I just found out this morning that October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. In honor of that, I am going to share my miscarriage story. I hope this will help someone. When I had my miscarriage I wanted to talk about it and I felt so alone. But when I told people I felt like it was brushed off, it seemed so common, and it hurt me to know that so many women experience miscarriages or other loss and do not talk about them.

Hey y’all! This week I’m going to share what you really need in your hospital bag. I brought everything To the hospital. Literally everything.

When it comes to planning your birth things can go terribly wrong. You may get set in the “perfect” birth or have unrealistic expectations for your birth team and their roles in your birth.

The nurses tried to help, he would latch, suckle a little and fall asleep. They mentioned that it looked like he was “tongue thrusting”. They finally told me to just hand express. Except I couldn’t figure that out either. The nurses or Trent would do it for me then scrape the colostrum off my Nipple into a little cup and put it in a syringe. This hurt.

Early labor can be long and tiring. It is important though to rest as much as you can before active labor starts, that is where you will need most of your energy. Here are some ideas of things you can do while in early labor that could also help your labor progress.

I knew going into my birth that I wanted a playlist that would help me keep my mind off the pain of contractions. I put songs on it that I would want to sing along to but that weren’t too upbeat. I also love Disney, so I found acoustic versions of some of my favorite Disney songs and some Disney ride scores. These were some of my favorites to listen to because it really took me to a different place in my mind.