Motherhood wasn't part of the plan. Until suddenly, it was.

As the emotional roller coaster that was the second trimester came to an end, I was actually looking forward to the third. The home stretch. The nesting phase. The final countdown before we finally got to meet our little boy. And it was all of those things... Kind of. It was also, without question, the most physically painful part of my pregnancy. I swear the day I entered the third trimester was like running full speed into a brick wall. My ankles? Gone. I had full-blown tre

Days before finding out we were having a boy, I officially entered the second trimester. Everyone says this is the easiest trimester. I was really hoping they were right. They... kind of were. I got a little bit of my energy back, but honestly not much. The constant nausea had mostly disappeared, which felt like a miracle, but the exhaustion never really left. (Spoiler alert... it still hasn't.) Looking back now, the second trimester feels like a blur. But it was also one of

Pregnancy is never easy on anyone. You hear the stories and read the books, but no matter how much you prepare, nothing can truly get you ready for it until you're living it yourself. The next few chapters are all about my pregnancy experience. Just remember that every pregnancy is different, and this was simply mine. Almost exactly one month after finding out I was pregnant, we had our very first doctor's appointment. It was the longest month of my life. I was absolutely ter