Pregnancy can be a rough time on our body image. Rebekah Hargraves helps me dig into the challenges of body changes during and after pregnancy. Rebekah had her first baby in her early 20s, while I had my first in her early thirties. We compare stories and experiences...
Download now!Marriage didn’t fix my body image issues. In some ways, it may have made them worse! But, there was still something I hadn’t tried. I knew if I could just get pregnant, then, somehow, I’d feel better about my body. After all, in my mind,...
“So when is that baby getting here?” Lovely sentiment when you are pregnant. Which I am certainly not. “Four and a half years ago. But thanks for that.” I literally said this as I gestured to my (almost) Kindergartner. Awkward, right? But she would not let it go. She...
I am 5 months pregnant with my fourth son. That means in the middle of the summer I will be 8 months pregnant. This isn’t my first time being pregnant over the summer. No, in fact I’ve had three summer pregnancies, and have been hugely pregnant in the dead...
As little girls we spend time planning our fairy tale lives: our lavish weddings, our extravagant dream homes, the perfect husband (who will always be romantic) and the number of children we will have. What we don’t spend time planning is dealing with the stress of...
