Posts

Mental Health & Body Positivity

Image
This is something that has been heavy on my mind for YEARS, but even moreso lately. I feel like I have always struggled with mental health and body positivity in one way or another, and for me, the two go hand in hand. I don't know if it's because I had my first baby so young, or because of my crazy childhood, or even something else- but I have just always had such a hard time accepting my body, myself, and not caring about what other people think about me.  As most of you know, I had Tate when I was 16. I literally didn't even have my first period until my first date with his dad, and was pregnant almost exactly a year later. I hadn't even matured whatsoever- mentally or physically- and that was really hard for me. My body and my hormones changed rapidly in a short amount of time and I didn't even know how to handle that! It really didn't help that my boyfriend at the time left me for another girl when I was 6 months pregnant. I felt scared, alon
Post a Comment
Read more

Graham's Birth Story

Image
About 5 days before Graham was actually born, I had thought I was in labor when I really wasn’t. We rushed to the birth center at like 3 AM, and even my amazing friend & photographer Tylynn  came with us right away.. We spent 12 hours at the birth center trying to get me to progress with no luck. Kody was amazing and helped me do anything we could to get labor going. He walked the halls with me, let me lean on him for support, walked up and down the stairs with me, and even helped with some rebozo! All of it would make my contractions pick up, but they'd slow right back down again after I rested! (this happened with Olive too, but they just kept me at the hospital and induced me- which sucked) But this time unfortunately, I wasn't actually in labor, so I went home and continued life as usual.. You know, other than worrying I was in labor or would go into labor at any given moment!   Over the weekend I tried as many things as I could to get
1 comment
Read more