March ‘24
Hi friends,
March has been sorta wild.
Started strong with a very sweet baby sprinkle that my Sisters and Mom threw for me. It was a very intimate and special time with close friends and family. I’m not good with events like this because I stress and have anxiety when it’s all about me and I have to be on display - so I’m thankful for the no-pressure, chill gathering we had! I felt very seen and loved.
We’ve been experiencing the weirdest indecisive weather this month, which is honestly sorta normal for NWI, but it’s made me excited for full-on sunshine and that spring breeze accompanied by blooming trees and flower buds. Rehn misses outside and so do I. We take advantage of any sunny/warmer days and are outside soaking it all in.
I was put on partial bed rest at the beginning of the month because at 34 weeks I started having prodromal contractions due to 2 hours of walking around my Mom’s neighborhood trying to find her dog… who we still haven’t found, and it’s really sad…. But I’m trying to have a cozy, healthy home birth which isn’t possible if I go into labor any earlier than 36 weeks! Being told not to vacuum, go for walks, or pick up my almost 4-year-old has been very humbling and hard to process through. I am a productive person by nature. Especially being a sahm it feels good to know that my days are spent doing things that are beneficial to our home or family and not being able to keep up with my normal routines is hard!
Jake has been amazing, picking up where I’ve had to leave off… He plays so well with Rehn whenever he can because I can’t keep up with her(which has been very emotional for me)which has been the best thing I think he can do for me these days.
M A R C H B U M P P I C S
We’ve made it to full term, which is something i was really praying for. Since you can’t have a home birth if you go into early labor due to higher risk.
The moment I thought I could go into labor early I stressed out so much because there was a LOT of stuff we still hadn’t ordered for our home birth delivery, postpartum, or little things(like size 1 and newborn diapers/diaper cream/a mattress for the bassinet…etc…)for the newborn season and it was overwhelming to try to figure that all out. As of now, we have mostly everything we’d ever need for this season, I even wrote a blog post about it all, linking things and I made an in-depth video too if you’re curious about what I sorta felt was essential to not stress anymore lol
It’s so funny too, re-reading what I just wrote I laugh because I am not typically a stressed-out person. Especially by these sorts of things. I wing things a lot, I’m very aware of intuition and a “less is more” mentality is where I usually fall - but something about this pregnancy as a whole has really rewired my brain in an unhealthy way & I’m prayerfully working through all of that. It’s not who I want to be and not how I want to begin this next chapter.
Anyway, we’ve done some fun stuff too! It’s not all been hard, stressful, painful lol
We’ve been taking advantage of these last few weeks of just the three of us. Going on family dates, staying up later, and incorporating some fun things into our days/weekends to make Rehn feel seen and loved. We talk about her new baby sibling often and she is so excited to be brought into it all with us which is a very happy thing. I don’t know that I was ever nervous about her not wanting to be a part of it all, i was always more aware of making her feel seen and just as loved as she always has been throughout this entire pregnancy, but also leading up to the birth because 4 years of just us is a lot to switch from!
She’s a rockstar and I’m excited to watch her be a big sister.
Anyway… here’s some photos from this month that were happy :)
