GIRL! You have no idea how long I've been waiting to write this post and let the cat out of the bag! This … [Read more...]

My Rent the Runway for Pregnancy Review + Promo Code

One of the simple joys of this pregnancy is dressing my bump. I started outgrowing my pre-pregnancy clothes around Week 13. However, I feel adamant about not buying an entirely new wardrobe or frumpy maternity clothes. So, I decided to try Rent the Runway for pregnancy. After using it through my second trimester and now into my third, I can offer my honest review and experience.   Use my Rent the … [Read more...]

Our Big Island Babymoon

Although I may be remiss in calling our recent Hawaiian vacation a "Big Island Babymoon" - it was really just our Summer vacation - it has a nice ring to it so I'm going with it. It most certainly will be the last time we travel somewhere far away during my pregnancy so in that sense it was a Babymoon! We typically take a Summer vacation in Europe, but since I'm pregnant, I was adamant about … [Read more...]

Tobacco-free New York

This post was sponsored by Tobacco Free New York State as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. As a kid, growing up in the 80's (yes, I'm that old but you probably already know that by now!), I was surrounded by tobacco ads - on television, in magazines, on billboards, in grocery stores and there were even candy cigarettes! My … [Read more...]

My First Trimester

If you missed my previous updates, you can catch up here:  Our Infertility Journey: We're Having a Baby!  Our Infertility Journey: The IVF Decision Our Struggle with Infertility  Once we found out I was expecting - 9 days after the implantation procedure - I was already considered 4 weeks pregnant. This was a happy, but also uncertain time as we feared the unknown and hesitated … [Read more...]

Our Infertility Journey: We’re Having a Baby!

When I last wrote an update on our infertility journey, I explained our decision to pursue IVF. If you missed my initial post, you can read it here. IVF seems like a distant memory now, but at the time it tested me in every way possible - more about that in a moment. Fast forward to today and I am 16 weeks pregnant! To say that David and I are thrilled, humbled, excited and even slightly scared … [Read more...]