Self-Care Sunday #8
On ending maternity leave at only five weeks postpartum, balancing a career with motherhood, and forgiveness … More Self-Care Sunday #8
On ending maternity leave at only five weeks postpartum, balancing a career with motherhood, and forgiveness … More Self-Care Sunday #8
Our twin girls are one month old today, and I’m heartbroken about it. The first month with my firstborn felt like an eternity, but this first month with the twins has gone by so, so fast! They say that a baby is considered a newborn for eight weeks, so to think that we’re already halfway … More One Month with Twins: Lessons & Reflections
I am beginning to feel more and more like myself with each passing week as I get farther into my postpartum journey. Never have I felt quite so aligned with a season as I do with spring this year! It seems very fitting that in the season of new life and new beginnings, I am watching two new little lives grow, as well. … More Self-Care Sunday #7
How all of the stars aligned to give me the most magical twin birth ever … More The Day I Became a Twin Mom
Sometimes it feels as though I’m watching the world through a window, that life is passing by outside while I am stuck within the four walls of my home. I feel that way now, with two tiny newborns and a rigid pumping schedule that makes it difficult to plan any outing. … More Self-Care Sunday #6
We are officially in survival mode over here as we adjust to caring for newborn twins. Luckily, my husband and I are best friends before all else, so we’ve been able to find the humor in all of it. Yes, we’re sleep deprived, but somehow we’re still finding things to laugh about … More Self-Care Sunday #5
The first thing my doctor said to me was, “So as I’m sure you know, since you’re pregnant with twins, that does technically put you in the high-risk category.” I was stunned. For some reason, hearing that my pregnancy was high-risk was a shock. … More My Experience With a High-Risk Pregnancy
When it comes to surviving the newborn days, a lot of people talk about the importance of sharing the mental load, of dads being involved during postpartum, of parents equally dividing household responsibilities, and more. And all of those things are crucial to making the postpartum period more bearable. … More Self-Care Sunday #4
But that is precisely why I must write: because it is selfish. Because I give parts of myself away all day long, that I deserve to keep some for myself, too. I’m going to choose to write, because it’s selfish and it’s invigorating and it’s relaxing, and yes, for me, it’s self-care. … More Self-Care Sunday #3
The decision to start a family in your twenties is not all that uncommon, but for some reason, I never thought I might make the decision to stop growing my family in my twenties, too. At only twenty-six, that decision feels impossibly heavy. … More “Are You Having Anymore Kids?”