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Work from Home Mama

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3 day music festival (at 35 weeks pregnant 😵‍

3 day music festival (at 35 weeks pregnant 😵‍💫) with the raddest crew 🤘 thanks for the memories @beachlifefestival

35 week preggo update 👋 Just finished appoint

35 week preggo update 👋

Just finished appointment 3/3 this week ✔️

Next week: 4 appointments including 2 NSTs, an ultrasound growth scan, & a regular OB appt where hopefully I can convince them to take my blood for some updated results.

Induction scheduled for the following week 😵‍💫

I’ve been diagnosed with cholestasis for the third time. Between the diagnoses/ reduced liver function/ new medication, i feel like a shell of a person and by 5pm most days I can barely move. It doesnt help that this 35 wk babe is already measuring almost 7lbs with “the head of a 40wk baby” and I have a short torso PLUS have barely gained weight this pregnancy. Probably thanks to all the barfing 🫠 Can’t breath, can’t sleep, can’t eat, can’t stop itching. Mostly tired of hearing myself complain lol. This whole 3rd pregnancy has been wild and I’m counting down the days until it’s over.

BUT.

I am grateful. Grateful I trusted my instincts when I knew something was wrong. Grateful that this baby is healthy and currently safe in my belly. Grateful I somehow survived 35 weeks of this and will never have to do this again. Grateful to give my very excited girls a baby. Grateful for a husband who listens to me list my ailments nightly while rubbing my feet or scratching my back. Grateful to be in the final countdown and for all of your support insta friends 🫶 seriously.

Sadie’s last first day of preschooooooool🤘

Sadie’s last first day of preschooooooool🤘

She says she is ready for “Kindy” already but I think this will be a great year for our sweet & bold little lady. And if she could stop growing up so quickly that would be great. 💕

First day of FIRST GRADE! ☝️ It’s going to

First day of FIRST GRADE! ☝️

It’s going to be a great year for Dylan and all her little school besties 🥰

Last weekend before school starts 🥲

Last weekend before school starts 🥲

The story of number three… Whew, where to begin?

The story of number three… Whew, where to begin?

A little over a year ago I got a positive test. No, not a pregnancy test, a c*vid test. After a week of experiencing every early pregnancy symptom I had gone through the full roller coaster of emotions. Terrified because THIS WAS NOT THE PLAN, then acceptance, and finally excited. But my intuition was wrong and I got a big fat negative. 24 hours later I felt like I wanted to crawl out of my own skin and realized I was actually sick and oh surprise theres Aunt Flo as well 🙃

It looks months for me to start feeling like myself again. Everything seemed to be jumbled inside me physically, I had less energy, and my cycles were completely out of wack. But the biggest change was in my heart- suddenly feeling like our family maybe wasn’t complete. (This coming from the person that initially wanted to be “one and done”) After a loss in his family, Sam felt the same. He dreamt of a big family around our thanksgiving table one day, of the beautiful chaos of the Braverman family in Parenthood. He was 100% in, I was about 20%. Our daughters were suddenly asking for a sibling almost on a daily basis - Dylan even came home with a “want vs. need” school project with a drawing of her baby sister in October 2022. I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know. But another test came up positive come November, during one of the most stressful periods of my life, and my body replied “not right now.”

I was ready to move on. I wanted to focus on caring for my body and our little family, and stop playing this game of internal tug-of-war. The new year brought me a lot of peace and no more tests or questions.

But after a weekend of fun with friends in February I was hugging the toilet. My first serious hang over, or so I thought. When the feeling didn’t pass I dug up a test from the back of the bathroom cabinet and instantly a second line appeared. Stumbling back into bed I woke up Sam and said “turns out I’m not hung over” 😂

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