Category: Pregnancy

Favorite Nuuly Rentals During Pregnancy

August 13, 2024

Pregnancy, Shopping
Favorite Nuuly Rentals During Pregnancy

This blog post is not sponsored/gifted. I pay for my Nuuly subscription and just wanted to share my honest thoughts! I do have the regular ‘refer a friend’ option – you can use THIS LINK to get $10 off your first box! One question I’ve received several times on Instagram is my favorite bump-friendly Nuuly rentals! I’ve raved about Nuuly for years since I  started using the monthly clothing rental subscription service, and know many of you also love it! Here’s my blog post about my favorite Nuuly rentals (not related to pregnancy) and here’s another blog post sharing the nitty-gritty details about the rental subscription, how it […]

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Crowdsourced Baby Gear Recommendations

July 17, 2024

Motherhood, Pregnancy
Crowdsourced Baby Gear Recommendations

I can’t believe baby #3 will be here in less than 10 weeks! I recently asked my Instagram community for their favorite baby products and wanted to round up the (super helpful) answers. CROWDSOURCED ‘BABY THINGS’ BABYWEARING I love love love babywearing and absolutely plan to wear our new baby as much as possible. I’ve really only used two types of baby carriers in the past, ring slings and Solly wraps. I still have a few and will definitely use them again, but I am also curious about more structured or ‘semi-structured’ carriers this time around. There’s been a lot of new brands and baby […]

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First & Second Trimester: Outfits I’ve Loved

June 26, 2024

Pregnancy, Shopping
First & Second Trimester: Outfits I’ve Loved

I can’t believe I’m almost in my third trimester with baby #3! When I  was first pregnant years ago for the first time, I remember feeling self-conscious about my changing body and downplaying my bump and pregnancy in general. This time around… I’m so much more appreciative of my body, finding joy despite the overwhelm, discomfort, and unknowns, and EMBRACING this stage of life. That includes wearing all the clothes that make me feel good – lots of color included! In terms of actual maternity clothes, I tend to try to find bump-friendly NON-maternity options that work with a growing belly. As I’ve gotten further […]

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to the moms who have new babies, are pregnant, or trying to start or grow their families during a pandemic

July 19, 2020

Motherhood, Motherhood Reflections, Pregnancy
to the moms who have new babies, are pregnant, or trying to start or grow their families during a pandemic

my daughter Winnie was born on February 13, almost exactly one month before the world shut down for the coronavirus pandemic. little did we know, that having my mom bring Lucy to the hospital to meet her sister, would be “a thing of the past” just a few weeks later. little did we know, a month later, many women would have to wear masks while giving birth, and some would even have the difficult experience of giving birth without their partner present. leading up to Winnie’s birth, and in the immediate weeks afterwards, we had no idea the magnitude of how life would look so […]

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NEW & UPDATED baby registry essentials

June 29, 2020

Favorite Products, Motherhood, Pregnancy
NEW & UPDATED baby registry essentials

One question I get asked all the time is what are my “baby must-haves” both for new, first-time parents or for those about to have their second (or third). I shared my baby registry essentials back in 2018 after having Lucy and talked about the items we loved and which ones we used. At the time, we lived in a small one bedroom apartment in San Francisco, so I was very mindful of what products we registered for.I I also wanted to ensure that the baby items were ideally (1) functional, (2) easy to store away and (3) ideally, aesthetically pleasing. Basically, I didn’t want […]

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maternity shoot

January 28, 2020

Motherhood, Pregnancy
maternity shoot

I’m on a roll with pregnancy-related blog posts lately! I recently shared a post with my birth affirmation cards, as well as a big overall pregnancy update post, and today I’m going to share photos from my maternity shoot. I really didn’t document my bump when pregnant with Lucy (other than a few iPhone snaps here and there, and some family photos) and wasn’t planning to do a maternity shoot this time around. I  have been sharing more bump selfies on Instagram (#littlebabyburd2), but wasn’t going to do anything formal or fancy to document the pregnancy. Then, I  got an email from a local photographer […]

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