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Register Now: Purposeful Conception Course!
Registration is now open for the next Purposeful Conception Course: Preparing Your Mind, Body, and Life for Pregnancy!As I settle into life with our new baby Henry, I am so thankful that Matt and I spent time preparing our lives for a child before we conceived.… Read MoreFor those of you who are thinking about conception or are actively trying, this online course will help you position your mind, body, and life for pregnancy. Over the course of five weeks from April 2 through May 6, a new lesson will be uploaded each weekday. The lessons will address a comprehensive range of topics, such as preparing your body through
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Shoes!
I know this post sounds like another vapid maternity leave post, but I’m actually here, typing next to my sleeping (although he’s in the process of waking) baby.But I really want to talk about shoes.… Read MoreIt’s a funny topic for me because unlike many bloggers I know (and non-blogging women, too), I am not a shoe person. I spend a lot of money to get durable, comfortable shoes, and then I wear them for years. For real. Case in point: the shoes pictured above are pretty much the shoes I wear on a daily basis. The picture was taken in India in 2005 (and I actually got the shoes
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Hints of Normalcy
Last Thursday, I tried to introduce some normalcy back into my day. By “normalcy,” I mean doing more than lying around in my bed topless all day long. In these early days of breastfeeding, I find it tremendously difficult to muster the motivation needed to put on a bra and shirt.… Read MoreAnyway, we started the day like we normally do with our herbal bath (one of the exceptions to my “pretty much just stay in bed” pattern). After the bath, I take a shower while Matt watches Henry. However, on the day I was most striving for normalcy, I started to feel really faint. I had to get out of
