At 39 weeks exactly, I woke up to contractions and by the afternoon, we welcomed our beautiful rainbow baby into the world. This is my labor story.
My Rainbow Baby Diary (Chapter 10): Prodromal Labor or Braxton Hicks
I can’t believe I’m almost 35 weeks pregnant. The days have gone so fast and so slow all at once. The past two weeks, I have learned that Braxton Hicks aren’t the only type of false contractions you can experience long before labor: prodromal labor is the worst and I can’t wait for the next few weeks to pass.
My Rainbow Baby Diary: Chapter 9 “The Longest Third Trimester Ever”
I remember the third trimester feeling long with aches and exhaustion. However, nothing could’ve prepared me for a third trimester under Stay at Home orders during Covid-19. It’s been four weeks at home and I feel like the other shoe keeps dropping.
My Rainbow Baby Diary: Chapter 8 “Covid 19”
There were many things I feared going into my rainbow baby pregnancy. Social isolation, lack of essential supplies, and a deadly viral outbreak were definitely not on that list. Yet here we are.
My Rainbow Baby Diary: Chapter 7 “Viability”
I’m 24 weeks and officially reached viability. While I still fret some days, I’m starting to feel a little calmer, especially the more she kicks.
My Rainbow Baby Diary: Chapter 6 “The Week That Never Ends”
As I entered week 19, I found new struggles from battling insomnia to the arrival of Braxton Hicks, all while trying to find a balance between my life as a stay at home mom and working on building my blog.
My Rainbow Baby Diary: Chapter 5 (We’re Having a…”
Entering the second trimester with my rainbow baby, my nerves finally started to calm. My pregnancy brain kicked into overdrive, I started to feel flutters, and we learned the gender of the baby!
My Rainbow Baby Diary (Chapter 4): Finding Peace
As I entered my 12th week, I was still a bundle of nerves and yet I could feel myself finally coming to peace with my journey.
My Unfiltered 2019 Family Newsletter
Do you get family newsletters during the holidays that 90% of the time boast about their greatest achievements & travels of that year? This is not that letter.
My Rainbow Baby Diary: Chapter 3 – “I Have Super Smelling Powers”
As I entered the third month of my pregnancy, I still dealt with nerves but my super-smelling nose had definitely taken on a life of it’s own. My favorite story is in this chapter, when my husband came home smelling like the food he ate and had to jump threw an insane amount of hoops just to please me.