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IT’S FALL Y’ALL! Crisp air, pumpkin spice, and most importantly HALLOWEEN! My favorite time of year is finally here and I’m coming to ya with some of my favorite family and little ones’ Halloween costumes. I’ve always thought about what family costumes I would do if I had a little one of my own, whatContinue reading “HALLOWEEN COSTUMES”

There’s a hierarchy in the OBGYN waiting room. If you don’t know that it means you’ve never had a kid. I used to go to the OBGYN and think nothing of it. Then I made it to the baby making age and I maybe noticed that the pregnant women are taken care of faster butContinue reading “OBGYN HIERARCHY”

It’s all fun and games until your favorite pair of jeans don’t fit anymore. It’s exciting watching your belly grow for 9 months, knowing your little babe is in there getting ready to come out and meet you. Taking weekly/monthly “bump” photos seems like a right of passage when you get those 2 blue lines.Continue reading “STORES FOR MATERNITY CLOTHES”

It’s the end of the world. I’m uncomfortably pregnant and following close behind my group of friends and family as they run through vacant houses looking for food or anything we can take to try and survive. There’s a yellowish glow in the air and it’s so hot I feel like I’ll melt into aContinue reading “PREGNANCY DREAMS & POSTPARTUM SLEEP DISORDERS”

Are we ever really prepared for giving birth? Like truly prepared? I hear stories about how everyone gets themselves ready with their bags packed and their “birth plan”. When I tell you I totally had full intentions of all of that and as far as “birth plans” go….it didn’t really go for me. Let’s startContinue reading “ALYSSA’S L&D STORY”

SOOOO I might get a lot of “is this girl serious” after this but here we are. I got off birth control, because at the time I was serious in my fitness and I was reading studies and posts about how hormonal birth control can suppress your muscle growth. I wasn’t gaining weight or anyContinue reading “FINDING OUT I WAS PREGNANT”

September 28, 2021. I was late. “I’m definitely not pregnant”, I tell myself as I rip open a test. It never happens on the first try. Positive. This cannot be right. I head over to the Target and get three more tests. Positive. Positive. Positive. Ellie Mae and Hank now think I’m insane because I’mContinue reading “NIKKI’S L&D STORY”

Let’s get the boring intros out of the way shall we. Hi, I’m Nikki, i’m 27, and I had my baby on April 22, 2022 (shout-out earth day). Instead of unloading my birth story trauma on you right off the bat here’s three fun facts to get to know me: One, I am married toContinue reading “MEET NIKKI”

Allow me to introduce myself, hey! My names Alyssa, I’m 25 years old and I had my daughter, Olivia Rae on January 19, 2022. You will slowly get to know me, my life, family, etc,. But here’s a little snippet about me. To start, I have been with my boyfriend for 4 years, but IContinue reading “MEET ALYSSA”