Conception to week 24

FULL personal pregnancy update behind the scenes

Hey friends, 

This may be written over a few days, whenever I get a moment to sit and write I will. 

Raf turns three on Tuesday, (Turned three the other day now that I’m back writing and editing this haha! It’s too easy for time to pass at the moment) and It has me reflecting on so much of my journey with him so far, and naturally, noticing contact within my current journey of growing his little sibling. 

I want this Substack space to be a bit of a haven for me to be able to share openly and honestly about things as they come up throughout pregnancy, but also postpartum and beyond. Some aspects will be educational based, from more of my “share to educate” hat, though most will be from my personal experience “this is what I’m moving through” hat. 

I am so looking forward to sharing more about our conception journey because even that was wildly different in comparison to Rafi’s pregnancy in 2019/2020

And I’m looking forward to answering some of the Q’s asked on IG in this publication and likely some of those to come.

Right now though I’d love to simply catch you up on the last 5 months of my life, 

And share with you some BTS & photos and real life update.

Mother to mother, it’s different. It’s different in all the juicy ways firstly, like how I feel calm in my beingness more often, or how I have a knowing my body is doing the thing… Or how I soak up all these moments with Raf more, knowing that the time of just us two is fading. 

Though Mother to mother is different also in the ways that my emotional capacity to deal with change has lessened, or the ways that I feel like I rarely have a second to truly connect with this little baby. Of course I’m feeling kicks, and know they are there (mostly this last month because before then I was often forgetting)