• Pregnancy

    What to take in your hospital bag when you give birth

    Just a warning, I kind of write in detail on some birthing things so be aware! As a first time mom, I had no idea what to do. I had no idea you were even supposed to pack a hospital bag? But my perinatologist recommended that I should get that bag packed a couple weeks before my induction date which was at 36 weeks. At the hospital, they gave me a booklet that a list of things to bring, but I also decided to google and pinterest to figure out what more I might need to bring. For me, I ended up getting our bag together by 34 weeks, and…

  • Pregnancy

    Our journey to conceiving and finding out I was pregnant with twins!

    I hope to eventually blog about my entire pregnancy journey from getting pregnant to birth, but for now I want to share our story of getting pregnant and finding out I was pregnant with twins! The journey: our fears in growing our family. We previously had lots of fears about having children. Responsibility. I used to say, if you have a child, you’re stuck with them and can’t return it!! Yes, I do realize it is a bit of a ridiculous joke, because you should never consider children as items to be returned. But my perspective was that welcoming a child into your family is such a tremendous life change…