POSTPARTUM
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Mindset Shifts To Transform Your Anxiety Based Life
Today we are talking all about mindset shifts but before we get in to that I want to share a little bit more about why this topic is so important to me Im back from my unexpected break, and while it may have been for not so positive reasons, I can always find a positive to share with you all. I have been an anxiety based human all of my life and what I mean by that is thats how I function, in worry and fear which brings me these extreme highs and lows. I let my anxiety talk me into a state of depression and then I will finally…
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4 Ways of Reconnecting With Your Spouse After Kids
Happy Valentines Day! What a great time to talk about reconnecting and rebuilding your relationship with your spouse after having kids. Having children can really change your life in 1000 great ways but it can have some negative impacts too. No sleep, less time for yourself and certainly less time for your spouse. I feel a lot of women struggle with finding the balance of it all. Especially going from having no kids to now having one. This year one of goals was to start focusing on my relationship again after it took the back seat with having my son so I thought I would share how we are working…
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The Things No One Tells You About Postpartum
Finding out you are pregnant can be overwhelming on its own right? Then you finally make it through, you have this beautiful little baby looking at you and bam. They are handing you stool softeners trying to mentally prepare you for the first “movement” after. The human body is truly amazing. WE are truly amazing ladies. WE make people, how crazy is that? Afterwards though, we kind of go through it for awhile. Today I want to talk about all the things I wish I would have known about postpartum before it was happening. This is not to scare anyone, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, it is all truly beautiful and special.…
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Top 5 Tips for Expecting New Moms
I was there, all new moms have been, you find out you are pregnant and the googling starts and if you are anything like me it doesn’t stop the whole pregnancy or once the baby is here. Thats probably how you came across this article in the first place so instead of the scary stories most posts will give you I want to give you helpful words of encouragement. Stop Googling Now i know google has plenty of beneficial information, but I highly suggest avoiding it. Pregnancy and newborn times can be really hard, every pregnancy and every baby is different. Googling can lead you to believe something is wrong…
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Things You ACTUALLY Need in Your Hospital Bag for Labor
When I was close to my due date I began constant searches about what to put in my hospital bag. I came up with a list, packed my bag countless times, and thought I was SET. Well, all the planning I did and nothing prepared me for what if you end up in the hospital longer? Today I want to tell you all the things I brought to the hospital that were LIVE SAVERS and all the things I wish I had In my hospital bag. As always this will be broken down into categories to keep the list organized. *All links below are affiliate links, if you make a…