My Positive 2nd Birth Story

    Posted on January 2, 2025

    Early Labor: 10/29 The rule for going to the hospital in labor is 5-1-1… contractions occur every 5-minutes or less, last at least 1-minute long, for at least 1-hour. On October 29 at 2AM, I woke up to contractions happening every 7-9 minutes apart, 1-minute long. These contractions felt mild, like intense period cramps. Since I’m a 2nd time mom, I anticipated progresssing quickly so after 1-hour of contractions I called my parents to tell them labor was imminent and…

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  • TRAVELING TO TOKYO WITH A TODDLER

    I went on my first international trip with my son at 23-months to Tokyo, Japan. While there, I shared my experience on Instagram Stories and got so many DM’s from other…

    May 29, 2024

  • 5 lessons I learned in 2023 as a First Time Mom

    I cannot believe it’s been over a year since I’ve last written here. That’s the longest I’ve been absent from this blog since I first created it in 2010. Becoming and…

    January 2, 2024

  • MY 2022 NEWBORN MUST-HAVES

    Shopping for a baby is SO overwhelming. I remember walking into Buy Buy Baby during pregnancy and feeling so overwhelmed by all the products. I kept thinking… what is that, do…

    November 23, 2022

  • 10 things I wish I knew about postpartum

    Although I knew postpartum was rough, I didn’t understand how rough it could be until I was in it. It was one of the hardest periods of my life since it…

    September 12, 2022

  • My birth story

    It all started 7PM Thursday, June 2 (kind of). After I got home from walking around the park I started experiencing sharp cramps above my belly. By this point I experienced…

    August 1, 2022

  • 3rd trimester pregnancy update

    3rd trimester begins at 28-weeks of pregnancy and lasts until you give birth which is on average 40-weeks. I’m currently 34-weeks pregnant so have about a month and a half to…

    May 6, 2022

  • How to plan a baby shower

    Traditionally baby showers are hosted by a family member or close friend, but Josh and I decided to plan our baby shower ourselves. Even though my best friends offered, I didn’t…

    May 3, 2022