Happy Thursday Everyone!
One day closer to the weekend and a three-day weekend for that matter. :-)
Today I wanted to focus my thankful thoughts on being 31. I know this might sound weird to some of you, but last year turning 30 had me going through a mini-life crisis. It probably had something to do with the fact that everyone is so focused on their 20's and making the most of their youthful years...and here I was a mother of two not ready for the dreaded 3-0.
Today I have to say I'm happier to be 31 than I was ever happy to be 21 and here's why...
For today's Weigh-in Wednesday, I wanted to share with you my personal experience with breastfeeding this go round. I thought it would be nice to have more information out there discussing women who exclusively pump and why we choose to go this route.
First and foremost, I want to state that I believe every woman has a right to choose whichever path she wants to in this area. This is a VERY personal decision and something that only a mother can make. Whether you want to exclusively feed from your breast, pump, feed formula or go the route of a combination of the above, it is YOUR decision. I personally feel like every mother is doing what is best for her own situation and what is best for her baby/child and should be treated with respect no matter what route she goes!!
I also wanted to state that due to my own experience, I felt that sharing it would assist other women in knowing other options that are available that might not be discussed with them as they try to navigate the crazy/fun/stressful/enjoyable whirl wind that is breastfeeding.
For today's Sassy Saturday (the place I'd previously been bringing you pregnancy updates) I wanted to share with everyone our amazing birth story. Now you're not going to find any gory details about the delivery process, but you will hear how our amazing pre-valentine's baby came to make his appearance so very unexpectedly.
We had scheduled our induction for Tuesday, February 16th and our actual due date was the 20th...we had some issues with our doctor and I'm pretty sure she just wanted to have some control over this pregnancy with all the push back we gave her. My last day of work was on Friday, February 12th and I figured that would give me one work day off to get all last minute preparations taken care of before our baby boy was brought into this world.
Little did I know...
There is always something to be Thankful for and today I'm sharing with you 11 reasons why I'm thankful for my beautiful, goofy, sensitive, independent and just overall wonderful daughter, Jera.
