All our prayers have been heard. Healthy baby, smooth delivery. We went to the hospital hoping I’d be dilated at least to 3. I was between 7-8. Did end up getting epidural and was stalled a longg time until finally pushing for >20 mins and no tearing!
I am so obsessed with him.
Mila, my firstborn. The most beautiful, precious 6lb 8oz baby girl. You empowered me to face my very deepest fears to bring you into this world at home. My heart breaks and yearns to give you ten million more kisses. But you are now with the Savior we hoped to teach you about.
I’m a total Karen when it comes to weed.
It smells disgusting.
And it sickens me.
People who habitually smoke it are losers.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Thinking about how my grandpa was paying $8,000/mo for the highest level of care at his last senior living facility, and he died from a foot infection spreading because they didn’t change his socks regularly enough. 🤔 Keep your aging parents at home when possible.
We’re gonna stop posting him publicly once he’s past the newborn stage. My little Prince Charming. 💙 He’s getting cuter by the day but probably all parents think that lol.
Weird being out in public again and thinking “wow none of these strangers know I gave birth a month ago and my baby is in heaven.” It reminded me that you never know what people are really going through.
When women say being home with their kids isn’t mentally stimulating enough, I think, have you ever heard of books or podcasts or YouTube? Cuz you can still become a learned, well-read genius w/o handing over thr care of your children if you really want.
So Mila’s getting a little BROTHER! Baby
#2
is a boy!!!!!! I can’t believe I’m gonna be a boy mom?!?! Everything looked absolutely perfect on the ultrasound. 💙 He’s as healthy as can be and was very active during the scan.
Idk why it’s controversial to say that breast milk is better than formula for babies (in most cases.) It’s a fact? Take the emotions out and just acknowledge reality.
What I’ve learned about minivan parents is that they don’t care that their cars are ugly, because it’s so worth it to have an easier life than you would without the minivan. Honestly it is persuasive.
I met my husband when I was 28. Married at 29. Baby
#1
stillborn at 31. Baby
#2
born healthy at 32.
It wasn’t in the cards for me to have kids earlier. Gonna work with the hand I was dealt and try to have a few more by 40!
There’s gotta be a point of diminishing returns with the crunchy lifestyle where one’s neuroticism and time spent avoiding toxins starts to become worse than just living a lower-stress life.
@JoeBiden
80% of millionaires are first generation. The reason they became wealthy is because they worked hard and made responsible choices. We should not be prejudiced against them just because they have more money than other people.
Lol I saw a relative tonight who asked if I was working again. When I said I stay home to take care of Benjamin, he replied, “Oh that’s the easy way out. And you’re so well educated!” No offense taken, but it’s funny that people still unironically feel this way.
You can have a vaginal birth, not vax, breastfeed, feed baby all healthy food, cosleep, nurse to sleep, and they can still have allergies, eczema, and be crap sleepers. Ask me how I know lololol.
I have fond memories from grade school of the SAHMs. Because they were always available for their kids. They’d volunteer in the classroom, attend field trips, come to the class parties, or just pop in for other reasons. Even as a young kid I noticed how nice that was.
I told a girl tonight that I want to try to always look good for my husband, and she didn’t like it. 😂 She wasn’t a feminist, either; just thinks “looks don’t matter.” Well hunny your husband is gonna have a hard time being satisfied by you if you turn into a beached whale.
Husbands, if you want your wives to cook for you, don’t also be picky. Pickiness is a childish trait. Wives, try to avoid cooking things you know your husband doesn’t like.
If people waited until marriage to have sex it would solve so many societal problems. I see these girls moving in with the guy and it’s like you don’t even know the power you’re giving up!
Been seeing a lot of posts about moms quitting breastfeeding for their mental health, which is valid, but lemme offer a different perspective: breastfeeding has been GREAT for my mental health!! All the oxytocin + tiredness = no energy for anxiety. I’m so chilled out.
My friend’s mom wrote me a letter sharing the story of the stillbirth of her first child. She went on to have seven healthy children. That was so encouraging.
I don't like when men take the "friends-first" approach to dating. It propels emasculation and effeminacy, b/c it mitigates the personal risk of the man, which communicates to the girl: "You are not worth me taking this risk of rejection." Which is soy and unattractive.
It’s funny how women are told not to sleep on their backs during pregnancy because of disruption of blood flow to the baby, but then they’re told to give birth like that.
I’m being promoted to full-time homemaker. (Not going back to work, at least for the time being.) Brainstorming new Twitter names to reflect my promotion.
A year ago tonight I went into labor with Mila! Scariest thing I’ve ever done. 🥵 But I did it! Not gonna lie though, it is traumatic going through childbirth without getting a baby out of it. Praying God totally redeems my experience in a few months. 🙏🏻💙
Ok how about this crazy story: my friend’s mom was told her baby was gonna have Down syndrome and when she refused to abort, the doctor did not continue care with her. My friend does not have downs. How many babies were aborted based on inaccurate genetic testing??
Reading about divorces left and right and thinking how my husband and I just went through the stillbirth of our firstborn and it brought us closer than ever. For better or for worse.
My husband is such a godly, loyal man. He turned down a pay raise to be able to spend more time with me in the healing months after losing Mila. Now his company has offered him the job again, with more money, and the would-be manager he didn’t like is being relocated. 😂
This can’t be right 🤔 breast milk is a living, healing food literally designed by God to feed babies. Formula is a great invention but most use inflammatory oils, synthetic vitamins, etc etc etc.
@CartoonsHateHer
The crazy thing is studies have repeatedly shown that differences between formula and breastfeeding are basically statistical noise at this point. Breastfeeding even increases the likelihood of some cancers later on, which is likely due to environmental contamination
Thank God for infant motrin. I know some of y’all are braver and crunchier than me and let these fevers run their course w/o meds, but baby is so much more comfortable with his knocked down a few degrees from nearly 105!
Today is Mila’s two year birthday. 💕
We are going to visit her grave with Benjamin after Brian finishes his work for the day. I haven’t been there since the burial.
Happy Birthday my girl. 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓