Yesterday, I asked y'all to share with me your pregnancy/new baby related questions on Instagram to switch things up a bit for this "bumpdate." I really enjoyed reading your questions and responding to them! I'm 25 weeks along today and I'm feeling pretty good! Baby is growing and I notice some days he's really active and ...
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21 Weeks with Baby #2
21 weeks--- it feels surreal that I'm already halfway through my second pregnancy. The most exciting news I have to share is that we had our anatomy scan last week and baby boy is healthy and growing (and measuring one week ahead and in the 88th percentile!) I also had my placenta checked (it's posterior, just like in my last pregnancy, which ...
Striped Halter Dress
When I saw this linen striped dress on Old Navy's website a couple of weeks ago, I knew it would be a perfect weekend and work piece for the summer. It's also 35% off right now using code PERFECT (through 5/27)! It is super loose-fitting (I actually wish I had gone down to a S tall instead of M tall), but I love that it's loose and airy. The ...
Baby #2: First Trimester Recap
We found out I was pregnant with our second baby a few weeks after an HSG test. Let me back up. A few months into TTC, I went to see my OB because for months I had been experiencing severe ovulation pain, to the point where I would keel over and it would take my breath away. I have always had ovulation pain, but it became so intense for several ...
Rediscovering My Closet & Postpartum Bodies
After taking a 12-week maternity leave where I wore v-neck t-shirts and Lululemon shorts every.single.day (no, really) I was ready to rediscover my closet when I returned to work. I hadn't worn a lot of my clothes in so long that it actually feels like I'm wearing something new sometimes, even when I've had the piece for a couple of years (which is ...
Update: My Experience with Placenta Accreta
I wanted to give an update after the post I shared about my hospitalization for retained placenta and postpartum bleeding. My OB called me this week with the results of the pathology report and it turns out that I actually experienced a very rare complication called placenta accreta that occurs when blood vessels and other parts of the ...
Harper Reese- Birth Story Part II
This part of Harper's birth story is more difficult for me to write than Part I, because this is a story about the unexpected...I still get teary-eyed thinking about it today. I had a wonderful birth experience and a beautiful 8 pound, 3 ounce baby who ended up being whisked away to the level II NICU about an hour or so after she was born. I feel ...
Harper Reese- A Birth Story, Part I
From the very beginning of my pregnancy, I always had the same attitude about the birth of our daughter---as long as we are both safe and healthy at the end of it all, that would be my ideal birth experience. I didn't have any kind of "plan" going in, and this is a story about the day our lives changed forever. On Saturday, May 25th, Candice and I ...
38 & 39 Weeks!
I decided to combine my 38 and 39 week posts so that by next Wednesday (my due date) the updates would be current. My life these days consists of going to work (still working full time), OB appointments and trying to get rest every night. I have been feeling pretty tired after work everyday so I just try to take it easy when I'm at ...
Maternity Photos!
I had the opportunity to have some maternity photos shot by one of the photographers at work in our home and I'm excited to share them with you! I recommend having maternity photos taken because it's such a special time to capture in your life. You may not look or feel your best when you're pregnant, but working with a photographer you're ...