Okay, so I've admitted before I thought breastfeeding would be so easy and natural. I didn't take a class while I was pregnant with Blaire. Didn't prep, didn't do any research. If it was so natural, everything would just work and it'd be just as easy as everyone said it was. (Spoiler alert: not the case for me.) There were so[...]
I’m going to guess this is the thing I’ve had the most questions and messages about EVER. My review of the lactation brownies from Milky Mama. And I think it just shows we can get desperate when it comes to our milk supply because of how much pressure our society forces when it comes to breastfeeding. Also, a few disclaimers. I b[...]
Happy due date, baby girl! A week ago we were heading to the hospital, hoping we would be meeting the final member of our family soon. I had contractions every day throughout the last 8ish weeks of my pregnancy. Some days they were intense, they just never got close together. FINALLY, on 10/1, at exactly 39 weeks, they stayed[...]
It's funny how each season of my life I've felt like I couldn't possibly be more exhausted than at that moment. Being pregnant with Blaire, I had NO idea I'd learn a new level of tired after she was born. I thought I was exhausted throughout my entire pregnancy! Then being pregnant and chasing around a two-year-old, now being pregnant wi[...]
When I left my full-time job to stay home with Blaire and Ben, I had been working in life insurance for three years. Up until I started there, I knew nothing about life insurance. I knew I had a life insurance policy through my employer and I just hoped it was something I would not have to spend any more time thinking about. As I dov[...]
As a first time mom I had no idea what breastfeeding entail. I didn't take a class. I bought a nursing tank, a nursing bra and a nursing cover. Boom. I was prepared. I was going to survive breastfeeding. I was even offended when several mom friends suggested I have a thing of formula at home just in case I needed it. Just in case?[...]