Pregnancy

Entering the third (and FINAL) trimester of pregnancy is an exciting achievement! It hasn’t been an easy road, but this is the final stretch. Each trimester comes with its own unique challenges, so let’s cover the struggles you may experience in the third trimester of pregnancy, and how to overcome them! SLEEP Sleeping in the third trimester can be extremely…

Hallelujah, the second trimester has ARRIVED! For me, the first trimester was the most difficult with both of my pregnancies. The second trimester has a reputation for being nothing but cupcakes and rainbows, but that’s not always the case. After a ROUGH first trimester, it’s easy to have extremely high expectations for the second trimester, given all of the chatter…

The first trimester can be rough. REALLY rough. There are so many changes going on in your body and your emotions are all over the place. On one hand you’re ecstatic, so excited and eager to soak up every milestone. On the other hand, you’re exhausted, miserable, nervous and worried. It can be really difficult to handle all of the…

There is a lot of pressure to buy every single item to prepare for your little one. Between the extreme over do-ers and the extreme minimalists, my goal was to keep it simple but still get what is practical and useful. I am not saying these items are bad, just not completely necessary during the newborn stage. Here are the…

During my first pregnancy, I basically spent every waking moment researching which baby products I needed. I was made to feel that I needed every item on every list, and without them, motherhood would be the most difficult experience of my life. My husband was NOT into the idea of a bunch of unnecessary items filling our house, and to be honest…