Just like all first-time parents, we are being bombarded with information about how we need to parent and it’s coming from everyone: our doctors, family, friends, and now people I have never met. It’s interesting because some people that I…
How to Juggle it All During a Pandemic
When the pandemic hit, my husband was just about to match into his residency program, so he’s a full-time medical student and I am a full time working mom. I’m the Marketing Coordinator at a nonprofit that aims to end…
My Minimal Newborn Essentials
This is the blog post every new mom writes and even though I’ve read hundreds of these, I will always read new ones that I find. I think it’s so interesting what everyone feels is a must have for their…
Week 37
I wanted to give a quick 37 week update. Not much has changed honestly since last week. I went to my normal appointment, nothing is really progressing which is good because baby isn’t considered term yet, at least not until…
Week 36
Our 36 Week Appointment My 36-week appointment is the first of my weekly appointments. From here on out I’ll be seeing my doctor every single week until I have my little one in my arms. I actually really enjoy seeing…
Sustainable Lifestyle with a Baby: My Expectations
From the moment I found out I was pregnant I knew that I wanted to be very intentional in all the decisions I was going to make when our baby arrived. Honestly, what parent doesn’t sit and think about all…
Week 34
34 Weeks! I have my last biweekly appointment this week and then at 36 weeks I’ll be going weekly. We’re now doing our best to just get everything together and done before baby gets here. We’re also doing our best…
Weeks 30 & 32
Things are slowing down! Well, not the pregnancy but for the most part it hasn’t been nearly as eventful as the last update, everything has been for the most part normal which is a good thing! Since my last update…
28 Weeks
Can you believe it! It’s officially the third trimester! It’s the last stretch of this pregnancy and this week has been very eventful. A lot of great things happened like my 28-week appointment, our anniversary, the hospital tour but something…
Week 24
You guys! I am closing in on my third trimester, I cannot comprehend that I’m finishing up my fifth month of being pregnant. Where did the time go? I know I’m going to be saying this a lot but really,…
Week 21
It’s week 21 and I’m past the halfway point of this pregnancy. I’ve had a lot of appointments last week and they all went well. It finally hit me that time is flying by and it’s only going to go…
Week 18
It’s week 18 (at least while I’m writing this post), can you believe it! There has been so much going on and I cannot believe how close I am to the midway point of this pregnancy. That’s just absurd to…