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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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!… Read More
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,… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
