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THE ANXIETY OF JOY We celebrated my Dad’s 75th THE ANXIETY OF JOY 

We celebrated my Dad’s 75th and Hendrik’s 2nd birthday this weekend, and I had a moment of harsh realization that these moments won’t last forever. 

I didn’t meet my dad until 2009. He was 62, and I was 27 (circa the sailing pics here!). That is a story for another time ❤️

I’ve had him in my life for 13 years now. I can’t help but think about how life will look 13 years from now. He will be 88 and I will be 53. 

I’ll be honest, it leaves me with a pit in my stomach. 

But I’m catching myself. I am using that feeling as a reminder to live a little more TODAY. To have more family dinners. To say “yes I’ll make the time” instead of “oh sorry we can’t, we are so busy.” 

To take more family pictures, just because. 

I think that uncomfortable feeling in your stomach is easier to push down, or numb away instead of allowing yourself to fully experience it.  And that discomfort, or fear, or uncertainty, or whatever you want to call it, gets us all at some point in our lives. It’s a human condition. ❤️

But as I get older, I’m realizing the power of fully embracing all the discomfort - it can wake you up, shift your awareness and help you live more deeply. 

So whatever discomfort you might be feeling right now, I hope you will sit with it and remember it’s part of being a human. Let it be a reminder that you are alive; that you have been blessed with much to lose. 

As @brenebrown says “Joy is the most vulnerable emotion we experience. And if you cannot tolerate joy, what you do is you start dress rehearsing tragedy."

Does this resonate with you too? Tell me it’s not just me ❤️

#grandpa #family #vulnerability #joy #brenebrown #3generations
I had an epiphany today - my 4th official Mother’s Day as a mom. 

Bur first, some context. 

My husband Matt got food poisoning last night and the poor guy is still out of commission right now almost 24 hours later, lying in bed in a dark room trying to keep water down. 

Needless to say, all Mothers Day plans went out the window. 🙃

Yesterday I got my hair highlighted (first time in 8 months). It was planned weeks ago and and yet I felt a vague anxious guilt sitting in the salon chair. I had plans to meet up with girlfriends after too. 

 Here I was doing “self care” on a random Saturday. It felt a little selfish. 

But here’s what I’ve just realized. 

Waiting to cram all your self care into just a few days of the year (Mothers Day, your Birthday, Valentines Day) is a recipe for disappointment and dare I say, partner resentment. 

Take it when you can get it! I wish I had enjoyed my mini salon vacation yesterday sans guilt. 

The fact that I did ME yesterday made it much easier to roll with the punches today instead of feeling upset about solo parenting on a day that feels like a failure if you don’t have flowers, cards and breakfast in bed. 

Here’s the moral of the story. 

Ditch the guilt. Get your damn hair did, go to that girls dinner, skip out on bedtime - be kind to yourself - whatever that looks like for you. You don’t need a special day to justify it. It will allow you to be kinder to everyone else around you - especially your family. And you won’t feel so much pressure to have “the perfect” Mother’s Day, or whatever. 🥰

You feel me on this?

Shoutout to @minimioche for their Kind Human Club tees that I’m clearly obsessed with. I interviewed founder Alyssa for the @wegotherepodcast last week and she was a big part of this epiphany! ❤️

📷 @alexannesolomon
Mother’s Day has been difficult for me in the pa Mother’s Day has been difficult for me in the past - especially during fertility treatments and miscarriage. 

To those waiting and praying to become mothers, to the bereaved mothers, to those who have lost their own mother–I see you. We all see you.

This picture was taken at a time in my life when I was definitely struggling. I am on the other side of it now, but I’ll never forget how it felt. 

I asked you in stories to share the best way to support someone going through pregnancy loss or infertility. Here were your responses ❤️ 

So no matter where you’re at in your journey, please be kind to yourself today, and remember you’re not alone 🥰

#mothersday #motherhood #womensupportingwomen #infertility #selflove #miscarriage
YOU ARE A GOOD MOM 

Here is your reminder ✨

I’ll never forget the first time someone told me that. I was sitting in a free breast-feeding clinic sobbing because my baby wouldn’t latch. The nurse turned to me, handed me a tissue and said, “Honey, you’re a good mom.” 

I didn’t realize how much I needed to hear those words, until I heard them. 

So tonight, as we roll into Mother’s Day weekend, please tag another mom or care giver and give them this reminder. Tell them what makes them a good mom (or if they’re expecting, tell them why they will be a good mom!)

And because we all deserve a break, I’m throwing in a giveaway. All you have to do is share words of love & encouragement to a tagged friend. 

We will select 3 winners! 

Grand Prize: TWO Belle Method courses of your choice: Keep one and gift the other to a mom/care giver, plus a $75 gift card to @bomaternity (wearing one of their sports bras in the carousel here!) 

2nd prize: @minimioche hat, shirt and tote celebrating their Kind Human Club 

3rd prize: $50 gift card to @bomaternity 

Contest winner will be announced Monday at noon ET in stories. 
Open internationally. 
Sending LOVE to you ❤️❤️❤️

Congrats to @brenna_millar for winning the grand prize!
@wildhorses4 for winning the @minimioche prize and @kaelanramz for winning the @bomaternity prize!
It’s not every day that an 18-year-old expecting It’s not every day that an 18-year-old expecting mom reaches out to me. She is here looking for information on her pelvic floor and feeling scared that she will be too “loose” for sex after a vaginal birth. She is very preoccupied and anxious and says these thoughts are making it hard to prep for birth and baby. 

I’m hoping you can read her words and share in the comments some encouragement. She says she’s been getting a lot of hate for being so young and having a baby. Let’s show her some support and a virtual hug. 

I’m old enough to be her mother, and I am feeling some deep mothering vibes. 

Little Mama - my wish for you right now is that you find your inner confidence and start to realize that your worth as a woman, as a mother, as a partner, as a human being, has nothing to do with your body. 

Also, your vagina is stretchy. It’s a pretty resilient and powerful part of you. 

PS. Once you grow a human you will realize that men are definitely the weaker sex. 😉

#pelvicfloor #vaginalhealth #teenpregnancy #pregnantteen
It felt like no close friends or family members co It felt like no close friends or family
members could relate to the countless 7 am blood draws before work, the bruised veins, the IUIs, the miscarriage, the relationship strain, the self-blame, the eventual IVF... the roller coaster of hope and despair. 

My online community of "TTC sisters" became a daily lifeline. I came to realize I was NOT alone. I released the shame. It was honestly my largest source of support online messages from women from around the world who were also part of the "infertility club" and who could understand without judgement why I needed to skip that baby shower or ugly cry in my car after another pregnancy announcement.

Today I got a message from Sammie @sammiejane11 who just experienced her first miscarriage. She was listening to one of the episodes we've done on infertility on the @wegotherepodcast and told me how it was helping her.

Her story cut to my heart. It felt appropriate to share during Infertility Awareness Week.

So I ask you now, if you could read her story and share some words for her in the comments below. Perhaps share your own story. Because it's only through sharing our struggles that we can work past the insidious shame and truly support each other.

Sammie, you are not alone. You are not broken. None of this is your fault. ❤️

We will be sharing more on this topic when @wegotherepodcast Season 5 launches next week with an interview with my friend Emily from @day1fertility ❤️

#pregnancyloss #infertilityawareness #miscarriage
#ttccommunity #ivfjourney #ttcsisters
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